Torpedo

The Manhattan Project team tested the world’s first atomic bomb during the summer of 1945, and after its successful detonation, the United States had a difficult decision to make. Japan had unleashed a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, destroying the Pacific Fleet and killing American citizens. The ensuing war against Japan lasted four long years and cost many casualties, and President Truman was resolved to find a way to end it. Two major options were provided, one that would cost a potential…

navy fleet and strongly gained the confidence of the Japanese naval force. After their attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese military forces ventured on to control other areas of the world. This attack was by 353 Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes, this happened two different times and was also launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged, with four being…

solved. Disappearances of aircraft and vessels in The Bermuda Triangle are because of natural causes. One of the first disappearances that really kicked off the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle, was Flight 19. On December 5, 1945, five U.S. Navy Torpedo Bombers took off for a routine training mission. A couple of hours into the mission, the leader of the squadron, United States Navy Lieutenant Charles Carroll Taylor, reported that his compasses were malfunctioning. He radioed, “Have gas for 75…

The Vietnam war was the most controversial war to date. The sons of the baby boom had just reached the age to fight, their fathers had raised them preaching on how a man fights in the war when he is needed. But also from the baby boom was the birth of anti government, free mind movement. The vietnam war was a war we had no reason to fight in, in the second world war the United States was attacked by the Japanese. The United States felt threatened by the fact that the N.V.A were communist backed…

USS Indianapolis Imagine being a sailor on The USS Indianapolis. You had just finished dropping off the atomic bomb at Tinian. It is late at night and you decide to go to bed. A couple minutes later, the ship jolts to the left. You’ve been hit by a torpedo. You jump out of your bed and rush out of the room. You hear your captain screaming, “Abandon ship!Abandon ship!”. You rush down the narrow hall and find a life jacket. You put it on and run to the stern of the ship. You swing yourself…

World War II was a six year battle between Europe the United States against Japan and Germany. Many authors have written about the events of this war and in effort to help readers to understand the horrors of this conflict. Herman Wouk, a Pulitzer Prize winner, wrote several novels set during World War II including, War and Remembrance. Wouk, aiming to create a novel that was neither entirely fictional or historical stated that he wanted his readers to “remember what happened in the worst world…

December 7th, 1941 at 7:48 a.m, Pearl Harbour was bombarded by 353 Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes in two waves, launched from six aircraft carriers that killed 2,403 people and destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. Prime Minister of Canada, Mackenzie King, decided to intern Japanese Canadian citizens based on speculative evidence. Both the RCMP and the Defence Department lacked proof of any…

The Second World War has a devastating impact on today’s people and spanned for 6 years (1939 – 1945). Enraged and shamed from the outcome of the First World War (1914 – 1918) Germany was a brewing pot for civil unrest and revenge. Economic pressure and the harsh conditions of ‘The Treaty of Versailles’ led rise to a radical political party, the Nazi Party. As one event leads to bigger consequences like the ripples on the water’s surface, Hitler’s plans to restore Germany’s pride played on the…

Kelsey Marren Dr. Lammers HI 103 23 November 2016 Expansion in Vietnam under Lyndon B. Johnson “I will not lose Vietnam” President Johnson said after two days of presidency. After the United States suffered a tremendous lose due to President John F. Kennedy being assassinated in 1963, the new President inherited one of the most intense battles on History, the Vietnam War. LBJ expanded the American presence in Vietnam tremendously which lead to numerous financial political problems not only…

working on a weapon of mass destruction, The Atomic Bomb. This weapon in the eyes of the Americans would end the war. It has the power to destroy whole cities and more. This was the point in the war when Paul sadly died. The Lusitania was sunk by 3 torpedos. The Ship had been the fastest across the Atlantic ocean and it held a speed record of 31 mph. The Nazis were at the point of destroying the last remaining parts of the British army. But then, out of nowhere, the Japanese attacked Pearl…