The purpose of this paper is to identify how the British Admiralty’s COMINT failures during the Battle of Jutland prevented them from destroying the German High Seas Fleet. The battle is re-imagined with a much better-trained and coordinated intelligence section. The British Admiralty’s intelligence failures prevented Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet from winning a decisive victory against Scheer’s High Seas Fleet. Because the Admiralty’s COMINT section did not maintain control over their…
As humans, we find it difficult to view a series of events, issues, or procedures through an objective lens. As a result – and with particular regard to our past – we produce a historical conception that is “exceedingly teleological,” perverting key processes by pulling them out of context and forcing them into a contrived chain of events (Hanioglu, p. 1). “It is often assumed,” Turkish professor and scholar, M. Şükrü Hanioğlu, writes, “that the emergence of the Republic of Turkey in Anatolia,…
the Treaty of Versailles. He began expanding his military force and militarizing the Rhineland. Over and over again, the League of Nations appeased Germany and let Hitler break the Treaty of Versailles. The League of Nations appeased Germany in hopes of attaining peace. Instead, it encouraged Hitler to rebel. Soon, Germany started invading the Poland. At that moment, the League of Nations realized that the Germans wanted war all along. The German military had grown into the world's most powerful…
The invention of steel, gunpowder and other technologies of war changed the battlefields throughout the history, but none so dramatically as innovations of airpower. Those innovations are the main cause that gave birth of a unique military capabilities only airpower can provide; among other, to attack directly enemy targets from the air regardless of their location, and to observe from the air.1 Today’s includes all available relevant technology for commanders to use in air, space, and…
permission to retreat back but of course Hitler would not allow it because he seen it as being a coward. As a result 80,000 German men died. It appeared as if the German Reich was going to collapse in 1944. With General Patton at the helm of the American army, they were slowly making their way through Europe on the quest to halt the Germans. On July 20, Hitler’s Headquarters were bombed which led to more bloodshed on both sides of the…
The traditional Theory of The Just Ward The War is an institution to which countries entrust the solution of disputes between peoples. Doctrine on the war registers an evolution in the course of history: the war as a possible means of Justice. The war as a prerogative of the sovereign; war as a crime, its trend lines that somehow coexist in the different historical phases, but at the same time marked the passing of an era to another. The distinction between just war and unjust war is St.…
Along with advancements in technology, changes to the very nature of war is inevitable. Proven throughout history, the side that better adapts usually emerges triumphant. The interwar period between World War I and World War II, produced many technological advancements that greatly altered the way wars were fought, such as the weaponization of airplanes. Unlike World War I, airplanes played a major role in World War II; from destroying military bases to flattening cities, airplanes were the ones…
The TV show I have chosen for the review is called The Flash. The Flash was viewed in the CW channel at 8/7c at night of every Tuesday. The target audience for The Flash are teens and young adults. The Flash is about protagonist, Barry Allen, gaining super speed and become a hero called the Flash. When Barry gained his super speed, other people also acquired unique power which some chose to use it in wrong way. Barry becomes the Flash to protect city he is living in, Central City, from many…
recruits were children of immigrants, while others were born in foreign countries, such as Mexico, Italy, and the Philippines. Many Native Americans also volunteered to fight, though they were not subject to the draft. About 380,000 African Americans served during World War I. However, because of segregation and racism, their opportunities were restricted. African Americans were placed into all-black units led by white officers, with most troops assigned to support roles and noncombatant duties,…
Americans had no idea that war was imminent in Europe in the summer of 1914, and tens of thousands of tourists were caught by surprise.[1] Apart from an Anglophile element supporting the British, American public opinion went along with neutrality at first. The sentiment for neutrality was strong among Irish Americans, German Americans and Swedish Americans,[2] as well as among church leaders and women. On the other hand, even before the war broke out American opinion toward Germany was already…