Ally Sheedy

This caused Western Europe to take action. In early 1938, Britain, France and Poland began calling on military units to fortify their borders. Explicitly, Britain and Poland signed a Mutual Assistance Treaty that would require both nations to react to a German attack on either country. This treaty is symbolic of Europe’s reaction to Hitler’s aggression because it still showed a policy of appeasement. Neither Britain nor Poland would attack German forces unless they directly invaded. Just six…

On May 4th, 1940 after the defeat of Britain in Dunkirk,Winston Churchill spoke to the House of Commons about the potential retaliation against Germany. Winston Churchill was appointed Prime Minister of Britain about a month before the Dunkirk incident, due to his extensive experience and talent with war. Winston knew that an epoch of war was in due time, especially after Nazi Germany declared war on Britain and France. In his speech, he uses candor to explain how horrifying the defeat at…

Account for the Luftwaffe’s failure to win the Battle of Britain. In 1941, Britain stood on the precipice of German invasion, the only thing in their way, the Royal Air Force, “hopelessly outnumbered, horribly outgunned, [they] battled desperately and somehow, despite the odds, emerged victorious.” With all the odds stacked in their favour, buoyed from their recent success in France, the German Luftwaffe still failed to win the battle in the skies over Britain. This essay will provide a…

few days later on October 13, 1914 the French and English armies entered the Ypres area, taking up defensive positions to limit the advance of the German army. Beginning in January 1915 there was a stalemate between the Allied and German armies. The Allies held their…

“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…