Bombing of Dresden in World War II

art of warfare transitioned to become the battle of wits, nerves, technology and tactics. Wars were fought with the swords and spears till the invention of guns in 14th century. From the first use of guns in a battle till the Napoleonic era, warfare relied on manpower and line-and-column tactics to achieve firepower concentration. Focus of warfare shifted from manpower to firepower, between American civil war and WW-I, with the invention of machine guns and efficient rifles. Improved ranges and…

Cyberwarfare is defined as a new generation of war that uses computers and software to attack networks and acquire data or damage important infrastructures to get advantage in a military campaign. Nowadays, cyber espionage to obtain access to data bases is common. By using viruses or spyware hackers can invade military or governmental networks to get classified information in order to gain intelligence. An example was the cyber spy GhostNet supposedly used by China in 2009. According to the…

004 Instructor John Herold Just War Final Draft 21 October 2015 An Analysis of Modern Wars and the Just War Concept The concept of just war in Western Cultures goes back to thinkers like Thomas, Cicero, and Augustine. The main goal of the principles embraced in this theory was to provide fair causes to go to war and its prosecution, and not to let people be fooled by false ideals of glory. Some concepts like “proportionality”, “just cause”, and “weapons used in war must discriminate between…

creating and conveying the atomic blast, evaluated that another iota bomb which would be prepared to use against Japan by August 17th or 18th, however council members who were ambitious in ending the war decided to drop the bombs earlier and dote on Japan’s abdication. Ahead of schedule in 1939, the world 's academic group found that German physicists had taken in the mysteries of part a uranium iota. Fears soon spread over the prospect of Nazi researchers using that vitality to deliver a…

Major Problems in the History of World War II: Chapter 4 revolve around the analysis of the use of strategic bombing and its effects on the war. Documents presented in this chapter focus on the importance of naval and air warfare as well as the most effective way to defeat Germany as presented by allied leaders. Historians Richard Overy and Michael S. Sherry provide their analyses of the importance of airpower in the war and how it affected all parties involved in the war. Overy discusses the…

With mainland Europe left in ruins after war, civilians of the devastated countries sought to rebuild their cities, and return everything to normal. This attempt of normalisation is what drives the story lines of both Primo Levi’s ‘The Reawakening’ and Roberto Rossellini’s ‘Germany Year Zero,’ as the characters in both seek to make things as they were before the war. What differs between the two stories is how the characters went about the process of normalisation, and how each story arc…

of two Jewish factory workers. He was introduced to literature at an early age, and studied creative writing in a special program at his high school. Zinn joined the US Army Air Force during World War II and became a bombardier with the 490th Bombardment Group. His experiences in WWII helped develop his anti-war stance. Zinn earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in history at Columbia University in 1958. He has cited Richard Hofstadter’s The American Political Tradition as…

Looking at the top 100 multinational corporations, they are all using universalism. “Universalism is needed today more than ever, especially in multinational corporations. “(David C. Wyld, 2011) As the world is becoming a smaller place because of globalization and Internet, universalism makes more sense in dealing with multinational issues. It can help the company to develop not only the standard of work environment, but also the reputation of the corporations…

during internal armed conflicts that do not involve declared war. | | |[pic]Only in peacetime, as the law of armed conflict is what protects citizens during war. | | |[pic]During both peacetime and war, including internal armed conflict. | [pic] |[pic] |3) Which of the following best describes human rights in relation to the law of war? [objective5] [pic] | | …

Potsdam was the ancient city of Frederick and thus by holding the ceremony at Garrison church and not in Berlin, the Nazi party was making the statement that they were the heirs to the pre-war glorious Germany. Hitler himself played a vital role in the preceding as he greeted field marshal and President Hindenburg with a low bow and a handshake thus reinforcing the “symbolic tie between the old and the new.”(Mason). Therefore this was another factor that led to Nazi’s consolidating of their…