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their lives, many people will name a negative event. Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, was day of infamy in American history. Even people that weren't alive then shudder at the stories of the screaming dive bombers dropping torpedoes at the ships in…

AND MISCALCULATION?                            In the immediate view, it seems that there are two main arguments attributed to the origins of the First World War. One is that the war was planned, the other that it occurred due…

failures of World War I. By discussing the purposes, leadership, conditions, morale and events of the Somme Offensive we can determine to what degree it was a failure. Each of these individual factors is essential in deciding to what extent it was a…

about the actual causes of World War II, about who was responsible, what might have prevented it, or what exactly went wrong, there is a strong desire to understand it. Could it be that only one person was the cause of such an enormous event? This…

or less likely? The Alliance System between the European countries divided the continent into two rival groups. In 1817, Germany gained control over the region of Alsace-Lorraine as a prize for wining the Franco-Prussian War. Otto von Bismarck,…

responsible for killing thousands of people, that person should be killed. Imagine having to see ones family get killed right before ones eye's just because of their race and religion. Imagine being starved for days and slaving away in a death camp.…

His name was Adolf Hitler (Housden, p.199). During World War II, he was the dictator of Germany. Under his power and control, he turned his country into the most brutal place in the world. Millions of people were killed and the whole nation was…

In 1939, the world witnessed the beginning of arguably the most devastating of all combat in the history of mankind, World War II. The conflict would ravage the entire European continent and far beyond extending…

Chapter 1 Introduction Operation Rolling Thunder was a frequently interrupted bombing campaign that began on February 24, 1965 and continued until the end of October 1968. During this period U.S. Air Force and Navy aircraft engaged in a bombing…

had in Hitler's plan for World War Two we must look at what Speer accomplished in regards o the war effort. Firstly, it is important to realise that it is unclear among historians what Hitler's 'plans' actually were. Pluralists believe Hitler wanted…