Battleship

The attack on the Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor) was taking care of properly and the reaction from the US was rightful and justified. The lingering question is if the attack that US had on Japan was too far and did not fit the “crime”. Well indeed the answer to this question is that the US reacted properly and by entering WWII just to defeat and destroy Japan and its leaders was nothing but right. Even by defeating Japan, this was not enough to pay back the emotional toll the soldiers and families…

My dad, Leo Giesen, grew up in Union Hill, Minnesota. He was in January of 1965, When he was growing up he remembered that he was always outside, he grew up as the second youngest out of eleven kids, however when he was growing up, three of them were already out of the house, and they were never allowed to play in the house, so they were outside all of the time. One of the earliest memory my dad has was the time when one of his older brothers came home from Vietnam, and how he really wanted to…

Landon Sahler Mrs. Dinkelacker English III 2 February 2018 Pearl Harbor World War II started because of Germany invading Poland. After Germany invaded Poland, Britain and France declared war against Germany. WWII was fought between two different sides, the Axis Powers, which included Germany, Italy, and Japan. The other side was the Allied Powers, which included Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America. America was planning on staying neutral throughout the war. Japans…

Empty Harbour It was a sunny Saturday morning on the Hawaiian island of Honolulu. I awoke on a beach of white sand with a hangover that could blind an Irishman. A girl who’s name I could not recall lies beside me. Her face mere inches from mine. I couldn’t bring myself to wake her up so I got up and started walking down the beach. The light from the morning sun was dancing on the waves. The navy wasn’t expanding as much ever since the end of the great war so the dry docks where I worked gave…

World War Two began in 1939 as a result of many things. Tension began to build from the end of World War One due to many things, such as the effects of the Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler’s new role of Führer (succeeding Paul von Hindenburg) and his exploitation of the League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles through his Nazi army. These causes are closely tied with the increase of fascism throughout Europe and Nazi Germany’s foreign policy, along with the…

Dieppe Raid) But, nothing went as planned because last minute changes were made to the plan and caused the mission to be chaotic. (Thompson, The Dieppe Raid) For example, the seaborne attack was cancelled due to bad weather and air bombardment and battleships were reduced as well. (Thompson, The Dieppe Raid) Along with the changes, the Canadian soldiers weren’t properly trained and the allies lost the element of surprise when an allied naval craft heading towards Dieppe crossed paths with a…

Mahatma Gandhi, an Indian independence movement leader, once said, “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” Gandhi explained the good that people think they are creating from violence only lasts for a temporarily, whereas the severe consequences caused by violence will always remain. This is an important quote to consider because it is true, as evidenced by World War I. During World War I, violence may have appeared to…

Night and Fog, a short war documentary filmed ten years after world war two, was directed by Alain Resnais opened up with depicting the heavily guarded landscapes surrounding the concentration camps in color. While some scenes were portrayed in color, the majority of the film was depicted in black and white. This film was narrated in French by Michel Bouquet. Displaying Nazi terrorism, this film was proven to be disturbing among many audiences. The Nazi’s dehumanized the members of the…

Tuskegee have highest rate of escorting bombers safely (“Tuskegee,” HistoryNet). The Air Force of today is very different from the Air Force of the mid 1900’s. Segregation was still a major factor. Racial separation required legislation to give people of color the opportunities for training as airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black aviators in the US military forces. Before then they were not allowed to fly in the military becuase of segregation in America. Black people were in the…

On August 6th, 1945, the Enola Gay took off with a package that marked a controversial day in history and the turning point in war. A large mushroom-shaped cloud appeared over Hiroshima, Japan at approximately 9:15 in the morning and began its destruction. This was the first atomic bomb to be dropped. Shortly after the two bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of Japan marked the ending of World War II. Although Harry Truman, American President, made a controversial decision that led…