World War II is mostly known as “the battle against Hitler” but few people know that there is literally another side to it‚ across the globe‚ in the Pacific. The Pacific War‚ or sometimes known as the Asia-Pacific War‚ was fought in the Pacific and East Asia. This devastating war pitted the Allies‚ some of them being France‚ Poland and Great Britain against the Empire of Japan. It started on December 8th‚ 1941‚ when the Japanese invaded Thailand and other British possessions including Malaya and
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the ordinary such as bags lying that could contain the bomb. With ten minutes before the president’s speech‚ Charles and Diana had not found anything! “We only have ten minutes before the president does his speech‚ we need to put ourselves in the bombers shoes‚” Diana stated to Charles. “How would you get inside the White House with a bomb?” “Well if I was an assassin‚ I would dress up as someone that has authority and does not need to go through security‚” Charles replied. “I would dress up as a
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under the command of Field Marshall Rommel. In the spring of 1944‚ Allied bombers started attacking and destroying Nazi military sites in northern France. The idea was to soften the enemy defences. D-Day‚ Day of Deliverance‚ was fixed for June 5‚ 1944. But the invasion had to be postponed due to bad weather. At 2:00 a.m. on June 6‚ paratroopers were dropped to protect the landing forces. Seventy-five minutes later‚ 2000 bombers began to pound German defences on the beaches. At 5:30 a.m.‚ the air raids
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New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (Hambling). U.S. forces‚ with the help of some Australian ships‚ moved to try and stop the Japanese. This created the first naval battle fought at a long range of aircraft carriers (Hambling). Multiple types of bombers attacked ships protected by troops. Both sides were struggling to find the each other and were unclear about what ships they had seen and shot at (Hambling). The most severe loss of the battle was the American aircraft carrier‚ USS Lexington‚ sinking
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A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of U.S. Navy Action and Operational Reports from World War II‚ Pacific Theater Part 1. CINCPAC: Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of World War II Research Collections U.S. Navy Action and Operational Reports from World War II Pacific Theater Part 1. CINCPAC: Commander-in-Chief Pacific Area Command Project Editor Robert Ë. Lester Guide compiled by Blair D. Hydrick A microfilm project
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Larios Mr. Sullivan English 50 Essay #2 2 April 2013 Terrorism Connie Schultz author of the article New Airport Policy: Grin and Bare It‚ Schultz says “Not exactly secret agent man.” when referring to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab‚ the underwear bomber. Because she says that he isn’t exactly a secret agent‚ even though he still had the potential to be dangerous‚ rather than something more adequate for a terrorist shows that Schultz is not too concerned with terrorist threats happening domestically
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OPERATION LINEBACKER II 1. What do you think of when you drive by that big B-52 at the museum? Being the history buff that I am‚ I think about Vietnam‚ where that old "Buff" was used the most. "Why should I care about Vietnam?" you ask yourself. Well‚ last time I checked there’s a history section in the PFE guide‚ so there might be a test later! The intent of this paper is to inform you about Operation Linebacker II. I’ll explain the events leading up to the operation‚ discuss the strategy
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The Tuskegee Airmen During the time‚ of World War II‚ there were fighter pilots who were protectors for the bombers. These fighter pilots mission was to be as forerunners (to go before the main fighter’s). These men are to be able to secure shipments as well as weapons of mass destruction. Although‚ even before Tuskegee Airmen‚ there were any African American’s able to become a United States military pilot. In 1917‚ African-American men had tried to become aerial observers‚ but were rejected;
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the Pacific. If you had the strongest planes that could shoot down the enemies and support the ground troops‚ then it made it much easier. Both sides tried to have the best fighter planes that could not only support ground troops‚ but also escort bombers. It’s hard to decide whether the Japanese or the United States had better planes used in the Pacific Theater. Most likely the United States did because they had the most air domination which won them the Pacific. These are four different fighter planes
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Battle of Britain For residents of Southern England‚ 1940 was a horrific year. “ Citizens of London lived through the Blitz ” as the British Royal Air force (RAF) did their best to defend their country (Wawro‚ par. 1). The “ Germans had defeated France‚ Poland‚ and Czechoslovakia leaving the United Kingdom as the only country in their way of winning the war in Western Europe ” (Wawro par. 1). The Battle of Britain began on “July 10‚ 1940” (Wawro par. 1). This Battle was “an air conflict or
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