Chief of Naval Operations

World War II started 20 years after World War I. On December 7th 1941 the United States joined the European War which ultimately became World War II. World War II was fought in many territories all over the world. There were numerous events that led up to the beginning of World War II. The invasion of Poland by Germany, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and Germany and Italy declaring war on the US were the leading factors driving the United States into World War II. World War II started on…

is to apply critical reasoning techniques to Operation Barbarossa, which was a German offensive in 1941 during World War II (WWII) against the Soviet Union. I will identify the events leading up to the operation, and a brief overview of the operation itself. I will also identify alternative intelligence assets which could have been employed by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to develop alternative courses of action / outcome to this operation. In addition to these alternative courses…

because we were going to help the show by doing community service by directing cars and picking up trash amongst a few other things. The Blue Angels are people in jets that do tricks and other things such as flips and rolls with jets. “The Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, ordered the establishment of the team on April 24, 1946, as a recruiting tool for the Navy.” The name Blue Angels came from a New York magazine and it had the Blue Angel nightclub on it. The closest the jets…

Organization and Israel Defense Forces (IDF). When Abu Nibal’s Organization attempted to assassinate Shlomo Argov the Prime Minister of Israel decided to blame Abu Nibal and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The Prime Minister launched “Operation Peace for Galilee” this was an invasion of Lebanon. This would take the Israelis into Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces crossed into Lebanon on June 6. Many of the PLO men fled the scene the Palestinian stilled stayed tenacious. The Israeli…

the Army and Naval intelligence. In the aftermath of the attack, it became, it became obvious that there was a need for a larger and much more capable intelligence organization and efforts. The Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was…

and special operations forces (SOF). Finally the…

It was just more than one year after the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact that the directive for Operation Barbarossa was issued. Signed by Hitler on December 18, 1940, the secret document demanded the Wehrmacht to crush Russia in a rapid campaign, undoing the agreement for spheres of influence throughout Eastern Europe. It remains a point of contention whether Berlin wooed Moscow into benign rapprochement in a series of deceptions stemming from the directive or Stalin, throughout it all,…

World War I was one of the first major wars in which intelligence was a key aspect of strategy and success on the battlefield. Throughout Europe many nations began to establish covert operations to gain access to the military secrets of their opposition. Germany was a nation that participated in this trend. However, their collection of intelligence did not involve much covert action. Rather, German intelligence officers used overt intelligence collection methods, including using both personal…

Some people more than likely have the opinion that invading Japan would have been the best option because it quite possibly could have ended the war without the loss of tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children in Japan. Operation Downfall was the name given to the planned final invasion lead by General Douglas MacArthur (Marc). The plan called for 2.5 million American soldiers and it was broken up into two different parts. It is estimated that the deaths resulting from this…

General Eisenhower’s moral judgement was beyond reproach in accession of Vichy French leader Admiral Darlan to the Allied Forces Headquarters Command (AFHC). As the Supreme Allied Commander, Eisenhower demonstrated unparalleled loyalty to his troops, leadership to the Allied force, and sense of duty by adding Darlan to the command team. Eisenhower exhibited unyielding loyalty to his soldiers and mission accomplishment in bringing Darlan to the AFHC. Loyalty requires senior leadership to…