Egypt nationalizes Suez Canal & blockades Israel. Israel invades. Britian & France join in. An often-overlooked affair in Cold War & Arab-Israeli history. Maj. Scott Macmann, USA/ret., NSDM Game staff
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Israel invaded the Sinai to restore access to the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba, which Egypt had recently blockaded. France and Britain rapidly moved to help Israel, in part to restore European control over the Suez Canal, which Egypt had nationalized. What followed was an Israeli victory, but with France and Britain to some extent shown to be no longer superpowers, unable to pursue independent foreign policy objectives with the consent of the United States. Lecture discusses the backdrop of Arab-Israeli tensions, the developing Cold War, and the deterioration of the European colonial paradigm, goes on to describe the conflict and its aftermath. Presented by Maj. Scott Macmann, USA/ret., on the National Security Decision Making Game staff.
The I's Have It: Japanese Submarine Development in the Interwar Years
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Japanese inter-war submarine program. Japan made a major investment in these I-boats, but got little return on it. What went wrong? Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., former submarine officer, NSDMG staff
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Commissioned 100 years ago, the Japanese submarine I-52 was a prototype of a new series of open-ocean submarines expected to fight the US for control of the Pacific. Based on captured German WW I cruiser submarines, it was used for experimentation but scrapped as obsolete early in the Pacific War. Lecture will examine the origins of the Japanese inter-war submarine design program from strategic requirements to design and tactical capabilities, leading from I-52 to the large I-boats that fought in the war. Japan had made a major commitment to a large, diverse submarine force but unlike other major naval powers this force did not meet expectations. What worked and what went wrong? Presented by Capt. Mark McDonagh, USN/ret., physicist and former nuclear submarine officer with 12 years' experience at the Naval War College, on the National Security Decision Making Game staff.