Battleship

Pearl Harbor As does a bottle of shaken soda, the tension between americans and Japanese fizzed to the explosion, while the U.S. tried to stay away from the World War the Japanese thought they had the perfect chance to knock America out completely, like Muhammad Ali k.o.’s his opponents. The Japanese and Americans had had problems dating back to the late 1800’s when an american naval captain forced japan to become social with the outside world. That event could have been what led Japan to the…

2. In “Remaing Yamato, Remaking Japan: Space Battleship Yamato and SF Anime” by Baryon Tensor Posadas, I am going to focus on the fetishization of anime and Techno-Orientalism characterized in the article. The transition from non-national to national qualities of anime in the age of globalization generated significant tension. Initially, when Japanese anime was imported into foreign markets from 1970s to 1980s, the ethnic quality was perceived as “too Japanese” to the subject – the Western or…

Military leaders do not necessarily have to come from combat or even been in the military. They just needed to have made a change in the way that warfare is done and made a difference to the men, and later women, in the military. One such man was John P. Holland. He is widely considered the Father of the Modern Submarine and I consider him influential because he made a major impact on the way that battles at sea are fought. Holland was born in Ireland where he grew up and worked as a teacher,…

The Treaty of Versailles was a document that was written in 1919 that ended World War l and was meant to disable Germany, limit their resources and prevent them from having the power to start another war. However, the treaty was very unfair and put Germany in a position where they couldn’t respond to it at all or try to level with the other countries while discussing the terms. This treaty ended up just being a truce for twenty years and then being a leading factor for the start of World War ll…

1611 and 1622 the guard of Charles the Fourth of Denmark were equipped with the first rifles. In more modern wars rifles have been the main weapon of use due to their increased accuracy. Rifling can be seen from tanks to sniper rifles to modern battleship guns. Riffling is expensive but effective; however, died…

The Age of American Imperialism During the 1890s the United States saw potential in the distant lands of the Western Hemisphere they saw an enormous possibility for trade and new markets. The United States foreign policy during the 1890s focused their ideas by expanding toward the Western Hemisphere and their goal was to remove Great Britain as the dominant power, and in turn become the leading power. The US also saw that European countries were expanding and having colonies in Asia and Africa,…

The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty that brought World War 1 to an official end. The treaty had put the blame for the war on Germany. I am writing this essay to gain knowledge on the effects of the Treaty of Versailles for the country of Germany. By writing this essay I believe that I will be able to better comprehend the what the Treaty Of Versailles did to the country of Germany. My essay will explain the Treaty of Versailles, the reparations, the Weimar Republic, The Beer Hall Putsch,…

America lost close to 300 planes and twenty battleships in the Pearl Harbor bombing. Staff at history.com point out that “The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II”(Pearl… Bombed) The attack on Pearl Harbor caused…

Ben White Screen Printing Fall 2016 Rob Smith Chuck Close: Innovations in Print For more than three decades, Chuck Close has delved into the art of printmaking in his continuing exploration of the principles of perception. His exhibition, Chuck Close Prints: Process and Collaboration, is the first comprehensive view of Close's involvement and accomplishment with a large variety of forms and printmaking processes. It features approximately one hundred works dated from 1972 to 2002, Chuck Close…

The Battle of Midway What is it? The Battle of Midway occurred near the central pacific island of Midway from 4-7 of June 1942. It is considered the decisive battle of the war in the pacific. Prior to this battle, Japan had managed to successfully capture territory throughout Asia and the Pacific. The next step for japan was to capture the island of Midway in order to use it as an advance base as well as destroying the US Pacific Fleet. But because of communication intelligence successes,…