under his house and the next he was a household name and a hero. To become a villain there is a different ’procedure’. A person must perform an evil act to be considered a villain. Suicide bombers are instantly classified as villains the second they detonate their bomb. 2 minutes before the detonation‚ the bomber was an ordinary person who looked like he was minding his own business‚ no one could have suspected he was a soon-to-be villain. But people must remember that these are martyrs for their
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she was in danger…a couple of months before her rally‚ it also makes sense that the day before and after snipers and suicide bombers are active trying to assassinate politicians before their rallies and the national election. The other key point that really makes sense is that the assassination took place after Benazir Bhutto’s speech because it gave the shooter and bomber time to fit in‚ pretend to be a supporter of Ms. Bhutto‚ and then kill her. One point that needs clarity and leaves open questions
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They provided air and ground support for retreating troops to the Bataan Peninsula against Japanese heavy bombers and fighter planes. Shortly after the retreat The Regiment introduced new ways to mount weapons on to track systems and vehicles and also upgraded the fire rates per minute to make the air defense weapons more efficient which in turn helped our Air
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had left over 150‚000 people dead but those numbers would only grow in an invasion on the main islands. This film touches on two topics leading into and out of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. one being the story of the hand full being the bombers who drop the bomb as they interviewed colonial Paul Tibbets‚ and second‚ the film in a very true to life way gives civilian Japanese victims faces and stories before and after the bomb as people died from the bomb itself and the radiation thereafter
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3. WINSTON CHURCHILL SHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY UNDER ARTICLE 8(2)(a)(iv) FOR EXTENSIVE DESTRUCTION AND APPROPRIATION OF PROPERTY‚ NOT JUSTIFIED BY MILITARY NECESSITY AND CARRIED OUT UNLAWFULLY AND WANTONLY AND ARTICLE 8(2)(b)(ii) FOR INTENTIONALLY DIRECTING ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIAN OBJECTS‚ THAT IS‚ OBJECTS WHICH ARE NOT MILITARY OBJECTIVES. Hamburg‚ a major industrial center for Germany‚ was the target of Operation Gomorrah and extensive bombings by the British military‚ under the leadership and approval
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Evan Forsell Strategic Air Raids and Nuclear Bombing of Japan World War II was a war of unprecedented feats and military actions. Never before had two global superpowers faced off and clashed in predominately ocean-based warfare. In addition‚ the tremendous focus on air power and supremacy was unique to the modern warfare tactics of World War II. In the end‚ America’s military expansion and strategy of systematically bombing Japanese cities and military targets was successful‚ although it did
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Vietnam: Napalm: Napalm is liquid that is extremely flammable. It is made from a mixture of a gel and gasoline. Napalm has been used in World War 2‚ but became famous in the Vietnam War. It was first used as a weapon against buildings‚ but later it became a weapon against other soldiers. Napalm was very effective against people‚ because it sticks to the skin and causes extreme burn wounds. Napalm is quite an inhumane weapon. When napalm was created in World War 2‚ it was used in flamethrowers. Later
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Wake Island is a small Pacific atoll (ring shaped coral reef)‚ laying halfway between Hawaii and Midway‚ nearly a mile long and less than a half mile wide. The Island held a great significant to the United States military as line of protection guarding the West Coast from inevitable attack due to rising tensions with Japan. In 1941‚ hours after Pearl Harbor‚ the Japanese attacked the Island taking control of it after a two week battle. In conjunction with Pearl Harbor and other Japanese attacks
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Operation Pedestal Operation Pedestal could be described as one of the most important successes for the Allies in World War II. Little celebration is given to it despite having turned the war in Britain’s favour. During the summer of 1942‚ the key position of the British base in Malta‚ the tiny island south of Italy‚ was put under siege. The base enabled the Allies to boycott Axis supply convoys destined for North Africa and prevented the Axis powers from gaining a monopoly of the Mediterranean
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Overview of The Pearl Harbor Attack‚ 7 December 1941 Related Resources: Ships Present at Pearl Harbor‚ 0800 7 December 1941 Action Report for Commander in Chief‚ Pacific Fleet‚ including other commands‚ and ships at Pearl Harbor Additional Action Reports concerning the Attack on Pearl Harbor Where were the Carriers on 7 December 1941? Oral Histories of Pearl Harbor Attack Survivor Reports-Pearl Harbor U.S. Ships named for Sailors to Commemorate their Actions during the Attack on Pearl
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