The U.S used napalm in a lot of battles, but was the most common chemical weapon used and known for in the war against Vietnam It also showed how powerful this weapon was. Napalm was significant to the history of warfare because it was a cheap easy creation that was very useful and so powerful it feared the enemies by its wall of flame and the damage it could do. Napalm was created
The ‘better’ choice, if you can call it that, was to drop the atomic bomb because is caused fewer deaths than invading the Japanese main land. It is very unfortunate that many Japanese citizens died in order for the Japanese government to surrender, but it was done with a greater good in mind. The greater good that was done here was saving lives, the atomic bombs caused over a quarter million deaths while an invasion would have amounted to over one million Japanese and American lives. The dropping of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary because it saved more lives then the bombs took, and it also brought a more needed end to a bloody and costly
There were only two tests conducted the the operation but those tests provided the information necessary to construct the nuclear navy and radiology used to treat cancer patients. Many people look at the Manhattan Project as a terrible event where the United States tried to eliminate millions of people, but the fact is that the technology was also used for saving lives. These tests were the first that an invited audience could attend. The two tests were; Able, conducted 520 feet in the air on July 1, 1947 and Baker, detonated 90 feet underwater by the new nuclear navy on July 25, 1947. A third test, Charlie was scheduled to detonate underwater but was cancelled after the navy's incapability to decontaminate the Baker ships.
Repeating rifles, machine guns, and high powered artillery was expected to shorten war time. The new weapons did the opposite; they prolonged war time and allowed huge loses of lives. Machine guns could mow enemy soldiers down form a distance. This act is seen clearly in the battle scenes of All Quite on the Western Front. Shelling also became very popular during this war.
In 1977 the Forest Service made carrying fire shelters mandatory for all firefighters after three fatalities occurred on the Battlement Creek Fire. The Mann Gulch fire obviously happened before shelters were invented, but if these men would have been carrying them, the outcome could have been very different. There have been numerous cases since the implementation of fire shelters where crews have been overtaken by wildfires and lived to talk about it. In most cases, the sole reason for survival, was the use of fire shelters. The shelters are able to shield trapped firefighters from the radiant heat of the fire, as well as give them a small amount of breathable air amidst the superheated gases.
Even if Truman had decided to use the bomb, there was no reason to bomb Hiroshima. Hiroshima had limited military value and was mostly civilians, outnumbering the soldiers six to one. Over 200,000 men, women and children died because of the bomb, most of the casualties being women, children and old men. Although President Truman said the use of the atomic bomb was also used to reduce casualties on the Japanese side, if he cared so much about Japanese casualties, he could have just changed the unconditional surrender to make it easier for the Japanese to
The biggest, most successful bomb raid for the Germans was when they bombed London on September 8, 1915. The damage cost London millions of pounds, and the damage was done by only one Zeppelin, the L-13. While bomb raids took place in London, Germany was bombing Paris too. It was easier for the Germans to bomb Paris because of the flight there and how close the German airship base was. After the war ended, the use of the Zeppelin declined.
Many believe that the bombings were justified because it is said too have prevented millions of deaths that would have occurred due to an allied invasion of Japan. While others talk about how it ended WW2 and brought supposedly justice and glory too Americans and it’s nation. They have failed too realize that all of this is temporary and can or should be acceptable of the damage and facts that show more bad than good was done over history. The united States at the time states that they saved on resources which is true because dropping the atomic bombs they were fire bombing cities in Japan using up tons of fuel,planes,and bombs achieving the same effect as the atomic bomb and killing just as many
This law, a government “experiment” with very little ways of enforcement, succeeded in cutting down the consumption of this very popular drug by one-third. It is not to say that Prohibition was the ultimate success, but it certainly is not the extreme failure that it is often made out to
By the time the United States entered World War II in the early 1940's, the military had undergone several technological advancements in many different areas of the army. The grenade was introduced, which aided the troops of the frontline in close combat as it created a small explosion able to kill small numbers of enemies in one throw. Machine guns such as the Thomson M1 or the “Tommy gun” fired up to 700 rounds per minute. Rifles such as the M1 Garand were one of the first gas operated semi-automatic infantry weapons used on the frontlines. Heavy machine guns were introduced that aided in powerful superiority for frontline combat such as the M1919 which fired over 500 rounds per minute and required a 250-round belt magazine and a team of two soldiers to operate.