Commanders of World War II

friends and I were excited about getting to see something new. I visited the World War II Museum, saw a 4D movie about World War II, and went to the River walk. The first place we went when we made it was to the World War II Museum which has over 100,000 artifacts. Other schools were there also. As soon as we entered the door we were greeted upon arrival. The museum was cold and very large. They had historic World War II airplanes hanging from the ceiling, large monuments with all the soldier’s…

World War Two was filled with sorrow and hardship worldwide. The second world war officially lasted from 1939 to 1945, but the conflicts that led up to this began before this date. “…the Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries and resulting in more than 50 million military and civilian deaths.”- History.com. The war consisted of many terrible things including the mass killing of many minorities such as gypsies and homosexuals, but…

Francisco Franco is a Spanish military commander who was pro-monarch. He ruled his country through the Spanish Flanque or Phalange Party with an iron fist at the end of the Spanish civil war which took place in the 1930s, he was the first to form such kind of party, he established close relationships with fascism and Nazism during World War II. The man was subjected to international isolation after the war in which he emerged, taking advantage of the climate of the Cold War. Francisco Franco was…

Those camps along California and parts of other states in the 1940s? They were called “War Relocation Camps”. It’s where they forced 110,000 Japanese-Americans to live there. Oh, by the way, they weren’t actually for war relocation, it was for Japanese Internment. In the 1940s, Japanese-Americans were considered loyal to the United…

World War II lasted from September first, nineteen-thirty-nine through September second, nineteen-forty-five. In nineteen-eighteen, After World War I, Germany was prohibited from having armed forces. Then in nineteen-thirty-three, Germans voted Adolf Hitler as their new leader who quickly armed his country once again. Hitler wasted no time to try and capture new land from other countries to make Germany a stronger country. World war II had a major impact on many different parts of the world. The…

Constitution grants Congress the ability “To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water (Article I, 2009)” in Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11. However, it also states in Article II, Section 2, “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States. (Article II, 2009)” These two sentences in the Constitution are…

Senate or of Congress as a whole” pursuant to the Article II of the Constitution (Wilson 370). As the head of state and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, the President is responsible for appointing heads…

military career began in West Point on June 13, 1899-June 13, 1819. He later helped lead the 42nd Division in France during World War I for four years. After WWI, he took on positions of high authority and responsibility. From being the superintendent of West Point on June 1, 1919; Chief of Staff; Field Marshall of the Philippines; Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces; then Commander of U.S. Forces in Korea, General Dougal MacArthur demonstrated capability and potential of the Army Core Values…

really only one superpower now? Because the Cold War is still on! Although in the past, the Cold War still prevails as an important and ever enduring conflict between major countries. As time progresses and technology advances, warfare will change while still maintaining similarities. The nuclear Cold War between two superpowers – the USSR and US – after World War II, characterized by a nuclear weapon arms race, will transition to a three-way cold war characterized by cyber warfare. Nuclear…

World War II World War II was one of the bloodiest wars ever. Over 400,000 American lives were lost, and I’m not mentioning the millions of soldiers killed from other countries. More than 60 million people died in World War II. That’s 3% of the 1940 population! And if that’s not enough, before WWII even officially started, the Holocaust had already begun, and thousands, even millions of Jews were being murdered. During…