Industrial warfare

In World War I, what is considered to be the first modern war, familiar weapons such as cannons and rifles were remodeled and more dangerous. Out of them all, the weapon that caused the most death was the artillery. Automatic rifles and machine guns gave soldiers less time reloading and more time shooting. Poisonous gases such as chlorine and mustard gas were new things these soldiers had to look out for. It was the first use of chemical weapons. Tanks were also a new weapon that men in the…

We tell stories to remember the past and to not repeat our mistakes in the future. The Vietnam war was a very important part of our history. Also we tell stories based on events that happened in our own lives. Oliver Stone the writer of Platoon experienced the Vietnam war first hand. Similar to Tim O’Brien who wrote the things they carried. He also experienced the war. Both writers wrote about their experiences from their own point of view. The way Tim O’Brien wrote the things they carried…

the most significant part of thewar was dominated by trench warfare during 1916 and 1917, the middle part of the war. they were dug deep into the ground in a zigzag pattern to protect soldiers from advancing enemies. the various tools were used from the dug in positions were machine guns and artillery. Although, they weren’t completely safe in these conditions: • Constantly threatened by shellfire, snipers, and chemical attacks, soldiers died by the millions in these horrid conditions. two main…

Maya Ying Lin was a twenty-one-year-old attending college at Yale studying architecture. This young woman entered her idea for the memorial as a school project. That very same project was the winner of the Vietnam War memorial contest. Brent Ashabranner wrote “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”, which is about the Vietnam War memorial contest. The author, Ashabranner chose “Always to Remember” for the first part of the title so that we would always remember the war and the…

discusses the original “Daisy Ad” which also focused on nuclear warfare. Bringing up “our children,” and that they will have to deal with the effects of a nuclear war, it instills a sense of fear and sadness into parents. Also, older children, especially the male demographic, who see this advertisement will become anxious and weary about voting for Trump because the latter will most likely be forced to enlist into the army if nuclear warfare were to begin during his…

Personal Response There Will Come Soft Rains “War is hell.” If this is the case then what would nuclear war be. Wars can go on for years with million of deaths but nuclear war can last a few hours and kill billions. The short story “let there come soft Rains” depicts a future after the events of a nuclear war, more specifically it tells the story of a single house standing in the rubble of a city. I found this story…

Although I have read books and watched movies about WWI, I still had a lot to learn about this war. I knew little things about this topic, such as the war stopped before Christmas and restarted after New Year’s day. But, I always wondered why there was a truce over Christmas and was eager to learn more. I also knew that the German army was the strongest army in Europe and wanted to learn more about what made them so strong. After reading the book Truce by Jim Murphy I learned a lot more about…

Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 film, Stalker, casts a shadow over the present, which is what most pieces of science fiction do. The reason why the film is still so resonating to this day is because it depicts how deeply troubled people are by events that are yet to occur. In the matter of Stalker, the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986 was what had not yet occurred. After the accident, however, the nomenclature of Tarkovsky became suitable in describing the aftermath because the real world eerily…

The book We Are Soldiers Still by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway connects to the film American Sniper by Clint Eastwood. For example in We are Soldiers Still on page 1 it talks about during the war in Vietnam it was a gruesome and terrifying war and how no one was your friend even if they were a local in Vietnam. In American Sniper this guy named Chris Kyle went to a war over in Iraq to be a sniper for Navy Seals and to protect his comrades and the marines who were checking houses…

Even after Germany had been defeated by Allied powers in Europe, Japan was still fighting in the Pacific. In fact, in-between April and July, the country’s forces had inflicted Allied casualties that totaled about half of those that occurred during the three previous years during the war of the Pacific. Any demand the Allies made for a surrender was met with refusal. So, to combat Japan, military leaders discussed several different methods of defeating the Axis power. One option, “Operation…