Battleship

already in the air and headed toward the island. The Pearl Harbor attack plan had two immediate goals; the destruction of American aircraft carriers known to frequent the area, and the sinking of as many other capital ships as possible, especially battleships. Once north of Hawaii, a scouting mission of two float planes was to be launched in order to ascertain the presence of American fleet units at Pearl Harbor, Lahaina Roads and in the waters immediately around Oahu.…

People say that Winston Churchill was strong and a great leader and I believe them. He was one of the best British prime ministers ever and he did not like giving up he always wanted to fight. Great Britain was alone in the battle with the Nazis. Hitler wanted to destroy Great Britain. The first thing that he did was try to get rid of the Royal Air Force and to get many soldiers in England. When is was nice outside Germany's air weapon was attacking Great Britain. British aircrafts and airfields…

December 7, 1941, is a “date which will live in infamy” by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. On this day, a heart wrenching event took place on a Hawaiian Island, Oahu. The bombing of Pearl Harbor drew the United States into the worst war in American history, and changed the United States Immensely. Japan’s motives and reasoning for attacking, how it all happened, and the aftermath are all factors that made this day tragic beyond all belief. The Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service was behind the…

math goes together with memorization. (Haralson) There are strategies for success to prevent math anxiety. Students learn in different ways so lessons need to be presented in different ways. Make math fun and use games such as Life, Yahtzee, Battleship, and Tangrams. Incorrect responses need to be handled in a positive way. Students being active learners rather than passive learners. Math should be relevant to…

The biggest reforms Churchill brought involved the education of naval officers, the progressive switch from coal to oil as the main source of fuel for ships, the “bigger is better” mentality when it came to ships and gunnery, and more accurate gunnery by means of adapting to technological advancement. Churchill was shocked that officers did not have to study or pass an exam on naval warfare and that no British officer had contributed anything to naval literature. Churchill was also outraged and…

September 2, 1945, marked the victorious end to a brutal war, World War II. Some historians argue that this and all other wars had no purpose and should not have been fought. Although there were many tragedies that occurred in this and other wars, there are undoubtedly more positive acts that come from partaking in war than negative ones. The negatives of war may be death and the destruction of cities, which could devastate a country’s economy, but this is expected with any major confrontation…

Have you ever heard about the Navy SEALs? Read this and find out who they are. Navy SEALs are said to be the second most elite special forces in the world-next to the British SAS. SEALs stands for sea(SEA), air(A), and land(L). They consist of elite commandos that undergo extreme pressure-physically and mentally, and have go through six months of extremely hard training. The SEALs’ history go all the way back to WWII. They originally consisted of five different groups that merged into one, even…

always be a day in American history that speaks horror and deaths. On this day, Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii a U.S. naval base, more than 2,400 Americans was killed in this brutal attack. The attack damage or destroy eight Navy battleships and more than 100 planes. The attack by Japan, triggered the United States to declared was on Japan and ignited the fury of the United States' entrance into World War II. This bloody event was of importance, because prior to the attack, the…

“The Male Human Nature: An Allegorical Analysis of Lord of the Flies” A tale of human nature, William Golding’s critically acclaimed novel Lord of the Flies explores the effects that surviving on a deserted island without the constraints of society’s rules and obligations has on a group of young boys. Golding argues that moral and societal restraints are learned, not innate, with the adolescent male mind in a more unstable balance between civilization and savagery. For the most part, Flies can…

witnessed a great advancement in technology. The devastation of WWI and the awareness of the destructive power of modern technology made the idea of more fighting unbearable. Planes were now more sturdier and used as bombers, fighters, and recon. Battleships had greater range and heavier striking power, and radars were used to track down almost everything. However, the most impressive technology of WWII is the creation of the atomic bomb. Scientists understood that by splitting the atom,…