NSDM: 100th Anniversary, WW I U-Boat Operations: The Killing Time, 1917
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Germany’s 1917 unrestricted submarine warfare campaign. Strategic, geopolitical & technological conditions. Presenter Capt. Mark McDonagh of the National Security Decision Making, Inc. staff.
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The German submarine force’s resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare in 1917 resulted in what they came to refer to as “The Killing Time.” With no effective anti-submarine weapons or measures, the Royal Navy was ill-equipped to respond, and the carnage was massive. But it also brought the US into the war. Lecture covers the strategic, geopolitical and technological conditions that led to this campaign, and how it affected the trajectory of human history.
NSDM: 100th Anniversary, the U.S. Path to Great War, 1917
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Lecture. Examining U.S. entry into World War I: why, how & when; & the impact of U.S. entry on the war and the world. Presenter Merle Robinson of the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
Join the National Security Decision Making Game staff to review recent changes & things to watch next year, including hotspots: China, Europe, Syria, Iran, Israel, Russia, North Korea...
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Overview, analysis & insights on current/future world affairs. This panel discussion and seminar, the signature event of the National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Game staff, explores current, and potential future, problem areas around the world. Want to know what to expect in the next year? What might happen and what are the implications of it? What are drivers, what indicators to watch for, and how might events be affected by the U.S. and the West? What potential catastrophes is CNN missing?
National Security Decision Making Game staff led discussion of global hotspots, & things to watch out for next year, including hotspots: China, Europe, Syria, Iran, Israel, Russia, North Korea.
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For the Diehards, continued discussion of current military/political/economic topics of interest/concern, analysis & insights on current/future world affairs. This seminar led by the National Security Decision Making (NSDM) Game staff, explores current, and potential future, problem areas around the world. Want to know what to expect in the next year? What might happen and what are the implications of it? What are drivers, what indicators to watch for, and how might events be affected by the U.S. and the West? What potential catastrophes is CNN missing?
NSDM: 50th Anniversary, the Six Day War 1967: Israel vs. the Arab World
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Lecture explores how events of the 1967 Six-Day Arab-Israeli war changed the world. Presenter Merle Robinson of the National Security Decision Making, Inc. staff.
Dieppe Raid: too big for a raid, too small for an invasion. What went right, what went wrong, & its significance. Presenter Michael Tucker of the National Security Decision Making, Inc. staff.
NSDM: 75th Anniversary, Early Pacific Submarine Campaigns 1942-43
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US & Japanese subs go to war. US carriers sunk; problems with weapons, doctrine; cutting Japan’s maritime arteries. By Mark McDonagh CAPT USN (ret) of the NSDM, Inc. staff.
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Both US and Japanese submarine forces had prepared dutifully for the Pacific War, but had their problems. The Japanese had perhaps the most impressive submarine forces in the world, but it was designed for and attempted to implement an unworkable doctrine, unchallenged as dogma. The US instantly embraced a workable strategy and had the platforms for it, but in small numbers and with a principal torpedo that didn’t work. Lecture will discuss initial successes and failures. Included: the Japanese submarine that fired the first shots of the war BEFORE the Japanese aircraft arrived over Pearl Harbor; USS Saratoga, torpedo magnet; sinking of USS Wasp; the only aerial bombing of the US ever; correction of the US torpedo problems and the beginning of the annihilation of the Japanese maritime lifeline. Presenter Mark McDonagh CAPT USN (ret) of the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff.
NSDM: 75th Anniversary, Great Turning Points of World War II, 1942
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Lecture & seminar discussing 1942 turning points of WW II, with emphasis on Stalingrad, Midway, El Alamein & Operation Torch. Presented by the staff of the National Security Decision Making, Inc.
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Lecture and follow-on seminar. Battles and campaigns in 1942 resulted in the shift in momentum, in essentially all theaters, from the Axis to the Allies. Members of the National Security Decision Making, Inc staff will present highlights of Stalingrad, Midway, El Alamein and Operation Torch as a handful of examples, and will lead a broad-based discussion of the events of this pivotal year that turned the course of the war.