B-17 Flying Fortress

World War II introduced some of the greatest advances in history, taking early World War I and modernizing how people thought and how we fight wars now. One of the major topics of World War II is Pearl Harbor, it changed everything in America after it. Another thing about World War II is aviation, it had a huge impact on the war. Another huge thing about World War II is the atomic bomb. One of the major topic of World War II is Pearl Harbor, it changed everything in America after it. Pearl…

Airforce B-29 bombers that delivered the final blows of WWII when they dropped the first 2 combat atomic bombs. Those historic aircraft were named the Enola Gay, and Bockscar. At the end of the 1930’s, leaders of the US Army Air Corps learned quickly that the capabilities of their current bombers were not enough to accomplish the mission. They required newer aircraft with more advanced capabilities. Their request was a bomber that could fly further distances at greater speed than the…

December 17, 1939 between Canada, Britain, Australia and New Zealand, which made Canada the focus of the British Empire’s wide scheme to instruct aircrew. This was a major Canadian contribution to Allied air superiority in WWII, and continued until March 31, 1945. US President at the time Franklin D. Roosevelt called the BCATP the “Aerodrome of Democracy”. What Canada had that other Allies did not was lots of air training space out of proximity of enemy aircraft, good climate for flying, close…

World War 2 revolutionized aviation immensely, all countries dedicated a large amount of their funds and time to produce the best planes they could possibly produce for the war. It was established that very early in the war that airplanes would play a critical role. Airframes, avionics, the use of turboprop and jet engines were all introduced during the war. This war caused a huge push towards modern aviation today, and started a golden age for airplanes, which occurred in the 1950’s. In World…

Rochambeau Earl joined the French army in Virginia and the Marquis de Lafayette, the Ministry of the Continental Army, French-American coalition a total of 1.7 million people completed the encirclement of Yorktown. Corvallis no turning back, only on 17 October 1781 were negotiated with the United States and French troops surrender. October 19, stationed at Yorktown the British formally surrendered a total of 8,000 people. Since then, the two sides only several sporadic fighting at sea and on…

Bobbie Ann Mason was born and raised on her parent’s dairy farm in western Kentucky, and many of her stories are set on there. After graduated from high school, Mason went to University of Kentucky for a Bachelor’s Degree; moreover, she earned a Master’s Degree at the State University of New York at Binghamton, and then a doctorate from the University of Connecticut. Mason had been called “a full-fledged master of the short story” (May 804), and one of the stories made her to be famous is…

handing readers details. The things she tells through this device require a certain degree of close reading to understand. However, when this close reading occurs, the subtle details of the story come alive. Mason’s use of “shopping mall realism” is an excellent avenue for readers to see the scene vividly and also to understand the inner workings of the characters and the plot. One of the main uses of “shopping mall realism” is to show the time period of the setting. In “Shiloh” we see this…

Women have found themselves confined into gender norms for as long as mankind has existed. Women have especially found themselves bonded together in the struggles they face in marriage. For centuries now, women have been told to be seen but not heard, to quit their jobs and raise the children, and to be subservient to their spouses. The different struggles that a woman faces in a marriage can be depicted through the three short stories: “Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, “Astronomer’s Wife” by…

An Italian named Guglielmo Marconi in 1896 invented the radio, which helped in the connection of people and the spreading of ideas (Ackermann). : "The core armory of offensive warfare in the Second World War consisted of aircraft, tanks, and trucks. The effectiveness of these weapons in German hands depended on their use in combination, concentrated in great number at the decisive point of battle. Operational success also relied on communication. Radio played a vital role in linking tank to…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…