Strategic bombing during World War II

also apply to an older, less glorious instrument of war-- the dive bomber. During the one major war in which dive bombing was extensively employed, it provided a novel combination of destructive power and precision, enabling its use in various roles-- interdiction,…

1903. Two brothers, who developed their mechanical passions through a bicycle shop, opened up the world to a new realm of airborne possibilities. The Wright brothers were the first to make the dream of flight a reality. The Wright brothers’ groundbreaking invention of the airplane led to advances in both human and product transportation, allowing for new opportunities in the commercial and political worlds. The Wright brothers were eager to begin their development of the first…

expansionist, totalitarian power (Leffler 82). However, aspects of his thinking bear similarities to realist thought. He advocated U.S. expansion across the globe to prevent the U.S. from becoming an isolated, “garrison” state (Leffler 82). The Cold War likely would not have unfolded as it did without this mix of idealism and realism employed by both major…

Anita Shreve includes frightening details of the conditions and how people cope with dealing with the war. In the 1940s, which is the setting of the book, “the United States entered the war and joined the Soviet Union (which included Russia), Great Britain, and the Free French (an organization fighting for the liberation of France) to form the Allied Forces, which were determined to halt the German war machine.” (Heroes of the Holocaust p. 2) The result of the…

During World War II, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis declared that Jewish people were a virus that needed to be eliminated. This insane belief led to the Holocaust, where over six million Jews were stripped away from their homes, forced into internment and concentration camps, and slaughtered. The horror that came from the deaths of millions of innocent Jews left people outraged that such a tragedy could happen, and the monsters that caused it didn’t pay enough. Most people were too scared to fight…

Navy was attempting to outflank the Army and the Air Force was displaying the need for strategic bombing runs. The battle for Iwo Jima would go on to be known as Operation Detachment which resulted in the acquisitions of three small airstrips that would go on…

The deadliest conflict in human history, also referred to as the Second World War, took place from 1939 to 1945, and was known by such a bold title, as it was comprised of events that lead to the immense death count of civilians and soldiers. The book Catch-22 written by Joseph Heller tells the story of Yossarian, a 28-year-old bombardier from the 256th Squadron of the US Air Force, trying to avoid flying any more combat missions. The novel takes place on Pianosa, a small Italian island not far…

World War II was the event that incited a revolutionary period in airpower. American aviation more than proved its worth in the victories over both the European and Pacific theatre. A powerful airpower wouldn’t be possible much less successful without unyielding leadership. Powerful men, who refused to stay within the boundaries given to them by the Army or Washington itself. One such man was Major General Curtis E. LeMay. During his period leading the XXI bombing command proceeding General…

Vietnam War: F-4 Phantom II, 2015). The predecessor to the F-4 Phantom II was the F-3H Demon. In 1953, McDonnell took the Demon and set out to improve on it to create an all-weather fighter bomber (Hickman, Vietnam War: F-4 Phantom II, 2015). The United States Navy mandated the requirements that the new jet be no bigger than the Demon, and to be able to operate from an aircraft carrier. Since the Phantoms creation,…

As World War II comes to an end, so did one of the alliances held during it between the world’s new super powers, The United States and the Soviet Union. This marks the renewal of the great Red Scare as well as the start of the fight against the spread of communism, and at this time the United States was led by President Harry S. Truman. He would adopt his policy of Containment against the Soviet Union to try and just contain the communist threat to the USSR instead of making a war trying to…