Strategic bombing during World War II

The historical non-fiction book D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II explains the planning and execution of D-Day. Ambrose used the stories of soldiers who witnessed it all to tell the account of D-Day. D-day was the allied invasion of German-occupied France, the allies invaded France to open up a second front in the war. By opening a second front this would relive pressure on the Soviet Union in the Western front. General Eisenhower was to plan this enormous task of…

The last words of Liesel’s novel are: “I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” (528). Words are an essential piece of Liesel’s life, which she shares both good and bad memories with and hopes to use for good, not evil. To exemplify this theme, Markus Zusak, the author, picks and apt setting: “She was a girl. In Nazi Germany. How fitting that she was discovering the power of words.” (147). This quote is significant as it connects the power of words to one…

William Golding’s novel, Lord of the Flies, was written in 1954 in the post world war 2 era. This is where Golding drew his inspiration for his novel. One of the major themes, good vs. evil, can be closely tied to the religious allegory and the struggle between good and evil within the war. Religion also plays a major role in the novel because many characters and objects can be thought of as symbols for it. Through Golding’s work the theme of good vs. evil, shown through Jack and Ralph, Simon…

On the 28th of June, 1914, the world-famous assassination took place in Sarajevo. The heir of the Austria-Hungary empire ------ Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a member of the Black Hand[ Black Hand: A secret military society in Serbia which mainly consisted of young Serbian men who is willing to die for his country.], which had given the A-H empire a good reason to declare war on Serbia. This had pulled out the complicated national relations within the European continent bonded by variety…

comes across in their lifetime will determine who that person becomes. These are the ethical dilemmas that can change a person’s life and lives of people around them. In World War II these were the choices that made people perpetrators, bystanders, or rescuers. In Michael Bess’s book he defines the choices that were made in World War II and the reasoning behind them. Iris Origo’s personal narrative gives evidence of…

blames Germany totally for the first world war. The Second article that we will be comparing it to is Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf; which are the accounts Hitler composed while he was in “prison for treason” (***). This book focuses on how the Jews are taking over and that Germans are the superior race that was chosen to defeat the Jewish people. These are the two articles that historians to this day still debate on whether or not they are the cause of World War 2. In order to properly examine…

rise of power, followed by his policy aims, leading up to world war 2 and finalizing with his death. Early Years Adolf Hitler was born on April 20, 1889, in Austria. He was Baptized as a Christian and his maternal grandfather was Jewish. Growing up, Hitler got a lot of love and affection from his mother, Klara. In contrast, Hitler’s father, Alois, was always in conflicts with his son. His father…

when he approved of the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was revealed on his diary of his uncertainty…

During the 20th century, the world changed a lot from the changes in technology and other modern advances. A lot has happened but there were two wars that created a huge amount of change in the world. These two wars define the amount of devastation wars can cause and hopefully we do not repeat another world war. World Wars I and II were defining wars not just because they included a majority of the world, but some gruesome events occurred. Nations demonstrated to what lengths they would go to…

of nuclear artilleries. They should be disarmed and banned. Some would say non-proliferation, or the limitation of, nuclear arsenals is the best way to handle the threat of war and debt. Others disagree and take the side of disarmament entirely, because non-proliferation seems to not work. A majority of nations in the world have signed a document known as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). This supposedly limits the amount of countries who can obtain nuclear…