Casualty

unmanned capability of these aircraft combined with precision weaponry has proven to be a highly effective asset to strike at terrorists, all while minimizing risk for U.S. personnel. However, opposition to drone strikes cites innocent civilian casualties and potentially damaging political repercussions as harmful effects of these attacks. The controversy surrounding the U.S. use of armed drones strikes…

dropped on Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This was the first use of atomic bombs in human history and is still currently debated whether it was necessary or justified. Many think it was justified because it ended the war with much less casualties, ended the war quickly, and the fact that japanese had the motto of no surrender. Prior to the idea of the engaging nuclear warfare, the United States had intentions to invade japan with our soldiers. Japan had an army that consisted of two…

The Battle of Gettysburg was a major turning point in the war. After Lee’s win at Chancellorsville, he led his army through the Shenandoah Valley to begin his second invasion of the North. The battle began on July 1, 1863 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Meade was pursuing Lee from the South and they accidentally bumped into each other at Gettysburg. By the end of the first day, the Confederates pushed the Union through the town of Gettysburg. The Union formed in the shape of a fish hook on…

make assaults on enemies, there are plenty of ethical and moral dilemmas that come along with them. Although drones save soldiers lives, they also put more civilian lives in danger, and in turn, cause more civilian casualties than if foot soldiers were used. Along with civilian casualties being a major factor, and a main negative factor on drones used in warfare, drones also end up creating more terrorists than they do eliminate them. Although saving soldiers should be a priority, so should…

not having modernized weapons to a high number of casualties and Russia had a lot of casualties like the in the battle of Tannenberg. Russia’s economy was struggling, so many people lacked necessary materials and food because of that, the peasants of Russia were starving. In rural area of Russia, the prices of food could not be afford. During the reign of Nicholas II, many people blamed Nicholas II for the massive amount of Russians casualties. Additionally,…

of Japan, which was the alternative to the bombings. However, the cons outweigh the pros: the bombs caused mass civilian casualties, broke international law, and was simply unnecessary and unethical. Therefore, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not justified. One major reason the bombing were not justified is because they resulted in thousands of civilian casualties and…

The bomb also saved an extensive amount of future casualties for both the United States and Japan and the bomb was for the reprisal of the Japanese empire military responsibilities in World War…

The casualties of the battle of Stalingrad Is what I did my report on. It went down as one of the most brutal battles in history. Stalingrad was in the Soviet Union (Russia). Where the war was fought during the cold and brutal winter where the temperatures were as low as -30 degree Celsius (-22 degree Fahrenheit). The actual battle of Stalingrad began on august 23, 1942 and ended in February of 1943. The general (leader) of the soviets during this battle was General Zhukov. As far as the amount…

Panjwai, Kandahar, Afghanistan, known as the heart of the Taliban, the birthplace; and I am headed there. I had just said goodbye to my wife whom at this point I have been married to for 4 months, and was now on my way to a combat deployment. My emotions were all over the place. I knew that I have to be the strong soldier for my peers, the soldier my leaders can trust and depend on, but I am also the loving husband that had to say goodbye to his wife. Furthermore, I knew that this could quite…

The Battle of Passchendaele—also known as the Third Battle of Ypres—was fought at the Belgian city of Ypres. The majority of the battle was fought on the eastern ridge of Ypres, in an area known as Passchendaele on the Western Front. It was so close that it was only an 8 kilometer walk from Ypres! The exact co-ordinates for the Battle of Passchendaele were from 50° 54′ 1″ N, 3° 1′ 16″ E (DMS) and 50.900278, 3.021111 (Decimal). The Battle of Passchendaele was fought from the 31st of July to the…