MY family in World War Two

My mom's mother's father was 31 so he didn't have to fight and his children were too young.  However, my family did make afghans, along with their whole district, to send to the troops.  My great-grandmother paid for all the overseas postage on the afghans.  The sent them to Lt. Col. Elmer Dorste who was an officer under Gen. Patton.  One of the afghans they made was special in the fact that each six inch square had something sewn into it.  It was so unique that a man under Droste asked for it even tho he wasn't in the hospital.  He then carried it with him all the time.  He asked for it and they put it under his bleeding head when he was shot by a sniper.  He bled so much that i covered the afghan and it is now buried with him.

The Real Vasily Zaytsev

It turns out that the duel between one of the best Russian Rifle men and and equally skilled German in Enemy at the Gates was probably made up for Russian Propaganda but records are spotty at best.  I personally don't think that was needed.  Vasily Zaytsev had a confirmed record of 149 kills and an unconfirmed record that could be over 400.

My Thoughts Regarding Guadalcanal

2) How do expeirenced leaders help them cope with such an overwhelmin experience?

I believe that, in the move, the experienced leaders helped the new recruits by pushingthem farther.  If the leaders were not there, many of the new guys would bhave either ran, or surrendered.

4) How do the tactics and fighting philosophy of the Japanese differ from those of the Americans?

I believe that the Japanese were more based on honor of the fight and the kill and the Amercans honored bravory and determination.  The tactics seam to be WW1 tactics where they dig in and rush, dig in and rush.

5) Can either side claim moral superiority?

I believe neither side can claim moral superiority.  In the movie, there is a scene where the Americans a torturing a Japanese soilder by firing at him and not killing him.  Then nicking him in his arm and his side, telling him to run, and calling him deragitory names.  However, I know some background on Japanese P.O.W. camps and the torture and exicution style killing that the Japenese did there.

Germany Weaponry

Many of the German weaponry were actually better than the Allies'

The Trenches

Think you got what it takes to fight in the trenches?

WWI Fun Facts

The following words were first used in the trenches of WWI, and are still used today!

Over the Top, Trench Coat, Ace, Buddy, Pushing up the Daisies, Red Tape, Zoom, Sniper, Washout, Cootie, Tune Up, In the Pink, Zero Hour, Zoom, Busted , Guy, Ticked Off, Put a Sock in it, Hit the Deck, Washout, Rookie, Coffin nail, Seconds, Fed Up, Rise & Shine, Pipe down, Mess up, Get knocked off, Hike, Gadget, Kick the Bucket, Rank & File, Chow Down, Bull, Cushy, Scrounge, Shot(inoculation), Humdinger, Missed the Bus, Basket Case

The Armenian Genocide

Amazing book about the Armenian Genocide.

How/why did Germany go to such lengths to destroy the British Empire

I think that the Germans went to such lengths because they wanted to stretch and weaken the war machine that was the British Army.  They did this by attacking many of the colonies that Britain had.  From China to the Falkland Islands, the Germans attacked the British in hopes to draw troops away from the front so that they might beat France.  Their plan actually worked however not in the numbers they were hoping.

I think that World War I should be called a "world war" because it was faught in more than just Europe.   In China, India, Australia, Indonesia, South America, Africa, and the Pacific Ocean, Germans and British were fighting to gain or protect land and economic growth.  The Germans even had a plan to attack the east coast of the United States.  This would have brought the war to our very front door.  And given the fact that they sent 60 warships and about 100,000 men,  it sounds like it would have been more of an invasion that, I believe, we probably would not have been able to fight off.

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Airplanes from World War I

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What creates a World War? What would start one today?

World Wars are created because two countries begin a war and their allies are pulled in.  Today a world war could be started over the control of oil reserves. 

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