Edward II

early 20th century, due to desperation, the world finally resorted to it, and of course, found it effective. Today in the modern era, we do not have to worry about this virus killing us, and wiping away the population, thanks to the remarkable work of Edward Jenner (Riedel,…

Magna Carta was known as the “Great Charter”, a document that King John, son of Henry II, was forced to sign in 1215. It is an 800 year old document that incorporated ideas of controlling the King’s abuse of power. The document remains part of the law in all Australian jurisdictions, as it began as a foundation of the English constitution. The Magna Carta was drawn up on June 15th 1215 at Runnymede, near the River Thames in Surrey. The document’s intention was a peace treaty between King John…

Military use of atomic energy was an interest to foreign physicists living in the United States, who included Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, Eugene Wigner, Edward Teller, and Victor Weisskopf. All of these physicists knew that any German breakthrough or research on nuclear weapons at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Berlin would be a problem not only for their homeland but, for millions of people around the…

World War II and the Enigma machine Ben Karpinski Independent Studies The Enigma Machine was a very large turning point in technology for the war. Not only was it a way of communication, but it was a way of coded information. This would end up being a way to transfer top secret information long distance. The engineer Arthur Scherbius, from Germany, invented the Enigma machine in the hope of selling to commercial companies in the department of communications. Little did he know where it…

The dispute between the two rival countries involved the competition of Dreadnoughts, which were highly, advanced warships. In Germany, military expansion and modernisation was heartily endorsed by the newly crowned kaiser, Wilhelm II, who wanted to retain his country’s “place in the sun.” The arms race in Britain was driven by the media and press. The competition created tension between Germany and Great Britain. The author claims that Great Britain had one of the largest, and most…

Many people around the world know about concentration camps and Internment camps. Concentration and Internment camps were apart of the World War II and they served as a place which kept their kind away from the rest of the population. Japanese and Jewish people weren’t accepted in places such as stores and streets, people thought of the removal of them; Jewish people got placed into camps which were located in Germany and other places in Europe. Jewish people in concentration camps faced…

World War II, the War that helped shape American lives to what it is today. World War II known as the Second World War that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The war was fought between Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) and the Allies (Britain, France, The Soviet Union, United States). The Second War took place all over the globe but most combat action took place in Europe, East Asia, and in islands in the Pacific Ocean. The United States entered the war December 7, 1941 when the Japanese bombed the…

Churchill of the British army that saw a lot of action in WW2. the original Churchill was introduced in 1941 and was produced until 1945 to the tune of 7,368 units. The “Black Prince” received its name from Edward of Woodstock (1330-1376), an English military commander better known to history as Edward the “Black Prince”. The main gun of choice became the QF 17 Pounder system, a great anti-tank field gun designed in 1941-1942 and debuted in 1943. Sensing a need to develop a more powerful gun…

During World War II, the United States was going through many changes and challenges. This was not only happening in the United States but also in Europe. Some of the themes of World War II were the revolutionary change. During this era, we invented nuclear weapons which changed the way we fought wars. Nuclear weapons were used during the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conflict was another theme during this time. Nearly all of the world became involved in the conflict. The United States…

United Methodist Church of Del Rio. After graduating from Del Rio High School in 1941, Rose attended Texas A&M, where he was a member of the rodeo team. In 1942, he left A&M and enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard, serving in the Atlantic during World War II. During training in Boston, Mass., his unit assisted in the recovery of the victims of the devastating Coconut Grove nightclub fire where 490 perished. His unit was then assigned to the ice-breaker Comanche in the North Atlantic when the U.S.…