Operation Ranch Hand

Allied invasion of Sicily on 10 July 1943, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II. The Allies intentions were to remove the Italian regime from the war, secure the central Mediterranean and divert German divisions from the northwest coast of France where the Allies planned to attack in the future. I argue that when evaluating operational-level command and control against the elements of mission command during Operation HUSKY, the Allied forces lacked the necessary…

paranoia to a certain extent, Stalin was filled with a greater amount of paranoia than Hitler, leading to his orders to kill anyone he thought was against him even if they had not acted in a manner that confirmed Stalin’s suspicion. Hitler on the other hand received active participation from his government, which enabled him to more efficiently attempt to completely eradicate the Jewish population. Also, the world's response to these events was different as the Soviet Union tried to hide their…

(Source I). This was an operation that was clearly studied and devised in a strategic way to make sure that it was efficient without any problems. The Allies got people from all over to be able to study every detail on the areas taken over by the Nazi and this was usually done by…

The Dieppe Raid was executed on August 19th, 1942. This raid was a pivotal moment in World War II. Due to the Soviet Union wanting a second Front and Churchill wanting a moral boosting victory, the Dieppe Raid was organized. Unfortunately, the Dieppe Raid was not a moral boosting victory like Churchill had wanted. The Dieppe Raid was a disaster in terms of planning and execution, however the Allied Forces learned many valuable lessons for their next full on assault. The Dieppe Raid was a failure…

Reflecting on our five days spent in Retezat, I cannot help but relish in almost every single experience since it was all so new to me. I had never gone on a hiking trip before, nor had I ever spent that much time in the wilderness being able to truly enjoy God’s creation. However, there were two moments that definitely stick out to me as I reflect on the journey: the first being our time at the summit of Peleaga and the second being the night that Paige, Janelle and I spent in the Salvamont…

Introduction Coinciding with the Nazi takeover in 1933, Germany began a belligerent rearmament of the Wehrmacht by taking advantage of political and ideological strains in Europe and Russia. By rearming and reforming the German military, Hitler hoped to secure Germany’s global dominance by creating a powerful striking force, capable of rapid mobilization and decisive victory. In part, historians attribute Germany’s ability to rearm to liberating appeasement policies; however, another…

likely didn’t assume that Russia was ever planning to expand it’s sphere of influence to these regions. With the non-aggression pact, Ribbentrop had secured a safe border with Russia, and through the invasion of Poland had consequently bloodied the hands of Russia in the eyes of the West. When trying to understand…

Germany’s attack on the Soviet Union drastically changed the course of World War II from that point on. Since nothing was changing on the Western front, Hitler turned to the East. He decided the time had officially come to create living space for the German people. His attack on the Soviets came as a surprise to Stalin, but later contributed to Hitler’s downfall. Hitler also ordered the killing or imprisonment of Jews, Communists, and people who were suspected of anti-German activity. When…

be achieved during the summer months of 1941” (Simkin, “Operation Barbarossa”). The Blitzkrieg tactic helped the German armies break through the Soviet lines and push deeper into Soviet territory. But the Russian armies stopped the advancing Germans at Moscow, Stalingrad, and Leningrad, because there were too many Soviet soldiers in the cities for the German armies to fight. The German armies could not push forward anymore (Simkin, "Operation Barbarossa"). So Hitler’s plan was to make the Soviet…

for Germany and the Soviet to have power over the nation. The war than broke out in the west as Germany attacked Norway and then leading to Germany taking over Denmark. Germany eventually attacked majority if not all of the West by 1941. In 1941 Operation Barbarossa was put into action. Leading to the alliance of Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria who joined the Axis which already consisted of: Germany, Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria and Japan. The Allies consisted of: U.S., Britain, France, USSR,…