Diary Fragment

The German Command, in planning for a short and swift war, found themselves in a bind when the war started to prolong itself. From the very beginning, their plan started to fall apart, as Belgium, who they assumed would just let them march through to France, took up arms in resisting their approaches (Hull, 2005). The war would get longer and longer and seemed farther away from its conclusion as the months grew colder. As a result of this as well as their Prussian roots, they resorted to dangerously risky and destructive tactics, trying to bring the war to a quicker end while putting more of their resources in jeopardy, a move that eventually did not pay off and ended up leading to the German Empire’s demise (Hull, 2005).

Come 1918, Germany knew they needed a big push for the win. Their supplies were rapidly depleting as all efforts to thwart the continuation of Britain’s blockade via “unrestricted submarine warfare” were unsuccessful. American troops were being shipped in, albeit slowly, and Germany

“Splendid news from the Russian Front. There could no longer be any doubt: Germany would be defeated. It was only a matter of time, months or weeks, perhaps. The trees were in bloom. It was a year like so many others, with its spring, its engagements, its weddings, and its births” (8).

“Why should we care for the Germans huh?” Slurred a man standing on the deck of the transatlantic liner. “All they did for us was try to kill us and destroy what we have, they got what they deserved.” He continued to yell toward a German man who had walked away long ago when seeing the boy’s condition. He had never been aware a simple hello could manifest such a response, as the boy had now been screaming his opinions of the past war for nearly 10 minutes, without a single soul there to commend his insight or write him off as a drunken babbler, though one would imagine many would be in the latter camp for what the boy was doing. This steamboat philosopher the German had been so ill to approach was Simon Lydon, the son of a son of a son of a

The speaker in the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Expeditionary Force appeals to pathos by expressing a lot of emotions toward the soldiers, sailers, and airmen who are going to battle the Nazi. He uses "our" or "us" to express the unity that the Force has, also, he uses "you" as if we , ourself, are the only ones who has an enemy and we should all stop it. This gives individual self-power by introducing that this is our own battle. Even though these are not facts, he does encounter the situation by using positive connotations like liberty-loving, blessing, confident, courages, and greatness. However, he does acknowledge the enemies being well trained, equipped, and battle-hardened, but than gave the united nation a more powerful

The deadliest tank in World war II until the arrival of the German Tiger II was the Russian T-34 medium tank, it was one of the technological wonders of the War. Designed, built, and used for the Soviet Union, the T-34 stunned the invading German army. The 3rd Reich attempted to clone the infamous tank, but its attempted never challenged the supremacy of the soviet colossus. The story of the T-34 is truly a remarkable one. Unlike its western counterparts the T-34 did not emerge from previous models of tank development, it was the result of overnight industrialization at tremendous human cost because of a ruthless Russian industrialization. The infamous tank was Communist leader Stalin’s way of Russia showing the world that it could outgun, out produce, and overwhelm the industrial west. Mass production of T-34 tanks began in 1940. The deadly T-34 was one of the most outstanding tanks of the second World War, and was controlled by a crew of five men. It mounted a 76.2 mm cannon with two 76.2 mm machine guns, and was coated in 80 mm

The Battle of the Bulge, a massive German counteroffensive which began in December 1944, ultimately produced the largest casualty rate in any one battle throughout World War II. The Allied Forces alone lost almost 80,000 at the Battle of the Bulge. This casualty rate could have been much higher if Hitler would’ve grasped the importance and value of supply and logistical support. As a result, more than 1,500 tanks within Hitler’s most elite Panzer units simply ran out of gas only days after the “Bulge” broke through the Allied western front lines. However, the purpose of this paper is not to examine what could

My written assignment will be based on short story The Palace Thief written by Ethan Canine. This story is about the journey of a teacher, Mr Hundert in a boys’ school St Benedict. The present of new student into the class named Sedgewick Bell have influence Mr Hundert life as a dedicated teacher. In this written assignment, I decide to write a diary entry of Sedgewick Bell about his feeling of entering new school.

We landed in independence, MO. We took a little rest overnight and one of the Indians took our kid Hamilton Weaver. We have not found him yet and I think that they are going to give up hope. He's been gone for 5 weeks and we are already at the Platte River.I can only imagine what he looked like: blonde and brunette hair but mostly brunette about 3”. I didn't know him that well because he usually just stayed in the wagon but most people say that he was really nice and never complained, even when he had an empty stomachs It's very humid after a night at Fort Henry, Platte River is running high we tried to cross the river by floating our wagon across. I cauked my wagon and lost one day of food supplies that we couldn't afford to lose.

Also, the general public of neutral nations must be supplied with the arguments of victory and of a just cause, followed by a cautious relay of every success, great or small, and by brilliant descriptions of the spirit that animates the troops. The neutral countries and individuals, especially when weak and “necessarily somewhat at the mercy of the side that eventually proves victorious, is naturally disposed to sit on the fence and lean towards the side that he imagines to be winning.” (Doob, 34) Finally allied, friendly

Holocaust was one of the most terrible events that happened in history. This event occurred during World War II when Hitler was the leader of Germany. In 1933 the Nazis took control of Germany. Hitler had no right to do any of this stuff to them since they didn't do anything to him. Jewish people didn't have a fun time when all of this was happening since everything was happening to them. Over six million Jewish people were murdered by the Nazis at this time. Hitler and the Nazis army used fear to gain control of the government and the German people. Hitler took over Jewish men, women, and children's lives. Hitler was that mean that everyone that opposed what he said had to go to concentration camps even if they weren’t Jewish. Hitler didn’t

All bullets were counted, beds made, uniforms cleaned, this occurred until suddenly 03:45 arrived. “Men, the time is nearly here,” my words choked as self-hatred flooded my body, “What we do here today will be remembered for generations to come, we fight today not only for ourselves, but all who we know. All our mates and family who live back home!” A faint cheer followed my speech as I steadied myself for what was to come. “We charge in 5 minutes. We charge not only for our freedom but for the freedom of our country. For the freedom of the world!” Spit filled the air from the cheer which erupted from my unit this time. A unity formed over the men, a cold malevolent sweat captured me. Who was I to send these boys to their death? A resolve set inside me, I would fight alongside my men, their lives are worth the same as mine. 04:00 “THIS IS IT MEN! WE FIGHT FOR THE WORLD!” I screamed as I led the charge. Vaulting out of the trench I saw no man’s land clearly for the first time. Death was everywhere, flies swarming the pools of blood. The land so barren of life no greenery was seen. A cold resolution set over me, it was the Germans fault, they caused

This all started after my dad’s funeral, I was about to leave the gloomy cemetery when I was told by this crazy nut job, that grabbed me and told me that I was going to die. If I don’t stay low for the next 365 days of my life, I thought he was crazy a week ago, but I’m starting to believe him. So far my farther has died somehow and now people after, my life is so hard as I’m still as I’m devastated but I have to watch my back

The Schlieffen Plan is commonly – though misleadingy – identified with the German western offensive at the start of the First World War in August 1914, which began as a campaign of rapid movement but ended in deadlock and trench warfare. The plan is generally seen as a desperate gamble almost certain to fail, and its recklessness is counted as part of Germany’s war guilt – the plan held out the false promise of a quick victory, and so it underpinned the “short war illusion” that led Germany into a long war of attrition, ending with her defeat and collapse in 1918. This analysis confuses two quite different moments in history. The Schlieffen Plan was not designed to meet the strategic challenge Germany faced in 1914,

From these early submarines evolved one of the world's most evocative killing machines, the U-Boats. Leading up to the development of the U-Boat were a series of military escalations, culminating in the start of the Great War. Throughout modern German history, military technologies like the U-Boat have been integral to strategic planning. Even when decisions regarding U-Boat development and deployment seemed senseless, as it