The Machine That Won The War

The "Greatest Generation” is a term that Tom Brokaw coined to describe those individuals who were born roughly between the years of 1909-1928. Every generation after the Greatest Generation owes their gratitude toward this generation for the livelihoods we enjoy today. The Greatest Generation had endured some of the toughest times in the history of the United States, growing up in the Great Depression, Dust Bowl, and then fighting in the largest war in history, World War II. The Greatest Generation caused the tides of WWII to turn, uniting the country, and ultimately saving the world through their strong values of hard work, commitment, discipline, and most importantly

During World War II, Germany’s military was superior to anyone else in the world, with far more advanced technology, tactics, and weaponry. They had a fearless leader who would stop at nothing to make his country great again. Their closest rival, the Soviet Union, was almost out of the picture with a death toll of over 26 million. On top of that, Germany had nothing to lose, and would not conceivably stop. So how then, with all odds against them, did the Allies win the war? A combination of factors affected Germany’s downfall, such as lack of morale, unwieldy weapons, and failure to work with its so-called allies.

The technology of World War II, which lasted from 1939 to 1945, was a big part of the determination of the outcome of the war. Much of the technology was developed during the interwar years. Some of it was developed because of failure and hindrance in war progression, obviously because of inefficient technology. Still some was in the beginning stages of development as the war ended. Though earlier war greatly utilized science, mathematics, and innovation, World War II had the largest impact on the innovation in technology of the current lives of Americans. Furthermore, no war, preceeding or succeeding, was as profoundly affected by science, mathematics, and technology as World War II. Science and technology have always made

Undoubtedly, humanity and modern civilization would have never reached their current form with the research. Research is the key element behind any type of evolution and progress. Contemporary, broadly established theories, varying from the understanding of the universe to the revelation of human evolution, are the result of valuable innovations in different fields of science and technology. Every day life has been simplified due to the constant advance of knowledge and discoveries. However, none of this would be possible without constant research. Therefore, and since research is vital to the development of human civilization, the need to augment and supplement current research methods has become apparent. Even though research outcomes

“World War II and the Depression are now nearly as far back as we can go in living memory, and so the loom large in our active folk story. And many who lived then were too young to understand it in its depth; they remember only that the war was a great victory” (Adams 115).

In his book The Best War Ever: America and World War II, Michael Adams tries to dissolve the many misconceptions of World War II. As the title of the book implies, The United States left the war with a great optimistic view of the these “glorious” five years. The United States as a population had been tricked into believing in the, at times, fabricated conditions of its history that had been presented to people as some beautiful stories and myths where nations are viewed as being first-rate in union and morality. These so-called myths were created out of several factors. Because of Hollywood, the vast amounts of government propaganda, and far-reaching economic prosperity, Americans were, for the most part, hidden from the real truth of The Second World War. In this period of time, even, the generation of the Second World War is seen as being top-notch in morality and unity. There was a popular misconception held that there were no problems in terms of ethnicity or gender; it seemed that families were living contented lives and children excelled in school and read all kinds of books (115).

Using ethos, pathos, logos, and other rhetorical techniques in non-fiction and science fiction, help the author carry different and similar claims regarding artificial intelligence making the author’s message change between the two genres. In Robopocalypse, a science fiction novel written by Daniel H. Wilson, the protagonist Cormac Wallace narrates the story with first and secondhand testimonies, information accumulated from interviews, and camera footage. At the opening of the book, Cormac gathers the stories from a black box of the robot uprising, beginning the story of how ordinary technology turned into an automated war. The sci-fi novel informs the audience that artificial intelligence can effortlessly turn against their human creator to deliberately achieve the annihilation of the human race implicating “technology changes, but people stay the same” (Wilson 261).

At the point when the provinces pronounced their freedom, numerous individuals on both sides questioned they could win the war. The British dwarfed and outgunned the Americans, and their troops were better prepared.The Americans' significant favorable position was logistic: they were battling a war on recognizable landscape. What's more, Washington's attempt at manslaughter strategies made it outlandish for the British to convey a devastating blow.

The book Killing Patton by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard was a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading. Killing Patton goes into great depth of World War II and Patton’s career as a general in the war. I like how this book tells the details that the war unfolds in. I believe that Patton was a very valuable asset to the Allied powers, however he made some stupid mistakes that kept him from achieving the power and leadership he could have had. I am mad at the American generals for not listening to Patton, after he said things he shouldn't have said. If they would have listened to Patton we could have kept the Soviet Union from coming to power and devastating the people of Germany.

Located directly on the Tampa Riverwalk, The American Victory Ship is one of four fully operational World War II ships in the country. It encompasses rare artifacts, important documents and historic photographs; visitors are invited to explore all nine decks of the ship, including the hospital, weapon rooms, mess halls and captain's

The Interlopers and The Machine That Won the War are two short stories that have many

This book written by Paul Kennedy is called “Engineers of Victory” and it discusses how the Second World War was fought and won by the Allied Powers. He discusses five main point that are often talked about actually winning the war by themselves. These topics are how we were able to overcome the “wolf pack” of U-boats to get convoys to Britain, gaining command of the air over the Luftwaffe, the ability to halt the Nazi Blitzkrieg, overcoming the harsh problems with amphibious landings, or finally over coming distance for America when they fought against Japan. Kennedy in this book argues that none of these alone were enough to win the war by themselves but instead working together were able to win the war.

In this essay I will be comparing the short story “ The Machine That Won The War” By Isaac Asimov, and the short story “The Interlopers” By saki. I will give a brief summary about both stories to give you a understanding of what they are about then I will show you how they are similar and how they contrast.

American army officer Omar Bradley once said,“If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.” The meaning of this quote lies in the destruction and devastation of humanity and geography during war. If we do not stop advancing in ways of killing and causing suffering, we will soon face the consequences of these technologies. Throughout World War I and World War II, there was a ginormous technological boom in which countries were competing to invent new weapons or vehicles used in warfare. Specifically, World War I could be blamed for the start of the creating of new technologies used in warfare even today. These technologies were often invented or created during World War I,

When I think of computers, the words efficient and sophisticated come to mind. Modern-day computers possess the ability to calculate and process information beyond what humans are capable of. Because of the way computers are designed, they transcend any biological being at calculating information. This poses an intriguing idea that if computers somehow acquired the ability to think for themselves, they could conquer the world due to their superior computational abilities. The dialogue of the main characters in “Frustration” illustrates the only thing that computers need to successfully start a war, which in turn, would decimate the human race into oblivion: sentience.