Why did the United States fight a war in the Philippines after the Spanish-American War? Why didn't Britain take the Philippines during the Spanish-American War? Why did the United States become involved in WW2? Why did the United States adopt a policy of containment?
How was the US involved in the Battle of Berlin? What war was in 1945? What happened to Japan after WWII? What happened after the Battle of Stalingrad? What happened at the Battle of Stalingrad? What led the Soviets to blockade West Berlin?
Albert Einstein was a renowned physicist and mathematician who formulated the “Law of Relativity” and developed the famous equation “energy is equal to mass times the speed of light squared," or E = mc2. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921, not for his theory of relativity but ...
WW2 was a total war .More than 60 countries and areas entered the war and 2 billions populations (80 perent of the world populations) were involved in it.War sites covered 4 continents---the Europe,Africa,Asia and Austrialia.The war spending was 3000 billions US dollars and that was 60 ...
The United States was an ally to South Vietnam, with the goal of assisting them to avoid a communist takeover. The United States involvement may have started out with an honorable intention; however, there are many reasons the United States should not have become involved in the conflict, ...
Ultimately, the island hopping campaign was successful. It allowed the US to gain control over sufficient islands in the Pacific to get close enough to Japan
What was the main reason the Schlieffen Plan failed? In World War I, the Schlieffen Plan was conceived by German general General Alfred von Schlieffen and involved a surprise attack on France. The plan failedbecause it wasn't realistic, requiring a flawless unfolding of events which never occurs...
(CHRONDISP 2) Chapter 1 I was in the workshop, reassembling a 16th Century duelling pistol, when I heard voices from the front of our shop. Intrigued, I put it down on the bench and stuck my head around the door. A tall thin figure was standing in front of the counter, and facing...
2001. The story was very faithfully recreated in the 1956 movie of the same name starring Clifton Webb as Montagu. I first read this book as a teenager and saw the film a short time later. I would recommend either or both to anyone, and especially to those with an interest in WW2 ...
Bonanzas a long time ago. That airplane was actually referred to by many as the “V-tail doctor killer” back in its heyday. If anything, the V-tail Bonanza was even more controversial than the Cirrus is today. As with the Cirrus, the problem was more with pilots than with the airpla...