Psycho II

During the beginning of World War 2, the probability of who the victor would be scared the entire world. Hitler dominated many of the first battles in the Second World War. He had carefully crafted battle plans and the gained supporters needed to carry out his master plans; to take down the world, starting with Europe. The reality of how powerful he truly was became obvious right before the Battle of Britain commenced. Canada’s participation in the Battle of Britain played a significant…

enemy lines (Tanaka). During the late 1930s, Japanese government became increasingly belligerent, which led to Japan’s entrance into WWII. Ultimately, desperate measures were taken and imperial aggression revived samurai military traditions ("World War II (1939–1945)"). The value of death before dishonor and contempt for defeat motivated soldiers to ruthlessly defend Japan (Deal). During October of 1944 towards the closing stages of WWII, the Japanese launched suicide missions as a desperate…

The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien explores the experiences of a platoon from the Vietnam war in a series of short stories. The stories go deeper than the events of the war, they show the moral dilemmas soldiers face everyday in the battlefield. Tim O’Brien served in the Vietnam war, but these stories are not based off of his experience, although it plays a role in his storytelling. Most of the short stories are written in first person from the perspective of Tim O’Brien, a fictional…

Women in World War II Propaganda: The United States vs Germany During war times governments work to influence their citizens through propaganda, appealing to nationalistic beliefs and defining the ‘ideal’ citizen in order to support the war effort. Propaganda encouraged men to embrace their masculinity and inner soldier, while women were influenced by propaganda in other ways. While it is clear that in a total war effort, the entire population must make sacrifices to support the war effort,…

On September 1, 1939 less than one year after the Muenchen Concord , Adolf Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. His goal was to eliminate all of the Jews. United Kingdom and Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault promised to help Poland but United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was too far away for their Melodic line Strength to help and France was too afraid to help because they were afraid of the Germans. Poland had very little Navy and Air Force to conflict the Germans. Poland was also…

Abstract: Was the capture of former Nazi officials by covert United States operatives and subsequent integration into their Space Program justified? The capture and relocation of German scientists in Operation Paperclip was justified because the achievements of the captured scientists led to the United States victory in the Space Race, it prevented the Soviets from gaining the intellectual of the German scientists (who preferred being captured by the Americans) and using it against the Americans…

On February 22, 1980, two teams hit the ice in the Olympic Center Arena, now called Herb Brooks Arena, in the small town of Lake Placid, New York. The Soviet team, made up of active duty military members and world class athletes, took on the young American team, made up of mostly college kids and amateur hockey players. The Soviets struck first with a goal which was shortly answered by the United States team. The Soviets answered with another goal and as the period was about to end, the American…

After World War II the United States seemed to "open up from its shell" of isolationism. Due to unforeseen circumstances the US military had to intervene in the global catastrophe and fight which in turn interrupted their current policy of isolationism they had been maintaining basically since George Washington times. This transfer from isolationism got the US way more involved and in touch with the rest of the world. This change affected the United States in three major ways. It made the United…

The Vietnam war was the most controversial war to date. The sons of the baby boom had just reached the age to fight, their fathers had raised them preaching on how a man fights in the war when he is needed. But also from the baby boom was the birth of anti government, free mind movement. The vietnam war was a war we had no reason to fight in, in the second world war the United States was attacked by the Japanese. The United States felt threatened by the fact that the N.V.A were communist backed…

The book Bomb: The Race to Build–and Steal–the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon is a thrilling, fast-paced story that refines a great deal of history into interesting and understandable literature for practically any age reader. The author, Steve Sheinkin, writes to tell the story of the first atomic bomb, the people who made it possible, and those who challenged its progress. Any person who is interested in science and history, or who likes “a quick read” can easily understand the creation of…