Hitler planned to invade Great Britain after invading France. Operation Sea Lion was the code name for a provisionally proposed invasion of the United Kingdom amid the Battle of Britain in the Second World War. Nazi’s expected Britain to delve a peace agreement, and invasion was thought about if all else failed. However, his generals were afraid of the British Royal Navy and Air Force and argued that air superiority should be established first.…
As a region with ambiguous boundary distributions, Alsace-Lorraine had created conflict between the two countries of France and German, establishing controversy as to whether the country would come under whose control after the Franco-Prussian War when the region was ceded to Prussia. While newly united Germans felt they knew better what is good for them and forced its ethnic identity on the Alsace-Lorraine people, France, in recovery, and its nationalistic aspiration was devastated by the war; and within the region itself, conflictions became inevitable due to the fact that a portion of the population rejected Germanization and held sentiment toward France, and the others were impressed and took pride in lining up with the German states.…
The armistice that ended the War was, the Treaty of Paris. The secretary of state, John Hay called it, “Splendid Little War”, on August 12th 1898. It lasted up to sixteen weeks straight, with 5,400 people dying out of 300,000.…
Normandy was chosen to be the location due to its proximity to Great Britain, as well as its beach and tide characteristics. Normandy also had weaker defenses than other areas on northern France’s coast. Concerning the scope of the operation, the plan originally called for three attacking sites. Eventually it was agreed that five would be necessary; consequently, there were five beaches, Omaha and Utah going to America, Gold and Sword being assigned to Britain, and Canada receiving Juno.…
If it was not for the help of the French, America would have never gained their independence from Britain. Britain was the biggest empire that the world had seen since the Roman Empire. In fact, without assistance the Americans were no match for Britain. The hatred towards the British from both the French and Americans had made it easy for them to form an alliance. In 1778, representatives of both America and France signed the Treaty of Alliance. The two countries agreed to aid each other in the event of a British attack from the present time and forever. It also stated that neither country would make amends with England until independence of the United States was recognized. America forming an alliance with the French was significant in gaining America’s independence. Because of the donation of funds, the help from French navy and the help from the French military, the Americans gained their independence.…
After World War II, Germany was divided into four zones between France, Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union. Although Germany’s capital city of Berlin was located entirely within the Soviet controlled section of Germany, it was also divided between the four nations. France, Great Britain, and the United states controlled the western half of the city, later uniting their individual zones in order to form a West German State, while the Soviet Union controlled the eastern half. Berlin became politically advantageous and extremely important to the Soviet Union and East…
After World War II was over Germany was occupied by: France, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. As this continued, the Soviet Union controlled East Germany and the United States along with their Western allies controlled the West.…
Juno Beach, the code name of one of the five main landings on D-Day, substantially shaped the Canadian identity as a country that strives to fight in war, because of the previous disasters at Dieppe, the courageous acts of Canadian soldiers, and the deceitful strategy to success. Firstly, the devastating failure of the Dieppe Raid in 1942 established Canada as a serious fighting force in war situations. Canadians learned that tanks were vulnerable to the Germans, as they easily hindered them by setting various traps on the beach. Air and naval bombings became more essential to defeating enemy defenses. Additionally, the allied officers did not have enough knowledge and combat…
The Battle of St. Lô took place from July 9 to July 24, 1944. It was an important battle in the Allies’ campaign for the liberation of northern france. About a month after the Battle of Normandy, it was the fight for an important French trade city. The Germans had taken the city without opposition from locals, but its liberation took the lives of many. The Americans considered this a worthy cause, however, because the city was vital to the Allies’ plan. The battle was important to the war because it helped the Americans develop tactics that would be used throughout the liberation of northern France, gave the Allies access to roads leading all over the country, and gave them the upper hand in the war in France.…
Following conferences at Potsdam between the Soviet Union and the Western allies (America, Britain and France) in 1945, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation; the Western Allies in the west and the Soviet Union in the east. Berlin, although entirely in the Eastern Soviet Zone, was divided similarly to the rest of Germany, with the Western Allies controlling the western sectors of Berlin and the Soviet Union controlling the eastern sector (Williamson 2001). Each of the four countries exercised supreme power in their own zones and they began to create a new order in each zone based on their own view of what would be best for the Germans (Williamson 2001).…
Throughout history, events have been influenced by people going through their daily lives. Though such actions may seem trivial, some have the power to significantly change history.…
1.How far did Napoleon Bonaparte maintain the ideals of the French Revolution during the period…
As the Second World War in Europe came to a close, the three Allied Powers of Great Britain, the Soviet Union and the United States made arrangements for what would happen to the collapsing state of Germany. The Red Army was in sight of Berlin, and it was clear that the war was finally coming to an end. The moment that the Nazi Party, and effectively the country of Germany itself, surrendered, in May of 1945, the Allies took control. They administered their previously arranged agreements, made at the Yalta conference, on the division of Germany. As the winners' of the Second World War, the Allies would each get a zone, with Stalin and the Soviet Union occupying the eastern half, while Great Britain and the United States took control of the…
Our tribe has been through plenty these past years with other countries coming in to take our land and expand their empire. There seems to be a war breaking out between the English and the French, and today in 1754 we were asked to pick a side. I believe that we should take the side of the English. Others might claim that they are going to rob us of our land and leave us with nothing, but isn't that what all of the countries that come here are trying to accomplish. They all want extra land for themselves and that is what both the English and the French are here for.…
At the height of their power, the British Empire consisted of half the world. But how did it get there, and where exactly is “there”? With Europe having just undergone the Industrial Revolution, it needed resources to fuel its economy. The fact that Europe had gone through an Industrial Revolution and nowhere else had gave them an advantage over the rest of the world. The successes of European imperialism were many. It gave a few power over many, it fuelled Europe’s economy, and it spread Western influence across the globe. Above all, it Westernized the world, a fact that remains today, while the rest do not.…