Catastrophe: The Most Significant Events In The 20th Century

December 7th, 1941. June 6th, 1944. These Dates mark two of the most historic battles of one of the most historic events that changed the world in the 20th century. The very human race was even more segregated that it is now and the worst part is that it was against itself. Man versus man; country versus country. Catastrophe was imminent. Some cases were worse some weren’t. It all depended on who was fighting who. Leaders of historic rebellious groups, presidents of countries, and even militia men al played a significant role in WWII and it was anybody’s game. But was it a game? We are lucky as we are today to have those to protect us and have all the privileges of being a US citizen. We praise those who led their men to victory and fought

That’s most likely how it may have been for those inside the attack of Pearl Harbor. On December 7th, 1941, Chῡichi Nagumo planned an air assault on the US military. It lasted only as long as two hours but ended up killing 2000 American men. Husband E. Kimmel and his naval fleet were very surprised to see that about 20 naval ships, including 8 major battleships, were either sunk or temporarily inactive due to damage. On top of that, 200+ fighter planes were destroyed in all the rubble and disruption caused by the Japanese Imperial Navy. As far as the Japanese were concerned, they were the ones who benefited from this attack. They planned for months on end to ensure their inevitable victory. They wanted the United States to finally join in the World War so that they can take us out. Yes it may have worked but little did they know, the United States was not a country to tamper with. Here we are now as one of the largest super powered countries in the world. Even if the attack turned out differently, I still believe that the US would have taken their stance in the World War. I believe this because it would have been obvious then that the US was too vulnerable and know that they won’t counterattack. This would leave the false4 impression that that our country is never prepared. Luckily things went the way they did or else we could be in a totally different

It was about 1,330,000 allied men against Germany’s total of 380,000 troops. We had more than three times the amount of men that Germany had yet by July 24th each side had tallied about the same amount of casualties. This meant that Germany was making three times the impact but had a much higher percentage of men lost compared to the United States troops and their allies. Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt was one of the field marshals that held of the US fairly well along side with Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, another field marshal. That was until of course the United States prospered along side with their allies. The US leaders were Dwight D. Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. These are only two of the men that led to our eventual victory in August. Before the battle actually started there were many delays. Weather played a big role in all of it. Though it was summer, the weather was so incapacitating that neither side could even hit each other. The very day that the weather let up is when the first attacks were sent. The weather even set troops back a few days. By June 11th all troops had arrived and secured the beaches and the invasion of Normandy had reached full effect. Germany was actually not accompanied by one of their major leaders so the US and our allies were able to continuously advance on the country side of Normandy. The US had taken control of many bridges and roads forcing the Germans to take long detours around the