... its infantry to raid the attacked sections of the country to claim the victory as it is evident in their attack of France. German generals were determined to making sure that the enemy could not be prepared for the Blitzkrieg attack. During Germany's attack on Poland, Germany used it's aircrafts to disrupt any radio communications on enemy's territory in order for the victim ... allies for help. Generals realized that the enemy would be much more "vulnerable when attacked at night"2; this would give Germany not only a clearer attack but a faster and a well-organized attack as well. Fran...

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... its infantry to raid the attacked sections of the country to claim the victory as it is evident in their attack of France. German generals were determined to making sure that the enemy could not be prepared for the Blitzkrieg attack. During Germany's attack on Poland, Germany used it's aircrafts to disrupt any radio communications on enemy's territory in order for the victim ... allies for help. Generals realized that the enemy would be much more "vulnerable when attacked at night"2; this would give Germany not only a clearer attack but a faster and a well-organized attack as well. Fran...

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... its infantry to raid the attacked sections of the country to claim the victory as it is evident in their attack of France. German generals were determined to making sure that the enemy could not be prepared for the Blitzkrieg attack. During Germany's attack on Poland, Germany used it's aircrafts to disrupt any radio communications on enemy's territory in order for the victim ... allies for help. Generals realized that the enemy would be much more "vulnerable when attacked at night"2; this would give Germany not only a clearer attack but a faster and a well-organized attack as well. Fran...

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... damaged while 188 aircrafts were destroyed, 159 damaged, 2,403 people died, and that included 68 civilians. The number of wounded military personnel and civilians amounted to 1178. (The Pearl) This attack on US soil began the involvement of the United States in WWII. The war started 2 years prior on September 1st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Germany already occupied Austria and ... . It caused a complete stop on the purchase of oil. So in 1940 the Japanese decided to capture the Dutch East Indies which was filled with oil. (Japanese) Shortly after the attack on pearl harbor accrued...

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... as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. In 1955 official casualties were given as 2,330 dead and 1,347 wounded. This attack destroyed much of the American Pacific Fleet. The attack also got the United States into World War II. The slogan "Remember Pearl Harbor" helped boost the morale of the population ... He said "Every single man, woman, and child is a partner in the most tremendous undertaking of our American history." At the time of the attack, Nazi Germany had taken over much of Europe. The U.K. and the Soviet Union provided the main resistance to the Nazis. The United States had stayed .....

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... upon with attacks coming at the right times. The buildup of military was also an essential factor in either the successful attack on a country or alliance or the prevention of your country losing during an attack. Europe during the time of the Great War was almost identical to those situations in the game. The concepts of multi ... . Another concept similar in the game and the causes of WWI is deterrence. Deterrence is the building up of a military in order to avoid attack. Deterrence was a method used by much of the class during the game. Many countries and alliances knew that another w...

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... to the strong. Before America entered the war, they found out about Germany's plans to invade South America in Brazil, Chile, and Peru. Germany also planned to attack the Panama Canal, which is very important for American sea-trade and for ships to get from coast to coast. If these plans were true, the US had ... to put an end to them then, so that Hitler did not attack America. As people began to follow FDR's thinking of pro-war because of what the Axis has done, the neutrality acts were changed and repealed. After the ... or subs. This undeclared naval battle mainly between the US an...

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... be defeated however, the allies had to land on the mainland of Europe. This massive undertaking would result in D-Day's Operation Overlord, the largest amphibious attack ever. In developing these tactics, the allies first had a sort of experiment, the failed Canadian attack on Dieppe. Valuable lessons were learned that enable the rest of the allies to not repeat these mistakes. The Canadian ... attack failed for a number of reasons, primarily because of a lack of surprise and lack of Air and Ship fire support. Their problems were corrected in time for D-day where massive air ... and na...

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... and signed a treaty with them. R: U.S. had already been angry with them and this led to more aggression on their part. Bombing of Pearl Harbor. 12-7-1941 (11) A: Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which damaged of destroyed many ships and planes and killed about 2500 Americans. R: War was declared between the U.S. and Japan with its allies. "Asia for the Asians ... . Battle of the Bulge. December 1944 (19) A: In one of the Germans last offensive maneuvers, they summoned up some more strength and pushed back part of the allied line of attack. R: At first the Allies were losing ...

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... , the world was forever changed as Germany invaded Poland and executed its first "Blitzkrieg" or "Lightning attack", quickly crushing Polish resistance. Russia and Germany signed a non-aggression pact days before the attack on Poland. Seeing that Germany was dominating with barely any interference, Stalin knew that he needed an ... was denied so he then turned to Germany. Germany agreed and they signed a non-aggression pact. With the agreement, Russia and Germany would attack Poland. On September 1st Soviets attacked Poland from the east and Germany attacked from the west of Poland. With...

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... . The war on the Western front was draining for both sides. The French army was taking at beating at Verdun. To relieve the French, the Allied High Command decided to attack the Germans to the north of Verdun therefore requiring the Germans to move some of their men away from the Verdun battlefield thus relieving the French. Ironically, the head of ... the French Army, believed that the attack in the Somme would achieve little. The offensive was planned late in 1915 and was intended as a joint French-British attack. The French Commander in Chief conceived the idea as a battle of attritio...

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... were fired at 4:47 on September 1st, 1939. 5 days later Westerplatte surrendered. The incident, which triggered the Second World War, was a simulated attack by the Germans. They shot prisoners from nearby concentration camps after they dressed them in Polish Military uniforms. A Polish-speaking German then did the broadcast ... killed less Germans than car crashes. For the same period of time, the German Air Force killed around 15,000 British. The first British air attack on a mainland population center, 36 RAF planes bombed the rail yards of Manchen Gladbach. The raid killed one person ...

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... Schlieffen Plan was also devised because in 1914 war seemed very likely especially with Russia. If that was to happen Germany assumed France would also attack as she was an ally of Russia and would want revenge for her defeat in the Franco-Prussian war. In addition war would have to ... He thought it was the main concern to defeat France quickly before Russia had a chance to mobilize her armed forces. The Schlieffen Plan was meant to attack France by going through Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg which are called the Benelux countries. Schlieffen planned to use 90% of German military for...

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... Europe: Denmark, Holland, N&W France, and Poland were under Germany's control. Than fallowed the Battle of Britain.. Unlike the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain took form of a concentrated aerial attack, firstly upon Britain's airfields, and then upon London and other cities. That time German did not appeared to be so successful. Although it was not loosing, it still could not ... Ocean dominated by hostile fleets, at the same time Japanese influence spread in the Pacific Ocean. Actually, Americans position of neutrality changes dramatically on 7 December 1941 with the Japanese a...

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... made it easy for her to get her troops to the German border. This was the monkey wrench in the German plans for attack. Under Schlieffen's plan German forces had to attack and defeat the French before Russia could attack her. Russia can be commended for her swift mobilization, part of Russian mobilization involved military control in the front line territories and military ... of 208 battalions of infantry and 228 squadrons of calvary that send Germany into a frenzy to mobilize her forces.Russia's immediate mobilization made Schlieffen's plan a failure. In response to this attack on her...

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... through Sicily & Italy, Normandy Invasion (D-Day), Drive through France and Belgium to Germany - Turning points: Battle of Stalingrad, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge - Strategies: Take control of Africa and Italy, Attack France from Italy and Normandy 3 major mistakes made by Hitler - allowing Allied troops to retreat from Dunkirk; Bombing London, giving the RAF time to rebuild; failure to take over USSR ... Wall breached - greatest successful combined Allied land, sea, and air operation - Rommel said the war would be won or lost on the beaches Battle of the Bulge - Germany's counter-attack...

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... destroyed 750,000 homes, 23,000 factories and killed one and a half million young men. Clemenceau, the French prime minister also wanted to make sure France was safe from another attack and money to pay for repair and loss. The U.S.A had suffered a great deal less than Europe in the war. They believed that punishing Germany would only make Germany want revenge ... . This would mean more trouble for the future. They wanted countries such as Poland and Czechoslovakia to become strong and independent. And France to feel safe against another German attack. They also wanted to set up a League...

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... obtained the information that the Lusitania was carrying munitions, it declared unrestricted warfare, claiming that the weapons onboard posed as a threat to the German Navy. They stated that they would attack without warning because the ships were now armed, and since it could defend off attackers, the Lusitania was considered a warship. (Source 6) Americans and British were outraged by this ... attack on a passenger ship, despite that it was carrying munitions. They saw it as a direct threat to their freedom, and shamed the Germans for having no morals. German hatred by the ... pushe...

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... . Bismack, the Prussian Statesman won the Franco Prussia war against France in 1870 and took from France a small industrial piece of land called Alsace-Lorraine. Also to guard against a revenge attack, made an alliance with Austria-Hungary and Italy, therefore, Schlieffen knew that his enemy was France as Alsace-Lorraine was an important piece of land to the French. This therefore ... meant that his plan of attack would be aimed at France and Russia. Schlieffen knew that if Germany were to invade France, Germany would have to fight Russia as well because of the Franco-Russian Alliance .....

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... already controlled Tunisia and Algeria, it wanted Morocco too. The Kaiser of Germany visited Tangier(a big city in morocco) and said that Germany would protect Morocco in case of a French attack. In 1911 France increased its control over Morocco and Germany sent a warship. The Germans withdrew at last but the French gave them part of Western Africa in exchange. These two ... the war). In 1908 Austria-Hungry have taken over Bosnia. The Serbs wanted it too, and Russia was on the other side, but Germany declared that they would attack Russia if it would attack Austria-Hungary. This was bec...

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... weigh heavily upon American and British planners. The American and Allied planners and logisticians had to create, field, and supply an organization that could meet and defeat the worst counter attack the enemy was capable of devising. Since Britain and the United States had to combine forces, it posed another question on command and control. What country would have command and ... the bulk of supplies and resources came from the United States, command and control would come from the United States. In January 1944 the Allies settled for a basic plan of attack on Normandy. The Americans ...

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... he still wanted more territory and militia. His armies were in the millions and he already had Germany. Everybody wanted Poland because this would be the key to launching an attack on Russia if they got to power hungry. Not one person or country wanted another World War especially if it was against Russia. America did not meet other demands from ... a war with German. This was not the case but Stalin signed the agreement with Hitler not to go into war with each other. Hitler could not attack Russia unless he felt threatened by a Soviet attack through Poland. The communists wanted to end...

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... at the end of the Second World War. This gave the Soviets a continuing influence in these regions, and it provided a buffer zone to protect the Soviet Union's western borders against attack. In addition, the Soviets wanted to keep Germany very weak so that it could never be a threat to peace again. The Western allies, however, did not agree with this strategy ... , the military alliance of NATO was created. Under the terms of the North Atlantic Treaty, 10 Western European countries, and the United States and Canada agreed to unite against an attack on any one of them. As such, it was a d...

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... the German was their lack of fuel and the whole 'adventure' depended on their initial thrust capturing the allied supplies. Without a supply of fuel they where sitting ducks. Hitler's last attack had to work or he would be defeated. The plan was to march 85 miles from Southern Belgium to Luxembourg and ... ...

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... . There are quite possibly only two reasons for justifiable warfare, and one of them was the Holocaust: the mass slaughter of Jews all throughout Europe. The second reason is to attack a country that remained neutral throughout the beginning of World War II. This country is America, primarily Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Thousands of good American soldiers lost their lives in a blind side ... attack by the Japanese on December 7th, 1941 (Adams, 203) The attack on Pearl Harbor is what brought America out of neutralism and into WW II. Shortly after learning of Americas" "official" presence in thi...

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