WARS

Sunday, October 7, 2012

French and Indian War

The French and Indian war, also known as the seven years war in Europe, is a not really famous war on 1756- 1763. The war was started for multiple reasons: The British claimed the Ohio river valley along with France, and George Washington's troops shot two french officers, those are the main two reasons. the Ohio river valley was a prominent Beaver fur trading site. George has always wanted to join the British Army and to do so, you had to be very good, know someone, or "inherit" it (like if your father was in it.) the Colonies wanted someone to go into the French's territory and try to negotiate with them. it was a suicide mission, but George Washington wanted to make a name for himself and volunteered. When he got there, they didn't even listen to him so they sent him away. The Colonies plan B was to build a fort in the middle of the Ohio River Valley. So in 1754 they sent George Washington with 150 men to build a fort, Fort Necessity.on the way they shot two french officers without permission. When they built it they built it in the middle of a field, in firing range of the trees. It was actually in a water drainage site also. It was also very close to the French Fort Duqense. Fort Necessity was quickly surrounded by the French, and was forced to surrender. When the French brought them back to the Fort they gave him the terms of release, it was in French so they read it to him. they told him if he signed it, they let him and his men go if they promised to never come back. so he signed is. It really said he was a terrible person who shot officers and a lot of terrible things about George. Even though he was embarrassed he was lionized. the Albany Plan of Union, suggested by Benjamin Franklin, was turned down by the Colonists. The British and French in Europe did not send over troops at first. most of the Indian tribes sided with the French because they were friendly and married women in the tribes. The Iroquois sided with the British after a while of trying to be neurtal. the only reason they sided with the British is because they bribed and threatened them to side with them. This war was fought in both America and Europe. the Colonists backup plan was to attack the main French Fort, Fort Duquense. So George Washington and General Edward Bradock with a small Militia and 1,400 Redcoats. They were up against a huge ammount of the French army and there Indian allies. this was a terrible fail of an attack, with more than a thousand casualties for the British and Militia including Edward. one main reason for the defeat is the indians guerillawarfare of hiding behind rocks and other objects. Also the French had the higger ground which is a very important factor in battles.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Lebanon War of 2006

The Hezbollah terrorists crossed the border from Lebanon into Israel on July 12, 2006. The Terrorist attacked attacked Israeli soldiers guarding the border. Eight soldiers died and two were kidnapped. Israel countered with precision air strikes aimed at Hezbollah troops and commanders in Lebanon. Hezbollah immediately responded with lots of Katyusha rockets, which targeted civilian population centers in Israel's northern cities. The rockets continued at more that 100 per day, making nearly 4,000 rockets fired over the entire war. The war lasted five weeks. Israel was targeting Hezbollah positions including the offices of its, weapons, storage site, leadership, ,and rocket launch sites. When Israel went to sabotage the Hezbollah including certain roads and bridges through Iran and Syria which supplied weaponry to Hezbollah and Beirut's airport. this war was won by the israeli of course cause the U.S helped them.

the Cold War

Quickly after World war 2 was the cold war which was about the Soviets wanting to make everyone a communist like them at the time the U.S. and the Soviet Union were the only ones with nuclear bombs. So there was a fear that a nuclear war would result. There were no fighting against the Soviet Union because it was a cold war. The Red Scare was a time when the Americans were "scared" of a communist infiltrating the U.S. government and would turn the U.S. communist.the Bay of pigs invasion was supposed to be an invasion of Cuba because dictator Fidel Castro over took Fulgencio Batist, the former leader, who was allied with America. Fidel wasn't treating the Cubans right. The CIA were to train Cuban exiles to overtake the Cuban government, they were to have two bomb raids and have two different attacking forces. This mission failed terribly, most of the bombers missed their targets and the Cubans weren't trained very well. the 1,400 Cuban exiles were quickly under heavy fire and were met by 20,000 troops from Fidel. there were also bad weather also. this looked very bad for President Kennedy and for the CIA. This took place on April 17, 1961. Then there was the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. This was the nearest the world came to a total nuclear war. the Cuban island had Soviet leaders in it ready to use these nuclear bombs the moment Cuba is attacked. The Soviet missiles could only reach America if launched from Europe, but American missiles could reach all the way to The Soviet Union. now that Soviet Missiles were in Cuba they could easily reach the U.S. now, this sent America into a panic. As soon as President Kennedy heard of the missiles being there he organized a group of a dozen of the best, most important advisers, he called this group EX-COMM. While this was happening, Fidel Castro the Cuban Dictator was trying to find a successful way to defend Cuba after the Attack at the Bay of pigs Invasion. Kennedy placed a Naval Blockade around Cuba to stop the transport of more weapons. He also sent a lot of stealth missions to spy on the Cubans and what their plans were. Eventually, the advisers from EX-COMM convinced the Cubans and Soviets to lower their Missiles. This could have been very, very bad.

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Korean War

World war II turned Korea into North and South Korea. The North was Communist and the South was supported by the United States. This war started 1950 and ended in 1953. The war .started when North Korea crossed the 38th parallel line divided the country. The North quickly invaded the south, so the United states came in to help. Right after 90% or more of the Korean Peninsula.South Korea was really close to being defeated. General Douglas MacArthur came up with a counter attack pushing North Korea back across the border. They kept going North toward China hoping to destroy Communism from North Korea Soon Thousand of Chinese soldiers came in. The Americans soon retreated. Eventually they made a defense line located about at the 38th parallel line. This war is at a stalemate, the Korean war never really ended. It is currently happening to this day.

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Guns


Johnson Model 1941, a US wepon used in World War I

Guns

German Mauser was a standard German weapon made in 1898


French Lebel produced 1886, Eight round	Magazine


British lee-Enfield produced 1907

M1 Thompson produced 1919 used in World war I
It is also known as the Tommy gun ans was a famous gun used by most gangsters such as Al Capone

LugerL08 was a German pistol used by German officers

vietnam war

soldiers carrying a wounded soldier

The Vietnam War was a result of communism. The Soviet Union was trying to spread their beliefs of communism around the whole world. Vietnam were divided into two sections, North Vietnam and South Vietnam. the north side were communist the south were not. The U.S was totally against communism,so right away they took side of the South Vietnamese. this war was a very gruesome war because North Vietnam troops would dress like civilians would hide in bars and taverns and such and when the U.S troops came in they would get massacre. A new type of weapon was used in this called napalm, which was like a explosive fiery bomb, which was very deadly and left a trail of flame. This war was a very deadly war because of the cruel warfare of the North Vietnamese. The U.S. went through most of their current troops so they had to use draft cards which every physically able man had. this called them to war at any time if they were needed. since this war was costing the U.S. many troops many draft cards were called. this meant many men of America were called to war. this also caused many protesters complaining about their sons, husbands or friends, dying in this war. This war was not actually won by the U.S. but they didn't lose either, they left before the North won. This is the only war the U.S. didn't win. The U.S involvement happened after the French left the Vietnam so the U.S. basically took the French's place in defending South Vietnam from Communism. This war ended with North Vietnam winning. Now it is just called Vietnam.