Luftwaffe

Reginald Mitchell (1895 -1937) Introduction Reginald Joseph Mitchell was an English aeronautical engineer born on May 20, 1895 in Talke, Staffordshire and died of cancer on June 11, 1937 in Portswood, Hampshire. He was married to Florence Dayson in 1918. They had a child called Gordon Mitchell who later wrote two books about his father titled “R.J. Mitchell: World Famous Aircraft Designer” and “R.J.Mitchell: Schooldays to Spitfire”. Early life and Career Reginald Mitchell went to…

Air power during WWII evolved as did the German way of thinking of the use of the aircraft. Germany had great success with the “Blitzkrieg” in 1936 using the Luftwaffe to gain control of the skies and by providing close air support to the ground troops. At this time, Hitler did not use the aircraft for strategic bombardment. He used them in the Blitzkrieg style and also hit main lines of communication to stop…

“I realized that if I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes. In wilderness I sense the miracle of life, and behind it our scientific accomplishments fade to trivia. Real freedom lies in wildness, not in civilization” (Charles Lindbergh). Lindbergh was an aviator and medical practitioner of the early 1900s. Aside his fame for flying, he was nothing more than an ordinary man. Failing as an engineer, he turned to planes he once worked around. Starting out as an airmail pilot,…

War on Terror Greatest aspiration of humankind from ancient times up now is still yearning for a real peace and eternal. But in history, mankind has witnessed many times to the blue sky of the earth in an opaque by smoke of war. Currently, terrorism in many countries around the world are breaking the peaceful atmosphere of everyone. The word “terrorism” has become a word very familiar to people today. Associated with it is a tragic bloodshed, is dead, is ruined desolation, was haunting horrors…

Academic writing has usually been fairly effortless for me, up to this point in my life. Since I came directly from high school to this university, my professional writing experience is, sadly, limited to the two weeks notice letter I wrote to my boss before I quit my part time job at the fine dining establishment known as Chik-Fil-A. My high school English classes held some of my fondest memories in my high school career, second only to wrestling class. Whereas other students loathed essays…

Concentration Camps: Deathbed of Millions Throughout history, the creation of the Nazi concentration camps has continuously proven itself to be one of the most regrettable incidents to have ever been induced by humankind. These camps aided the Germans’ accomplishment of the systematic murder of over 6 million Jews under the reign of the National Socialist Worker’s Party during the Holocaust. From 1933-1945, those who were considered 'undesirable ' by normal society, such as Jews, political…

Sylvia Plath’s “Daddy” is a reflection of her personal feelings with her fathers. The poem “Daddy” is a emotion filled poem that is dark and sad. The poem makes the reader feel sad for Sylvia and they try to understand the struggles Sylvia went through. The poem makes references to the holocaust and Sylvia's experiences growing up during World War ii. The darkness of this poem comes from the anger Sylvia has from her father passing away and leaving her to look for him in another man. Sylvia…

The Second World War was a significant time period in World history and it is interesting to expand knowledge on the subject matter. Paul Kennedy’s main focus was to venture away from previous publications of World War Two and provide the reader with information about middle class people and technologies that contributed to the termination of the war from 1943 to roughly July of 1944. Most publications only will focus on names of important military generals and large scale battles such as the…

Battles Socials 11 Lesson 2 Who, What, Where, When, Why/How 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…

divided. The plan was quite ambitious, demanding for 50 000 aircrew annually and 58 training facilities to be built. The BCATP was to take place in Canada due the many strategic benefits, primary due to the distance between Canada and Germany. The Luftwaffe wouldn't bother wasting time, energy and fuel flying over the Atlantic just to bomb the BCATP facilities. On top of that, Canada had space for training facilities, the ideal flying climate, open spaces for flying and navigation training,…