1944

We know that the forces of good in terms of World War II came out as successful because the Allies recaptured Rome in June, 1944 and won the war in 1945 with the D-Day Invasion in 1944. The rivalry between O’Flaherty and Kappler ended in a victory for Monsignor because Kappler was captured in 1945 and was questioned by the Allied powers for the crimes he committed during the war. Also, he learns that his wife and children were smuggled into Switzerland and Kappler secretly knows it was Monsignor…

These novels are Ahmed Ali’s Twilight in Delhi (1940) and Ocean of Night (1964), Iqbalunnisa Hussain’s Purdah and Polygamy: Life in an Indian Muslim Household (1944), Humayun Kabir’s Men and River (1945), a novel based on a folk tale, Amir Ali’s Conflict (1947), Via Geneva (1967) and Assignment in Kashmir (1973), K. A. Abbas’s Tomorrow is Ours: A Novel of the India of Today (1943) and Inquilab: A Novel of the…

The Normandy landing was the operation that happened on Tuesday, June 6, 1944. Where the Allied troops invaded Normandy in "Operation Overlord" during World War II. Also known as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne attack in history and the most ambitious military assault (History). D-Day was the most important turning point during WWII, requiring much preparation by the US and Allies, excellent execution of the planned attack on D-Day itself, and through the effect it had helped the Allies gain…

with difficulties battling up the spine towards Rome. The Germans had gained more ground thus they were able to block the allied forces from advancing. The Germans, however, ordered his troops not to include the abbey in their defensive system. By 1944 the allied progress was embarrassingly and painfully slow thus causing tension among the allies. The reason for the slow pace was the geography and the terrain south of Rome. It has high mountains with very fast flowing rivers that cut through.…

This poster was created in 1944. One of the war’s most significant events was taking place during this time: D-Day. On June 6, 1944, D-Day had begun with the landing of around 156,000 Ally forces along five beaches in the Normandy region upon the coast of France. In late August 1944, the Allies had succeeded in liberating all of northern France. The strongest of these blows to the Axis powers was the liberation…

chambers or railway systems would really slow the killing of Jews. Pressure to act The Allies didn't really know about the death camps by summer 1944. Before that, the Allies only has really vague information about the death camps. The Allies knew more specific information about the death camps from, “ escapes of two prisoners in April 1944.”(Why didn't the…

The Power of the Epistolary Narrative: The Color Purple It is clear that Alice Walker’s “near death” experience as a child allowed her to become a “meticulous observer of human relations” (“Alice Walker (1944-)”). Becoming blind in her right eye at the age of eight seemed to aid her writing, allowing her to become very interested in how people interacted, but also enabling her to withdraw from others. Walker’s childhood seemed to further help her writing. She writes as if trying to…

Northwest Europe, 1944-1945. Published in 2003, Fussell focuses on the men who were sent over to Europe towards the end of the war to try and turn it around. A large part of the book puts emphasis on the fact that the majority of the soldiers who were sent overseas were young students, of which he goes as far as to call them “boys”. This book explores the ideas of nationalism and the chaos of war and how it physically and mentally traumatized those who witnessed it. The book begins in 1944,…

Canada's Contribution to the Allied Effort Canadian Military Contributions were essential to win WWII. Ortona, D-Day-Juno Beach, and The Liberation of the Netherlands are three critical conflicts that Canadian Army and Navy conquered to deliver victory to the Allied effort. Through the hard work, courage, and great sacrifices of Canadian soldiers and the Allied forces, German forces surrendered on May 7th, 1945, and on May 8th, 1945 Victory in Europe (V-E) Day was declared. Canada proved a…

General George S Patton It was a tragedy. The losses, the deaths. World War 2 was the great depression. As an American General Douglas Macarthur once said ¨ Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” (History.com Staff). All american soldiers that were involved in the war were and still are amazing, but one soldier that really stole my attention was General George S Patton. George Smith Patton Jr was a great man, he did many things to save the people in World War 2 that were being hurt,…