"Necessity is the mother of all invention", and so it was taught and learned throughout all of World War 2. During World War 2 weaponry had to be upgraded and revised to fit every situation. ... Tanks ruled most all the land fighting, but the seas were a different story. Ships and u-boats played a huge role in all of World War II. ... The seas then became extremely important to control, because if the seas were controlled, the large vessels could send troops anywhere. ...

• Word Count: 2286
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

World War II Review Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland World War II begins Nov. 30, 1939 Russia invades Finland o Beginning of the Russo-Finish War The war is over the Soviet demand for Finland to relinquish naval bases and territory to the Soviets Russia wins the war (they outnumber Finland 10-1), but suffer huge casualties Convinces Hitler that it is time to invade Russia May 10, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister o Rallies England to resist planned German invasion (OPERATION SEA LION) Pro-German...

• Word Count: 1695
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

This essay will go into detail about the Canadian roles in World War I and World War 2. ... Canada's military effort in World War I put the country into the world stage. ... More than 60,000 Canadian soldiers died in World War I. ... This menace came from the sea as Germany was determined to starve the British people into submission by destroying their sea communications and cutting them off from overseas supplies. ... The Allies were not ready for such new technology and U-Boats were responsible for countless losses at the sea. ...

• Word Count: 2211
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

It was the German submarine campaigns of World War I that influenced the German naval strategy of World War II. Without the naval campaigns of World War I the German submarines would not have made the dramatic impact that they did in the Second World War. ... Britain had a fleet of about 3, 000 merchant ships to transport there materials and almost every day 2, 500 of the ships were at sea (Pitt, 17). The Germans knew that the sea was vital to Britain's survival and the German subs missed no opportunity to attack (Pitt, 18). ... It was the German submarine campaigns of World War I that in...

• Word Count: 1770
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

The Second World War (WWII) was one of the most significant events in Canadian History. ... To understand the effect of post World War 2 on women, we must first explore how the war impacted women even before D-Day. ... Families needed to learn a new set of skills as their loved ones continued to have flash backs and memories of their time spent over seas. ... When the criteria, for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was established some 40 years after World War II many were given the correct diagnoses, thereby receiving the proper help. ...

• Word Count: 2120
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A World War (1915-1917) Summary Though the major battle lines had been drawn in Europe, the war was not confined to the Continent. ... In the north, Britain pondered how best to use its superiority at sea. ... The only major naval battle of the Great War, the Battle of Jutland, occurred in the North Sea in early 1916. ... Though out of chronological order, we will treat the impact of the Russian Revolution on World War I first. ... When World War I began, Russia was the least prepared of all belligerents. ...

• Word Count: 2378
• Approx Pages: 10

An anti utopic future, humans consumed by greed resort to over consumption, destroying the world at a rapid rate to only leave one spec of beauty in a poisoned world. ... The world has been destroyed by a lot of pollution and people have been poisoned by mass cropping of forest's to feed the grow world which has reached the point of starvation. ... Mean while beneath the ground, hidden away from the rest of the world lives Hector? ... With the population of the world growing and doesn't seem to be stopping, something is going to have to budge, whether it be us or the world and it&...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The First World War in history was due to three major causes: nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. ... Those submarines would sink any British or Allied ship in the sea surrounding Britain. ... The First World War introduced a lot of new tactics in warfare. While the First World War was mainly fought as trench warfare, it also introduced new weapons and vehicles. ... It is important to learn about the First World War to prevent something like that from happening again. ...

• Word Count: 1297
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During World War II, the U.S. ... In the end, on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which fully brought the U.S. to World War II. ... All this however only led to the U.S. first major naval battle, The Battle of Coral Sea. Japan's main purpose in this battle was to establish control of the Coral Sea which is between Australia and New Caledonia, by first capturing Port Moresby and by attacking from Buma along the Kokoda Trail over the Owen Stanley Mountains. ... The Battle of Coral Sea was a strategic victory for the Allies but Japan considered it a victory for them. ...

• Word Count: 1484
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the end of the First World War, in 1919, the Allies met and, as part of the Treaty of Versailles, forced Germany to accept the complete blame for starting the Great War. ... Before the question can be answered, it is important to look at the situation in Europe at the time before the First World War started. ... Britain had been the major naval power in the world ever since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. ... Britain did not see why Germany needed such a large navy concentrated in the North Sea (Britain's ships were spread all over the world), despite the German navy being smaller ...

• Word Count: 1316
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

World War II ranged from 1939 through 1945 and it involved every major world power. ... Partly responsible were the humiliating peace treaties forced on Germany after World War I. ... The Allies must control the air and sea and German troops would have to be dispersed through out Europe. ... German General Rommel believed that the Allies should be destroyed at sea. ... Germany's chance to push them back out to sea was gone. ...

• Word Count: 1983
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In contrast, Auden's idea of art in the modern world surfaces as an attempt to bring unity and coherence into an otherwise fragmented, suffering modern world. ... He creates an imaginary woman in order to cope with his world. ... Auden's idea of art in the modern world is antithetical to that of Thomas and surfaces as an attempt to bring unity and coherence into an otherwise fragmented, suffering, modern world. ... But the young Icarus, overwhelmed by the thrill of flying, did not heed his father's warning, and flew too close to the sun whereupon the wax in his wings melted a...

• Word Count: 1641
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the main arguments used is that America was acting "to make the world safe for democracy" (Hugh Brogan). ... The long term effects mainly evolve around the disagreements between America and Germany over the "freedom of the sea's". ... After the necessary increases, the U.S naval fleet became the second most powerful in the World. ... Wilson believed he was going into an ideological war to "make the world safe for democracy" (freedom and liberty) and to help reshape peace. ... To Wilson, the German militarism was the main obstacle to peace, a "menace to world peace and civilisation"...

• Word Count: 1280
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Now that we are still dealing with the latest attacks on the World Trade Centers, I find myself almost indifferent. ... So in turn we try to rid the world of this. ... But the real jackpot is under the Caspian Sea. ... However, there are still those who beleive we should only protect ourselves rather those who live half-way across the world. ... Looking back on World War II, we sat and waited until the war was brought to us to help the world. ...

• Word Count: 1315
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Tensions were building all over Europe prior to the outbreak of World War One. ... The tensions before World War One can be largely attributed to the rise of nationalism throughout Europe. ... Another possible cause of World War One was the intense military build up just prior to the war. ... Sir Edward Grey of Britain stated "Our navy is to us what the German Army is to Germany" (Cited on 17) In the Navy law Germany states that its navy was "to protect the Empire's sea trade and colonies." ... A final cause of World War One was the increasing colonial disputes between countries. ...

• Word Count: 1729
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The airplane has been used in every major war since World War I. ... There are three types of surveillance, air-to-air, air-to-sea, and air-to-ground. ... Air-to-sea is like its counterpart air-to-air, its been around for awhile, since the World War II days. In 1980 air-to-sea classifications radar were introduced to the military. ... The B-52 possessed air-to-sea surveillance capabilities "two B-52s, in two hours, can monitor 140,000 square miles (364,000 square kilometers) of ocean surface." ...

• Word Count: 1906
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Historians are quoted as saying that although World War I was not inevitable; World War II was due to the unresolved tension between nations. ... The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was one of six treaties that ended World War I. ... Finally, Czechoslovakia received the Hultschin district from Germany; and Memel, a small territory in East Prussia along the Baltic Sea, was ultimately given to the Lithuanians.1 In addition to the loss of land, reparations had to be paid to the Allies by Germany. ... The harsh terms of the treaty are often blamed for Germany's actions in World War II. ... By the 1...

• Word Count: 2418
• Approx Pages: 10

Crimea is a land mass on the northern coast of the Black Sea, lies on the west of Kuban (Russia) and on the south of Ukraine. ... In the Second World War it was occupied by Germany. ... As it was the only land which connects Russia to Black Sea through Sevastopol " a warm water port. ... The world countries are isolating the Russia by putting sanctions regarding trade. ... This increases the enmity between Russian Federation and world organizations and countries which is very alarming for world peace. ...

• Word Count: 1471
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

The actual causes of the attack and also the long-term effects that the attack on Pearl Harbor had on the world are some aspects one doesn't see. ... It contained ten main proposals: It must be a surprise attack; U.S. carriers are the main objective; U.S. aircraft on the Island of Oahu are an objective; every available Japanese Carrier should take part in the operation; all types of attack aircraft should be used; Japanese fighters should play an active role in the attack; the attack should be early in the morning; refueling vessels at sea is necessary; all planning must be kept secret; ...

• Word Count: 1784
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Calverley 6 May 2003 History Essay: Final Draft The Foreign Policies of Woodrow Wilson: Why America Entered the First World War After Declaring Neutrality in 1914 The Great War was an incredible landmark in the history of mankind. ... However, one factor which undermined America's hope of trading with all European nations was Britain's control of the high seas. ... Germany was also portrayed as an unprincipled, savage nation trying to acquire control of much of the world. ... One year later, the Sussex was sunk by German U-boats and American citizens were outraged at t...

• Word Count: 1910
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Wilfred Owen wrote Dulce et Decorum Est about the first World War, in which he had personally fought. ... The next metaphor featured occurs in the next line - As under a green sea, I saw him drowning. This situation is linked to the earlier use of the word floundering, and carries on the sea theme in a more definite way. The man is giving up the fight, onomatopoeic of the desperate fight for air under a sea. ... Although in this case gas replaces sea, the concept is still basically the same - suffocation. ...

• Word Count: 2354
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

They all deal with some of the greatest people in world history. ... These people changed the way people live and view the world today. ... Both of the World Wars influenced these people's work and ideas. ... Key West was a laid-back place and Ernest spent a great deal of time deep-sea fishing with friends. ... He worked semi-officially, through the US Embassy in Cuba patrolling the seas searching for German submarines on his own boat the Pilar. ...

• Word Count: 1766
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

He lived through World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War. Steinbeck was a war correspondent during World War II (Jones 78). ... Declared war on Germany starting World War II ( Schultz 30). ... His early books were, The Pearl, Tortilla Flat, and Sea of Cortez. ... His book, The Sea of Cortez was written while on a marine biology project with his friend, Ed Ricketts. ...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

A number of factors had greatly changed the way the military could react by the beginning of the First World War. ... War could now be staged by land, sea, or air - who's land, sea or air seemed irrelevant. ... World war two had turned out to be a war of society vs. society. ... Our world has become increasingly smaller as technology has led to globalization. ... Long-range atomic missiles leave no part of the world free from the effects of an atomic blast. ...

• Word Count: 1615
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II The Tuskegee Airmen were dedicated, determined young men who volunteered to become America's first black military airmen. ... Their mission was Naples Harbor and Mediterranean Sea air patrol in the 12th Air Force in May 1944. In June 1944, the 332nd Fighter Group transferred to the 15th Strategic Air Force on the Adriatic Sea side of Italy and was stationed at Ramitelli Air Base, Italy. ... This was another unprecedented aerial gunnery feat of World War II. ... These were the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. ...

• Word Count: 1575
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate