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In the article “A Band of Brothers” by James McPherson, the purpose is to explain why ordinary men volunteered themselves into the army in the bloodiest war in American history. MacPherson's thesis explains that the main reason men enlisted themselves was due to honor. He uses primary source diaries from soldiers who fought in the ear to help explore this thesis. The first point that McPherson makes includes three sections: pride is self, community, and family. He explains that having pride…

on the 31st of July 1914, and transferred the administration of Germany (except Bavaria) to local army commanders who were above pre-existing civilian authorities in an attempt to secure the volume of raw materials required by the army to fight this war, an early example of the State intervening into the economic organisation of Germany. …companies nationalised to help supply demand?. The German Army High Command in 1916 openly set out to limit the power held by parliament, to discipline…

of General Emory Upton became a great leader, he inspired everyone else that was involved in this article. General William Sherman had many battles underneath his belt and helped General Emory Upton about government systems and how to improve their armies by traveling around the world (Brown, R. (1953). General Emory Upton-The army’s Mahan. Military…

“‘I was drafted during the Korean War. None of us wanted to go... It was only a couple of years after World War II had ended. We said, 'Wait a second? Didn't we just get through with that?’”said Clint Eastwood, during an interview reminiscing over his time he served. The Korean War started because North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to bring communism to the south. The Americans sided with the south to try to stop the spread of communism. The United States (U.S.) and the United Nation…

Many people may wonder what are the advantages and disadvantages of the military robot? From my research i have discovered that there a lot of advantages for military robots. One of the advantages is that these robots can save several human’s lives. There are a several different types of robots that can be used to do many different tasks. Robots can be used in areas such as military, space, surgical field exploration, deep sea exploration, dangerous material handling, agriculture, and advanced…

World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. The primary combatants were the Axis nations (Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan and their smaller allies) and the Allied nations, led by Britain (and its Commonwealth nations), the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of America. The years between the first and second world wars were a time of instability that led to some nations like Germany, Italy, and Japan to develop intense nationalist feelings for a…

The history of military robotics dates back to World War II and the Cold War. During those times of spying, weaponry and strategic attacks, these robots were in the form of Germany’s type of robotics and Russian weaponry called “teletanks”. It originated combined with a radio controlled boat intended to use by the military from Nicola Tesla. As the Soviets had created the teletanks, they were modified to be controlled by the radio signals. Weather conditions made it pretty tough to use, but…

think that their families had forgotten about them. “They were found abandoned on a battlefield, probably after being cast aside when the wearer felt he might be able to run a little faster without them; or they were found on the body of a fallen Union soldier.” (Wright Vol. 54) This explains how the soldiers only care for themselves and nobody else. Most of this soldiers wouldn’t have had mind leaving another of their soldier to death just so they could save or looked superior to the rest of…

Combat Leadership Women currently make up more than 14% of the 1.4 million active military personnel but were not allowed to serve in over 230,000 combat positions; despite that they have increasingly served at the front lines (Goudreau, 2013). In 2013, the U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta decided to allow women to serve in military combat roles, reversing a 1994 policy that excluded women from serving in combat units. This ensures that the best person is in a leadership position regardless…

against the Vietnam War. During the Cold War there were several stages of conscription for young men. It first started again in the 1960’s when in 1965 selective conscription was introduced to the army, for 20 year old men, they had to complete three years in the regular Army and two years part time in the Army Reserve. Selective conscription involved, “males having to register in January or July if their birthday fell in the…