Artillery

Nazi Inventions during WWII Nazi Germany held a significant technological edge over other nation’s militaries during the lead-up to the war in Europe (Scott N. Romaniuk, Tobias J. Burgers, Shih-Yueh Yang 2017). Many people don’t even know about the many projects Hitler tried to keep secret. Scientist and researchers are still finding out many things that happened in Nazi Germany, during WWII. Hitler had many secret projects; many of these no one ever knew about. One of which was the Horten Ho…

rifle shots. The other two brigades of the 23rd, with the French Battalion, shut on the town later toward the evening. Still later, Freeman's regimental battle group was expanded by Battery B, 503rd Field Artillery Battalion, with its 155mm howitzers; by the 105mm howitzers of the 37th Field Artillery Battalion; by Battery B, 82nd AAA AW SP Battalion (against airplane cannons, programmed weapons, self-moved); by Company B, second Combat Engineer Battalion, first Ranger Company; and by a…

The roles of women during the late 19th century early 20th century expanded very rapidly. Women became major players in the expansion of consumerism and were able to make more money. The also became able to new jobs like teachers, clerks, and shop assistants. More women at this time even began to fight for equal rights through Political Feminism and were successful. The thinking associated with Social Darwinism affected survival of the fittest, society, and the competition of nations in many…

The last few days of my life have been something new to me. I truly know now what I’ve been taking for granted. The war isn’t the great adventure it seemed to be at first. In the past battle at Vimy, I’ve witnessed the death of thousands of young men just like me. During the nights of the battle, the constant deafening noises of the enemy shells, bombs, and explosives made gave me nightmares. The trenches would be infested by rats and maggots who would swarm the dead bodies. This would frighten…

response to the urgent situation in Sarajevo, Bosnia which was under a terrorist attack. Lebbeus at that time stated that it was clear that architecture was part of the problem. He wrote “snipers had turned streets into lethal shooting galleries and artillery gunners had turned ordinary buildings where people worked and lived into incendiary death traps” and as architecture was part of the problem also had to be part of the solution. Lebbeus then started to consider how to repair damaged houses…

The article “Gettysburg In The Civil War” was about the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee’s first journey failed, then in June 1863 he tried again by marching north to Pennsylvania. Lee’s campaign was going well. Hooker had proposed to attack Richmond but was rejected in Washington. Hooker was then replaced by General George Meade. Stuart decided to ride around the Union Army to gather troop information. Stuarts costly decision took longer than expected, so Lee had to go without knowing where the Union…

If American diplomats had not fought battles in foreign courts, American soldiers could not have won the battles they fought at home. Britain’s status as superpower combined with rising power in European nations led to the policy of armed neutrality, which left Britain without any allies. French and Spanish fleets in the New World spread Britain very thin. Essentially, the war became a global conflict, with the only actual fighting happening in North America. Consequently, without its diplomatic…

Of all of the battles in the American Civil War, none other amounted to the sheer casualties in the one day that was the Battle of Antietam. With a slew of mistakes by both Generals, the terrain was disadvantageous to both sides, the Union didn’t take advantage of the surplus of troops, General Lee’s battle plans were spread, and many other battlefield errors, this was the bloodiest single day in American history. The topics that are going to be covered are: A overview of the battle in general;…

In the key battle of the American Revolution at Yorktown, about six thousand Americans and seven thousand French men fought for freedom in October of 1781 . Between 9 and 10 am on October 17th, 1781, a British drummer stood on a parapet as a red coated officer waved a white handkerchief . This flag of freedom was waved through the air, delivering the message of surrender for all soldiers to witness. At this sight, thousands of British troops surrendered to the Americans and the French, a…

McClellan with an Army strength of 87,000Composed of Cavalry, light infantry and artillery. On the other side with the Confederates was General Robert E. Lee with an Army strength of 45,000 composing of much the same as the Union with Cavalry, light infantry and artillery. Both the Confederates and the Union had similarities when it came to their standing forces. The Union and Confederates were using the same rifles and artillery throughout the battle. The difference was that the Confederates…