Military history by topic

‘Les Races Guerrieres’: Racial Preconceptions in the French Military about West African Soldiers during the World War Introduction This report will summarise J. Lunn’s main arguments of his article: ‘Les Races Guerrieres’: Racial Preconceptions in the French Military about West African Soldiers during the World War, and how those racial prejudices effected West-African soldiers recruited for the French Army in the Great War. Furthermore, it will contextualise his arguments into the…

As a result, the debatability concerning the ability to serve in the military with certain restrictions involved with gender and gender identity continues to muddle in a sea of tendention. Keeping the usability of the topic in mind, I am persistent in the thought that everyone capable of serving possesses the inalienable right to defend their country on the front lines regardless of gender. Since the dawn of written human history, the single significance of a woman had been to conceive…

viewer will need to actually read the information being displayed. Once you are on the World War Two specific pages, the website provides a grid of topics to choose from. The topics range from important battles to the important leaders. I found the tabs titled the background of the war and the chronology of the war to be most interesting. No matter which topic you choose there is a vast amount of information presented, where you will no doubt find another link to a specific event or person. I…

During the first semester of Modern World History 2 class, the class covered many different events, themes, and ideas. We covered the causes of World War I, World War I itself, Totalitarian, Fascism, the causes of World War II, World War II, and the causes of the Cold War. Although many important topics were covered, the most important topic that was covered was the Cold War. The Cold War was the most important topic that had been covered in the first semester because it was waged due to…

The Marine Corps has consistently tackled the contentious topic of the expanding role of women in the armed forces. In recent years, some historic upheavals include the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” and the removal of gender-restrictions on military occupational specialties. Additional amendments are in the critical implementation and testing phase - unisex uniforms, new physical fitness requirements, and changes in retention dynamics. In order to fully understand this multifaceted issue,…

to Butow’s arguments on the surrender. In his history, Bergamini examines the history of Japanese culture in two volumes. Bergamini supports Butow’s claims while offering new schools of thought on what caused Japan’s capitulation. A native of Tokyo, Bergamini argues that Japan’s military culture and the position of power that Hirohito held placed the nation in an unwinnable war with the United States. Bergamini focuses on Emperor Hirohito’s military and political actions leading to the attack…

Following are the figures for World War I and World II. The total number of military and civilian casualties in World War I was over 37 million: over 16 million deaths and 20 million wounded, ranking it among the deadliest conflicts in human history. The total number of deaths includes about 10 million military personnel and about 7 million of civilians. The Entente Powers (also known as the Allies) lost about 6 million military personnel while the Central Powers lost about 4 million. At least…

DeVries collaborated with Robert Smith and this interpretation of technology has open additional roads to research with new images, as well as building and installation of the machinery. The Middle Ages have influenced modern day culture with its military weapons and equipment, for example, novels, comic books, and movies. Certain figures, such as King Arthur, Robin Hood, and Macbeth would not have essential images or distinctive characters without their weapons or…

With the vast amount of history in the entire world, history has to be broken into different categories and be analyzed by different historians. Who are these different historians? Some examples include political historians, economic historians, cultural historians, psychohistory historians, and many more. Personally, I see myself as an intellectual historian because I find interpreting ideas to be very interesting. Norman J. Wilson claimed that it is the idea that “historical changes happen…

One In A Thousand by Graham Broad is a novel on the life of a captain in the Canadian military who dropped out university to become a pilot. This novel is not only just a biography of his life, but also the author’s thoughts on writing historic story with the information he had and why he put in certain thing and left out others. Not only that, he gives his opinion on what is history and how history can become highly controversial and is always getting updated. To begin, Captain Alfred Edwin…