unrestricted submarine warfare was introduced when Germany declared the area around the British Isles a war zone. This meant that all ships in the area would be attacked by the German navy. On May 7th‚ 1915‚ the German navy attacked the British passenger ship‚ The Lusitania‚ killing 120 Americans. This caused American citizens along with President Wilson to be enraged by Germany’s actions‚ thus threaten Germany to go to war.
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Is war a biological necessity‚ a sociological inevitability or just a bad invention? Is one of the most important questions raised by the famous cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead in her essay titled ‘Warfare is Only an Invention -- Not a Biological Necessity.’ Throughout the world it is a common belief that war is inevitable‚ it’s bound to take place either due to the man’s innate aggression or the ever existing competition over resources. But Mead points out another perspective‚ one that’s
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suffer a nuclear filled catastrophe‚ killing millions. Not only are they potentially life threatening‚ the biggest nations in the world have stockpiles of these weapons of mass destruction. That is not the scariest part however. The effects of nuclear warfare are just as deadly‚ if not‚ worse. Nevertheless‚ the rapid extermination of the radioactive explosives ought to occur globally because not only is the explosion from one highly destructive to humans‚ animals‚ and the environment‚ it also brings deadly
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heavier‚ and longer than others‚ and some were difficult to reload quickly compared to others. Once people started to think about a better gun to use in combat‚ the machine gun came to mind. In World War 1‚ machine guns played a vital role in trench warfare. Compared to rifles‚ “the firepower of one machine gun was the equivalent of 30‚ or perhaps as many as 60‚ individual riflemen.” This shows how the creation of machine guns were crucial for nations to have. The first automatic machine gun created
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In 1925 the Geneva Protocol was instituted. Signed by 38 states initially the Geneva protocol banned the use of chemical gases. The protocol called banned the use of chemical warfare do to the inhumane side effects of the gases used. Chemical gases would not only affect the soldiers fighting‚ they would also affect the civilians in surrounding areas of where the chemical’s were used. There was between “100‚000-260‚000 casualties
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events. Aviation Today’s modern warfare depends upon aviation. However‚ World War II saw the first real use of planes in a combat format. Click and drag to move The advancement of the monoplane quickly replaced the biplane of the 1920s. Engine power increased to include jet engines by the end of the war. Power-assisted flight controls and instrumentation allowed radar tracking of flights. Suddenly‚ the fighter jet had become a modern piece of aviation warfare. Weapons During World War II‚
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Chris Royer 12.3.12 Junior Cornerstone Group Paper Effects of Nuclear Weaponry on Warfare and Anti-Terrorism The world in which we live is increasingly filled not only with weapons of mass destruction‚ but with people ready to use them. The United States has reached the top of every international match in which we participated‚ but because of the capacity of other countries to produce weapons of mass destruction‚ and implement‚ the United States must review and revise their tactics for
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Christmas Truce Robert graves The young man Stan visits his grandfather. He wants the grandfather to join in the demonstration against nuclear bombs. The grandfather is a First World War veteran and has lost his foot in the war. He does not want to join in the demonstration because he does not believe that you can fight organized propaganda with amateur propaganda. The grandfather’s friend Dodger visits him meanwhile Stan is there. Dodger tells about the first Christmas Truce in 1914. He tells
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What is bioterrorism and how might you prepare for its effects? Bioterrorism uses pathogenic biological agents‚ such as biological warfare agents‚ which are colorless‚ and odorless derived from microorganisms that can be spread in the air as aerosols or placed into food or drink to infect as many people as possible. The agents are concealed easily and said to be difficult to detect. Terrorists tend to attack major cities or densely crowded areas‚ and government buildings (Nicolson‚ 2001)
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Ethics In Warfare: British “Area Bombing” During World War II From the Trojan horse to the Atomic Bomb‚ strategies and motivations during warfare have come under close scrutiny from historians and observers alike. The British strategy of “area bombing” during the Second World War is one of such controversies with differing viewpoints. Historians such as Denis Richards‚ author of The Hardest Victory‚ take the stance that “area bombing” was a necessary strategy to help the war effort while other
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