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thing to occur on this day. On February 28, in 1944 test pilot Reitsch pitched a suicide squad to Hitler, in 1953 Watson and Crick discovered chemical structure of DNA, in 1975 a subway crashes in London and kills 43 people, and in1993, Federal agents raid the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Hannah Reitsch was the first female test pilot in the world. She was born in 1912 in Hirschberg, Germany. Reitsch was a “strong Nazi and an admirer of Hitler” therefore, Hannah was selected as “an…

being President for two weeks and he had already had a significant decision to make. The bomb was first tested in Alamogordo, Mexico and was successful. In July of 1945 Harry Truman had the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 . There are two sides to using of this bomb, the traditional and revisionist. The traditional view was that the bomb should have been dropped to save American lives. The revisionist view is that the bomb was dropped to stop Stalin and stop the spread of…

After the raid, the United State Army concentrated forces along the Mexican border to prevent a subsequent raid. This vigilance continued throughout the Great War and even after the conclusion of the war in Europe. As late as June 1919, armed conflict occurred between Pancho Villa’s forces and the U.S. Army in…

primary reason for the raid was to send sixteen bomber planes with eighty volunteered crewmen to bomb Japan 's three major business cities: Tokyo, Nagoya, and Yokohama, where the large majority of the Japanese population lived. Although the bombing caused minor structural damage - except for several factories and electrical companies which caused power outages over Japan - it instead caused the Japanese people to fear war with the United States. Another effect the Doolittle Raid had on the…

Europe was a time of struggle and death. It left Europe divided, uneducated, and ignorant. With the raids from the Vikings, Magyars, Muslims, and the Black Death tore Europe apart making it a place of filth, savagery, and death. During the early 400s to around the 800s Europe was divided after the fall of the Roman Empire. After the attempt by Charlemagne of the Franks in the late 700s, to reunite Europe and become a second Rome, many cities were then abandoned and people fled to the…

the Viking raiders. During a time filled with Viking raids, the looming threat of the sea and impossibly quick Viking ships that could come at any moment would indeed seep into the lore of the time. Due to this perpetually overhanging fear, the Vikings’ defining presence left their brand through the stories of the time. The Vikings of the time were infamous for their brutality in war and the efficiency with which they were able to carry out raids. Darryl Barfus describes what gave the Vikings…

The United States Civil War was one of the greatest wars in the history of America. It lasted four long years and would forever change the nation. Following it, states that had previously seceded rejoined the Union, and they were required to abolish slavery as a result of Andrew Jackson’s new plan of Reconstruction for the country. What led to this immense change though? More specifically, what were the major causes of the United States Civil War? The two most important causes of the United…

live in the US, many from Mexico. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has launched a series of raids across the country since Mr Trump was elected, leading to a 40% monthly increase over the latter part of the Obama administration. That hasn't led to more deportations yet, however. Instead, there is now…

(soldiers, weapons, transportation, food, fuel, etc.) were spread very thin due to fighting on 2 fronts but that didn’t stop them from sinking the six aircraft carriers that were involved in the attack on Pearl Harbour. Multiple sea battles and bombing raids led to the dropping of 2 bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which ended…

different country with blood all over my face. I wish now i wasn't young for then i would be home and not in these trenches where Heavies blow up everyone i get close too. Last night I thought it was going to be the end of me when I went on a trench raid with 6 other fellow soldiers I know, it was a heavy and risky task to do knowing any minute flare lights would bring us into enemy sights in no-man's land and our grenades and wire cutters would be useless against the artillery…