The D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944 was critical to allied success in World War II. It opened a second front in Western Europe, allowing the Allies to begin their march towards Berlin. There were many obstacles to overcome on D-Day, but it was ultimately successful because of the planning of the ally invaders, the fact that the Germans were unprepared because of a trick the allies had done, and the leadership of the in command soldiers on the beach. The soldiers on the beach overcame very large obstacles to win a very decisive battle in the European campaign. The morning of June 6th 1944 was overcast, rainy, windy, and choppy on the water.
War now does not allow any civillian casualites. Also now with the modern technology exaples like advanced radar, heat seeking missiles, more accurate bombing technology and more advanced aircraft, it is impossible to miss a target. Back in WW2 they bombed industrial areas because it was really hard to bomb a certain spot where the enemy army would be. I do not think it was acceptable back than because why kill millions of civillians when you can go directly to the source which was the military attacking? This is a really hard argument because if you attack the enemy army which is attacking you, you have to think about the deaths of your own men.
The British were unable to bomb the gas chambers and crematoria for sound technical reasons. From about the end of August 1944, the Americans could have bombed these installations. Senior air commanders were justified in their decision because numerous sorties against V-1 rocket sites, barges, petroleum oil, lubricant depots, roundhouses, airfields, power stations and other German military installations would have been sacrificed due to the amount of aircrafts required to bomb Auschwitz. Heavy prisoner casualties would have arisen and the uncertainty of success would have posed grave moral questions. Overall, the Joint Chief of Staff, the British Foreign Office, the Royal Air Force, the War Department and senior officials knew that their air power was imperfect and finite and thus acted
Necessity of the bomb lies with the amount of people that would have been killed in a land invasion, although it was vastly exaggerated. If next generation were raised on the path the Japanese were taking, they would grow up to become monsters. it saved many American Soldiers lives by stopping a land invasion of Japan and prisoners of war were being abused. But the Atomic bomb used against Japan was not necessary to end the war considering the numbers of American lives saved was vastly exaggerated, They were sending their battleships and pilots out on suicide missions as they were desperate, there was a vengeance for pearl harbour and racism towards the Japanese people, many victims of the bomb were civilians that had nothing to do with the war, the only reason Japanese weren’t surrendering is because they didn’t want to give up there emperor to the “unconditional surrender” and to demonstrate their power over the world. The bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to end the war as it would save many lives as suggests in source A “should adopt a position that rather than throw to this bomb we should have sacrificed a million American and a quarter of a million British live”.
“Asses the significance of the North African campaign in the Allied victory in WWII” The North African Campaign was a key part of World War II as it was the first real defeat on Germany, allowing the allies to attack, and ultimately pulled them further away from victory in the East. The significant elements from the North African campaign for the allied victory in WWII included; it assured the British still gained control of the Suez canal, the creation of the United States involvement into the war, the tactical significance, Germany had to fight a 3 front war. The conflict in North Africa rose around Italy’s eagerness to utilise Germany’s 6-week successful invasion of France and make an impact on the war. In September 1940 Italian General Graziani invaded British colony of Egypt sparking the campaign. Italy did not hold a threat to the British until March 1941 when German Africa Korps counterattacked under the command of General Rommel.
The Battle of Britain took place when the Luftwaffe attempted to win air superiority over southern England from the Royal Air Force as an essential prerequisite for the invasion of this country by German naval and land forces. For the British, it ran from 10 July - 31 October 1940. For the Germans it began on 13 August, Adlertag or "Eagle Day". The key to success for the Luftwaffe was the destruction of the RAF's fighter force. Conversely, for Fighter Command it was to hamper bombing and inflict losses, preferably before the target was reached.
It embarrassed the young Kennedy administration and Kennedy was blamed for not giving it adequate support. The Cuban exile leader Jose Miro Cardona blamed the failure on the CIA and the refusal of Kennedy to authorize air cover for the invasion force, but the main reason for failure was because the exiles had been counting on a local uprising to help them. The Bay of Pigs invasion also made Castro wary of the U.S. He was convinced that the Americans would try to take over the island again. There were many reasons for the Bay of Pigs invasion.
The German’s lost the battle because they were tactically ordered very poorly and they were obsolete in the time of technological advancements. Germany’s idea of a fast and swift victory was thought to be won by their countless men, and there use of the tactic “Blitz”. Of coarse, many times when Germany attempted this, Britain were able to read, and prepare against Germany’s every move. Technology gave Britain the upper hand against Germany, and Britain was able to rebound from the unfortunate loses of inexperienced, and proper trained fighters. For example After the Battle of France, in which it had suffered heavy losses, the Luftwaffe needed time to recover and re-equip.
The beginning the tanks could only have 3 people and only go 3 mph, later on they got tanks to fit 10 people and go up to 4 mph but they could not go through the trenches. Also later on in 1915 torpedoes, they were used by submarines this is how the Germans sank the Lusitania, later on in 1917 America joined the war on the sides of the allies. I chose weapons because in the war if you didn’t have better and new technology you wouldn’t be able to defeat the other countries. If we didn’t create or make new improved weapons we would lose the war because they would have ways to attack us and kill us much faster and more people than them. Now it is very dangerous making new weapons wrong touch it could explode or something might not work but without people trying to build new and invested technology we back than a today wouldn’t be
In the Second Battle of the Marne, American troops were assigned to important duties. Their main role was support in a battle that was the end to Germany. In the beginning, there were more than 25,000 American soldiers manning the Allied lines as the Germans tried coming through. They were there to help strengthen the, already, tired Allied line. The German attack was definitely no surprise.