Ally Carter

“Over Here: The First World War and American Society,” is a historical novel that shows the American society’s viewpoint and emotions about the First World War during the 1910s. Author David Kennedy focuses more on the home front experience during the war rather than the military side. He educates us with the parts of history that most people seemed to forget about or pretend to forget about. With a lot of amazing details of events, Kennedy explains the period from early 1917 to late 1918. He…

In 1914 they invaded and conquered Belgium another neutral nation. This was an uncalled for action for the Germans to do because they were a neutral nation not wanting to be involved in this bloody and costly war. In May 1915 The Germans used the unfair game of submarine warfare against the Lusitania a passenger ship. A lot of civilians were killed and this was an uncalled for action towards innocent people. In January 1917 the Germans announced that now they would be using submarine warfare…

The resistance fighters or underground during World War II existed in every country that was occupied by German soldiers by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda, to hiding crashed pilots and even outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. World War II began when German Dictator, Adolf Hitler, started attacking and taking over European countries with a method known as Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is a German term for “lightning war” and is a military…

ground troops into the Netherlands and Germany to capture the Axes bridges. It is considered the largest Allied airborne operation of the war. The Allies wanted to create a route into Germany so they could advance their forces faster. This area was so important because it really was the center of Germany’s industrial area. One of the major issues for the Allies during this attack was that they were moving too fast and their supplies were not able to make it to them in time. Also some of the…

At the point when individuals have gotten some information about what they see when they picture war, they more often than not react with something along the lines of war being wicked, brutal, damaging and tragic. That portrayal essentially depicts what has been alluded to all through history as the "War to End All Wars". World War I occurred from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918 and brought about an aggregate loss of around 16 million men. This war was between the Allied Powers (which was…

While the duration of World War I several nations around the globe were immensely affected. The United States of America was one country whose actions toward this brutal war were influenced by their commander in chief. President Woodrow Wilson. He was the 28th president of the United States, who was able to lead and direct our beloved democracy to success. Woodrow Wilson was first nominated for presidency in 1912 at the Democratic Convention. Wilson fulfilled his duties as a leader throughout…

On the day of September 3rd 1939, two days after the Nazi German army invaded the Polish on the 1st of September, the Allied forces that were Britain and France declared war on their German neighbour (Layton, 1992). In the end, the Allied forces celebrated their victory against their opponents in 1945, but the outcome of the war wasn’t thanks to Allied strategic successes but to the mistakes of the Axis powers that led to their inevitable downfall. The mistakes that caused the result of the…

Operation Torch is a code name given to an allied operation of the invasion of North Africa, consisted of the France territories , mainly Algiers and Morocco. Historians had argued that Operation Torch and Patton’s role in it as one of the reason why the allies were able to push back the Axis out of Africa, mainly due to the fact of the importance of the operation itself. Operation Torch marks the first campaign in which there exists an Anglo-American cooperation; Winston Churchill himself had…

"Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan" (). These are the words the 32nd President of the United States begin his Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation on December 8th, 1941. FDR's speech was a call to action, and in his speech, he expressed outstanding distaste towards Japan. The speech was directed to Congress for them to declare war against Japan which…

At 0755, December 7th 1941 the empire of Japan Attacked a naval base on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. As a result, thousands of men and women lost their lives. This act of savagery sent tremors throughout the United States. Citizens, including me have been in a state of panic ever since the brutal attacks on Pearl Harbor commenced. People from all across America paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, victims of a devious attack. Flowers were laid at sites such as the statue of liberty in honor of…