Battle of Dunkirk

Question #1 Hitler’s state of mind throughout his leadership career is something of a debate. Some claim that his actions were the result of a list of mental and physical health problems and various drug addictions. Others claim that this is not the case. In an article titled, Insane or Just Evil? A Psychiatrist Takes a New Look at Hitler, Erica Goode outlines biographer Dr. Fritz Redlich’s views on Hitler’s mental and physical health. As well, he looks at the effects these factors would have had

Prelude to the Battle When the German Wehrmacht finished mopping up the remnants of the French and British forces at Dunkirk in early 1940 sealing the fate of France for the next four years, one could only imagine the overjoy among the heads of the German high command. Poland was the first to fall, then northern Europe, and finally, France. The operations went so smoothly, it took Adolf Hitler and his generals less than a year to swipe across Europe from the border with Russia to the east to the

perimeter. U.S. troops first took control of Kwajalein Island and the nearby islets of Roi and Namur, allowing the Pacific Fleet to advance its assault onto the islands and continue towards the Philippines and the Japan. 25. Battle of Saipan June to July 1944 The battle of Saipan was the US victory of capturing the island of Saipan in Japan. The US wanted to gain control of Saipan to put an air base to access the rest of Japan for bombing purposes. There were many lives lost for both the Japanese

even defeat them. However, the U.S. became a superpower and “The U.S. Army's seizure of France's Atlantic ports in August 1944 brought an end to Germany's ability to reopen the Battle of the Atlantic on any scale” (Facts On File). The Americans also aided Britain in their campaign to destroy the Axis infrastructure. At the Battle of the Bulge, Hitler hoped “to split apart the all-powerful American 1st and 3rd Armies (The History Place). Hitler gambled that he would win and cause “a rift between the British

army had an approximate soldier to vehicle ratio of three soldiers to one vehicle. When the Great Britain joined into the Italian campaign, they had eighty thousand vehicles, and seventy five thousand of those were left behind in the evacuation of Dunkirk. Britain relied on Canada to almost “bail” them out with relief vehicles. Once Canada shipped in their obscene amount of vehicles across the Atlantic, the Germans would find themselves overwhelmed and were forced to retreat out of Sicily, thus proving

1. Introduction 2. History 3. Planning/Preparation 4. Execution/Action 5. Lessons Learned 6. Works Cited Introduction In the spring of 1940 Europe was enveloped in war. The German military machine had already conquered Poland, Denmark, and Norway. However, not content with northern and eastern expansion, Adolf Hitler wanted to control the western countries in Europe. Hitler had long been obsessed with attacking and controlling France. After their defeat in World War I, the German people

day of suffering, an unnamed member of the platoon breathes in mustard gas after dropping his gun in a pit, and Katczinsky, Paul’s platoon leader, dies while Paul carries him to the hospital tents. The horrors of mustard gas and the realities of battle are accurately depicted especially since so many soldiers died, and no one dies in this movie doing anything greatly heroic. However, back home there was a great deal of information that was not shared. All Quiet on the Western Front shows war as

19.1 NOTES European Aggressors on the March In 1935, Mussolini attacks Ethiopia to build a colonial empire. League of Nations does not stop aggression. In 1935 Hitler begins rebuilding the German army. In 1936 Germany occupies Rhineland. Britain urges appeasement, a policy of giving in to aggression. In 1936, Germany, Italy, and Japan – the Axis power-form and alliance. Democratic Nations Try to Preserve Peace United States follows an isolationist policy. Isolationism- avoidance of

Historians still don’t understand why, but Hitler’s first mistake was when he had allowed the entire British and French army escape after trapping them in the poor city of Dunkirk. What he should have done instead was he should have made a deal with the leaders of Britain and France saying that, “I will return your soldiers if you agree to fight by my side and conquer the world with me.” He would have been successful if this

President Eisenhower). The invasion would be taken to the beach fronts in Normandy (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword). From the beaches the troops would advance forward, where american soldiers would fight in one of the deadliest battles, The Battle of The Bulge. After the battle troops would move toward France and liberate the french from the Germans. D-Day was the main reason we had one the war, but if not for Eisenhower giving the go ahead to invade the beaches of Normandy we would not have one the