Warfare by type

Photos are more than just what 's obviously captured but rather a whole new perspective of a certain time in history. We see photographs everywhere whether it’s in museums or on social media networks like instagram and facebook. Photos are the way we communicate messages to the public whether it’s a good one or a bad one. Not only do photographs have meaning to it but they are created to compensate for the memory that had once happened. It can bring smiles or tears, depending on each individual…

and the South began to reflect the revolutionary changes overtaking naval establishments with the development of steam powered engines. For coastal defense, the South began to clad many of its wooden ships with iron and dispensed with sails (Naval Warfare, 2015). The North countered with its own ironclads, as well as several classes of iron-constructed and armored “monitors” that mounted heavy, muzzle-loading cannons in powered turrets (Naval…

artillery barrages, troops with rifles and new weapons like tanks. The British plan was to capture as much ground as fast as possible, starting with a huge artillery barrage which due to the bad conditions the artillery did not work. There were three types of barrages; a box barrage which surrounded the target and cut off command and supplies, A point-barrage which was aimed at taking out a sniper or machine gun post and a search barrage which included help or the air force who would spot the…

Glory does not last forever. To those who have experienced it fully, and its addictive nature, it is a cruel mistress that demands pursuit. It is the ubiquitous high school jock, clad in an aged letter jacket and basking in fleeting splendor that personifies this pursuit so well. More appropriately perhaps, it is the struggle of an international hegemon struggling battling an identity crisis because the recipe that, for centuries, has produced profound success no longer yields a palatable…

chemicals which are used for warfare purposes in attempts to kill mass amounts of soldiers. This form of warfare has become so heartless, that even Adolf Hitler himself refrained from using them against the Allied Forces during the Second World War. Nerve agents are all based around phosphorus. In the 1930s, the very first nerve agent of the “G Series” was created. This is known as the “G-Series” due to the fact they were all originated in Germany. There are four types of nerve agents in the…

hundreds of years. Since the beginning of time, biological warfare has been a preferred method to annihilate populations at a time. Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is described as using biological agents like bacteria, viruses and fungi as biological weapons on a large scale to defeat the enemy. The main intention of such is to cause casualties by the medium of air, water, cattle or crops. The history of biological warfare and terrorism goes back to the dawn of civilization.…

Weapons and Technology of WW1 World War I was called “the war to end all wars;,” however, it didn’t end anything. World War I was the biggest war anyone has ever seen in their time. Some countries were crippled, and some countries were strengthened, the same can be said of families. Over 38 million people died during this horrendous conflict, most of these deaths were civilians. Philippians 3:13 says, “Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what…

The long and tortuous annals of World Military history had seen nothing comparable to the incidents that occurred during WWI. Known as the ‘War to end all wars’, WWI ended endless amounts lives in the hundreds of thousands. From August 1914 two battlefronts stretched from the far alpines of Switzerland to the channel coast of France and from Ukrainian countryside to the cold Baltic Sea. Offensives had been staged on both fronts, however one was left to prevail and by 1918 both sides saw maximum…

exposed to it made them suffer severe physical defects. Two side effects of soldiers being exposed to Agent Orange were that sometimes they developed different types of cancer and/or skin defects. Although there are many different symptoms that arose with exposure to Agent Orange the above ones were the most common. The most common types of cancer that have been linked to exposure to Agent Orange were liver, lung, and prostate cancer. There were other symptoms such as weight loss, chills, fever…

something about. World War one was a war that was fought in several different ways, but trenches were used for a majority of the war. Trench warfare is a concept of war. It is a way of having an offensive and defensive tactic combined into one. Trenches were not first used during world war one but they have been used throughout the history of war. The way trench warfare was used and expanded during world war one by the allies, is a concept that was developed and improved upon throughout many…