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The Road to Freedom In 1836 the American colonies were at a crossroads. With no ideas on how to move forward, or how to break away from British control, colonists looked towards a leading figure to guide the way. This figure came in the form of Patrick Henry, a well-known American attorney who was willing to be the starting face of the revolution. With tensions in the colonies rising, many were willing to rebel against the newly implanted taxes imposed by the British. In his “Speech to the Virginia

Following the collapse of France during World War II, the conditions the Allied powers faced became bleaker by the day. The United Kingdom was standing alone in the face of Germany, and under Hitler’s reign, the German “blitzkrieg” or “lightning war,” a tactic involving bombardment, tanks, and ground troops in quick offense proved too much for many countries. Winston Churchill would be the one to place hope in the hearts of the British people, delivering his “Their Finest Hour” speech on the 18th

overestimated the reliability of friendly Afghanistan forces no full joint command structure in the Afghanistan area of responsibility and joint coalition operations had no plan to guide force operations. In Afghanistan, there was confusion about who was in charge with unity of command. The Army Task force 10th Mountain was the lead organization during planning and execution of Anaconda, but it did not yet have full Combined Joint Task Force authority to plan a joint battle Many of its integrated

Before the Royal Air Force was founded, the British had two branches involved with aviation: the royal flying corps and the royal navi air service. However, on April 1, 1918 the two branches merged to create the Royal Air Force. Also they had a woman’s Royal Air Force created on the same date. Hugh Trenchard was the first founder of the Royal Air Force, he has been described as the father of the RAF. The Royal Air Force had to be flexible and agile, and they also had to adapt to new threats.

Mission success included people success. The motto, “Lead, follow, or get out of the way” is the motto to his transformational leadership. Leadership at the operational level builds team dynamics for small groups and squadrons. In World War II, the Air Corps looked to Curtis LeMay to help guide a

The use of the armed forces is determined by national military strategy. An important role in the implementation of the national military strategy in U.S. played airpower. The versatility, speed, range, high maneuverability, and advanced technology are the distinctive proprieties of operational and strategic airpower. Over the past 70 years, the entire notion about airpower has met a massive change in modern warfare. Airpower has evolved into a fighting force with the same rights as other branches

An Investigation into How the British could have achieved victory in the American War of Independence The American War of Independence was perhaps the first colonial war of independence during the period of European dominance across the globe. Great Britain, a relatively new country with a stable, democratic government, established an enormous trading empire which stretched from North America to East India and was the greatest superpower on Earth. It came to be so, firstly by its highly effective

on the viewpoint. From 27th May to 4th June the British Expeditionary Force with the remainder of the French and Belgian armies were attacked from behind by the Germans while waiting for a ‘ferry service’ back to Britain. After their defeat at Calais, in May 1940, the British army were ordered to retreat from the area and get to the coastal area of Dunkirk no matter what. There they would be rescued by the British naval forces. However, the Brits were left waiting until the 27th of May. Whilst the

The Malayan Emergency was a guerrilla war fought in pre- and post- independence Federation of Malaya. The main antagonists were the Common Wealth Armed forces on one side and the Malayan National Liberation Army, and the military arm of the Malayan Communist Party on the other side. The Common Wealth Forces armed the communist party during their war with the Japanese Army in the Second World War. The Malayan Emergency was originally the colonial government’s term for the conflict. The rubber plantation

Unity of Command during Operation Anaconda “Unity of command is defined as all forces operate under a single commander with the requisite authority to direct all forces in pursuit of a common purpose.” (Doctrine for the Armed Forces of the United States, 2013, p. V-1). Combined Joint Task Force (CJTF) Mountain only had tactical control of some of the organizations involved and due to United States Central Command (CENTCOM) not being centrally located this caused delays in decision making. Even