The Battle Of The War

The Maxim-gun, an oil-cooled machine-gun designed by Hiram Maxim in 1884 that didn’t require hand-cranking or any other kind of manual intervention, had been offered to the British military by Hiram. However, the British High Command rejected the inventor’s offer, believing that there was no real need for it. The Germans, on the other hand, quickly grasped the strategic advantages that it offered and began developing their own version of Maxim’s design. Consequently, when the war broke out in 1914, Germany had a much greater arsenal of machine-guns. This is reflected by articles in The Sphere, which reported in 1914 that Germany had a new type of machine-gun with a telescopic sight, and The Illustrated War News, which noted that the weapon had revolutionised German artillery

While the Germans had the upper hand in technology, this condition did have its drawbacks. This advanced weaponry was costly to manufacture, so the German Army could not afford to produce them in large quantities. On top of that, this new weaponry was also more difficult to repair and maintain, which reduced its efficiency even further (Stewart, 6).

Another gun which branches from the rifle is the machine gun. The Germans were mainly the ones who would take the credit for the invention of the machine

On 15 January, Porter continued to be in position to provide their most massive bombardment yet in preparation for the attack. At noon, 1600 sailors and 400 marines executed the ground assault along the beach about a mile and a half north of the fort. By 1500 the marines’ new position was now unable to effectively provide cover for the ensuing assault and failed to keep the Confederate riflemen off the fort’s parapet. As 1500 passed, the sailors quickly became restless for the army’s attack signal. Not waiting for visual confirmation of the army’s attack as directed, 1600 sailors ran across the open beach, and the naval attack very quickly became a rout. The sailors with only their pistols and cutlasses were no match for the Confederate riflemen, canister, and grape. After only 20 minutes the assault was repulsed, with the men retreating in droves, leaving over three hundred dead or wounded sailors and marines. Many of the wounded were left to drown in the rising tide. This was not the outcome Admiral Porter’s had envisioned.

Confederates enter the war with a belief that would also sustain them during war years and ultimately shape the south after the war, a durable belief in their invincibility. Even after major turning points of the war, diehard Rebels continued to express a resilient belief in their invincibility. They were unconquerable and they truly stuck it about because they expected to win. Their ethos; beliefs of being highly favored children of God, attitudes of invincibility (homegrown and those spread through propaganda), patriotism, masculinity, and veteran comradery - on many different levels help to shape the war and the New South.

“Tis only those who have never heard a shot, never heard the shriek and groans of the wounded and lacerated ... that cry aloud for more blood, more vengeance, more desolation,” said Union General William Tecumseh Sherman at the end of our nation’s deadliest war, the Civil War. Determined to end the war after four long years, the Union called on Sherman to execute a controversial war strategy to defeat the Confederacy. His tactic, deemed total war by historians, aimed to bring the horrors of war to civilians in the heart of the South. Sherman’s focus on destroying the manufacturing, logistical, and farming bases that supported the Confederate soldiers and civilians, is viewed by many as heinous and unnecessarily brutal. The strategy

The three Soldiers were able to make it to the coast, they had taken a route that took them around the Marines and 82nd Airborne, while making note of their numbers, vehicles and weapons. They were surprised to find them there, with Second Brigade no place in sight. They entered Baltimore from the north and headed South-East, they found much of the city sparse with life, they had found some civilians that had told them of the Supreme General and her Army and how they were defeated. The Soldiers again, found themselves surprised, they were told stories of fighter aircraft coming out of nowhere, and destroying the main base. They were also told of the mighty shells that came in and destroyed the Supreme Generals compound.

By World War I the line infantry strategy, which evolved into the “over the top” charge into no-man’s land, was completely redundant and saw massive casualties. The development of the Gatling Gun (1862) (9) and the Maxim Gun (1886) (12) (13) - both heavy rapid-fire weapons

In December 1943, the head of staff of the Allies picked American General Dwight D. Eisenhower as incomparable administrator for the Allies in Europe. English General, Sir Frederick Morgan, added to various arrangements for the Allies, most uncommon was Operation Overlord, a full-scale intrusion of France over the English Channel. This was the codename for the most mysterious summon in the war. The initial plan was to cross the English Channel, land in France and push on into Germany. The attack was set for the spring of 1944. English and American troops, as of now assembling in England for the attack, numbered more than 50 divisions (more than 150,000 troops), with a huge number of

Some of the ways that lead to the war were all the different revenue acts being passed England was taxing everything they could. The Colonies felt that England had no right to pass laws when the Colonies didn’t even have a voice in the government. The Colonies had no one representing them in the government, but England felt that the Colonies were only there because they allowed them to be; so why should the Colonies have representation in their government?

1. Two major causes of World War II included when Hitler and his Nazi party took over Germany politically in 1933, and Japanese militarism.

September 1, 1939, was the day that marked the beginning of what some thought was the end. German tanks rolled across Poland’s border, Britain and France begin to deploy troops, the Soviet Union mobilized for war, and America starts growing fearsome to what the future would look like. This was the day WWII started, which claimed millions of lives on both sides. Everybody is interested in the action and battles, but what about the production of the war? Without the production of the arms and food, these battles would not even have happened. The following is what each country in the Allied powers contributed during WWII.

Word War II was a time that caused many people to feel a lot of tension, anxiety and concern. While some wanted power, control, and wanted the notion of superiority. Others were left feeling unsafe, scared, and were worried of what the future would bring them. The uncertainly lead many to feed off the fear and the tension among people rose. No one was to be trusted.

A considerable factor in the astonishment that is the Battle of Normandy, is the distinct advantages both sides possessed heading into this bout. Germany and its technological advancement, is a clear reason for their sudden expansion, and the annihilation of other countries. Correspondingly, they had a weapon so fast, it was impossible to hear individual shots fired from the gun at once. The MG42, better known as “Hitler’s Zipper”, was the death machine responsible for sending hundreds of men to meet their maker that day. This weapon was the most rapid firing gun the world had ever seen. Uniquely capable of releasing up to 25 bullets per second. Bullets that travelled at a shocking 2,000 miles per hour. Germany had set up five MG42 posts along the beach. For this reason the location of the battle was also in Germany’s favor.

Maxim’s invention expanded on the hand-powered Gatlin gun and was soon able to fire over 600 rounds per minute (Levy 114). After the First World War erupted the machine gun was not immediately adopted by all countries in the war. During the early parts of World War I battlefield tactics were similar to those used by Napoleon. This military style of battlefield strategy focused on the infantry moving forward as a group to raid and attack. The military leaders were not certain how useful the machine gun would be on the battlefield because during the early stages of the war the machine gun and the ammunition were very heavy. It took four to six people to operate the overly awkward machine during the early years of World War I. A rifle and a pistol were much more effective in the traditional battlefield approach. Hiram Maxim introduced his invention to the British Army prior to start of the First World War. The British rejected the machine gun because they believed that it was an improper form of warfare. However the German Army began modifying and improve Maxim’s invention in an effort to gain an advantage on the battlefield. The German version of the machine gun was called the “Maschinengewehr 08.” It is estimated that the Germans had over 12,000 machine guns at the beginning of the war and British had only a few hundred (Duffy 2). Though advancements of the machine gun created a weapon able to fire