Strategic bombing during World War II

World War I, which began in the Balkan Peninsula in July 1914, had many immediate and underlying causes which originated from different nations. Unlike World War II, it is not clear which party started World War I. Germany has been blamed by some, but there are others who see it differently. While the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, archduke of Austria, and his wife is widely regarded as an immediate and impactful origin of the war, the underlying origins have not been so clear. Political,…

service Corps. Unemployed people benefited from these schemes, becoming employed, and so did Nazi part members, but many Nazi opponents such as political members and Jews, were definitely worse off under Nazi rule. However, it is fair to say in the war years of 1939 to 1945, the benefits of Nazi rule decreased for all Germans, Nazi, or otherwise. All figures shown by the Nazis in the years 1935 to 1939 show…

enter the workforce in fields such as nurses, teachers, and textile workers. There were many new factors during the 20th century that made it advantageous for women to work. The three important factors that led to the expansion of women 's participation in the paid workforce in Europe over the course of the twentieth century were new technological innovations, the outbreak of the World Wars, and increasing…

“knowledge” hails from Kim Jong-Un. Currently North Korea is in a loose partnership with two of the world’s powerhouses, Russia and China. Russia and China can both contribute and aid North Korea if they were to release Nuclear weapons or threaten another war. Because of this presence, it is up to the American military and their alliances to maintain peace and freedom of navigation specifically in the South China Sea (Harris). The Korean peninsula is in an unstable state, due to the current…

the Atom Bomb bookshelves insight on the individual men behind the U.S. nuclear deterrent force, and the ending of the last war. The source examines the Manhattan Project through the relations between Dr. Robert Oppenheimer and Leslie Groves. This book will dissect the direct ties between Oppenheimer and the Reds (Communist Party) and how the relationship affected him post-war. I will utilize this source in order to bring up the outside influences that had an impact on the United States…

On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This attack forced the United States into the war, and just a day later the U.S. declared war on Japan. During the summer of 1945, Japan became a weak and destroyed country, but they were unwilling to pull out of the war. The United States gave Japan the offer to surrender numerous times, and if they did not agree complete destruction of Japan was coming. The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and…

There are millions of books written about the Second World War and Nazi Germany, but not one has the storyline like “The Book Thief.” Just looking at the book cover it gives you such deep meaning to what the story is gonna tell inside. The dominoes lined up on the cover of the book resemble the falling bodies of the jews during this time. The title “The Book Thief” also hase a very strong meaning throughout the book. The main character Liesel stealing behavior represent the struggles she has…

The Korean War, though has been in the dark for a while, had a significant impact on modern warfare and strategy. Allen Millett touches on the historical significance of the Korean War in “Introduction to the Korean War.” The Korean War brought new challenges and strategies for the Americans. This war was a different from some of the others that America has been involved in. This was what Millett describes as a “People’s War of revolutionary national liberation.” This conflict was surrounded…

When the Treaty of Versailles was fully executed on June 28, 1919, five years to the date of Austria- Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, a collective sigh of relief could be felt by the world’s populace, however, this War to End All Wars, turned out to be anything but. From the very moment the peace talks began, political promises began to fall to the wayside causing tension between countries, some of which still exist today, and former allies began to have discord with one…

Self-determination was the reaction of Woodrow Wilson towards the global trend of nationalism in the early twentieth century and the centre of his liberal world view as well as the most fundamental source of foreign policies of the United States in the twentieth century. Self-determination could trace its origins to liberal nationalism before First World War and can be explained in many different ways. This essay mainly focuses on the principle and concept of ‘national self-determination’…