Armoured warfare

The Necessary Atomic Solution The United States should have dropped the atomic bomb on Japan because it was the only way to stop them and finally put an end to World War II, and there were also several smaller conflicts that the deed would have resolved. By the near end of World War II, Japan was the last dictatorial country that needed to be taken care of in order to end it all. The Soviet Union was on somewhat good terms with the United States and the Allies after Hitler attempted to attack…

The 1950s is considered by many as the prime of the United States. The rates of unemployment and inflation were low. The so-called “baby boom” was an inclination of how well America was prospering. During that time, the United States had the strongest military force. The country was blooming and life seemed great. However, it was also the time where many controversies occurred. Millions of Americans were beginning to speak up against inequality, racism, and injustice. The ever-so famous court…

Did you know that about 200,000 people died in trenches during WW1? According to Britannica, trench warfare is, "Warfare in which opposing armed forces attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground." Trenches are long dug-out ditches in the ground used to protect soldiers from new weaponry. The Carlisle Army website informs, "On the Western Front, Germany, Austria, and Hungary faced down the Allies, France and Britain over barbed-wired…

the diggers Life in the European trenches and trench warfare is strongly associated with World War 1, when it was employed on the Western Front from September 1914 until the last weeks of the war. By the end of October 1914 the whole front in Belgium and France had solidified into lines of trenches. Trench warfare occurred when a revolution in firepower was not matched by similar advances in mobility, resulting in a grueling form of warfare in which the defender held the advantage. In World War…

When the United States first developed the nuclear bomb it had secured its place as the most powerful nation in the world. There was no need for deterrence back then because nobody else had acquired nuclear bombs yet. Essentially the United States could get away with nuking anyone without any major consequences and without sending any ground troops. Only a few planes were needed to do the trick. It was only a matter of time before another state pursued the same technology and within a few years,…

Eisenhower and Obama can both be considered great speakers in addressing the respective issues during their time of election in vastly different time periods. For Eisenhower, the current concern was WWII and the creation of the atomic bomb. For Obama, the concern was attracting white voters along with those of his own race to vote for him. Obama appeals more to the audience’s emotions in terms of ethos and pathos while Eisenhower uses more logos along with pathos to appeal to his listeners.…

That day, 140,000 people died. That day, light erupted from the ground, shattering both people’s lives and the air itself. That day.. history was irrevocably changed, and the future was set into an era of dimming lights. That day, the entirety of the world was set into a new age of paranoia and fear, the fear that at any moment, they could be wiped out instantly. That day was August 6. 1945, when for the first and only time since Nagasaki, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima by America.…

“My part in producing the atomic bomb consisted in a single act: I signed a letter to President Roosevelt” (On the Abolition of the Threat of War). After World War II, the alliance between the two massive powers, the United States and the Soviet Union, had become rocky. Their distrust of each other had caused the beginning of the Cold War. Although it was just a series of disagreements, the Cold War was a very dangerous time period for the entire world. Because of the looming threat of atomic…

Case Study Questions 1. Identify the branch of Science that aided in the autopsy analysis of Georgi Markov. The branch of science that aided in the autopsy analysis of Georgi Markov was forensic toxicology, which is the study of toxic substances and poisons. 2. What was the name of the substance that led to the demise of Georgi Markov? Why? Why was there no reliable test for this agent? The name of the substance that led to the demise of Georgi Markov was ricin. During an autopsy, a section…

Christmas Truce I smile. For the first time in my few weeks here, I smile. I run to look over the steep, mud wall of the trench and through the dirtied barbed wire. Men from both sides of the ravaged field are walking towards each other. Not towards the onslaught which usually comes with an expedition to No-Mans’ Land, but towards each other with open arms. I hoist myself over the trench wall, I have always expected going over the top to be the last moments of my life. It still could be, but…