Iwo Jima

The “War Guilt Clause” portion of the Versailles Treaty compelled the German nation to accept full responsibility for starting the war. Also, Germany was accountable for all the material damages, they had to pay war reparations of the amount of fifty-six million dollars, their military was limited to a one hundred thousand men, and their previous colonies was divided among the allied powers, prohibition of tanks, and German Air force .The sole purpose of the Treaty of Versailles was to weaken…

Abraham Lincoln, Christopher Columbus, Iwo Jima, The Vietnam Memorial, and the drawn out list continues of the many remarkable people and events that over the years artist have created memorials of/for. People create statues, plaques, mausoleums, etc., all for someone who has done something so phenomenal for this nation, as well of astonishing and even devastating events that have forever left an imprint on America and the rest of the world. Designing and having the task of dedicating a…

In Rosenberg’s myth, “The Ages of the World” the gods of the Tuatha Dé Danann possessed great powers and offered significant accomplishments for Ireland; the gods also had characteristics common to man. The battle between the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Fir Bolgs is a fantastic example of their accomplishments and human traits; by defeating the Fir Bolgs, the gods and non-gods remained in control of the land successfully. While winning the battle of “Mag Tured”, the consequences of the battle…

I’m doing my Primary Source Paper on the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war was one of the most controversial wars America has ever been in. It had three other names it was known as; the second Indochina war, resistance war against America, and the American war. The war started November 1 1955 and ended on April 30 1975. It was during the cold war era that happened in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The first Indochina war occurred from 1946-1954 and was between North and South Vietnam. The Soviet Union…

It was the spring of 1945 and the German forces had been defeated by Allied troops. World War II was now a one front war in the Pacific when President Truman moved into office and was informed of the Manhattan project’s success; America now had the first atomic bombs. While American soldiers and civilians were weary from four years of war, the Japanese military was unwilling to give up their fight. This left President Truman with as he said, “The most difficult decision of my life.” On…

The spring of 1945 saw the end of the Second World War in the European theatre. Adolf Hitler's suicide on the 30th of April lead to the surrender of Nazi Germany on the 7th of May, and the final dissolution of the Third Reich came on the 23rd day of May. As glorious a victory as it was for the Allied Forces in the west, this did not mean the end of the war, as the fighting in the Pacific theatre against the Japanese Empire was as intense as ever. The plan developed by the Allies to bring an end…

amount of VALOR to stay strong even though their family members could die at any time. The struggles that people face in everyday life needs that same VALOR. The Marine Corps War Memorial is a sculpture of U.S soldiers raising the American flag at Iwo Jima (Washington D.C.). This memorial shows the struggle that American soldiers had to go through during the battle and how much VALOR they needed to make it through until the end. They needed a great amount of VALOR to face an enemy that would…

Despite having many challenges and being overlooked, China's role in World War Two was one of the most important and had a great impact on the war and all of the countries participating in it. China's role is often overlooked because people focus on the fighting in Europe between the Allied and Axis powers. While this fighting was important, the fighting in Asia was just as important. If China had not fended off Japan with the help of some of the Allied powers, Japan would have taken over China…

The battles of “Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Guam, and Okinawa”3 were tough between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. Not long after the Japan-era, Marines are called to Korea to stop communists from taking it over in 1950. They faced an easy victory over the Koreans and pushed…

07:25 hours. It was cold. It normally was that high in the sky. Ocima Iwominso was a Japanese pilot of a torpedo bomber in 1941. He flew in formation with many other planes. They all knew their target a military base on a small Pacific chain in the middle of the ocean.Ocima knew he only had one order, aim for the ships. They wanted to cripple the fleet of the country that controlled this island. He looked at the clock in his plane, the time was 07:55. They were only a few minutes away from the…