Strategic bombing during World War II

Fear does multiple things, it either motivates people to stand up for what they believe in or it motivates them to go against their morals. It all started when Hitler was in the World War One. A yellow cloud floating in the air called chlorine gas and mustard gas were one of the first poison gases used in trench warfare, if you inhaled it damages lung tissue and causes it 's victims to cough violently and choke in some cases, the gas kills you. Trench warfare was not a good adventure, it was a…

history to have a mark on the world in such a way, World War One, started with the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and ended in the death of tens of millions of men. I personally believe World War One is the most important event in the 20th century, because without it, there is no Hitler or Stalin. No Facism or World War Two.We probably wouldn 't have a Cold War, or see the conflict in The Middle East like we see today. The Great War ushered in the modern world as we know it. Born…

The military, in an ideal world, would not be necessary. Unfortunately, we live in a world where the military is the backbone of a civilization. There are several possible purposes a military force can serve a civilization. For the purpose of this essay, we will focus on six purposes. A military is essential to the function of a civilization for the following reasons: They expand and defend territory, represent all of it 's people including those unable or unwilling to defend their own…

Frederic Clemson Howe once said, “War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.” This explains the situations of Robert Ross, Werner Heisenberg, and Niels Bohr. They all sacrificed, which only lead to suffering for all of them. Although one is a coming of age novel about a WW1 soldier and the other is a play about an imaginary meeting of WWII scientists, both The Wars by Timothy Findley and Copenhagen by Michael Frayn explore the ways in which war affects individuals…

The Second World War allowed for the three Axis powers to rise to power and infamy. These powers consisted of Germany, Japan and Italy. The Axis Powers fought a long and difficult fight for victory over most of the western world. Towards the end of war the Axis powers ended up losing more than what they what began with. The Axis powers then had to endure major repercussions and consequences. What follows is an analysis of the various ways that the former world powers suffered. The ways in which…

notable American icons that had similar but contrasting views on the image of America. In Roosevelt’s Quarantine speech he talks about how America wants peace and how the nations are declaring war on each other, even when some nations did not want anything to do with World War II. Roosevelt states “America hates war. America hopes for peace. Therefore, America actively engages in the search for peace.” In Roosevelt’s Four Freedom speech he begins talking about how America has never had a serious…

Yesterday Turned To Today, Today Will Turn To Tomorrow Students believe history is insignificant, waste of time, and useless. Wrong, today can 't exist without yesterday. The United States’s yesterday was a battlefield, a Revolution, a Civil War, a fight for freedom, and a fight for civil rights. Today, the revolution continues and events continue to shape tomorrow. The United States’s past eras, in specific the 1920’s and the 1950’s, are important because of the events which occurred. The…

Christopher Clark’s book, The Sleepwalkers, and the introduction of Margaret MacMillan’s book, War or Peace, both examine the origins and the events that led to the First World War. Clark focuses on examining how the war broke out while MacMillan focuses on why the war started particularly in 1914. In his introduction, Clark states the difficulties experienced when researching the origins of the First World War. These problems include the artifacts’ use as propaganda and their unreliability,…

environment around us, what people think of us the first time they see us walking inside a room, fashion separates us in social classes and maybe this why fashion is game. Fashion is something powerful so powerful that millions of people all over the world gather in New York, Milan, Paris, and London just to see in the runways what will be the next season trends and what will…

The book by Stephen E. Ambrose ‘D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II’ is about the planning and execution of D-Day mostly told in the viewpoint and words of soldiers who were there to witness it all. The book starts in the beginning of 1944 and ends on D-Day. Eisenhower the commander of the allies, and Rommel the commander for the Germans had much in common, but the major difference was Eisenhower could command anyway he wanted to. Rommel however had to get permission from…