Operation Reinhard

Is a bomb that could wipe out hundreds and thousands of lives powerful? During World War 2 the city of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from Japan got devastated because of the United States bomb invention which is the nuclear bomb. United States dropped the first bomb on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, according to the articles about 65,000 to 200,000 people kick the bucket. After the destruction of Hiroshima, Japan still did not surrender. United States dropped the second bomb on Nagasaki which…

During the year of 1940, The Battle of Dunkirk took place. This 1940’s battle took place during World War II between the Allies and Nazi Germany. On May 26, 1940, what is known as the “Fight To The Last Man” began that evening. To begin, The Battle of Dunkirk, was the first step towards the defeat of Hitler. Dunkirk was emptying because of not just British troops being encompassed by the German armed force, yet to safeguard officers from progressing war, for example, World War II (Gelb 10).…

began when the United States Army, backed up by the French, launched an assault on the German Army. This assault was led by General John Pershing and General Henri Gouraud and was part of an attack called the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, a very complex operation. The main goal of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive was to get a hold of the railroad hub at Sedan to break the rail net supporting the Germans in France and Flanders and induce the enemy’s withdraw from said territories. On September 25, 1918,…

This operation is not being planned with any alternatives. This operation is planned as a Victory and that's the way it is going to be. We are going down there, and we're throwing everything we have into it, and we're going to make it a success"(General Dwight D. Eisenhower 1). Everyone had that same feeling on D-Day. To the troops, generals, and even civilians everyone was on their toes waiting for one of the greatest invasions in history, where the Americans, French, and Canadians launched…

“I’m Your Horse in the Night” contributes to the struggles for political justice. This story has a ton of different mysteries, twists and turns that you have to know exactly, what was going on during this time period to truly understand the struggles as well as the story. I want to talk about the various meanings that I deciphered throughout this passage along with how those meanings changed, once I knew more about the history and about some pivotal characters, people, and events that affect…

On 02 March 2002, Operation Anaconda launched. The primary objective was total destruction of the Taliban an al Qaeda that have bedded into the Shah-i-Kot Valley in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. US Special Operation Forces (SOF) had been closely monitoring for over a month that a large population of Taliban fighters where bedded in the valley. In February, the order came down to the Afghanistan ground force commander MG Hagenback to clear out the evident…

By 9:00 am the 36th were holding the Schwaben Redoubt and the surrounding front but if the attack was to continue reinforcements would be needed. Thirty minutes before hand, Major General Nugent asked the headquarters of 107th Brigade to advance, currently unaware of the increasing deterioration of the 32th Division’s advance to their left flank. At 9:15 am Nugent received instructions to halt the 107th Brigade’s advance but with communication lines down, it was too late and the 107th Brigade…

The Battle on the Ice was a brief battle that is best known for the fact that it was mainly fought on a lake that was frozen solid. The battle gained this title from the unusual battleground that was used, but it can also be referred to as the Battle of Lake Peipus. The fight between Russians and Estonians took place at the two countries central border of Lake Peipus on April 5, 1242, and ended that same day. The geographical factors found in this battle make it one of the most impressive in…

Offensive: The German offensive started on July 5, 1943. The goal of the offensive was to wreck as much of the Soviet Army as possible. This goal was never met in its entirety. On July 5, the Germans struck on both sides of the salient to begin the biggest battle of the Second World War. From the very beginning of the assault they ran into trouble. Their Ninth Army, after initial success, became entirely bogged down in its attack from the north. In the south the Germans enjoyed greater…

1. Battle of Britain- July 10, 1940 – October 31, 1940 a. In the mid- June of 1940, Prime Minister Winston Churchill proclaimed in his speech ‘The Battle of France is over ... the Battle of Britain is about to begin’ ... let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour’. b. Adolf Hitler had turned his attention to defeat Britain; he realized that an…