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The USS Freedom's (LCS-1) Troubled First Operational Deployment
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Mar 22 2013 - 4:35pm

In January we reported that the U.S. Navy was preparing the first monohull designed LCS 1 (littoral combat ship) USS Freedom (in contrast to the trimaran design LCS 2 USS Independence) for its first deployment. This was welcome news considering the bevy of mechanical issues that had cropped up during sea trials in 2011.

Of course, on the eve of that deployment the roughly 3,000 ton combat ship was blasted in a report issued by the Defense Department’s director of operational test and evaluation.

Review Type: F-22, JSF, LCS, Lockheed Martin, Pentagon, US Navy, USS Freedom
New Guest Author Article
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Mar 20 2013 - 4:46pm

Another new "long-form" article is up in the Articles Section of The Globe At War. The U.S. 9th Armored Division in the Liberation of Western Czechoslovakia 1945 is by Bryan J. Dickerson, a military historian and former Religious Program Specialist 1st Class in the U.S.

Review Type: 1945, Armor, Czechoslovakia, U.S. 9th Armored Division, VE-Day, WWII
New Book Review
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Mar 18 2013 - 11:16pm

We have a brand new book review. Jonathan Beard has reviewed Paul Kennedy's Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide in the Second World War.  Mr. Beard is a freelance journalist, researcher and translator living in New York City.  He has worked for several science magazines, including New Scientist and Science Illustrated, and translated for various publications, including the late World Press Review.  He has written hundreds of book reviews for many publications.

Review Type: Book Review, Engineers of Victory, Jonathan Beard, Paul Kennedy, WWII
New Interview with Why Germany Nearly Won Author Steven Mercatante
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Mar 12 2013 - 4:34pm

For those of you who don't know Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe is about to be published in the United Kingdom by Casemate. As such, Casemate recently interviewed author Steven D Mercatante regarding such topics as how he became interested in World War Two, whether he was nervous about challenging the conventional wisdom on the reasons for the outcome of the War in Europe, and more.

For instance, the interviewer asks "In contesting a widely accepted

Review Type: Author Interview, Barbarossa, Casemate, Germany, Military History Book, Red Army, Soviet Union, Steve Mercatante, Steven Mercatante, UK Edition, Wehrmacht, Why Germany Nearly Won, World War II
New Guest Author Article
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Mar 5 2013 - 6:43pm

Another new "long-form" article is up in the Articles Section of The Globe At War. There at the End: The U.S. 16th Armored Division's Liberation of Plzen is by Bryan J. Dickerson, a military historian and former Religious Program Specialist 1st Class in the U.S.

Review Type: Armor, Czechoslovakia, Plzen, U.S. 16th Armored Division, VE-Day, World War Two
New Guest Author Article
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Feb 26 2013 - 2:56am

World War II enthusiasts will almost assuredly find interesting our newest guest author's work: The T-34 in WWII: The Legend vs. The Performance. Author Nigel Askey graduated from the University of Sussex, in the UK, with an honours degree in physics. Since the early 1980s he has taken a keen interest in military history and military simulations. In 1997 he worked as a consultant for Talansoft Inc, on war games in their Campaign Series.

Review Type: Nigel Askey, Red Army, T-34, World War II's Best Tank, WWII
The Pentagon is Screaming About the Sequester and Yet Now This...
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Feb 22 2013 - 7:00pm

So, let me get this straight. The Pentagon is crying bloody murder about a sequester it's had well over an entire year to prepare for. Yet, in spite of the coming money crunch and impending doom on Wednesday out came this little goodie about the F-22 Raptor:

"Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (FA8611-13-D-2850) with a ceiling of $6,900,000,000 for F-22 modernization."

Mind you this contract was released at

Review Type: Department of Defense, F-22, Lockheed Martin, Pentagon, Raptor, Sequester, US Air Force, USAF
Another New Article from a Guest Author
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Jan 31 2013 - 2:34am

We are pleased to now feature the work of Lieutenant Colonel James T. McGhee. As of July 2012 he serves in the active U.S. Army as a Deputy Commander assigned to the 2nd Brigade, 75th Training Command in Denver, Colorado. He studied history at Southeast Missouri State University, is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and holds a Masters Degree in Military Studies from American Military University.

His article "In the Shadow of the Elites: The 9th SS Panzer Division

Review Type: World War II Waffen-SS 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen Arnhem Market-Garden Normandy Tarnopol Spring Awakening Hungary 1st SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg Battle of Bulge
Two New Articles Posted by Guest Authors
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Jan 24 2013 - 5:35pm

Good day. We just wanted to let you know that two new articles have now been posted to the Articles Section of The Globe At War. These articles are the first in our new "long-form" series that takes a more in depth look at historical events and/or recent/current military operations. What's more, our authors are both veterans of the U.S. Navy. Please read on for more about our authors and their work.

The first, "Sea Lion vs. Overlord" offers an in depth analysis and comparison of Germany's

Review Type: Bryan Dickerson, Iraq, Larry Parker, Overlord, Sea Lion, U.S. Marine Wing Support Squadron
USS Freedom (LCS-1) Prepares to Deploy
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Submitted by
Steve Mercatante
 on: Jan 15 2013 - 11:47pm

Let's start with the good news. The Navy is preparing the first monohull designed LCS 1 (littoral combat ship) USS Freedom (in contrast to the trimaran design LCS 2 USS Independence) for its first deployment. This is welcome news since it has been just over four years since the Freedom was commissioned.

Review Type: DOT&E FY2012 Annual Report, LCS 1, Littoral Combat Ship, US Navy, USS Freedom

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