Germany established a submarine war zone around the British Isles and said they would sink any enemy war ships that entered that proximity. Innocent American trading and merchant ships were being shot down and sunk by ruthless German warfare at sea. Germany refused to let the neutral America trade goods with their enemy countries. This dramatically impacted America because much of the American economy was controlled by trade with Britain and France, and moving forward America knew it would be impossible to keep an expanding economy without GB and France. America, despite its efforts, could not remain neutral and was forced to enter World War 1.
This misstep by the Germans resulted in the destruction of German supply lines leading towards Stalingrad, leaving the Germans with no military support or food. This was a major defeat for Germany because it forced them to take a defensive position rather then an offensive one against Russia on the Eastern Front. Another key operation in the defeat of Germany and Italy was the D Day invasion codenamed overlord. This operation was comprised of a united effort between The United States, Great Britain and Canada to invade the Eastern coast of France at various points of the beach. This operation gave the Allies a foothold in France which was extremely important because it created another front for the Germans to defend.
Lastly due to his strong and rough ruling tactics when in control of the empire, he was exiled. In Napoleons eyes, his empire was always incomplete and his constant goal was to take over more land at all costs. This goal lead to one of his costly mistakes of the Continental System. The Continental System was Napoleons attempt to blockade Britain and stop all communication between them and other countries. In turn this would destroy Britain commercially and their industrial economy allowing Napoleon to take over Britain however did not work and left Napoleon worse off then he was before.
Gallipoli Primary Source Assignment By Gerald Visperas XC1 Gallipoli Primary Source Assignment By Gerald Visperas XC1 In one of the most costly and disastrous campaigns of World War I, British, French, Australian, and New Zealand forces landed ashore the coast of Gallipoli on April 25, 1915. The aim was to remove the Turkish army from the war. Then go on to invade mainland Turkey and seize control of the Dardanelles Strait. Many of the officers involved in the planning of the invasion had no idea the brutal punishment they would receive by the Turkish army. The British generals underestimated the capabilities of their enemy.
(b) Why were the Athenians defeated in the Sicilian expedition? THE Athenians were defeated in the Sicilian expedition due to a number of factors. Foremost among them was the incompetence of the commanders, also, the over-ambitious nature of the expedition, and the impact of Peloponnesian aid. A combination of each of these was needed to bring about the final total destruction of Athenians. The choice of commander held great influence over the course the expedition would take, and as such is a major cause of its failure.
Rommel inspected the fortifications around the beaches chosen and found that if and when the Allies bombed the beach before the invasion, the German defenses would be obliterated. He then decided to increase the number of concrete emplacements to protect his men from air strikes. He also proposed filling points on the beach between strongholds with mines, and making the landing on the beach more difficult. The mines rendered many ships ineffective. Even if the American DD tanks had landed on the beach, it would’ve been extremely difficult for the tanks to advance due to the anti-tank obstacles called “Czechs”.
No, the US wasn’t justified. Even secretary of war Henry Lewis Stimson was not sure the bombs were needed to reduce the need of an invasion: “Japan had no allies; its navy was almost destroyed; its islands were under a naval blockade; and its cities were undergoing concentrated air attacks.” The United States still had many industrial resources to use against Japan, and thus it was essentially defeated. Rear Admiral Tocshitane Takata concurred that B-29s “were the greatest single factor in forcing Japan's surrender”, while Prince Konoye already thought Japan was defeated on 14 February 1945 when he met emperor Hirohito. A combination of thoroughly bombing blockading cities that were economically dependent on foreign sources for food and raw
The prevailing tactics in 1805 were for the two opposing fleets to stay in line, firing broadsides at each other. But Nelson had a strategic insight into how to deal with being outnumbered. He broke the British fleet into two columns and drove them at the Franco-Spanish fleet, hitting its line perpendicularly. The lead British ships took a great risk, but Nelson judged that the less-trained Franco-Spanish gunners would not be able to compensate for the heavy swell that day and that the enemy fleet, with its coherence lost, would be no match for the more experienced British captains and gunners in the ensuing melee. He was proved right: the French and Spanish lost 22 ships, two-thirds of their fleet.
Rough terrain also hampered the phalanx as they would lose cohesion, as this was shown in the battle of Granicus. The Granicus River ran between the two armies of Alexander and Darius and played a large role in the battle hampering the Macedonian phalanx. The terrain forced them to fight hand to hand making their sarissas worthless and left them vulnerable to the quicker spears held by their enemy(Stoneman, 39). The Macedonian phalanx was too well trained to panic and eventually gained the upper hand in the fight and routed the Persians, proving once again the superiority the new phalanx had over its
Via knocking out Turkey, a supply route to Russia was opened through the Dardanelles and into the Black sea, to supply England and Frances ally Russia. As there was also as stalemate on the eastern from and by there was no other way to reach Russia, this was as a result of the border they share with Germany and the frozen Baltic Sea which ships could not land. Another benefit of knocking Turkey out of the war was that another front was gained, so that Germany was able to be attacked by the allies on three different fronts. Paragraph 3: Furthermore, the naval bombardment the allies attempted to cast upon Turkey was