Luftwaffe

used in civilian life. The most significant innovations Canada played a role in were the Radar and the Atomic Bomb. A major Canadian innovation towards military technology was the Radar. With the battle of the Atlantic raging on and the German Luftwaffe launching deadly aerial attacks, Britain needed a way of detecting the Germans before it was too late. With an incapable radar like system already in existence , Britain, with huge support from the National Research Council of Canada, went to…

Violence and the Creation of Virtues Violence is defined as “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something” (Definition, Violence). Violence can come in multiple forms such as physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and cultural violence, verbal and financial abuse, and neglect. Violence, abuse, and neglect each have an aspect of intended damage, whether it be physical or emotional. Whether someone interprets their actions as…

There was a roar of aero engines overhead as planes passed down the length of the roadway, the crosses of the Luftwaffe obvious on their wings. Uttering screams and desperate cries of panic people attempted to find cover, many getting knocked over in the rush. Moments later there was a crash and thud of bombs, joined by the chatter of machinegun fire. Up ahead a pall of black smoke started to rise slowly into the air, accompanied by the drone of retreating bombers. The crush of refugees…

The U.S. committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I 'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated (George Wald, BrainyQuote). The Nuremberg Trials were a series of trials to punish the Nazis and other people involved in the Holocaust accused of horrible crimes during World War II. The crimes against humanity and war were common crimes to be convicted for at the time.…

World War II (WWII) lasted longer and killed more people than the Great War. There was not a fast victory conquered by bombers hitting the heart of the enemy. Airpower’s contribution to the allied victory did not represent the ultimate fulfillment of the predictions of interwar theorists. Even though airpower had an important role, and many lessons and doctrines emerged after this period, the visions of Douhet, Mitchell and others did not materialized as they expected. In this paper, I will…

account for the extreme shortage of its natural counterpart, synthetic rubber was invented in the US shortly after by the American scientist Waldo Semon. It is necessary to mention that the polyethylene oils were utilized in powering the famous Luftwaffe air force throughout the entire World War 2. Synthetic rubber on the other hand was needed by the Allied Forces because the Axis controlled the vast majority of natural rubber suppliers.” (Top 10 Inventions Discovered During WWII,…

went after the Balkans in southeastern Europe to help Mussolini conquer Greece. For Hitler and his Generals, control of the Balkan states was necessary to protect the southeastern flank and safeguard access to Romanian oil. On April 6th, 1941 the Luftwaffe launched an air raid on Belgrade. Along with Italians, Hungarians, and Bulgarian troops the Germans invaded Yugoslavia to assert their own territorial…

WARTIME ADAPTATION: AN EDGE OVER PEACETIME INNOVATION Do you know that, mere rodents beat the massive Dinosaurs into evolutionary dusts about 65 million years ago? Similarly, the strongest militaries will follow the Dinosaurs into oblivion if they fail to adapt to the changes. Though many scholars emphasize on innovations during peace, this paper argues that victory in the war depends more on wartime adaptation than peacetime innovation. Murray in his seminal book, “Military Adaptation in War:…

World War II was a devastating event after just 20 years of peace between nations. Although the Allies declaring war on Germany, after the invasion of Poland, was the official start of the Second World War, there were many other factors that led to an outbreak of conflict in 1939. The Treaty of Versailles was the main reason for Germany forcing the Allies into another war but there was also the Great Depression, Adolf Hitler, the Nazi Party and the Appeasement policy. The Treaty of Versailles…

For the purpose of this paper I will be explaining the reasons for the rapid fall of France in 1940. Some, if not most, of the attention is given to Hitler’s blitzkrieg style of invasion as a main reason for France’s crushing defeat, but there were many other factors that compounded the devastation that was associated with Hitler’s war on France. As I will highlight, the German advance via the “all new” tank tactics of the time was an extremely devastating driving force that was the tip of the…