Japan dominates For 6 months after Pearl Harbour‚ Japan reigned supreme in the Pacific and in South Asia. Japanese troops rolled back the British‚ Australians and Americans. The loss of Singapore in February 1942 meant that Britain’s key naval base in the Far East was in Japanese hands. Battle of Midway – June 1942 Japanese victories come to an end…the Americans began island hopping. The strategy was to avoid strongly defended enemy islands and isolate them from support. The re-conquest of the
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Bradley Strawser comes back to clarify a few things about the morality of drone warfare. In a previous article in The Guardian‚ Strawser’s words were manipulated‚ wrongly interpreted‚ and morphed into portraying his ideologies as pro-drone warfare under any condition and that drone warfare had no immoral side to it. However‚ Strawser corrects this misinterpretation. Though the topic of morality and drone warfare is a sensitive and difficult one‚ Strawser seems to do his best to think rationally
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machine gun posts enclosed in concrete to protect their trenches ➢ What was the only defence against the machine gun? To “dig in” by building trenches ➢ Give four differences of the tactics of the First World War from earlier battles? Trench warfare Artillery and guns more powerful Cavalry became less important Infantry became more important Poison gas Tanks emerged after 1916 ➢ What was the main tactic followed by the generals to win the war? To take over the enemy’s trenches and drive
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over the brutish nature of war. For the answer‚ you need only to examine the various tools and plans that have been developed and used in warfare throughout history. It can be seen that advancements in mathematics and technology throughout history has had a profound effect on what kinds of weapons‚ from axes and metal swords to Intercontinental missiles‚ warfare has been fought with and what strategies have been used to fight wars and maintain armies. Part I: Weapons The most obvious thing that
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Restricted Warfare: Ethics and Morality in Modern Warfare. The Ethics of War In recent years‚ the world has seen a sharp rise in wars across the globe. What was meant to be the first century not scarred by war quickly turned into a bloodbath in the wake of terrorist attacks in the United States and Europe. In response to these attacks on civilian populations the United States engaged in two preemptive wars on those who harbored terrorists. These wars have now been lasting for five
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Profound Theories and the Relevance to Modern Warfare and Strategy October 31‚ 2010 Clausewitz has been referred to by many as a true visionary in regards to strategy and warfare. One of Clausewitz’s goals was to create some sort of sound theory that would not only be relevant to the current time period‚ but would also be a source of reference for years to come. Though Clausewitz’s succeeded in providing an overarching concept of warfare and strategy‚ many feel that his ideas are no
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for instance‚ but each will have all of these elements present to one degree or another. By contrast‚ the subjective nature of war encompasses those elements— such as military forces‚ their doctrines‚ weapons‚ as well as the environments (land‚ sea‚ air‚ and danger) in which they fight—that make each war unique.”2 The nature of war‚ since the end of the late 19th century‚ has been changing because of many reasons: globalization‚ technological innovations … In the past‚ Clausewitz said‚ “War is merely
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various weapons. The only difference is as over time‚ so do the methods of combat. Warfare is wrongfully defined as "the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war." (Warfare). This untrue definition induced many to wrongfully assume that only one type of warfare exists; Leading to believe it only happens on the battlefield during a war between countries. The actual definition of "warfare" doesn’t imply military action or combat limited to only soldiers‚ yet it’s defined
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Biological and chemical warfare has been around since the beginning of time. From poison tipped arrows to purposely transmitting smallpox to individuals. There has been ongoing political conflict on biological and chemical warfare for quite some time for legitimate reasons too. Biological and chemical warfare is very deadly and sometimes inhumane‚ but on the other hand it is very cost efficient and is very effective at doing its job. Biological and chemical warfare is also good for the country
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Canadian Troops in WW2 In the 1940s there were a lot of battles going on in Europe and around the world‚ which required help from other countries like U.S.A and Canada. The Canadian troops were involved in The Battle of Dieppe‚ The battle of the Atlantic‚ and in the Normandy Landing which was called Operation Overload. In August 1942‚ 5‚000 Canadian soldiers landed at Dieppe on the coast of France. Their goal was to take the beach and the town of Dieppe back from the Germans. When the soldiers
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