Allies

were shot close to the ground to imitate a member of the AFPU not trying to get hit, not editing out mistakes during shooting, and creating movement with the camera using a shakes lens. This can be seen in the beginning of the film when the American Allies invade Omaha beach and the camera operator is recording like they are crouched over when running onto the beach, the camera is shaking side to side when the men are running to cover, and occasionally, the screen the viewer is watching shakes…

The declaration became known as the Atlantic Charter. In the book Why the Allies Won, Richard Overy labels this as a “public statement of democratic solidarity,” describing that its primary purpose was to improve the world and to consider people’s needs through democracy. It was formed for nations who made changes and decisions…

Operation HUSKY was the first major military operation following the Allied victories in North Africa. For the follow-on operation, the Americans favored a cross-channel invasion of Europe, but the British favored a peripheral approach to wear down the Axis. Ultimately, the decision to invade Sicily was the uneasy compromise reached at the Casablanca conference with the strategic goal of freeing Mediterranean shipping from Axis harassment, diverting German strength from the Russian Front and…

History Being Changed: Pearl Harbor, considered one of the most major military flaws in history, changed the course of World War II in its entirety and thus may have changed the history of the world. Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Naval genius and war hero that masterminded the attack under orders from his superiors. After spending years studying and traveling in the United States, he not only grew fond of the country, but also realized that invoking their wrath would be a major mistake on…

What was WW1 about? World War 1 was about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand he was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary. Some of the events that led up to the assassination where various but mainly because the group of alliances between the two big powers to blame the cause of the war. How did it start? It started with the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary which was Franz Ferdinand. Why did the U.S get involved in the WW1? The U.S. did not declare the war until April 6th of the…

What is one topic that most history classes discuss? Most history classes discuss World War I. World War I started July 28, 1914 and ended on November 11, 1918. This war was between the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies had a mix of France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and later the United States. The Central Power had a team of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. In this war, there was a general named John Joseph Pershing known as “Black Jack”. He was a part of historical…

1. Battle of Britain- July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940 a. In the mid- June of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill proclaimed in his speech ‘The Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin’ ... let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour’. b. Adolf Hitler had turned his attention to defeat Britain; he realized that an…

the German islands around the mouth of the harbour at Kiao-chau. With the help of the Allies, Japan managed to regain Tsing-tau and Kiao-chau, along with surrounding islands, by November 6th. After accomplishing what they wanted, they remained in the war due to a treaty signed years previously with the British that stated they would help in times of war. For the next few years, Japan contributed to the Allies by patrolling the Atlantic Ocean, and smaller seas, and shipping artillery to Russia.…

German forces and advancing in on the city The soviet army outnumbered and out supplied the German army - with many German soldiers being hungry, sick and wounded The battle resulted in the surrender of the Germany army at the hands of Russia and the Allies and the suicide of Adolf Hitler and his wife Both sides suffered tremendous losses, with the city of Berlin turning to nothing but…

saved, but much equipment was lost. And not everyone was even rescued, about 40,000 were left to die, be captured, or otherwise escape. The fact that the evacuation even happened had to do greatly with luck since Hitler had halted his attack on the Allies on May 24th, for reasons unknown. If he hadn’t of done this, the outcome of Operation Dynamo could, and probably would, have been vastly different and unfortunate for the soldiers. So, while the evacuation of Dunkirk brought about many…