Armoured warfare

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One of the important themes that I have witnessed this semester while doing the statecraft simulation was Arms Racing. Here are some examples of how this happened in our Statecraft world. Since the beginning of the game each country built military forces to secure their borders expect Cortarro. The Empire was the first country that started to use their resources to get Army divisions. Then, countries felt unsecured to let the Empire to have army divisions and don’t secure their borders. When the…

Charles Maland, a University of Tennessee professor of American film studies, has written a great deal of books that evolve around the history of film. Books like Time and The Nation, which talked about James Agee life as a movie critic during the 1940’s. His article, Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus discussed how he examined the Ideology of Liberal Consensus. It also discussed how the culture of America responded to the Liberal Consensus’ radical…

Hello, I am Jeremy Romondo and here is the story of my death. The date is January 7th, 1945. I am fighting the genocidal maniacs also known as the Nazis. We were fighting outside of the small town of Rudesheim when we saw a monstrous Sherman Tank on our right flank just over a small hedge of bushes. My battalion leaped under the cover of the foliage to stay out of the vision of the destructive vehicle. We stayed until we knew for sure the tank was clear of our location. My soldiers and I camped…

The Bombs Shouldn’t Have Been Dropped Fat Man and Little Boy, the two bombs used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Americans weren’t justified to drop the Atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Atomic bomb explosions were so big it completely leveled out Hiroshima and Nagasaki there were about 9 buildings still standing after Little Boy hit Hiroshima and about 7 buildings standing after Fat Man hit Nagasaki. The Americans knew the bombs would completely wipe out the whole cities of…

For years there have been debates about whether the Unites States should have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Dropping the bombs did allow for a swift end to the war, but thousands of people, citizens and soldiers alike, were still murdered, and both Japanese cities were decimated. People are still suffering from the leftover radiation today. The United States should not have dropped the atomic bomb. With knowledge of this new power the world would have something new and very…

In the first letter a man named Dick is writing home to his mother explaining to her what has happened in about the last week. He explains his time waiting in the trenches for the artillery to commence on the Germans. He then explains that when they push forward that they are met with machine guns firing at them. Some get hit with shrapnel but that was the least of their worries. He says how it was terribly awkward for him since he was untouched when the mere boys serving with him had it much…

Throughout the war, the conditions in the trenches contributed heavily to the negative nature of trench warfare. Source 3.2 outlines just one of these aspects of the conditions in the trenches, mud. Written by Sergeant P Boyd of the allied forces, the source expresses how the mud consumed the soldiers in every aspect of their life, and that it was inescapable. The primary source quotes “I have known those who can face enemy barrage without flinching, who still shiver at the memory of their…

The use and possession of nuclear arms have been debated ever since the United States first put them on display in August of 1945. Countless people have debated the ethics of such weapons and whether or not they should be allowed to exist. Erika Gregory debates this topic in the Ted Talk titled: The world doesn't need more nuclear weapons. The Ted talk is given by the nuclear refermer: Erika Gregory. Erika Gregory argues that the world needs to rid itself of its nuclear arms. Erika Gregory’s…

Dwight Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant’s book: The Vietnam War: A Graphic History delivers an amusing account and perception on the Vietnam War in North and South Vietnam, as well as an account in America at this period in time. This book is an exceptional source to teachers, students, and war enthusiasts. The book answers the question of what it remained like to be a citizen living in America at the time of the Vietnam War and what it was like to be a shoulder fighting in this horrid war. Starting…