Turning Points of WWII: Battle of Midway, Battle of Britain, and Battle of Stalingrad There were many significant turning points in World War II, within which, had they not happened as they did, the outcome of World War itself could, arguably, have Continue Reading...
Sonar Research and Naval Warfare: 1914-1954 During both World War I and World War II, there were a number of informational tactics used by the Navy in order to gain ground on enemy troops. One of those was sonar research, because it provided them wi Continue Reading...
Governments turned out to be involved with original subjects for instance rationing, manpower distribution, home defense, removal in the time of air raid, and reply to job by an enemy control. The confidence and mind of the persons replied to manage Continue Reading...
World War II WW II Manhattan Project: Begun in 1939, this project was the codename for the United States' secret Atomic Bomb project. With America's entry into the war, the project grew substantially and ultimately involved more than 125,000 people Continue Reading...
World War II Economical and military abilities of major participants of the war - Germany Soviet Union France Great Britain Important military campaigns France (including Belgium and Holland) Balkan campaign (Greece and Yugoslavia) Russian c Continue Reading...
WWII: Battle of Monte Cassino History has been known to repeat itself. Today in Iraq for example, United States and Allied troops are torn when drawing up plans to win the war in the holy land. The problems stem from their not being able to directly Continue Reading...
WWII World War II bring a number of images to the minds of most Americans: the Atomic Bomb, the Japanese Internment Camps, fighter planes, military jeeps, assault rifles, and soldiers in battle. The overall impression of the war is very masculine, f Continue Reading...
World War II The role that the President of the United States of America played in the entry of America into the II World War is a question that has been debated by historians again and again over the years. The widespread belief is that President R Continue Reading...
Japan was particularly threatened by the construction of the Pearl Harbor base and the Panama Canal (World pp). On December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes attacked Pearl Harbor, the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific, and the following day, the Un Continue Reading...
Source: German Propaganda Archive, Calvin University This poster translates: "Unshakable, determined to fight, certain of victory! "(German Propaganda Archive). Typical themes in German Propaganda posters were anti-Semitism, a call to the labor fo Continue Reading...
World War II. World War II was a turning point in world history, and brought together many allies to fight strong opponents for world domination. The War was supposed to be the "last" world war fought, but other conflicts since that time show the wo Continue Reading...
Today, the Americans fight different insurgent factions, who have limited weaponry, no air force, and no real large scale fighting tactics. Instead, they create havoc with roadside bombs and suicide bombers. Vietnam was fought on the scale of a worl Continue Reading...
discrimination in U.S. There are people still alive today who remember Jim Crow laws. Half a century ago, segregation of drinking fountains, public restrooms, public buses, and public schools was still legal. Fifty years ago blacks in many states co Continue Reading...
World War II -- Eastern Front While the personality of any dictator may significantly influence the military decisions of his/her dictatorship, perhaps the clearest instance of this phenomenon occurred in World War II's Barbarossa, an invasion of Ru Continue Reading...
WW2 Momentum Shift 1942-1944 WWII One of the events that rocked the world and consequently shaped the world was the WWII that commenced effectively in 1939 and ended in 1945. It is however worth noting that some of the conflicts that eventually end Continue Reading...
Battles of World War II Battle of Britain: When Hitler conquered France in June of 1940, he acquired a forward base to launch his attack against England. Had England fallen in the Battle of Britain, the Nazis would have, at the very least, conquer Continue Reading...
Germany's Failure in World War II Germany had launched several successful attacks and was successful in conquering several territories such as Poland, Netherlands and France, that proved Germany is invincible. However, Germany failed in strategic pl Continue Reading...
Battle of Stalingrad [...] why the course of Germany and WWII turned in the battle. The Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point for the German Army and for the outcome of World War II. Stalingrad and the battles that took place around the city were Continue Reading...
rapid, post-World War II economic growth for the Japanese economy. A survey of the literature provides insights into management practices of Japanese firms, and offers direction for necessary changes that the American economy must make to successful Continue Reading...
American Ideals and the Challenges of the post-WW2 Years America changed quite a bit after WW2. It changed with respect to gender roles, with respect to racial issues, with respect to the economy, and with respect to politics. Everything was in flu Continue Reading...
Instead, imperial powers used their increased military might and economic clout to control vast amounts of wealth and capital around the world. In the wake of the colonial era, neighboring nations in Europe vied for control of Colonial resources tha Continue Reading...
According to Henry Kissinger, treaty was nothing but a "brittle compromise agreement between American utopism and European paranoia - too conditional to fulfill the dreams of the former, too tentative to alleviate the fears of the latter." Making a Continue Reading...
World War Turning Point Europe, Significant Change Occurred Emergence Legitimate Revolutionary Regimes Self-Determination in Cuba There are few who would dispute the fact that following the conclusion of World War II and prior to its revolution (wh Continue Reading...
World War I: A Short History was written by Michael Lyons at a time thought by many to be the end of history: 1993. As such, his work proves to flow well and be carefully analytic, lacking the un-necessary bravado and patriotism to be expected of pos Continue Reading...
United States entry into world war. Taking nations from more than half the globe as partakers and victims, the first war broke out, 1914-1918, and that is known as World War 1 or the First World War. Until the World War II broke out, it was widely Continue Reading...
Germans and Jews After WWI Germans and Jews After World War I In World War I, more than 12,000 Jews lost their lives fighting for Germany (Flannery, 43). They were a large part of the culture there, and had intermingled as much as they were able to Continue Reading...
Assassination of JFK Why is your chosen turning point actually a turning point and not just another event? One of the most commonly analyzed and a questionable event in the history of the U.S., the assassination of JFK was a real turning point. The Continue Reading...
Vietnam & 20th Century Experience Turning Point: The 1963 Assassination of President Kennedy The 1963 assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas, Texas has long been considered to be a turning point in American history (Kelin, 2007). While th Continue Reading...
Turning the Tide: Chapter Reviews and Summaries "the Rising Tide" In Chapter 1 of Turning the Tide, author Charles Stanley writes about what he considers the main problems of America, namely a lack of civic engagement and religious family values. T Continue Reading...
War is a necessary and inevitable. The question of whether it is justified is dependent on the conditions of each war individually, but the necessity and inevitability of armed conflict among human societies has been demonstrated consistently through Continue Reading...
Middle East comprises a diverse group of regions, countries, peoples, customs, and cultures. On the one hand, it is daunting to offer a semester-long course that treats all Middle Eastern issues with clarity and fairness. The risk of oversimplificat Continue Reading...
Katulis and Juul help put into perspective the tentative position of Iraq in saying that Iraq's leadership remains split on a draft version of SOFA (Katulis and Juul, online). The Iraqi cabinet must vote a two-thirds majority in favor of their supp Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1.Racial Stereotypes and Propaganda: Explore how both the Allies and the Axis powers used racial stereotypes in their propaganda during the Pacific War, as discussed by John W. Dower. 2.The Role of R Continue Reading...
Battle of Kursk: A Discussion of its Relevance on Contemporary Warfare Background One of the reasons that the Battle of Kursk remains relevant even today revolves around the fact that it remains one of the most intense and greatest battles of World W Continue Reading...
The Rangers eventually located the battery of cannons that had been moved by the Germans and destroyed them with thermite grenades and helped secure the adjacent beaches for the rest of the D-Day invasion forces. President Ronald Reagan and the Re Continue Reading...
Therefore, while the film depicts one of the most important elements of the war, it also symbolizes the personalities and strength of the men who fought in the war, and so, it is the epitome of a war film. It recognizes the individual and group effo Continue Reading...
Operation Barbarossa The German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 is perhaps one of the most crucial turning points of World War II, as hubris of Adolf Hitler and the German high command was rewarded with an unexpected defeat. Code-named Operatio Continue Reading...
Soviet Marshall It is an undeniable fact that the Marshal Georgy Zhukov is the most commended and highly-praised military commander of the Soviet Union, especially for his services in the World War II. It was due to his relentless efforts that the G Continue Reading...
American Civil War [...] Civil War event I would most like to eyewitness, and answer the questions: Why? What would I have seen? Would participating in or seeing that event have made you a different person from the one you are today? If so, how? The Continue Reading...
