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- 2311: The Holocaust
- The Holocaust Of all the examples of injustice against humanity in history, the Jewish Holocaust has to be one of the most prominent. In the period of 1933 to 1945, the Nazis waged a vicious war against Jews and other "lesser races". This war came to a head with the "Final Solution" in 1938. One of the end results of the Final Solution was the horrible concentration and death camps of Germany, Poland, and other parts of Nazi-controlled ... The first of these camps were established in the mid 1930s and were originally designed for prisoners. But, numbers of concentration and death camps grew steadily for years until nearing the end of the World War II. Quality of life in a concentration camp was substandard, to say the absolute least. Jews and other deportees were transported via railroad boxcars similar to those used for cattle. Some of these cars ...
- 2312: D-day
- D-day One of the most important days during World War II was D-day, it became a “day” so important it changed a continent. Don't be mistaken by the word D-day it did not all happens in just one day but many days. D-day was just a code name for the day that Operation Overload started. D-day is very well known for the beginning of the end of the war in Europe and Hitler's rule over most of the ruined continent of Europe. Many say that if it were not for D-day Europe would have definitely fell to Hitler. There are a few ... artillery. Artillery supported the Allied landings came mainly from warships. Then varied from five-inch guns of destroyers to the fifteen-inch batteries of the British battleships Waspite and Ramillies. There were many things for war used on D-day besides the one hundred and fifty thousand Allied troops on the ground of Normandy. These are a few of the Allied numbers for D-day. There were two million tons ...
- 2313: Development of the Submarine
- ... more modern prototype in 1800, the military advantages of a nearly invisible warship were quickly divined. However, they remained unrealized for quite a while. Although Fulton probably foresaw that his invention would be used for war, he hardly could have envisioned it launching projectiles with the capability to level entire countries. However, after a series of innovations in nuclear missile and submarine designs, the submarine-launched ballistic missile has become an ... integral part of our naval weapons arsenal. To understand the need for the development of nuclear missile submarines, there is a need to examine the political climate of the world in the era after World War II. The realignment of the superpowers after the war resulted in a unique situation. The two major naval powers of the day, Great Britain and the United States, were now allied against the greatest land power in history in the Soviet Union. In ...
- 2314: Iliad As A Dictate Of The Fath
- ... my own self great glory, and for my father” (6, 444-446). Another important part of the heroic code is the rejection of nostos. The warrior must not be tempted to return home before the war is over, because then he cannot come out as the winner. If the warrior is not the victor he cannot bring honor to his father and is not living up to his generation’s history ... and his wish to return home might seem to be against the heroic code, and against paternal injunction, but a more careful examination of the facts shows otherwise. Agamemnon offends Achilleus by taking away his war prize. Achilleus’ only goal in life is to be recognized by his society. When his recognition is taken away, Achilleus purpose to life and battle vanishes. At this point Achilleus fails to fulfill the paternal ... Homer does show counter voices to the patriarchal position. Thersites is a loud counter voice to the paternal injunction and to the heroic code. He urges the warriors to go home and not bother with war. “My good fools, poor abuses, you women, not men, of Achaia,/ let us go back home to our ships, and leave this man here/ by himself in Troy to mull his prizes of honour/ ...
- 2315: The Dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Japan
- ... must be eliminated for all time, the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest and stern justice shall be meted out to all war criminals”.[7] On July 28 Prime minister Suzuki declared the Potsdam Proclamation a “ thing of no great value”, but said later the meaning he intended was “no comment”. The Allies took the statement as rejection ... address August 9, Truman said the United States had used the atomic bomb “ against those who attacked us without warning at Pearl Harbor, against those who have starved and beaten and executed American Prisoners of War, against those who have abandoned all pretense of obeying international laws of warfare. We have used it in order to shorten the agony of war, in order to save the lives of thousands and thousands of young Americans. We shall continue to use it until we completely destroy Japan’s power to make war. Only a Japanese surrender will ...
- 2316: Albert Einstein 2
- ... well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory. However, such bombs might very well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air. (Partial Letter Two) Since the outbreak of the war, interest in uranium has intensified in Germany. I have now learned that research there is carried out in great secrecy and that it has been extended to another of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institutes, the Institute ... the construction of the first nuclear weapon by the U.S. (Pentis Building, The Place Where the First Atomic Bomb was built) The Manhattan Project was the code name for the US effort during the War. It was named after the Manhattan Engineer District of the US Army Corps. Started by the letter from Albert Einstein and other refugee physicists in the US, the program was slowly organized after nuclear fission ... US showed the world that the US was not a country to be messed with. It led to a quick end with Japan. Now the Axis Powers had lost a greatly needed ally in the war. Also now the Russians who agreed with the Allied Powers to help fight off the Japanese in the Pacific could put all of their resources and man power into the fight against the Axis ...
- 2317: Aeronautics: Aviation Powerplants
- ... without powerplant development, refinement and modification. Aviation powerplants originated with the Wright flyer and its small 2 cylinder inline engines of a mere 45 horsepower. This style engine dominated aviation well into the First World War. They were generally placed in pushing positions (rear-facing) and produced a relatively low number of revolutions per minute (2500 RPM redline). There was little need for new engine development at this time because aircraft design progressed slowly. Rotary engines became popular around 1910 and powered many fighters and bombers in The First World War. These engines are placed in a radial pattern around the crankshaft. These produced respectable horsepower numbers in the category of up to 185+. They were used in such famous aircraft as the Sopwith Camel and Moth. A variation of the rotary engine was used in the most famous aircraft of the war: The Fokker Dr.1 Triplane flown by Baron Von Richtofen. A unique feature of these engines is that they had no throttle, but ran at a constant speed. Also the cylinders were not fixed ...
- 2318: Ideas Of Automobiles
- ... The United States time of prosperity had ended. During the early 1940s, as Hitler rose to power in Germany, our relationship with Japan grew more and more tense. When Hitler invaded France and started the war, the United States responded quickly. The United States started producing many different pieces of war equipment. The auto industry was the first to respond by reopening many of there shut down plants and producing troop transport vehicles, tanks, planes and just about anything else the government wanted. By the order of President Roosevelt, Ford Motor Company built a huge assembly plant in Michigan to produce B-29 bombers. The war pulled the United States out the great depression and started to improve the economy. The war ended in 1945 and brought a fallen country back to its feet. With the economy in great shape ...
- 2319: Sci/fi Sort Story
- ... emotions brake out and he prayed for a cure. Once Parker made it to the White House, a message had been sent from the UN, it informed Parker and the politicians that Russia would declare war on France and Germany if the two countries objected the offer of becoming an ally with Russia. The message also noted that Russia was demanding this from France and Germany because Russia needed an ally ... were abducting civilians on the streets of Manhattan and many more places all over the United States; Many new wars broke out all over the world; America stayed neutral; This world crises was called World War Three. Parker managed to find a cure for the virus but the White House was now even more chaotic than before. Parker and the politicians weren’t able to negotiate with the aliens, seeing that ... successful, although America suffered a great loss of fighter pilots. The aliens retreated and moved their forces to Europe. The following day the White House received a message from Russia. It demanded assistance in the war against the UFO’s. Russia felt that America was obliged to send forces to them, this was because they were fighting against the UFO’s that America was initially at war against. Parker and ...
- 2320: The Atomic Bomb
- ... you imagine if the Americans invaded mainland Japan where they had not only soldiers to fight against but the citizens of Japan loyal to Hirohito? Massive destruction, immense loss of life, and prolonging of the war until late 1946, as stated in document A, would result from invading on foot instead of using the bomb. Revenge also played a role in the decision to bomb Japan. The Japanese were not following the Geneva convention in regards to treatment of prisoners of war. Which says that the prisoners are not to be put through torture of the psychological or physical nature. The Japanese did these things anyway, they would decapitate American prisoners, or they would shove bamboo shoots under their fingernails. The American government also wanted revenge for the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. No warning was given by the Japanese to the Americans and no war was declared until after the incident. The Russian territorial expansion definitely played a factor in the dropping the bomb on Japan. The Soviet Union had already taken Poland and many other countries during the ...
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