On August 19th 1942 a 9 hour raid against the Germans was poorly preformed on the Beaches of Dieppe. Many Mistakes were made by the allies but with that came the knowledge of what not to do in the next raid. The allies learned to plan better, size-up the enemy, and realise what battle techniques and weapons should stay and which should go. The allies didn’t plan the raid very well. Operation Jubilee, the raid, was supposed to take place 2 months earlier but was canceled due to unwanted weather conditions with that the soldiers were aloud to return to their barracks.
The troops also didn’t know about the vast expanse of tunnel systems under the island, because of these tunnels, combat between the Americans and Japanese would not be straightforward. Iwo Jima was claimed to be the most heavily defended island in WW II. When the Americans landed on the shore of Iwo Jima with their amphibious vehicles, there was complete silence, but as soon as they got fifty
The first carrier raids against Iwo Jima began in June 1944. Before the invasion, the 8 square mile island would suffer the longest, most intensive shelling of any Pacific island during the war. The 7th Air Force supplied the B-24 heavy bombers for the campaign. In addition to the air assaults on the island, the Marines asked for 10 days of pre-invasion naval bombardment. Due to other operational commitments and the fact that a lengthened air assault had been waged on Iwo Jima, Navy planners authorized only three days of naval bombardment.
After recruiters assistance I had to report into SOI west for Marine Combat Training. I graduated MCT twenty one days later. Then I reported into Combat Engineer Instruction course. Spent four months just waiting to pick up the class. April first I got promoted to Private First Class.
During WWII there were over 155 Naval ships sunk by enemy forces, however one particular seems to bring out heavier emotions then others. USS Indianapolis was a Portland-class Cruiser of the United states Navy. Along with its heroic actions that played a major part in bringing WWII to an end it also suffered one of the most Tragic losses in US Naval history. The ship was launched 7 November 1931 and commissioned 15 November 1932 following the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 that called for the building of six cruisers. She was 610ft in length and was able to complement 1269 officers and men.
This created many protest against the draft because the voting age is 21 yet the draft is at 18. They could not vote the draft away (most men) Foreign Events * The United States became heavily involved in the Vietnam War after Congress gave President Johnson a blank check with the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (1964). In August, 1964, Johnson announced that the American destroyers had been fired upon in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. Later, reports questioned the accuracy of the announcement. However, the incident led Congress to give Johnson a blank check in Vietnam.
Australian asylum-seeker compromise may yet be scuttled by politics Asylum-seekers arriving by boat on Australian shores have been pawns in the country’s national politics for decades. In August 2001, then Prime Minister John Howard refused permission for the Norwegian freighter, MV Tampa, carrying 438 Afghan refugees rescued from a distressed fishing vessel in international waters, to enter Australian waters. This decision, and a subsequent order for Australian special forces to board the Tampa when it entered Australian waters, attracted international opprobrium. But it won Howard a closely-fought election a few months later when, in the wake of September 11, he campaigned heavily on the issue of asylum-seekers arriving by boat to a
On a shorter descent, the debris falls more or less vertically. However, as the Titanic sank 21/2 miles a huge debris field was expected. A new search strategy was formed. This time they would first look for the debris field rather than the Titanic herself. * Things Learned From Wreckage: (Gary) * The ship did not have a large gash as previously thought, but actually a series of punctures * It was confirmed that the ship split into two while going down * Technology Used to Find the Ship: (Jordan) * The Argo, used by Robert Ballard, was an unmanned deep-towed sled that carried light-sensitive video equipment * Capable of reaching 6,000 meters * ROV Jason was launched in 1988 * Had better imaging and maneuvering * Tested fiber-optic cables in deep sea * Artifacts Retrieved: (Nick) * Many things were recovered; things like furniture
When Harold's forces came over the ridge, the Vikings were unarmoured, since they were only expecting a hand over of supplies and hostages. After marching approximately 180 miles in 4 days, the Saxon army arrived on the west side of the river. Despite being very tired, they were still ready to fight a long and bloody battle. The Viking army could not have been in a more disastrous position. They had expected the Saxons to come up a few days later, and so they were not wearing any armor, as they had left them on their ships.
The advent of the legends, shrouding the ‘Bermuda Triangle’, date back to the times of Christopher Columbus. In fact much about him is known through his journals itself, thus leaving no roam for doubt as to the validity of his findings. Columbus first ran into problems in the Sargasso sea, where his crew members spotted sea weed and land birds even when land was no where in sight. To add to his troubles his compass refused to respond properly and the following day he spotted a large meteor falling from the sky. His crewmembers even saw what they termed as ‘dancing lights’ in the horizon.