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Pearl Harbor Attack World War Ii
1,302 wordsThe Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 Ships Present at Pearl Harbor, 0800 7 December 1941 Action Reports for commands and ships at Pearl Harbor Cryptologic Histories relating to the Pearl Harbor Attack Related Web Sites on the Pearl Harbor Attack The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930 s when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately uns...
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Second World War First World War
2,303 wordsAmong the most significant aspects of twentieth century military affairs has been how naval and land-based air power have transformed maritime operations. Today, much of the maritime arena is controlled, monitored, or exploited by aerospace systems. The capital ships of the modern era are the aircraft carrier and the missile-armed submarine, both weapons of three-dimensional warfare. The worlds sea lanes are monitored by aircraft and helicopters flown from the decks of aircraft carriers and othe...
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First World War Submarine Warfare
995 wordsThe First World War and Submarine Warfare The first "World War, " also known as the Great War, took place shortly after the turn of the century from 1914 - 1918, and was so named because it was the first conflict of global proportions. The war resulted in the loss of millions of lives and the virtual destruction of Europe. The stunning proportions of the war were due largely to the application of technology to warfare. The industrial revolution at the end of the nineteenth century had brought me...
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Captains Log Of Kptlt Otto Hersing
1,453 wordsH 2 >Captains Recovery Captains Log is about a Captain commanding a German submarine in World War I. He commands one of the most important and renowned naval vessels in the German fleet. Receiving a medal for two years in the sea, he became famous and hated by the allies. I received this amount as a combination of a Social Studies and English project. I had to write about something in World War I so I chose a naval vessel in the German Imperial Navy. The way I came up with this topic was ...
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British Grand Fleet Dizzy Library Arizona War
447 wordsNever in known history has a ship taken so many of her crew down with her. Thus is the story of the USS Arizona (BB- 39). The Arizona was built as part of Americas pre-World War I modernization of the U. S. Navy. She was also built in the U. S. Navy's response to the naval arms race that had begun in 1906 when the Royal Navy completed the HMS Dreadnought. She was not a large battleship by todays standards, but before World War II, it was considered very reliable if war was a threat to the United...
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The Uss Arizona In World War Ii
442 wordsOn December 7, 1941 the Hawaiian Islands were suddenly and deliberately attacked by Japanese aircraft just before 0800. The USS Arizona came under attack almost immediately, and received a hit by an 800 -kilogram bomb, gutting the forward part of the ship. The USS Arizona was completed March 16, 1914. The ship was launched June 19, 1915. Miss Esther Ross, from Prescott, christened the ship along with traditional champagne. The Arizona departed from New York for training off the Virginia capes; w...
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The Attack Of Pearl Harbor
1,485 wordsHawaii's Pearl Harbor is one of the most well known military installations in the world. On December 7, 1941 Japanese fighter planes attacked the United States Naval base Pearl Harbor killing more than 2300 Americans. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto had conceived the surprise attack. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida led the striking force of 353 Japanese aircraft. There had been no formal declaration of war. There were approximately 100 ships of the United States navy present that morning, and it was known as ...
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Japanese Animation Folk Tales
1,456 words... e beginning as a medium, 's aid Linda Simensky, Director of Animation for Nickelodeon. We agree completely. Clay Animation may not be at it's highest potential, but we hope that it will make it someday. Maybe if additional feature films were made it would boost the industry of clay animation to an all time high. The only problem is that it takes such a long time and if the studios happened to take on a film, they would have to quit their other tasks and focus directly on that film. It took y...
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York Oxford University Firing Squad
2,742 wordsPotemkin One of the greatest films ever made, it is the first masterpiece of Russian director Sergei Eisenstein. The story focuses on the battleship and the mistreatment of the sailors, who are forced to eat maggot-infested meat. Finally they revolt and are helped by the townspeople of Odessa. In one of the film's most famous sequences, in which the terror is heightened by the editing and close-ups, Cossack soldiers march down the Odessa steps firing on the helpless people. In the film's climax,...
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Spanish American War U S Troops
1,079 wordsImperialism and Its Motives Imperialism began to grow just before the turn of the twentieth century. During this time America s businesses were growing and need more markets. The United States was becoming a world power, and with that some people felt there came obligations. The United States economic growth and powerful figured led to incidents overseas that caused war, especially the Spanish-American War. The nation was growing. Industry was doing well. Businesses were booming. The United Stat...
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