Battleship

For this paper, we will examine two of the most influential articles/ journals ever written. The “Treaty of Versailles”, an article composed by the allied powers (Britain, France and the United States), which imposed sanctions on the Germans and blames Germany totally for the first world war. The Second article that we will be comparing it to is Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf; which are the accounts Hitler composed while he was in “prison for treason” (***). This book focuses on how the Jews are…

Specific Purpose: To inform my classmates about professional athletes who have served in the armed forces, and the change of views that has reduced the number of athletes that go to war. Organizational Pattern: Comparative Then and Now: How Athletes Fight Their Battles Introduction I. Attention Getter: The name Pat Tillman is very familiar to most sports fans. A. Pat Tillman is not only recognized as a football star, but also a fallen soldier. B. Veterans Advantage, an organization that aids…

Killing Kennedy; the end of camelot, written by Bill O’reilly and Martin Dugard is a exciting true story about the achievements of John F. Kennedy, and how his presidency and death affected the country. The book gives the details of how, where, when Kennedy was shot. It also tells of his personal life, particularly of his sex addiction and many affairs. Kennedy’s assassination put the United States government and people into shock, which the book details and explains thoroughly. Bill O’reilly…

territories through victorious wars and the successful overthrowing of political authorities, nations around the world began to decide whether to see the United States as an oppressive or humanitarian global power. The explosion of the USS Maine, a naval battleship located outside of the major port city of Havana, Cuba, was not only one of the major causes of the Spanish American War, but was…

In the book, The Age of Empire written by Eric Hobsbawn, the role of the United States during the time between 1875 and 1914 in the world was a chaotic time I would say. Constant arguing, tension, and confusion on the US. This build up would soon lead to what we know today as the World War 1. Europe soon would lead the world but has no idea how to do so. They couldn’t even fix their concerns while the United States would be figuring out how to save its country. They were stuck worrying about how…

German Expressionism was well known to be bold, dark, distorted and spooky. It was emerged in Germany before World War I but, it tremendously influenced music, theater, painting, sculpture and architecture. These German Expressionism films at first were non-realistic, geometrically absurd angles, as well as designs painted on walls and floors represent light, shadows and objects. Meanwhile, many of these films plots dealt with madness, insanity, betrayal and other intellectual topics were…

“Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” On December 8th, 1941, Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his famous “Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation” speech in which he reminisced upon the unforeseen attacks against the United States enacted upon by the Empire of Japan. The day before, Imperial Japan launched a surprise attack against the US naval port of…

World War II (1939-1945), the deadliest war in history made way to innovative technology, creating dangerous and devastating weapons, the likes of which the world had never seen before. Although the other Axis powers, Italy and Germany had surrendered by 1943, the Japanese refused to appease the Allies. When the Allies realized that Japan wasn’t planning on surrendering, they felt that drastic measures were required to bring the war to an end. In August 1945, desperate to end the war, the United…

ESSAY 1: Naval technology has evolved at a rapid pace. In this essay we will compare the difference in tactics and technology utilized by navies in history. To effectively determine the changes we will be evaluating two of the most famous and important battles in history. The battle of Trafalgar (1805) and the Battle of Midway (1942). Both of these battles are of significant importance to their respective navies histories are also characterised as events which changed the course of a war. The…

June 28th, 1914, is the day that will be remembered as the worst day in history. It was the day that sparked the beginning of World War 1, which was said to be “The War to end all Wars”, however soon proved to be the cause to so much more tragedies in the future. Ending on November 18th, 1918, it caused the death of 17 million people, and so many other tragedies. Back in 1914, on the day of June 28, the archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a member of a Serbian…