pressed in 1942 and 1943 for a firm commitment on a cross-Channel attack‚ the more the British seemed to vacillate. After a debate lasting through much of 1942‚ the Americans agreed to postpone any cross-Channel attack in favor of the November landings in North Africa-Operation Torch. The strategic outcome of Torch was what American Chief of Staff General George C.
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Operation Overlord was the most decisive event in World War II. Nazi Germany had taken over most of Contenitial Europe‚ and was amassing great power. The Allied Forces launched a huge offensive‚ crossing the British Channel‚ and attacking Normandy‚ France. Overall‚ the Allies launched five assaults‚ along with paratroopers‚ on forty miles of beaches (Bowden 6). The Allies knew they had to do something. The Soviets were attacking Hitler from the east‚ but since nothing was happening in the west‚
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American Doctrine: Pre-landing Bombing or Bombardment with Naval Gunfire and overwhelming fire support from all sources. (US Experience in Central Pacific) ^ Amphibious British Doctrine: Amphibious operations. Tactical surprise under the cover of darkness - limiting effects of enemy fire.--lessens casualties‚ and allows you to attack in high defense (British experience in North Africa and Mediterranean) Compromise: Overall Operational plan took element of each. Daytime landing with air support.
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The Apollo 11 History 144 Shane Newton Professor Blackey “First‚ I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal‚ before this decade is out‚ of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind‚ or more important in the long-range exploration of space; and none will be so difficult or expensive to accomplish.” JFK. July 16th 1969 at 1332 the legendary spacecraft‚ Apollo 11 carried
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[1][2] as well as housing control surfaces. Landing Gear Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and is often referred to as such. For aircraft‚ the landing gear supports the craft when it is not flying‚ allowing it to take off‚ land and usually to taxi without damage. Wheels are typically used but skids‚ skis‚ floats or a combination of these and other elements can be deployed depending both on the surface and on whether the craft only operates vertically (VTOL)
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full-sized “mother” submarine. The X-craft would then be detached and infiltrate the target‚ laying down two side charges‚ each containing 2 tonnes of amatol. They would then make their escape and rendezvous with the “mother” submarine to be towed home. The first attack was launched against the German battleship Bismarck. Six X-craft were designated for the operation‚ but two were lost to accidents en route‚ and a third suffered mechanical problems. The fourth X-craft was believed to have been sunk by
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The Soyuz 11 Space Disaster: A Case Study in Engineering Disasters ENGG 123 November 20‚ 2011 ABSTRACT In 1971‚ Soyuz 11 was the first manned spaceship to contact the first space station. As the astronauts were preparing to re-enter the earth ’s atmosphere the crew cab depressurized and the astronauts were killed within seconds. This paper will discuss the events that happened and how they were investigated. It will also discuss how the disaster affected future engineering decisions regarding
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Although the probe was capable of landing in either a solid or liquid body‚ ultimately it had a wobbly landing on a solid surface. The probe was expected to function for approximately two hours‚ and therefore‚ needed a wide array of tools to quickly study Titan both during the descent and after the landing. To power all of the equipment‚ Huygens had a chemical battery‚ which had the added benefit of warming the probe up
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Later that month‚ President John F. Kennedy made the bold‚ public claim that America would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade‚ by the end of the year‚ the start of NASA’s lunar landing program dubbed ’Project Apollo’ was in
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This however‚ proved a pipe dream as some craft landed late‚ others too early‚ and some off course as far as a kilometer south of the target. There were many factors which resulted in the aggravating of the time table. Tides‚ wind‚ waves‚ and a thick cover of smoke were all partially responsible for the trouble‚ while the biggest factor was the mines fixated just off of the coast. These mixups resulted in the tanks landing a kilometer south‚ as well as the initial ground assault of
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