Battleship

The smell of smoke and the falling of ashes was a sign of defeat that would not be tolerated. It’s December 8, 1941, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor and Roger Protankscy and his squadron had just been ordered to be transported onto the USS Missouri. Roger was a strong and robust man fit for a soldier, but it wasn’t just his physical outlook that made him a commander of twenty of the best soldiers in the world it was his ways of leadership that stood out. Roger had a right-hand man and…

A total 8 battleships were at least damaged along with 3 destroyers, one mine craft and five auxiliary ships. The US lost a total of 169 aircraft with 154 damaged. At the end of the war all Japanese ships with the exception of one were all destroyed at some point during…

On December 7, 1941, America was surprised with a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese army. Americans were awestruck with the fact that their country had been attacked so violently. Never before had any generation on of Americans witnessed an attack like the one on Pearl Harbor. The attack which occurred on December 7, 1941, proved to Americans that their country was not invincible to attacks by a foreign nation, so can we consider Pearl Harbor one of the most important wars that…

Japanese to surrender. To illustrate, the USA was justified for using the atomic bomb starting from the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, in which the US fleet were nearly wiped out. Moreover, 1700 people were wounded, 21 ships and 8 battleships were destroyed. Due to the attack from Japan, the USA was no longer an isolationist and now started to fight in the war. The next battle was the Battle at Midway, where the Japanese had been taking island after island between Asia and the US.…

The Battle of Santa Cruz Islands started on October 26, 1942. The Battle of Santa Cruz Islands took place in between the American and the Japanese. The United States military planners were determined to keep the supply lines open with Australia; at the same time the Japanese were just as determined to cut them. In late October, the Japanese decide to launch a major offensive. Their goal was to gain control of Henderson Airfield on Guadalcanal, eliminate the 10,000 American troops on the island…

At the time of the attack the U.S. was not expecting to be attacked the way we did. Even though, as we knew, Japan and the U.S. had been having issues for decades already. Some of the issues that had been brewing with us and them was economical problems. For the Japanese they thought that the only way to solve problems with someone else was to take over the market from everyone else, “…to the Japanese Pearl Harbor was an irresistable target.” (Editors) During this time the Japanse declared war…

throw a banquet to celebrate their victory, Zhuge Liang conceives a plan to send Sun Shangxiang on an espionage mission to Cao Cao's camp. They maintain contact by sending messages via a pigeon. The film ends with Zhou Yu lighting his miniaturised battleships on a map based on the battle…

used to suppress the Cubans swayed many Americans to go to war with Spain. Also America was looking to expand its boundaries to outside the continental borders. War was waged on the Spanish on April 25, 1898. This was after the sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor on February 15, 1898 which was sent to protect the American people in Havana. The war favored the Americans though because they were closer to Cuba and were more prepared for the war while the Spanish was not prepared…

The Spanish-American War of 1898 made the world recognize the United States as a dominant power. This hard fault battle that proceeded for about ten weeks resulted in a victory for the United States, defeating the once powerful Spanish military. In result the United States got to govern Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. Cuba, unlike the other three countries that were under the power of the United states, were able to become and independent nation. This war was started by the overall idea…

join us and unify so we can be stronger and get our property! You know what happens when we all don't work together? Look at what happened with Commander Washington. He went in the battle by himself and his men. 44 men and no cannons against 360 battleships and canoes, 1000 men, and 18 pieces of artillery. What do you think would happen if they fought? Instead, Washington was forced to surrender Fort Necessity. Do we want that to happen again? Do we want the French and the Indians to take our…