Unit 731 was a secret Japanese research program during and after World War II, but what most people don't know is that Unit 731 was a travesty in world history that included indescribably cruel experiments, malicious germ warfare, and a surprising cover up by the United States. ... (Deezen) Pingfan's compound was six square kilometers in size and it housed 150 buildings including administrative buildings, laboratories, workers' dormitories, barracks, an autopsy-dissecting building, and a special prison to house human test subjects. ... Before implementing the germ warfare as ...

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Controlling the skies is key when fighting a war because of having the ability to attack land units and navies with limited fear of being hit from surfaced units, if flown at high altitudes. ... Reconnaissance is used to monitor enemy units and "resources" but is done "sporadically" while surveillance does the same type of work but is done for periods of time (Vallance 139) (P1). ... Tactical reconnaissance is extremely important for assessing damage of previously attacked enemy units and determining if a follow up attack is necessary (Vallance 140) (S1). ... The B-52 possessed air-to-sea...

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All units would pull back, to reduce the risk of being struck by shorts. ... This day would mark the largest air assault in history, on an area of only three square miles of the German line. ... They provided cover for the armor units that were about to make bold advances into hostile territory. ... In doing so, these units would cut a path through the opposition that would sometimes close behind them making it difficult to supply them. ... The front was no longer distinguishable so units passed in and out of hostile territory with out knowing it. ...

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General Holland Smith described the common situation between Higgins and the Marines as: A small unit attached to a large force like the Navy which, crippled by its own meager appropriations, tossed us the crumbs. ... These imperfections were: 1) a heavy spray over the stern sheets impairing the coxswain's vision in rough seas, 2) controls were at the aft of the boat where there was less visibility, 3) square stern should be redesigned to part the waves when the craft was beached, and 4) the boat should be metal instead of wood. ...

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British Imperialism And the Boer War European politics in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries endured controversy and problem over the ideas of imperialism and nationalism. Changes in Europe politically, intellectually, economically, and socially, radically conditioned new response to the issues of imperialism, nationalism, and war. Britain, at its imperial zenith, faced a war that sprung from both ideologies of imperialism and nationalism. The Boer War (1899-1902) would change imperialistic relations between England her colonies, and open their eyes to the country's m...

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For the Allies, as well as for Germany, it will be the longest day" June 19, 1944 BATTLE OF THE PHILLIPPINE SEA o "Marianas Turkey Shoot" over 435 Japanese aircraft were shot down in one day Battle broke the back of the Japanese air force and the back of Japanese naval power July 20, 1944 Attempted assassination of Hitler by members of the German General Staff led by Colonel Klaus von Stauffenberg o He was arrested and shot later that day o Field Marshall Rommel was also implicated in the abortive plot and later committed suicide rather than see his family persecuted and place...

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