While most generals and commanders did not think submarines could be used in naval strategy and tactics, they were proven to be wrong. The view of submarines looked as only coastal defense units was suddenly changed on January 9, 1917 when the German submarine force proved the importance of submarine warfare. On that day, the German submarine U-9 had seen three other submarines coming towards them. As they came closer, Otto Weddigen commanding officer of the U-9, ordered for the first torpedo to be fired at 6:20 a.m. It hit the British cruiser HMS ABOUKIR which began to take on water.
"The fact that more than one hundred American citizens were among those who died made it the duty of the Government of the United States to speak of these things once more, with sincere emphasis to call the attention of the German Government to the fact that they were responsible for the action." The speaker in this document is saying that Germany is entirely responsible for the sinking of the British steamship. The reason stated in this paragraph is not the only factor that lead the United States into reconsidering neutrality.Another reason that forced the United States to reconsider their role in World War One was the Zimmerman Telegram. The Zimmerman Telegram was a document that stated how Germany wanted an alliance with Mexico. Germany proposed an alliance by saying, "That we shall make war together and together make peace.
World War II was a disastrous, worldwide conflict that affected all the corners of the earth. Even after VE day in Europe, the war continued for more than 3 months, until VJ day in mid-August of 1945. This war in Japan ended a short time after the atomic bombing of two cities in Japan. However, the decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post Second World War era, rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan’s unconditional surrender. The US at the time of the bombing of Hiroshima was led by Harry S. Truman, who had been pushed into the position of leadership by the death of Roosevelt.
Japanese planes were spotted by radar before the attack, but they were assumed to be a flight of American B-17s due in from the West Coast. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Congress approved his declaration with just one dissenting vote. It was a calm normal day on September 11, 2001 when two commercial jets flew into the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. 19 Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners.
Cuba had to use a Swedish ruse to safely and successfully ship sugar, an ingredient in bomb-making, to Britain and France. Finally, a reason that was very important to Cuba’s president Menocal was that U.S. support would help him continue to stay president since he declared war on Germany. One consequence of war was that the Cubans threw all Germans and Austrians into internment camps. 25,000 people were conscripted into the war and they underwent training for one year before they were sent out. As a result of the accessibility of the Cuban ports, the Cubans denied Cuban ports to German U-boats.
WW1 was also the first case of total. Total warfare is where a whole country would be a target in a war. For example when all the men were fighting on the fronts but the major cities and factories were also a target for air attacks. The Germans did this so they could try and disrupt the war effort because if they destroyed the main factories then no weapons would be made to use on the fronts and we would lose the war. There are many reasons why the government decided to evacuate.
There are many statements and arguments that suggest that the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima was necessary to end World War II. Such as the Japanese were not surrendering, they still had fighting power as they had sunk U.S. Naval Ship Indianapolis only two days before the bombing Many of this argument can be counted as the only reason the Japanese weren’t surrendering is because they didn’t want to give up there emperor to the “unconditional surrender”, they practically had nothing left. They were sending their battleships and pilots out on suicide missions as they were desperate. Necessity of the bomb lies with the amount of people that would have been killed in a land invasion, although it was vastly exaggerated.
Leading up to Pearl Harbor, the U.S., along with Britain, East Indies and the Netherlands, formed an oil and steel agreement against Japan that did not allow these materials to be traded with them, this embargo later caused major panic in Japan due to the restricted resources. The attack on Pearl Harbour occurred on the island of Oahu, Territory of Hawaii. It was here that the seven naval ships (of eight) were heavily damaged by the torpedoes and bombs dropped from the Japanese’s aeronautic surprise attack. The attack on Pearl Harbour was a major tactical victory by the Japanese, however as a result of the attack, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan, resulting in the declaration of war from Germany and Italy; opposing the United States. This tactical feat included multiple significant leaders; Chuichi Nagumo and Isoroku Yamamoto were the Commanders/Leaders of the attack.
The Titanic Debate: Should It Be Exposed or Not? After 99 years of rest, perfect nirvana, many rumor that the Titanic will be risen from the deep blue sea. I side with the strong disbelievers in this category. Its rude to disturb the people who died there thant night, its where they are happy. That’s just a few reasons why the Titanic should be left under water, in its peace.
As further details, Russian warships that involved in the incident were on the way to the Far East, which is to strengthen their position during the Russia-Japanese War. The incident arose from the suspicion that the continental army have developed potential torpedo boats, which have potential to destroy warships, and can attack them in the blind side. The development of Japanese torpedo boat has caused a psychological stress to the sailors of the war. They were more aware and afraid of the Japanese torpedo when there was an intelligence report mentioned unidentified torpedo boats were leaving Norwegian waters and one of the Russia supply ships reported being attacked by torpedo boats. After the incident, British condemned Russia Baltic fleet as pirates and her Royal Navy was prepared for a war with 28 battleships being ordered to prepare for an attack.