World War 1(WW1) is one of the most bloodstained, unpleasant, wide-spread, and history-altering war ever to occur in human history. Many people know this, however, many are not aware of the important factors which impacted the Great War. One such factor is the sinking of the British Ocean Liner Lusitania, a passenger ship stacked with hundreds of civilians seeking a retreat through a vacation. The sinking of the Lusitania was a significant occurrence because it impacted the American public’s opinion significantly, which in result influenced the Great War. Hence, it is imperative one understands the role the Lusitania played during the Great War.
Allies by Alan Gratz Research Paper There are many significant topics within the book Allies, and this paper will discuss a few of them such as a significant event in the story and why it's important, as well as an important setting of the story and why it is considered important. And lastly an issue that occurred during the story and why it is an issue, and also how that issue might be addressed in today's world. The very significant event of the whole story is that it is during WWII, but that is too vague, so more specifically in the story is D-Day and the invasion of Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. As stated by the author, “The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 - commonly referred to as D-Day - was, and still is, the largest seaborne
The book The Best War Ever, by Michael C. C. Adams, is about World War II, the events that led up to the war, and the years following the war. Adams starts the book off explaining some myths that people have about the war. The biggest myth associated with the war is that it was the best war ever. Adams then spends the rest of the book talking about why this may or may not be true. In the following chapters, Adams explains the events that led to the war and the events that accorded during World War II.
The general argument made by David Herbert Donald in Why the War Came: The Sectional Struggle over Slavery in the Territories is that the issue of slavery in the national territories started the Civil War. More specifically, Donald argues that the Kansas-Nebraska Act, crafted by Stephen A. Douglas, revived the issue of slavery in the territories and divided the nation into hostile sections which turned the great forces that once cement American unity into a tool that further divided the nation. Donald points out that North detested slavery to the conception of slavery as being un-American and was the main reason why the South was lagging behind. In order to abolish slavery, the North, who held the majority in the national government, acted on the regulation of national territories. The national territories were one of the few areas that the North could act against slavery since they did not have power over slavery within the states it existed.
Conventional military holds that the amphibious assault against a defended beach is the most difficult of all military operations, yet modern amphibious landings have been almost universally successful. This apparent contradiction is fully explored in this first look at 20th-century amphibious warfare from the perspective of the defender. The author, Col Theodor L. Gatchel, USMC (Ret.), examines amphibious operations from Gallipoli to the Falkland Islands to determine why the defenders were unable to prevent the attackers from landing or to throw them back into the sea after they had fought their way ashore. He places the reader in the defenders' shoes as such epic battles as Normandy, Iwo Jima, and Inchon are planned and fought, and then uses
With the constant looming danger of the German navy bombing an innocent ship, the freedom of the sea was threatened. Merchants could no longer travel the oceans without the fear of being bombed - a direct menace to a country’s free trade. The bombing of the Lusitania two years prior to the war message was already a warning sign to the American people of Germany’s reckless naval power. Finally, numerous of Germany’s acts and agreements were conducted in the “insert quote” and “insert quote”.
The Allied victory was far from inevitable. The author analyzes all the dynamics and all the factors that influenced the final results of the conflict. In the first chapter “Unpredictable Victory: Explaining World War II,” Overy gives an overview of the causes that brought to war. The geopolitical legacy of World War I and the economic crisis of late 1920s certainly contributed to the raise of the Nazism in Germany, and the consolidation of capitalism in the US and of communism in the Soviet Union. The clash of these ideologies quickly evolved a major confrontation in the military, industrial, and resources’ field.
The novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt has many overall themes, the story follows a young boy in middle school learning about the nature of life through sad, happy, and devastating events. Holling Hoodhood is the only person in Miss. Baker's class doesn't go to a religious school on Wednesday afternoon, so instead, he has to spend his time with Miss. Baker reading Shakespeare and cleaning the chalkboard erasers. The first theme that is portrayed in The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt is that we can learn from others' mistakes , this means that when others mess up it helps us because we then know what not to do .This was portrayed in The Wednesday Wars when Hollings sister Heather runs away to
Peace talks after peace talks and nothing seemed to fix the needs of the coalitions that were fighting. It was not till the constant threatening and ultimately acting of Unrestricted U-boat Warfare of the Germans that thrusted the Americans into war. One of the best quotes in the entire book that the authors using was from the declaration of war by President Wilson, after he declared war and stated that the reason that the United States was going to war to make the “world be must be made safe for democracy”. After the Congress applauded Wilson’s message, he stated to his secretary, “My message today was a message of death for our young men. How strange it seems to applaud that.”
This book written by Jim Powell asks a series of questions that express how President Woodrow Wilson made choices that ultimately lead to Hitler, Lenin, and Stalin, and biggest of all, World War II. Powell says that when Wilson gave in to the pressure to unleash the power of The United States on Germany, he undermined efforts to develop a viable German republic. Wilson said that it was necessary for the U.S. to join the war because it was a national duty to make the world safe for democracy however, because of the way the U.S. entered the war under such hard conditions on Germany and feeding in to other ruler’s selfish and revengeful ideals it did the exact opposite. When the guilt clause was giving to Germany it destroyed the German economy allowing Hitler to come in and take
He uses people’s personal stories and moral choices as a lens to tell the story of World War II. From these stories, he draws common themes and traces their impact on the war, and the impact on society postwar. On page 13 he talks about using two different hats in which to use in our historical observance while reading his book. The first is, “the stance of celebration: the imperative one feels to recapture vividly the drama, sacrifice, and extraordinary achievement that culminated in allied victory.” This stance is how we tend to usually view the war.
This book changed a little bit that I knew about WWI because it went in depth into somebody’s life. Even though I had seen movies on it, it is a different experience for when you read it. When we had our discussions it was very cool to see what others thought and our opinions and something we didn’t like or did like. The presentations in the beginning were pretty cool, I already knew some of the stuff like the weapons and vehicles but it’s nice to see and look back on them.
‘In riding a horse, we borrow freedom:’ An Essay of the characterization of Robert Ross In The Wars, Timothy Findley uses personification of the horse to make a mirror reflection of Robert Ross character and self-perception. This is the reason why the horse is one of the main motifs of the novel. In this essay, arguments will be use from Timothy Findley’s novel and Diana Bryndon’s scholarly article “It could not be told: ‘Making Meaning in Timothy Fidnley’s The Wars”, to demonstrate that Robert Ross was kind, noble, perceptive and in some way domesticated as a horse.
“Never that which is shall die.” This quote appears in the beginning of The Wars quoted by Euripes. This phrase means that once something exists, it never really dies. In the novel by Timothy Findley, the quote strongly relates to the main character Robert. As the story continues on, Robert starts off with innocence and despite all the terrible things he does throughout the book, his innocence and kindness never really dies, it will always be present.
“They carried all they could bear, and then some, including a silent awe for the terrible power of the things they carried.”, the former quote is from Tim O'Brien's book The Things They Carried. The quote is relating not only to the physical belongings they carried but also the emotional turmoil they acquired during their active years as soldiers. As the weaponry and artillery that soldiers carry change with each new war one thing remains constant; soldiers don’t always leave the stress from their experiences at war ,on the battlefield. War has been around for hundreds of years but post traumatic stress being recognized as a disorder by the American Psychiatric Association only happened 35 years ago (Friedman). This information led me to
