Essay about The Battle of Dunkirk: A Tactical Defeat

Source B7 is a part of Winston (PM) Churchill’s speech, given on the tenth day of evacuation. It is

The Second Battle of Ypres took place from April 22nd to May 25th 1915 and is distinguishable for Canadians as being the first battle in which Canadians troops fought in during the First World War. The battle marked the first Canadian victory and has become popularly known as the first site of mass use of chlorine gas on the Western Front. But the battle does not have to exist solely in the confines of the First World War. The battle and its effects impacted not only the immediate outcome of the war but rather spurred a shift in war tactics and Canadian enthusiasm to its troops. Essentially, the Second Battle of Ypres was vital to the First World War because of its maintained the strategic placement for the Western allies, but it is also important in a wider context through its ability to set a precedent for future battles with modern chemical warfare, and through the effect it had on the home front to boost Canadian support overseas. To begin, I will first summarize the battle and the context Ypres to give an overall understanding of the situation leading into the battle. In suit, I will examine the strategic advantage Ypres had with respect to its ability to protect the ports of northern Europe and its establishment of a buffer zone between Great Britain and Germany. Secondly, I will examine the battle as a pivotal moment for the future of modern warfare as the Germans breeched international code with their use of chlorine gas. Thirdly, I will demonstrate how the

The post D-Day Allied assault that swept through France was halted by Hitler’s unexpected counter-attack through the Ardennes, resulting in a confrontation named the Battle of the Bulge.

The Battle of Britain as a Turning Point in the Defeat of German in World War Two

Dunkirk is a sea port located in The North-East regions of France. Having WW2 commenced, Germany has successfully invaded such countries as Poland, Denmark, and Norway with Britain sending their forces to help Norway yet, the German forces and navy became very advanced in all aspects of the war that it seemed no country would be able to even see a sight of victory against a strong and well prepared German Side which had their ‘Blitzkrieg (Lightening War)’ tactic which saw them defeat the big countries of Europe. Soon enough the Nazis invaded Belgium and Holland also and had another victorious spell with Belgium in surrender and Holland in no state to even stand a chance of winning. On the 10th May 1940, France too

Europe was completely conquered by the Nazis. At the start of World War Two, Hitler made most of Europe into his Nazi fortress. Hitler, by 1941, controlled all of Europe with the exception of Britain. Hitler sent hundreds of bombers to bomb Great Britain in an attempt to force them to surrender. The Nazis killed thousands and thousands of innocent civilians. The killings of these innocent civilians angered the Brits and motivated to not give into Hitler’s hands. In fact, the brave British pilots finally drove the bombers back to Germany. If Britain had surrendered, Germany would have controlled all of Europe. Then in 1941, Hitler waged war against his former allies, the Russians. If that wasn’t enough, the Japanese (Hitler signed a pact,

When the Allied Forces effectively invaded Normandy France on D Day, it seemed to the watching world as if World War II was over. During the winter of December 16, 1944, the German army sent out a counter offence to fight against the Allied forces. This was known as the Battle of the Bulge. It was the last significant German battle on the Western Front during WWII. The battle got its name due to the location it took place in (the area was shaped like a bulge). After D-Day, the Nazi Party started to decline. Hitler decided to create this battle, so he could win back the war against the Allied troops. This was the battle to end the war and was the biggest battle in WWII.

I am a Buck Private stationed in St. Julien writing you from the Second Battle of Ypres or to be specific the end of the second battle which was at a stalemate. The battle started from 22 April 1915 for control of the town of Ypres in western Belgium. The battle I must say was dreadful, and was nothing like I imagined, I feel foolish wanting to enlist for the hopes of adventure. However, I am glad to say that the 1st Canadian Division defeated the German Empire in the battles of St. Julien and Kitcheners' Wood which I took part in. The village of St. Julien was behind the 1st Canadian Division until the poison-gas attacks and it became the front line. The trenches we were in were shallow and lacked the proper wooden and earth parapets to protect

The 61st British division suffered 1,547 casualties - German casualties took a little less than 1000 What happened to the generals after the battle finished? - The widely accepted image of British generals as stupid and fearful was even more confirmed - The British general was then coined Richard “Butcher” Haking - The German general was praised as he managed to repel the enemy and not take many German casualties

In explaining how stalemate on the Western front started, the information has been fairly factual, not opinionated and containing no obvious argument. This is because the evidence was fairly factual and linear; there was only one way things could have happened. When the reasons for continuing stalemate are now examined, quite the opposite will occur as many factors contributed to this and it is arguable as to which were more important than others.

In this essay I will explain why I think The Battle of Britain was the

Soon after the blitzkrieg attacks began, German forces invaded France. However, they did not invade France along the Maginot Line, which the Allies had expected, but through the Ardennes Forest, moving stealthily and steadily along the Somme Valley toward the English Channel.

Most importantly the so-called phony war which took place in northern england. In order to trick german survalence of the the allies they set up a base in northern england with dozens of inflatable tanks. every morning officals will go out and create false tank dirt marks to make it look like the tanks were driving around the base, all this while they were blasting the sounds of tanks, jeeps, and soldiers on the move. to make the germans think that they are mobalizng in northern england all in an attempt to invade france somewhere north of normandy. the germans fell for it and began to fortify sections of hitlars atlantic wall more in the north than they did in normandy. yet normandy was still heavly fortified because it was part of hitlars atlantic wall. Hitlars atlantic wall streached from the most northern part of norway to the most southern part of

In this paper, we will compare and contrast the Orthodox portrayal of the Battle of Britain found in the 1969 Guy Hamilton film by that name, versus the slightly more revisionist historical accounts of the Battle of Britain by historians Michael J. Lyons and Richard Hough in their respective books.

When I found out that the latest project from director/writer Christopher Nolan titled Dunkirk was only 107 minutes, I was stunned. Usually, his films are about 30 minutes short of hostage situations. It’s a bit odd how he chose his first two-hour film in 15 years to be about the Dunkirk evacuation. For you history buffs out there, Battle of Dunkirk took place in WWII in 1940, the Allied forces of Europe fighting Nazi Germany finds themselves overrun in France and desperately seeking escape. The problem is, the Germany forces are wreaking havoc on the British Forces ships with precision air strikes and escape seems to be downright impossible without the help of civilian’s boats and some very crafty fighter pilots.