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War In The Pacific Aircraft Carriers
1,189 wordsThe Second World War engaged the energies of the American people for almost four years and was fought on a scale not even conceived by prewar observers. The war in the Pacific was long and arduous due to the fact the Japanese were never willing to surrender. At the beginning of the war most battles were fought between aircraft carriers and their planes. The most significant of these was the Battle of Midway. This island was barren, but a strategically important outpost guarding the western appro...
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Spanish American War Spanish Fleet
2,842 words... some could not even sail because their bottoms were covered with barnacles. The Spanish ships were armed with old cannons, and the crews lacked proper ammunition and skilled marksmen, causing additional fires to break out of the old wooden planks of the When the news of the stunning victory reached home, Americans cheered ecstatically. Dewey, "the conqueror of the Philippines, " became an instant national hero. Stores soon filled with merchandise bearing his image. Few Americans knew what an...
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Pearl Harbor Air Attack
1,274 wordsCarrie launched aircraft were both risky and untested when the war began. They started out being feared by some and taken for granted by many. But turned out being the single most important tool to prevent the total defeat of the United States Pacific Fleet. Carrier launched aircraft were important parts of many battles, They were the main weapon in Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the battle of Midway. They were instrumental in Americas war efforts. The early advances by the Japan...
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Lee Harvey Oswald Washington D C
1,801 wordsThere is a plethora of conspiracy theories regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They range from the incumbent of the former Soviet Union to organized crime. Pro-conspiracy groups are in agreement with one theory; the United States government covered up the truth of the assassination. The premise of a government conspiracy to cover up of the assassination is laden with insufficient evidence and unproved theories. The truth of the matter is President Kennedy was assassinated b...
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Continental Congress West Indies
2,032 wordsThe Continental Congress met in one of the most conservative of the seaport towns from which the revolutionary movement stemmed. Philadelphia patriots complained that there was more Toryism in Pennsylvania than in all the colonies combined; certainly the Quakers who dominated the province were more concerned in putting down radicalism at home than resisting tyranny from abroad. The character of the delegates who assembled in Philadelphia in September 1774 was likewise a good augury to the conser...
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U S Navy World War Ii
2,464 words... torpedoes against merchant ships was demonstrated, virtually all submarines were fitted with one. After the war the Germans were the first to realize that the gun and its mount created a great deal of hydrodynamic resistance and that, in any case, radar and the use of the submarine on the surface. So they got rid of there guns, as follows several other navies. By the late 1950 s there were virtually no deck guns left. Although curiously, the Peruvian Navy still remains a gun on its Dos de Ma...
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Germany And Italy Pearl Harbor
756 wordsBy the year 1941, WWII was in full effect. Germany seemed to be the victor, gaining control of France and Poland as well as successfully bombing England. Many people believe that Germany would have indeed won the war if not for the intervention of the United States. Because of the horror Americans had witnessed in WWI, the United States did not originally want to get involved in the conflict. In the early morning of December 7 th, 1941 all that changed when the Japanese air fleet scattered in th...
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December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor
1,048 wordsPearl Harbor is a very popular event in American History. There was a recent movie about it, and with the recent World Trade Center attacks, it is likely that Americans are going to compare the two. The Japanese attacked us with no forewarning and United States never seen in coming. The attack was right out of the blue. Americans were not pleased with the attack, thats for sure. On December 7, 1941 at approximately 7: 53 A. M. , Japanese bombers approached Pearl Harbor. There is a US Navy Bass b...
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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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Candide Voltaire Thirty Six
1,221 wordsCandide A Contrast to Optimism- Francois Marie About de Voltaire was the French author of the novella Candide, also known as Optimism (Durant and Durant 724). In Candide, Voltaire sought to point out the fallacy of Gottfried William von Leibniz's theory of optimism and the hardships brought on by the resulting inaction toward the evils of the world. Voltaires use of satire, and its techniques of exaggeration and contrast highlight the evil and brutality of war and the world in general when men a...
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King And Queen Christopher Columbus
1,312 wordsCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS It is thought by many that Christopher Columbus was a skilled sailor on a mission of greed. Many think that he in fact did it all for the money, honor and the status that comes with an explorer, but this is not the case entirely. Columbus was an adventurer and was enthused by the thrill of the quest of the unknown. Columbus had a firm religious faith and a scientific curiosity, a zest for life, the felling for beauty and the striving for novelty that we associate with the ad...
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American Civil War Confederate Army
2,442 wordsCivil War END OF A TRAGEDY THE ROAD TO APPOMATTOX The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding then of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in terms of human life. In this document, I will speak mainly around those involved on the battlefield inthe closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made to the leading men behind the Union and...
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German Defenses Matters Worse
3,277 wordsWhen examined closely, the Dieppe raid can be seen for what it truly was- a politically motivated disaster which, due to poor planning and over zealous British leadership, sacrificed needlessly the lives of Canadians for no practical reason at all. In reality, the Canadians who died at Dieppe had no real chance at victory and the British high command knew it, but preferred to martyr the men, rather than look bad in the eyes of their Russian and American allies. As such, Dieppe should not be seen...
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Didn T Understand Don T Understand
557 wordsMany science fiction stories fall into similar categories based on theme. It is also true that a particular story may have more then one theme contained in the work. In the Novel Doomsday Conspiracy, written by Sidney Sheldon, a very strong and powerful theme stands out. Human beings fear what they don t understand. We all fear what we can t explain. This is also present in the story Share Alike. In Doomsday Conspiracy, Admiral Whittaker fears what he cannot understand. He is afraid, as well as ...
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Hitler Eva Braun
2,002 wordsHitler? s Last Days By Paul BeckeHitler? s final days were filled with anger, sadness and turmoil. Hitler decided he would stay in Berlin and die in the bunker. He felt that his top Generals and aids had betrayed him to his enemies in his final days. In mid January Hitler descended into the Fuhrerbunker where he would remain until his death. Hitler had been in Berlin since January 16 after the unsuccessful battle at Ardennes. From here Hitler directed his shrinking armies into battle (Shirer 110...
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Hampton Roads W W
2,139 wordsThe Battle of Hampton Roads changed the course of naval history. This battle marked the first time that two ironclad warships engaged in ship to ship combat. However the USS Monitor and Popov and the Novgorod. These circular monitors were impossible to control and just drifted around (Greene 351 - 356). The civil wars in South America also saw widespread use of ironclad warships, especially in Chile and Brazil. The revolutionaries of Peru purchased unfinished Confederate ironclads from England a...
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Attack On Pearl Harbor Japanese Attack
1,686 wordsJapanese Attack on Pearl Harbor The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor could be considered one of the worst surprise attacks in American history. For every Japanese crewman or pilot killed, almost thirty-eight Americans were killed. Before the attack, the American government had tried to negotiate many times with Japan speakers to withdraw their troops from China and put an end to the war. Japan had already seized many bases in northern Vietnam and occupied the south in July of 1941, threatening a ...
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T H White Animal Kingdom
982 wordsExperience is Everything In the book, The Once and Future King, T. H. White shows the importance that education relies heavily upon ones own personal experiences. When Merlyn is called on to tutor Wart, an adopted child, he uses this exact learning method on Wart. Merlyn, who is a magician, uses transformation as a his learning tool. Merlyn turns Wart into different animals to show Wart lessons of life. Through each transformation Wart experiences different forms of power, each being a part of h...
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Terry Coleman Nelson Made
842 wordsThe man on the burning deck Nelson: The Man and the Legend Terry Coleman 424 pp, Bloomsbury There never was such a hero as Admiral Lord Nelson, the flawed national treasure who could, as Terry Coleman points out, be feted and feasted ridiculed and caricatured at one and the same time. Also vilified, even now, by Italians for his shameful behaviour at Naples in 1799, when he repudiated a treaty that had just been made with rebels against their Bourbon king allowing them safe conduct to France. Su...
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Pearl Harbor Attack Franklin D Roosevelt
2,471 wordsAdmiral Husband E. Kimmel, the Commander in Chief, of the United States Pacific Fleet, was looking forward to a relaxing 9 -hole round of golf. His match with General Walter Short was scheduled for 9: 30 A. M. Hawaii Time. One hour and 45 minutes before he was set to tee off, Kimmel received a phone call from Commander Vincent Murphy reporting the sighting of a Japanese submarine in the Pearl Harbor entry channel. Just as Kimmel was exiting his quarters, the USS Arizona burst into flames. The fi...
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