War & Conflicts Essays and Term Papers

by Donkeys?'" has been an ongoing debate since the end of the war. A war which is dominated by images of bloody battles such as the Somme and Passchendaele - futile frontal attacks against the machine guns. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that…

period." During World War I, technology was advanced for it's time. When the War ended, a Second World War soon began. This started a new wave of technology, which became the main focus of the war. More reliable weapons, transportation, and equipment…

        The United States mobilized for war after the attack on Pearl Harbor.         The day was December 7th, 1941; it was a bright sunny day, highs in the upper 70's. It was about 0610 hours and the Japanese carriers were already on there…

dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The matter has been subject to much debate and controversy. Indeed, it was the first time the atomic bomb had been used in warfare, resulted in a loss of around 120,000…

on the home front of the U.S. during WWII was very hard. All women were required to complete all of their normal household chores and get new jobs as the work force was greatly depleted. This was due to the 10 million men serving their country in…

Gates Tells the gripping tale of one of the bloodiest battles every waged and a pivotal point in the Second World War. Being somewhat of a war buff I was intrigued to read this book, I had little or no knowledge of the battle of Stalingrad or the…

the President of the United States of America addressed the nation with some very important news. He stated, "The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base." It was the 6th of August, 1945, when the new breed of destruction, the Atomic…

1919 there was a representative from America, Great Britain, France and Italy. American Woodrow Wilson, Great Britain's David Lloyd George, Frances Georges Clemenceau and Italy's Vittorio Orlando were known as the 'Big Five'. The Treaty was drawn up…

War, the two superpowers, America and Russia fought a continuous diplomatic, economic and military struggle from the beginning of the 1950s until the 1970s. This battle often involved other much smaller and weaker countries to be supported by one of…

as much debate as that of the origins and causes of WW1. The thousands of documents and eyewitness testimonies collated have allowed historians to construct exceedingly detailed illustrations of what happened in the days, months and years leading…