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"Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe" is now available for purchase in the United Kingdom. 

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Two New Articles Posted by Guest Authors

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 17:35

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 never launched invasion of England (asking and answering the question "what if Germany had attempted

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Sea Lion
Overlord
Iraq
U.S. Marine Wing Support Squadron
Larry Parker
Bryan Dickerson

With the Last U.S. Marine Wing Support Squadron in Iraq

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Thu, 01/24/2013 - 16:55

By Bryan J. Dickerson*

After nearly seven years of providing essential aviation ground support (AGS) functions for Marine and U.S. aviation in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), the Marine Corps AGS mission ended on 23 January 2010 when the II Marine Expeditionary Force turned over responsibility for the Al Anbar Province to the U.S. Army.  Within a few weeks, nearly all Marine Corps units and personnel had departed Iraq, including Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, the last MWSS to serve in Iraq during OIF.

The Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) was created in the early 1980s to consolidate

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U.S. Marines
Iraq
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Marine Wing Support Squadron
MWSS
Operation Desert Shield
Operation Desert Storm
KC-130
Marine Corps Logistics Command
CH-46

Sea Lion vs. Overlord

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Mon, 01/21/2013 - 19:34

By Larry Parker*

One of the favorite topics of alternative history (and one of the scenarios endlessly replayed in war games such as Axis & Allies and 3rd Reich) is what if Germany had attempted Operation Sea Lion. Assuming a Luftwaffe victory over the Royal Air Force in the Battle of Britain was Sea Lion feasible in other respects? Could Hitler have knocked the United Kingdom out of the war in the summer of 1940 or would the attempt have led to his first major defeat?

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Sea Lion
D-Day
Operation Overlord
Luftwaffe
Wehrmacht
Rundstedt
Rommel
Hitler
COSSAC
SHAEF
Normandy
Operation Roundup

USS Freedom (LCS-1) Prepares to Deploy

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 23:47

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.  Of course the discovery of cracks in the hull and superstructure and a shaft seal leak during sea trials in 2011 (requiring six weeks in dry dock) didn't help matters, but, and more good news, these problems have been fixed.

Now, for those of you new to the LCS drama, what we are looking at

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USS Freedom
LCS 1
DOT&E FY2012 Annual Report
Littoral Combat Ship
US Navy

USS Kittiwake (ASR-13)

Submitted by SteveMerc
on Tue, 01/15/2013 - 00:46

The USS Kittiwake was a US Navy submarine rescue ship built during WWII, and commissioned on July 16, 1945. Decommissioned in 1994, the Kittiwake was sunk early in 2011 as an artificial reef just off the island of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean Sea.

Though not a warship - in comparison to most modern corvettes and other such vessels the Kittiwake certainly ranks as good sized.

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USS Kittiwake
Submarine Rescue
US Navy
Grand Cayman
Cold War
Steven Mercatante

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