Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II

World War 2 was full of weapons that made America victorious. The flamethrower was a good part of ww2 the germans made considerable use of the weapon during their invasion of the Netherlands and France, against fixed fortifications. ww2 german army flamethrowers tended to have one large fuel tank with the pressurizer tank fastened to its back or side. Germany also made proximity fuzes shell fuzes aren't usually thought of as weapons. But Japanese pilots and German infantrymen learned otherwise.…

their desired end state. They both strove for victory over totalitarian powers in Europe and the Pacific. Both men advocated an alliance with Great Britain and prosecution of an allied strategy to defeat the Axis powers. Stark envisioned a pursuing an allied strategy with Britain across multiple theaters. Wedemeyer initially planned for war in the European theater and deterrence in the Pacific. Both acknowledged the necessity of Britain’s survival to the achievement of the end state.…

Blitzkrieg: 1939 - 1945 Is a military tactic that was used by german troops in the second world war The term Blitzkrieg refers to “lightening war” which was designed to create disarray amongst enemy forces through firepower The Phony War: September 1939 - April 1940 The Phoney War was a period of time during the Second World War when no major battles took place and there was little fighting During this period, Great Britain launched “bombing raids” over Germany. In these raids, leaflets…

Before its entry to World War II, America’s president Franklin Delano Roosevelt faced the issue of whether to stay neutral, or allow United States to intervene and take action in Europe. There was pressure coming from both those for and against intervention throughout the United States to remain neutral or take action respectively. Eventually the United States found itself in the midst of the war for a number of reasons. The chief of these reasons being firstly that President Roosevelt was…

World War II officially began on September 1st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, but the United States didn 't join the war until Japan 's attack on Pearl Harbor on December 11th (Pearson, 684). Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Congress passed the Neutrality Acts, which restricted trade with nations at war, this act was created to keep the U.S. out of the war that didn 't directly affect the country. One of the policies of the Neutrality Acts was "cash and carry", this…

Gibraltar in World War 2 Gibraltar played a crucial role to British defenses in World War 2. It was a bastion and staging ground. Without the Rock, British military forces would not have a necessary staging ground into Europe. Despite its involvement, very few Gibraltarians were present during the war. The British government ordered, and enforced, a mass evacuation of the Rock to strengthen its abilities as a base. Only those civilians deemed as having “vital” jobs stayed. The evacuated were…

The Change in Women’s Employment Opportunities during the 20th Century From the fateful day when America declared its independence from Britain, different groups in the United States have fought for equality in job opportunities. Until the middle of the 20th century, women were not expected to work outside of the home, and if they did, their only employment options were domestic servitude, or basic primary school teaching. Today, women have abundant employment opportunities, including but not…

World War I was known as “A war to end all wars” – HA! If only there were such a thing – to live in perfect harmony is only a dream. World War I didn’t solve any of the initial problems that caused it, which contributed to the outbreak of World War II. Everything afterwards didn’t unfold as expected. The German empire rebuilt itself, Hitler rose as Dictator, and millions of bodies followed. It’s as if World War I was just the opening scene to a gruesome horror film. The things you have to…

Japanese-American civilians in camps during World War II. Research and discuss the arguments in the Korematsu v. the United States case that went up through the high courts. (See the text, p. 696.) In 1941 the United States was on a slow recovery from the worst economic catastrophe in the nation’s history, The Great Depression. Additionally, European nations were once again engaged in a deadly war over expansion, power, and natural resources that would be later titled World War 11. On one side…

bombing begun in the afternoon of the 7th of September in 1940 and was a strategic plan of the demoralization of London that was set-up by the Germans. The “Blitz”, was a short way to say the German expression, “blitzkrieg”, which means lightning war. On the first day, nearly 348 German bombers were sent to drop explosives throughout the metropolitan. 450 citizens died whilst leaving many homeless and injured. On average, approximately 700 tonnes of explosives were dropped amongst…