While many know D-Day as the largest amphibious invasion in history‚ they do not know how important the invasion was in the war. The operation was kept a secret to everyone except those who were in it. The Germans did not know until the very last moment that the Allies landed. By catching the Germans off guard this helped the operation succeed. The other main reason is because the Allies majorly outnumbered the Germans. Operation Overlord impacted World War II greatly because it was the turning point
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mission and drew up assault plans for the invasion. The next thing that they needed was a commander. In December of 1943‚ General Dwight D. Eisenhower was chosen. General Eisenhower had led many allied operations in both Italy and North Africa. He took his new position in January of 1944. Next‚ the invasion was given a code name‚ Operation Overlord. This battle would be the factor between winning and losing the war. To get ready for such a massive invasion‚ many military divisions came together from
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for the Allied forces‚ from Europe and Russia. The campaign started with a failed naval attack that was waged in February of 1915. The Allied forces were desperate to get a trade route into Russia and saw the Dardanelles Strait as the perfect way to gain control over part of the Black Sea. However‚ when they got to the Dardanelles Strait‚ they soon retreated because of Ottoman firepower on the shorelines and mines that were placed throughout the peninsula. After Churchill and other Allied officials
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resulting from the First World War and the interwar period in Europe‚ plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling Nazi elite in Germany and by the leadership of the Kwantung Army in the case of Japan. World War II
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by Adolf Hitler‚ invaded Poland. Then Britain and France (the Allied forces) declared war on Germany in response. Later in 1940‚ Germany attacked several other European nations. Following these invasions‚ Germany launched air attacks on England but was repelled successfully. In 1940/41‚ Italy‚ which joined the German side of the war (Axis forces)‚ invaded Greece and countries in northern Africa with support from Germany. The Allied forces defeated the Axis forces in the deserts of Africa and forced
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JAPANESE COLONISATION The Japanase invasion of Malaya and British Borneo in late 1941‚which culminated in the humiliating British surrender in Singapore two and a half month later shattered Western colonial supremacy and unleashed in the forces of incipent nationalism. INTRODUCTION Japan has a government that is guided by the rules and principles of a constitutional Monarchy and a Parliamentary Government. The government of Japan has the features and characteristic that a parliamentary Goverment
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El Cid‚ born in 1043 and dead by 1099‚ was a Castilian nobleman known for his military prowess. His life‚ defined by ever-evolving allegiances‚ reveals the chaotic state of Iberia during the second half of the eleventh century. The Taifa kingdoms—the successors of the Caliphate of Córdoba—divided Muslim rule‚ allowing Christian kingdoms to start achieving military success. This weakness resulted in the Taifas calling on the Almoravids from Morocco for military aid. While the Almoravids heeded the
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Britain: a Turning Point in WWII A substantial turning point in World War II‚ the Battle of Britain encompassed a German aerial attack on England. An Allied victory‚ this battle marked the first successful attempt at European resistance against Nazi Germany. The German air force was defeated and with the United States entering the war‚ an allied victory became tangible. Through reviewing key aspects of the pre-battle era‚ the battle itself‚ and the aftermath of the battle‚ its role as a turning
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are they now? To truly understand what the Mafia is and represents‚ one must travel back in time‚ centuries ago‚ where the word‚ and the people associated‚ are rooted from an area known widely for its bountiful history of arts‚ war‚ and honor – Sicily‚ Italy. A thorough understanding of what the Mafia consists of would not be complete without an understanding of the Sicilian concepts of “vendetta” and “omerta.” The Italian word vendetta is rooted in the Latin vindicta meaning “revenge
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Some scholars argue Plato drew upon memories of past events such as the Thera eruption or the Trojan War‚ while others insist that he took inspiration from contemporary events like the destruction of Helike in 373 BC[1] or the failed Athenian invasion of Sicily in 415–413 BC. The possible existence of a genuine Atlantis was discussed throughout classical antiquity‚ but it was usually rejected and occasionally parodied by later authors. Alan Cameron states: "It is only in modern times that people have
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