Trench warfare

Chemical Warfare: An “Unconvential” threat Throughout the history of war, techniques and use of weapons in warfare have been improved over the years. Although some weapons and certain techniques are entirely new, the use of certain weapons such as Chemical Warfare have been around since WW1. Many have thought of Chemical Weapons as being too dangerous while others think it is necessary and essential to modern warfare. What threats does Chemical warfare pose to soldiers and civilians around the…

The Things They Carried is a non fiction war novel written by Tim O’Brien published in 1990. In this book, Tim O’Brien shares stories about soldiers in the Vietnam War. The soldiers tell about the things they carry with them during the war and why they carried them. They tell each other stories that are both entertaining and emotional. This brings the soldiers closer together making it very traumatic when some of them are killed. Tim O’Brien tells about the horrible things that happen during the…

President Harry S. Truman was just sworn in as the President of the United States when he got the appalling news about the newly made atomic bomb that Roosevelt has been planning to use to cease the war and that it could destroy a whole city within seconds. The bomb called “Little Boy” was not so little after all. This is the bomb that ended up killing over eighty thousand people who were in its proximity. On August 6th, 1945, President Harry Truman made a “difficult” decision to bomb Japanese…

Have you ever wondered about the bombing of Hiroshima & Nagasaki? In the early morning hours of July 16, 1945 great worry ran throughout all people at White Sands Missile (OI). This was the day the United States bombed Hiroshima. It was the first atomic weapon to be used in a time of war. This decision to drop the bomb was controversial. President Harry S. Truman made the call. The decision to drop atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not a military necessity. Originally, the…

When the World War II started in Europe, President Franklin Roosevelt realized that the war threatened the American security. Although most Americans desired to remain out of the conflict, Roosevelt declared that the United States, “would be the great arsenal of democracy.” (1) As he promised, the United States halted all trades between fascist states, while providing a large amount of supplies to those fighting against them. The US officially entered the war after Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack on…

First Atomic Bomb On Aug. 6, 1945 The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan, not just once but twice. Despite devastating affects the U.S believed that bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki would speed the end of war and ultimately save American lives. Hiroshima had long been a key transportation hub. At the beginning of the Showa Era,( "period of enlightened peace/harmony" or "period of radiant Japan"), the population had reached 200,000, and the city was the political and economic…

debated whether it was necessary or justified. Many think it was justified because it ended the war with much less casualties, ended the war quickly, and the fact that japanese had the motto of no surrender. Prior to the idea of the engaging nuclear warfare, the United States had intentions to invade japan with our soldiers. Japan had an army that consisted of two million soldiers(The Decision to Drop the Bomb) ready to defend against an invasion. If the invasion would have happen it could…

Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) remains one of the most significant threats to the national security of the United States and is one of the most complex strategic issues due to the far reaching effects caused by the mere possession of such weapons by a nation state. While in the past the development of WMD has been primarily for deterrent effects, today the threat encompasses the potential of terrorist organizations to utilize these weapons for furtherance of their ideals and…

Special Weapons To avoid defeat, Iraq sought out every possible weapon. This included developing a self-sustaining capability to produce militarily significant quantities of chemical warfare agents. In the defense, integrating chemical weapons offered a solution to the masses of lightly armed Basif and Posdoran. Chemical weapons were singularly effective when used on troop assembly areas and supporting artillery. When conducting offensive operations, Iraq routinely supported the attacks with…

World War 3 the nuclear war Backstory Year 2030, President Harmony Clifton was at her desk reading her schedule for the week. Little did she know that a foreign surprise was coming to take over the world starting with her first . The foreign surprise was the leader of North Korea, Zorga Zang. His idea of ruling the world by starting a third world war by nuclear annihilation. He plans to raise an army of Zorganons (zombie like creatures that were born by nuclear explosion) to take over the…