Strategic bombing during World War II

Television, Telephones, Navigations Business & Finance, weather, Climate and environmental monitoring, safety, land stewardship, development and space science. They affects people’s life though out the world, even without us knowing it. The ideology of rocketry was thought of in World War II, it begin with the German 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40 (light gun 40) used by the German Airborne troopers to take out bunkers and light armoured vehicles. This idea was eventually adopted by American’s…

After the victory of World War 2 with the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, America lived in constant fear, especially children in schools. A film was shown to all students demonstrating survival techniques on a nuclear attack, and the image of little johnny showed how a nuclear attack can occur at any moment, thus giving them nightmares.(Cnn Duck and Cover).Living daily life with the fear of nuclear attacks isn’t a “happy” life since fear is a negative connotation. Happy days falls on the…

untold contributions made by the woman of OSS (Office of Strategic Services) during World War II. The author, Elizabeth P. McIntosh, begins by introducing OSS and its origins. The first half of the book describes the operations and concepts of the different branches; the second half shows the adventures and actions of the women. The author relates stories from her own experiences as well interviews of over 100 women who served all over the world. McIntosh’s thesis is broad by bringing awareness…

often referred to as the “father of the atomic bomb.” a title he earned for his role in the Manhattan Project as the wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory; where, the first Nuclear bombs used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II were developed and tested. After the war ended, Oppenheimer was appointed the chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, where he lobbied extensively for the international control of nuclear power…

party proposed a threat so great that it pressured the United States to join World War II due to the unrelenting power of the Nazis and the fear imposed on the seemingly vulnerable United States. Hitler led Germany to regain status and dignity after the humiliation of the War Guilt Clause contained in the Treaty of Versailles. When Germany led the the Axis powers which was composed of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan to wage war against the Allies, primarily consisting of The United States, The…

The extensive period of rapid bombing begun in the afternoon of the 7th of September in 1940 and was a strategic plan of the demoralization of London that was set-up by the Germans. The “Blitz”, was a short way to say the German expression, “blitzkrieg”, which means lightning war. On the first day, nearly 348 German bombers were sent to drop explosives throughout the metropolitan. 450 citizens died whilst leaving many homeless and injured. On average, approximately 700 tonnes of…

The axis powers took on too much in World War Two. There are several factors, which contributed in the defeat of the axis powers and many historical ideas and information, which need to be considered. The axis powers were the countries that fought against the allied powers. The axis powers agreed in fighting the allied powers together, although they did not have a proper alliance, nor completely coordinate their activity. The axis powers were led by Germany, Italy, and Japan and also included…

The Korean War was a war between North and South, the US had a UN force that fought for South Korea, and China fought for North Korea, who was also assisted by the Soviet Union. The Korean War was three different conflicts from the perspective of the disparate groups who fought in it. For North and South Korea, the conflict was a civil war, a struggle with no possible compromise between two competing visions for Korea’s future. To the North was a coalition led by three dictators Josef Stalin,…

The Marshall Plan was not a Cold War tactic and did not lead to the separation of Europe . Historian and eyewitness Thomas Bailey described the Marshall Plan as “ the greatest act of statesmanship in the nation 's history.” Similarly Journalist Arthur Krock wrote that “ it was one of the great achievements of the century, as nearly everyone saw.” (Behrman 4) Other historians state: “ the idea that the Marshall Plan originated as an American initiative in the Cold War with Russia is much clearer…

of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these explosive weapons used more than two thousand times for tests and demonstrations. Due to these highly dangerous nuclear weapons, only a few countries have identified this gun one of them is the United States, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, France, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea. The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, known as the Non-Proliferation…