Manfred von Richthofen

Baron Manfred von Richthofen known as the Red Baron was one of imperial most skilful and successful pilot in World War 1 with 80 credited air victories (Richthofen, Air Warfare,1). Air war was completely new and designed and built combat aircraft were used for the first time in World War1. Richthofen famous Fokker triplane, painted his plane bright red to help German people to identify him. Richthofen was the best fighter pilot of the war seen by both

In my opinion, Billy Bishop did deserve the Victoria cross. First of all, Victoria Cross was a symbol of bravery and pre-eminent act, and I believe that Bishop was brave. After one of his patrols, a mechanic counted 210 bullet holes in his aircraft. Bishop shot down and mortally wounded a Leutnant Theiller, but his engine failed in the process. He landed in no man's land, 300 yards from the German front line. It was a really dangerous mission, but he did it and came back alive. Bravery was really

Weapons played a huge role in World War I. At this time, many new technologies were introduced and weapons got more and more dangerous. However, though the new weapons were very useful, old ones played a key role as well. Some weapons used in World War I were rifles, poison gas, aircrafts and tanks. Rifles like the Lee-Enfield .303 were mainly used by British soldiers. The Lee-Enfield could hold 10 bullets and was well suited for harsh conditions. A trained soldier was said to be able to fire

Aviation in World War One The first widespread use of aerial warfare. Military aviation began in the 1860’s, during the American Civil War, when both sides used balloons to observe each other (Winchester 2007). On December 17, 1903, the American brothers Wright took the first successful flight in history. The idea of flying was thought impossible to many but it had always been a dream of mankind. A dream had become reality. World War One (1914-1918) was the first “conflict where aircraft was involved

Topic 1 - Pioneers Anthony Fokker, discuss his contributions to the development of aviation during and after World War One. Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker, born in the Dutch East Indies, in what is now Indonesia in 1890. However, the Fokker family soon moved back to their native Holland, where Anthony received his early primary and early secondary education. Presumably, it was in these early years that Fokker became intrigued by flight. “By the time he was 20 years old, while still in Germany

Minister (France), and Prime Minister (France). The Central Powers was made up of Germany, the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria. Important people that were known for the Central Powers were Prince Max Von Baden, Chancellor (Germany), Heinrich Von Clam-Martinic, and Prime Minister (Austria). The First World War started off with a “BANG” literal. WWI started on June 28, 1914 with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and wife Sophie. Many major events follow within

love, I tend to forget about the unpleasant situations that occur. Anyways, for the next couple of days our air force wants to get us to go up in the sky, our target is to take down a German fighter plane, we are mostly wanting to take down Manfred Von Richthofen also known as, the Red Baron as he has killed many of our soldiers and fight plane pilots. Anyways, me and Roy and many other will be going out in the air in few days. All of us here hate his guts and want to see him diseased. Therefore, just

In 1914, a war began that would turn into one of the deadliest combats in all of human history. A war that was fought between two alliances named the Triple Entente, consisting of Russia, France and Great Britain, and the Triple Alliance, which consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy. One of the reasons the war was so deadly was because many of the commanders and generals did not develop the tactics at the rate at which the weapons had progressed. Artillery and Machine Guns would decimate

There are forty-nine years between the end of the Civil War and the start of World War I. Within those years numerous technological advancements took place. Many of those advancements directly impacted the warfare in the First World War. The Civil War, also referred to as the first modern war, gave way to an even more modernized style of warfare used during World War I. Much of this modernized technology of warfare had a great impact on how tactics and strategies were used throughout the First World

prepared to fight on and developed new weapons such as planes, poison gases, mortars, and tanks to defeat their enemy. The newly created airplane made its first appearance in battle during World War I. Fighter pilots, such as the Red Baron Manfred Von Richthofen, fought in the sky to control the air so bomber planes could easily destroy enemy lines (unknown 2, OL). Whoever had control of the air could win the war, but both sides made equal progress in