New Forest Background

It was the place were they had great success against the French people in the beginning of the war. The Germans also selected it because it was easy to hide troops in the hills which they did at the first major offensive. Hitler code-named this attack as the “watch am Rein” The Americans the area were in a thin line because they wanted to give support to the flank were the attack was expected so they thought.

During World War II this island was heavily defended by twenty three thousand Japanese troops in an elaborate system of underground tunnels. This island also served as an early warning station for allied bomber raids and provided a base for Japanese bombers to intercept the incoming bombers.

The Eighth bomber command was part of the Army Air Force and was re-designated as the 8th air force in February of 1944. The command took the headquarters to England in early 1942 once they were activated to conduct aerial bomb runs over Nazi-occupied Europe. During World War II the 8th AF became the greatest air armada in the history of the Army Air Force.1 It was commanded by great Generals such as Jimmy Doolitle and produced one of the most famous planes, The Memphis Belle.

In addition WASP, were handed commands to report to 120 air bases across the US. Missions included, towing targets, ferrying planes, training bombardiers,

But, the aircrafts were eventually used for more than scouting ahead it later turned into a point of emphasis of where the war would take place. Using this source to support my thesis will help give a better understanding of what I will be writing about. I will be using this source to help the development of sub-points that I will be using in my research paper. The context of this source will help out on the claims and development of things I will discuss in my paper, and I will not use this document to disagree

The German forces had been in the area of the Meuse-Argonne for years; and they used its terrain to their full advantage. There was high ground at both the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest, which the Germans utilized for both observation and artillery firing points. Along with holding the high ground on

In the first week of April, we were ordered to move sectors. We moved from our quiet sector, near Fluerbaix, on the French-Belgian border to the Ypres Salient. The Ypres Salient was a bulge in the allied line on the Flanders plain,

When people see “Old Glory” flying, the experience should take their breath away. From the Omaha beaches in Normandy, where over three million soldiers stormed the German Nazis, to Iwo Jima, where

The Light In The Forest, a novel by Conrad Richter, depicts the struggles of a young boy named True Son, or John Cameron Butler, who has been raised by Indians but must go back to his home with the “whites.” The story takes place in Western Ohio and Pennsylvania in the year of 1764 where the relationship between the Pennsylvanians and Indians is not great. Throughout the story, True Son learns the differences between the Indians and Whites, and how each group views the other. Knowing the views between the two groups, True Son things about trying to figure out which group he really identifies as and belongs to, which is one of the conflicts in the story. Through all the troubles that True Son encounter, the theme of the story is the true identity

During World War II there were many battles that took place. One particular known battle was the “Battle of the Bulge” also known as the battle of Ardennes, from December 16th, 1944 to January 16th, 1945. It was the Last major German offense on the Western Front during WWII, and it was a futile attempt to push the Allies back from German home territory. This name was given by Winston Churchill, a description of the resistance he mistakenly supposed was being offered to the Germans’ breakthrough in that are before the Anglo-French collapse. The word Bulge denotes to the wedge that the Germans drove into Allied lines. This informative research of the Battle of the Bulge, focuses on the Field Artillery branch, its immense efforts in the battle,

Wheeler Field, Schofield Barracks, Bellows Field, Kaneohe Naval Air Station, Hickam Field, and Ewa Field were among the other military locations attacked (p.76-79 WL). A few pilots from Kaneohe Naval Air Station managed to make it to the hangars, only to discover destroyed and damaged planes (p. 79 WL). While at Ewa Field all but 16 planes had been destroyed by 8:05, roughly just ten minutes after the attacks began (p. 80 WL). At Wheeler field getting the planes off the ground was all but impossible, they were under attack, the planes were too close together, and many had no fuel (p. 250 SW). They and other bases were prepared for sabotage, not an attack (p. 250 SW). By 8:30 all of the planes at Wheeler were either destroyed or damaged (p. 109 WL). The situation was similar at the other bases and by the end of the attack a total of 347 planes would be damaged or destroyed (212

“All factors seemed to point to the Ardennes as the place for the Germans to launch their last great offensive” (Schreckengost 50). Hitler secretly began moving manpower and equipment to Ardennes in order to strengthen the formations in the region. To further the secrecy, Hitler’s offensive was deceptively coined Wacht am Rheine (Watch on the Rheine) to ensure the Allied powers did not suspect an offensive.

I was able to locate a publication printed by the National Parks Service that explains how the battlefield changed in the early 1990s. From this publication, I found some startling information. The battlefield is located near a part of Murfreesboro that is rapidly expanding and has been for some time. Not surprisingly, many of the original structures have been completely removed to make way for housing divisions and shopping strip malls. During the Civil War, there was a farmhouse located near the battlefield. The Confederate soldiers had to pass the house and

The C-47 was the lead plane of the 37th troop carrier squadron, dropping elements of the 82nd airborne division near St. Mere Eglise, France in the early hours of June 6th, 1944. June 6th is formally known as D Day. The C-47 was very important to aviation or even the most important because over 13,000 planes were sold, it was one of the most successful cargo planes, every branch of the U.S military and all the major allied powers flew it during World War two.

Much of the fighting in World War One was done on small areas of land,