structuring their respective military postures with a general attention to the past‚ current‚ and anticipated military and political behavior of the other parties. (Gray 1971‚ 40) Note that this definition excludes parallel arms acquisition by allies or neutrals‚ gradual and moderate increases in weaponry‚ or unilateral increases in weaponry that is unconnected to others’ behavior. On the other hand‚ the definition includes all types of weapons – conventional and nuclear‚ personal and strategic
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Why did the Germans lose the First World War The war ended with the allies of Britain‚ France and Russia winning the war successfully. There were many reasons to why the Allies won the war. Some of the reasons were the effects of the long war on the German Economy‚ the Alliance Systems‚ The Allied Naval Blockade on Germany and the entry of the U.S.A. At the start of the war two alliances had formed‚ the triple Entente which consisted of France‚ Russia and Great Britain. The Germans saw this
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(who consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) lose to the Allies (Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia up to 1917‚ and USA in 1917) in a war that would become known as the First World War. Both sides were fairly evenly matched even though the Allies had dispatched almost double the amount of men than the Central Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise‚ they included about 21 million Russians who were immensely
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the Imperial Japanese navy and and air forces from the United States and Australia‚ this fight went on from 4 to 8 May in 1942. It took place in the pacific theatre of WW2. This fight was remembered for its first action in which aircraft carries matched against each other. In early May 1942‚ the Japanese despatched an invasion fleet from Rabaul to take Port Moresby‚ Papua. They also sent a carrier force &to patrol into the Coral Sea to intercept any American carriers sent to thwart their planned
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Dunkirk took place during the Second World War it was between the Allies and Germany. The Battle of Dunkirk was the defense and evacuation of allied forces (mostly British) in France from May 26–June 4 1940. Dunkirk took place after the German army had executed “plan yellow” which basically flanked the allies and caught them off guard. The allies tried to counter attack the Germans but to little result. Germany had the upper hand on the allies as they had the opportunity to seal off the coasts and trap
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By 1942‚ even the -190 ended up being matched by the Spitfire IX variant (Guilmartin “Spitfire”). As the war progressed new tactics became increasingly common; the finger four (four aircraft aligned roughly with the tips of your fingers‚ used for standard flying formation)‚ rudder reversal (combination
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will end up having to surrender before the country starved to death. Due to the fact all of Germanys fleet was stuck in their ports even after several sea battle which resulted in more German casualties but no break in the blockade‚ this meant the allies had control of the seas‚ therefore allowing trade and supplies to easily reach French and British troops and so there was very little risk of allied troops starving‚ this fact kept allied morale higher than the Germans. But their was a glimmer
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Tenochtitlan (Capital city of Aztecs) along with his men. He was welcomed as if a god is respected‚ but Hernan Cortes took this as an advantage which resulted in a loss for Aztecs in many ways. The three things that were in favour of Spanish was military‚ allies with Tlaxcalans‚ and beliefs of Aztecs. Firstly‚ the military was
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attacked by the Soviet Union [Malone‚ 2015‚ p.101]. NATO was formed out of fear of being attacked‚ while Stalin saw the formation as an act of aggression. Stalin interpreted the formation of NATO as the Western Allies’ way of planning an attack on the Soviet Union. To counter the Western Allies’ NATO‚ the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries formed the Warsaw Pact in May 1955‚ an alliance of communist nations. Stalin feared the Soviet Union was going to be attacked by NATO‚ making the formation
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