Wehrmacht

Nazi Germany used propaganda to portray itself as the greatest nation out there. They used movies, documentaries, books, and posters to illustrate how Germany should look and what the citizens of Germany should be like, both mentally and physically. They controlled the scenes that the movies and documentaries were shot in as well as depicting a strong, hardworking man in a majority of their propaganda posters. They also sent out messages of what a “real” German family would look like. Some…

The Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) was fought during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi (Army of the South) at the small Spanish village of La Albuera, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of the frontier fortress town of Badajoz, Spain. Since October 1810, Marshal Masséna's French Army of Portugal had been tied down in an increasingly hopeless stand-off against Wellington's Allied forces. Acting on Napoleon's orders, in…

During World War II, the United States was going through many changes and challenges. This was not only happening in the United States but also in Europe. Some of the themes of World War II were the revolutionary change. During this era, we invented nuclear weapons which changed the way we fought wars. Nuclear weapons were used during the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Conflict was another theme during this time. Nearly all of the world became involved in the conflict. The United States…

World War II to many is one of if not the largest scale war known to man. Many look at it as a way of solving issues and conflicts at the time, but many others see it as an event that brought out the monsters within men on the battlefield. Unfortunately it brought atrocities that no man should never have to witness, most of which was created by the Nazis. Additionally, countries became divided for means of a more humane order. During times of war countries would innovate their arsenal of…

Canadian soldiers had been active throughout all of the battles that occurred in World War II, though most battles were in Italy, Northwestern Europe, and the North Atlantic. Over 1.1 million soldiers served in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The casualties of Canadian soldiers were not minor at all, 45000 canadian soldiers lost their lives and 54000 were wounded. By the end of the War Canada had the world 's fourth largest air force and the fifth largest Navy. When Germany had occupied france…

Germans Serving Under Maniacal Leaders German soldiers fought the Führer’s ideological war. Hitler wanted the German race to take over the world. Heinrich Bölls book, And Where Were You, Adam?, describes several soldiers and their lives at the end of World War II. In the chaos of war, they found various reasons to capitulate with the Holocaust and other atrocities, but at the same time, tried to find some normalcy and sanity in an insane situation. Just as other warriors in other wars…

To first explain the history of refugees you need to know what they are, they are displaced citizens in one country moving to another country, mainly causing problems if a very large number are moving out of a country. An example of a large number of people moving was during and after World War 2, when millions of Jewish people were moving out of Germany into Europe. Now to explain why it happens, Refugees usually move countries because of economic problems, war, corrupt governments, and natural…

June 1940, Great Britain is the last democracy in Europe fighting Hitler. America did not want to be involved in another European war, but Franklin Roosevelt believed otherwise. He decided to draft all able young men into the military, but they would only protect American territory. During this time saving the Jews and fighting against Germany was not a priority for the U.S. government, until 4 days after pearl harbor. After the attack by the Japanese, Germany and Italy declared war on the…

The Battle of Stalingrad took place between 23 August 1942 and 2 February 1943 and is considered one of the most important battles that took place during World War II. The battle was between the German and Soviet armies. Not directly, but due to the betrayal of a non aggression pact between the Soviets and Germans, the two were thrown into battle over Stalingrad. The Germans believed they would be on the winning side but that is not how it ended. The Soviets proved stronger than the Germans were…

and smaller than it had previously been beforehand. However, the code of the enigma D was broken in 1935 which meant that a front plug board had been introduced in order to scramble the signal further. When a fourth motor was added, this became a Wehrmacht enigma, which was used by the German military. The German navy also got this model of enigma machines but in 1942 they increased the amount of rotors to eight. The strategic importance of this device was that it could encode and decode vital…