August Spies

Whenever somebody even happens to mention the atomic bomb, your mind automatically conjures up images of bodies with their skin peeling off, flattened plains where cities used to be, gaseous mushroom clouds that envelop the sky, and most of all, the most effective, lethal, and powerful weapon ever used in wartime. The atomic bomb has the power to bring cities to mounds of rubble, valuable resources to worthless powder and nations to their knees. The atomic bomb however, is not only potent in its…

During World War II, the United States was going through many changes and challenges. This was not only happening in the United States but also in Europe. Some of the themes of World War II were the revolutionary change. During this era, we invented nuclear weapons which changed the way we fought wars. Nuclear weapons were used during the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conflict was another theme during this time. Nearly all of the world became involved in the conflict. The United States…

There was even a secret letter composed on August 5th, 1942 from S. T. Wood, an RCMP Commissioner, to W. S. Stevenson that proved the incorruption of the Japanese. Colonel Wood declared in his letter, "We have had no proof of undercover work or harm among the Japanese in British Columbia.". This letter confirms in fact that the Japanese posed no threat to Canada’s national security. The Japanese were interned into camps for an invalid reason: to become spies for Japan thus threatening the safety…

After his return to England, in 1941 Fuchs was invited by Rudolf Peierls, another German-born British physicist, to Birmingham to work on the British nuclear weapon project, codenamed Tube Alloys. While there were concerns regarding the security of hiring Fuchs, good scientists were in such short demand that Britain decided that Fuchs was worth the risk. He was cleared by MI5 and also by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research for this position. This decision was later criticized in…

Patriots [McCullough, 1776, 262]. Soon British forces controlled the entire state of New Jersey. Many disgruntled Patriot soldiers joined British ranks [Beatty, 24-28, 30-31]. Loyalist spies used British techniques to produce invisible writing for spy activities and documents. [John A. Nagy, George Washington's Secret Spy War: The Making of America's First Spymaster (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2016),…

For many centuries, the main purpose of gender was procreation. Women’s role was exclusively a homemaker while other kinds of contact with the outside world took on the man. This, of course, gave men the right to treat women below themselves in regards to societal status. But with our time, technological progress, scientific discoveries and feminism, situation has changed dramatically. A woman in today 's society has a very different status. They now have freedom that somehow disables the word,…

Introduction In 2017, there have been several high profile cyber-attacks that have affected various systems across the country and the world. Among these cyber-criminals is the group known as the Shadow Brokers who debuted in August 2016 after claiming to have breached the spy tools of the Equation Group, an elite NSA-linked operation. In April 2017, the Shadow Brokers released what is said to be significant NSA tools which individuals have used to infect computer systems with ransomware. As a…

immeasurable. Men and women risked their lives fighting for what they believed was morally right. One of these fighters was a man named Raoul Wallenberg, who was a true hero that fought against the terrors of the Nazi`s Reich. Raoul Wallenberg was born August 4, 1912, in Sweden into a prominent family, one that donated to bankers and politicians and such. His father died months before he was born, so his mother and grandfather were his two mentors in his early life. He studied to become an…

World War II and the Enigma machine Ben Karpinski Independent Studies The Enigma Machine was a very large turning point in technology for the war. Not only was it a way of communication, but it was a way of coded information. This would end up being a way to transfer top secret information long distance. The engineer Arthur Scherbius, from Germany, invented the Enigma machine in the hope of selling to commercial companies in the department of communications. Little did he know where it…

Desperate measures had to be taken to bring an end to World War II. The war promised to drag on, which would result in many more American deaths. By dropping the first two atomic bombs in history, America ensured that World War II came to a rapid conclusion. Although these bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki cost many Japanese their lives, doing so was compulsory to ensure an end to World War II. Dropping these atomic bombs was an extremely difficult but necessary decision that…