U-boat

used for the landing in Sicily set the stage on how many troops and what supplies could be moved ashore by each landing craft. To invade the number of sites for D-Day meant that the allied forces needed a few thousand more transport boats, or now known as Higgins boats to move the troops and initial push ashore. The planning became difficult with funding and material shortages, the allied powers contracted numerous companies to build and supply them with enough materials for the mid summer…

stand up to British tyranny and injustice. September 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation, setting all of the slaves free. April 6, 1917, the United States, after enduring months of hardships at the hands of German U-boats, enters World War 1. April 11, 1945, US troops liberate thousands of Jews from the atrocities of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stands before his nation, and gives vision to a dream for a free…

Imagine life without having any rights, with zero freedom, and people coming into your house without permission and not leaving. What would you do to rebel against this or would you just stand there and let this happen? In this evolution they stood there and let it happen. This is what began the French revolution, the American revolution, and the Glorious revolution of England. These revolutions caused high taxes, which was not making anyone happy and then there was this idea of enlightenment.…

My uncle Kevin was born on May 12th of 1965 in Happy Valley North Carolina. He played basketball and baseball for Hibriten High School. When he graduated he attended college at North Greenville University where we continued to play basketball. Kevin was the definition of tall dark and handsome back in his prime. Once he graduated college he began to drink a little more and put on a few extra pounds. Eventually, he found the women of his dreams to take care of him, Tanya Thomas. They were picture…

Intro, Importance, and Summary (U) In 2015, the United States Government suffered the biggest cyber-attack against a federal agency to date. The Office of Personnel Management reported that up to 21.5 million instances of personal data was stolen by hackers. Many more attacks have occurred recently, and cyber-attacks have become a common occurrence with billions of attacks carried out on various federal agencies each year. Pew Research Center recently conducted a study, and found that the…

When first beginning to read this novel the reader may think that it is just about a boy and his grandfather, but in actuality it is about a boy discovering the stories his grandpa told him. In the novel a boy named Jacob has a grandpa that tells him stories from his childhood, but Jacob does not know if they are true. Jacob sets out to the island to find what his grandpa had told him about. He discovers a girl that used to be in love with his grandfather and catches her interest. Golan a right…

Who was the princess of R&B Aaliyah Dana Haughton was an American singer and actress.She was born on January 16,1979 in Brooklyn,New York,to Diane and Micheal Haughton.Aaliyah was the youngest child.She had an older brother named Rashon.Aaliyah and her family moved to Detroit,Michigan where she was raised.Aaliyah began singing as a young child and started to take voice lessons early.She attended a Catholic school named Gesu Elementary where she played a role in a stage play titled “a famous…

Ugh! Mortals, don't they have anything better to do. Fine, if u want to hear about my so interesting life then listen. I am Hades, God of Wealth, and, King of the Dead. I have two brothers -Zeus and Poseidon- and three sisters Demeter, Hestia, and Hera. See, Poseidon is obnoxious, but not as much as Zeus, oh don't even get me started on him. We are the 6 children of the terrible Titan, Cronus. You mortals, cannot fathom how much I hate him, my father ate me. But worse I was rescued by my…

During the inter-war period, British technological development fell behind competing nations due to economic constraints, poor assumptions developed by senior military leaders, as well as contributing strategic and political factors. Historical examples suggest Great Britain had emerged as a leader in terms of technological innovation as it exited War World One . The country of Great Britain arguably exits the First World War as a leader in technological development regarding all three of its…

stay out of the world war until Germany forced Mexico to fight them. Since a large part of the American population already favored the Allies it made it easy for them to join the allied side. Since the populace was already outraged about the German U-boats it was easy for them to come to the conclusion that they should…