He received his Victoria Cross for a pre-dawn one man raid on a German airfield for which he was credited with three victories. ... In Billy Bishop's combat report he said "I fired on 7 machines and the aerodone, some of which had their engines running." ... If they were to admit that they suffered defeat, it would look bad on their air force and of course on their country. ...
He received his Victoria Cross for a pre-dawn one man raid on a German airfield for which he was credited with three victories. ... In Billy Bishop's combat report he said "I fired on 7 machines and the aerodone, some of which had their engines running." ... If they were to admit that they suffered defeat, it would look bad on their air force and of course on their country. ...
In other words, Japanese Americans were willing to die fighting for their country just like any other Americans. ... During World War II, the unit fought well against the Axis powers by taking out 409 planes and 950 ground units, sinking a battleship and running more than 200 bomber escort missions. The unit earned three Unit Citations, one Silver Star, 96 Flying Crosses, 14 Bronze Stars, 744 Air Medals and eight Purple Hearts after winning numerous battles and being the only unit to not suffer a single casualty (Tuskegee Airmen). ... On the contrary, if the government simply allow minority Am...
American Entertainment In the 1940's When a country goes to war, its citizens struggle economically and socially with the cost of war and the damage it brings to families. ... American entertainment during World War II kept America running, and brought the country together at a time of world fighting. ... He wrote songs that Americans sung across the country and lifted spirits while family members were off at war. ... "Sally Don't You Grieve" was written in 1944 by Guthrie and was for the women who had men at war: "I'm a-gonna cross that ocean wide Army rifle by my sid...
Many men can be considered to be brilliant and many men are so charismatic that they can hold in their grasps the actions of an entire country. ... The way that he was able to control and hypnotize the country of Germany into doing his beckon call has been a feat never reached by another human being after him. ... Hitler was also a military man; he served a stint in the German Army where he earned the Iron Cross for bravery. ... In the post World War I era of Germany poverty was sweeping the country and they were looking for a scapegoat and Hitler presented them with one, the Jews. ... Hit...
The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. ... Since the communists continued to fight, sixteen United Nations countries sent troops and forty-one countries sent military equipment, food or other supplies. ... On June 25, 1950 General Dean was walking out of church and the post duty officer came running saying, "General, sir, we've just had word that the North Koreans have crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded South Korea." ...
The Moment the War Comes Home After landing troops on the battlefield of South Vietnam with huge amounts of war expenses, Washington D.C. incessantly acclaimed for a liberal democracy in this small Asian country. ... The year 1970 was considered to be the culmination of this movement with protests across the country, which attracted millions of Americans regardless of race, age, gender. ... The announcement on April 30, 1970, of President Richard Nixon that US troops would cross the Vietnam border into Cambodia was the straw that broke the camel's back, ignited a wave of protest by stu...
He rejected the colors of the Weimar Republic and chose a red field to represent blood with a white circle for the Nationalist idea and a black hooked cross the swastika to suggest the struggle towards victory of the Aryan Man (Forman 43). ... After the bills were passed, the German military feared that when Hitler took full leadership of the country, they would lose control, and the SA would take over. ...
This new band of allies would now be an alliance sandwiched between a collection of countries devoted to liberal & democratic ideals against countries that were based around nationalism and military autocracy (The Axis). ... Mussolini and the Fascists Of all the popular movements in Europe's changing political mesh one figure stands out in one country in particular, Benito Mussolini. ... Over the span of its involvement in conflict Italy lost more then 460,000 soldiers and the country was left heavily in debt. ... The Roman Empire had been (and still is) a major source of pride for any I...
In 1911 nearly 70 per cent of the country's 45 million inhabitants lived in urban areas. ... A strong social ethic, continued from the Victorian times of Dickens and Disraeli, began increasingly to influence the political character of the country and its institutions. ...
