D-Day: A Man's Death

Fighting in war in the deep jungle, hot and sticky, no awareness of where the enemy is hiding, suddenly a loud BANG comes from the distance upon a tree, a bullet goes cleanly through you linen jacket, straight threw the heart, you slowly and achingly fall straight to the ground with a loud thump. The man dies there on the wet and desolate ground. Was his death determined to happen this way or was it part of free will that killed him? Could the man’s free will decisions throughout his life ended with his death in this way? Was his death predetermined? The man’s death was determined. People can think they are choosing their own destiny, but truly in reality, they are all on a direct pathway through life. Events like Pearl Harbor, the Great Depression, and the ending of World War II were all determined to happen. Through many events that most people could not see nor understand slowly resulted in the occurrence of the events.

Pearl Harbor was a devastating event that hit our country with a hard
On February 2, 1943, Germany is defeated at Stalingrad and looses approximately 841,000 men in combat, which easily made this event one of the biggest turning points in the war because this was the first major loss for Germany. On June 6, 1944, the invasion of Normandy, also known as D-Day was another event that resulted in the ending of the war. The British, Canadians, and Americans all got together and stormed several beach on the coast of France in order to take back France from Germany. Germany lost another crucial battle. One of the last causes of why the war came to an end was because of the Battle of Okinawa. America and the United Kingdom fought against Japan on June 21, 1945. Japan lost approximately 100,000 men as the Allies lost more than 65,000. This was a lost Japan did not need and they suffered from it. Even the small things had a big affect on causing the war to