Aerial warfare

Time and time again the United States of America has proven itself to be a lethal force in war, this is both the nation’s greatest wartime strength and its weakness. When the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing thousands of Japanese and instituting the conclusion of conflict in the Pacific Theatre of WWII, it was proven to the world how ruthlessly violent the nation truly is. The United States’ use of the atomic bomb was not necessary…

In 1945, American army attacked the central of Japan which is Tokyo to hit a strike in the Japanese army. They used B-29 which is bomber from America made an air raid on Tokyo because they wanted to destroy Tokyo to occupy Japanese urban area. Twenty thousand people were killed by the air raid, and this attack was called Great Tokyo Air Raid. In addition, a million people became homeless because their houses were burned by air raid, and forty square kilometers of Tokyo were destroyed by the…

A man gets radiation poisoning in London. This would be a likely headline from a newspaper in November 2006 from the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko, and would likely cause a fear of radiation in some people in London. The big question is going to be, was there an investigation into the poisoning and who did the poisoning? The first question to look at will be what was the murder weapon since it is going to answer the other question. This essay is going to look at this because this may be the…

The air was electric, waiting for a reaction to the obvious. They were all there as promised. Lining the streets, crawling through cracks in the pavement, like dandelions – bold and unappealing. They were poised, minds set in protest. It was the war that was why they were all there. To stand against the waves of pain evaporating off the country’s decisions. Vietnam. That was their reason, a protest, standing against war and pain. Against all the suffering that comes with combat. So they all…

In World War I, what is considered to be the first modern war, familiar weapons such as cannons and rifles were remodeled and more dangerous. Out of them all, the weapon that caused the most death was the artillery. Automatic rifles and machine guns gave soldiers less time reloading and more time shooting. Poisonous gases such as chlorine and mustard gas were new things these soldiers had to look out for. It was the first use of chemical weapons. Tanks were also a new weapon that men in the…

We tell stories to remember the past and to not repeat our mistakes in the future. The Vietnam war was a very important part of our history. Also we tell stories based on events that happened in our own lives. Oliver Stone the writer of Platoon experienced the Vietnam war first hand. Similar to Tim O’Brien who wrote the things they carried. He also experienced the war. Both writers wrote about their experiences from their own point of view. The way Tim O’Brien wrote the things they carried…

the most significant part of thewar was dominated by trench warfare during 1916 and 1917, the middle part of the war. they were dug deep into the ground in a zigzag pattern to protect soldiers from advancing enemies. the various tools were used from the dug in positions were machine guns and artillery. Although, they weren’t completely safe in these conditions: • Constantly threatened by shellfire, snipers, and chemical attacks, soldiers died by the millions in these horrid conditions. two main…

Maya Ying Lin was a twenty-one-year-old attending college at Yale studying architecture. This young woman entered her idea for the memorial as a school project. That very same project was the winner of the Vietnam War memorial contest. Brent Ashabranner wrote “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”, which is about the Vietnam War memorial contest. The author, Ashabranner chose “Always to Remember” for the first part of the title so that we would always remember the war and the…

discusses the original “Daisy Ad” which also focused on nuclear warfare. Bringing up “our children,” and that they will have to deal with the effects of a nuclear war, it instills a sense of fear and sadness into parents. Also, older children, especially the male demographic, who see this advertisement will become anxious and weary about voting for Trump because the latter will most likely be forced to enlist into the army if nuclear warfare were to begin during his…

Personal Response There Will Come Soft Rains “War is hell.” If this is the case then what would nuclear war be. Wars can go on for years with million of deaths but nuclear war can last a few hours and kill billions. The short story “let there come soft Rains” depicts a future after the events of a nuclear war, more specifically it tells the story of a single house standing in the rubble of a city. I found this story…