Operation Overlord

The Hundred Years War was a series of battles between England and France in the period of 1337-1453. It’s one of the largest conflicts in medieval history. The War had influenced these two country’s political system, economic development and initiated the rose of nationalism. In this essay, I’m going to focus on why and how did the English finally lose the Hundred Years War. In fact, the English was not always inferior throughout the century. They used to have advantages in different periods…

about weapons and technology, rather than wanting to better the world during a time of peace. Now, Italy was soon liberated after the victory in Africa and victory in Italy brought about the infamous D-Day. This great invasion of Normandy called Operation Overlord almost failed due to dangerous weather conditions. The Allied forces lost many men, not from enemies but mother nature, but the Germans experiences devastating losses. This was the turning point in the war. After D-Day, Russia launched…

The Mongols dominated Russia from 1240 to nearly the end of the of the 16th century CE. The empire conquered by Genghis Khan was split after his death among his heirs and eventually divided into four smaller, though not insignificant Khanates. According to David O. Morgan the Great Khanate in and around China, the Ilkhanate of Persia, Iraq, and parts of Anatolia, the Chagatai Khanate of Central Asia, and the Golden Horde that controlled much of the Western and Southern parts of Russia. Due to…

In the summer of 1955, Eisenhower attempted to make yet another large step towards peace with the Soviet Union. At a summit, Eisenhower proposed his famed “Open Skies,” the plan that would allow mutual reconnaissance between all nuclear powers (Tal, 2001). Essentially, all the countries would disclose the location of every military and nuclear facility, and allow the other countries to fly surveillance planes above these facilities. This would allow the countries to verify that there is no plan…

Nearing the end of the war there was an influx of killing frenzies, manic death throes, and hundreds of thousands dead, all occurring between 1944-1945. In the beginning of 1944 many Germans still expected to win the war, however, by the end of the year that opinion had changed. Hitler was under assault from the air, from the Red Army in the east, and, after D-day in June, from the Allies in the west. German defeat was looming, yet killing went on in many varied settings; from the extreme death…

* Phony War * Period between 1939- 1940 * there was very little combat as both sides built up their armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by…