Winston Churchill

Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II. The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings(Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day). A 1,200-plane airborne assault preceded an amphibious assault involving more than 5,000 vessels. Nearly 160,000 troops crossed the English Channel on 6 June, and more than two million Allied troops were in…

Containment is a documentary directed by Peter Galison and Robb Moss. The film looks at how countries like the US and China they deal with nuclear waste from Nuclear Power Plants. What we learn is that nuclear waste is some of the deadliest, most long-lasting substances ever produce by man that ruins everything that it comes into contact with. While Nuclear Power Plants are very safe with most having multiple failsafe in case of a meltdown there are cases where these failsafe’s fail. Such as…

-Wilberforce Thomas Edison tried more than one thousand times before he succeeded in the making of the light bulb. He was said to be "too stupid learn anything." Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade; he was defeated in public office every time he ran. Churchill became the British prime minister when he was sixty-two. Along with Edison and Churchill, William Wilberforce failed over and over before he made a lasting impact. On August 24, 1759,…

According to John Steinbeck, the author of The Grapes of Wrath and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, “Sometimes a man wants to be stupid if it lets him do a thing his cleverness forbids.” People often choose to ignore what they know so that they can continue acting in a way that they know is bad idea. Despite the fact that they are aware of their malicious actions, they choose to ignore the truth of their situation in order to act in a way that is convenient or profitable for them. In…

Did you know that 1 in 6 people in America face hunger? It is sad to know that food insecurity is so common in such a developed country. When we sit down at the table with a full plate, we are grateful for what we have. But just having gratitude is not enough: we must also show it, because “feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” As a result, I think that the best way to show our appreciation is through charity. In conclusion, gratitude extends far…

Abraham Lincoln was a focused man in the use of power. Winston Churchill wrote that "The only way a man can remain consistent amid changing circumstances is to change with them while preserving the same dominating purpose." His source of power came from being president of the United States of America. Lincoln was born in Kentucky and later as a adult, moved to Illinois and became a lawyer. He was active in politics and elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He would make speech's about…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is Time Magazine's "Person of The Year." CNN reports the 61-year-old German leader has won the title for her "steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply," wrote Time editor Nancy Gibbs. Merkel topped the magazine's list followed by Islamic State leader Abi Bakr al-Baghdadi (2nd place), US presidential candidate Donald Trump (3rd place), activist group Black Lives Matter (4th place), Iran President Hassan Rouhani (5th place), American…

other nations and groups felt safe until Hitler decided to go back on his word, almost every time. One of the occasions that people witness the manipulative ways of the Nazi’s is the downhill spiral that is caused by the Munich Agreement. Winston Churchill himself called it an “A disaster…

128,650 US causalities were caused from the Korean War, though that is just one event from the Cold War. From about 1945-1991 The Soviet Union and the United States had “icy” tensions which was also known as the cold war. The U.S. wanted capitalism as the Soviet’s wanted communism, they became enemies and the worlds superpowers. In order so communism didn’t spread to the U.S. and our territories, we had contained all of those areas from it. Some argue that US exaggerated communist threat and…

Einstein’s Travels and Immigration to the USA After his first visit, Einstein traveled to U.S. for the second time in 1930 December. This time, he didn't give any speech or accept awards instead of that, he worked in Caltech as a fellow scientist. During his second visit in New York City, he enjoyed the life in America of visiting Chinatown and watching Carmen at the Opera. He met with famous Nobel awarded scientist Millikan in Caltech and Charlie Chaplin in the Universal Studios. Immigrants…