World War 1

                                                    World War I                                              
World War 1 started July 28, 1914 and ended 1919. It started when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, when Serbia assassinated Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie.Soon this small conflict spread,Germany,Russia,Great Brittan, and France joined the war.They joined because they all had treaties, so they joined the war when there allies joined in. This war was one of the largest wars in history killing more than 9 million people mainly because of the new technology. The Austrian-Hungry invasion of Serbia and right after the Germans Invaded Belgium, Luxembourg and France. Then Russia attacked Germany. Soldiers on each side the line fought from trenches. If the soldiers wanted to get to the other trench they had to go through "no mans land,"The area between the trenches. Thousand of soldiers cross this land trying to get to the other trench. The allies hoped the U.S.A. would help them, but the U.S. didn't want to get involved, plus they were really far away.There were two reasons they changed there minds. First in 1915 a German U-boat sunk the British ocean liner RMS Lusitania.This ship carried mostly filled with passengers. The second was in 1917 when Germany sent a message to Mexico promising parts of the U.S. Britain found it and sowed the U.S. This is why the U.S entered the war, joining the allies.When the U.S. entered the war, Russia left the war. The wars in the East were over, but the wars in the West went on for one more year. Millions more of soldiers died and very little land was taken over. The Europeans were tired of all the years of fighting, but the United States came in, and soon the Germans retreated.In the next Few months, diplomats argued and agreed in order to come up with The Treaty of Versailles. This treaty gave land and money to decimated countries.

World War 2

World War 2

Adolf Hitler

                World War 2 is a very popular war with students, historians, and gun collectors. It lasted from 1939-1945. The U.S. involvement was 1941-1945. It all started when Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Germany, decided to take back the land they lost in the treaty of Versailles. He became dictator in 1937 because he gave the Germans false hope and told them they were the best race and that all "imperfects" should die. These included: Jews, Homosexuals, blacks, etc. In this war the Soviet Union wanted to join Germany by signing the German-Soviet Pact of nonaggression. Hitler decided to invade Poland. This made Britain and France very angry and they declared war on Germany on September, 3 1939. This was not the only reason for the war but this invasion triggered it. Poland was quickly defeated by Soviets and German soldiers. By 1940 , Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union were allied with Germany. These countries were known as the Axis powers. On July 10, 1940 the Nazi's attacked England, this battle was known as the Battle of Britain and was fought mainly in the sky. On October 31, 1940 the Nazi's finally backed down. The Soviet Union also took over the Baltic regions in 1940. In 1941, the Axis powers betrayed the Soviets and attacked them and took control over the Baltic regions. Because of this the Soviet Union became part of the Allies: Britain and France. Towards the end of 1941 Japan bombed the U.S. this caused the U.S. to join the allies and join the war even though they were neutral at first. This bombing is known as pearl harbor and in America we remind ourselves of this tragedy. If this never happened we might have not won the war. They became part of the war because they declared war on Japan, and then Italy and Germany declared war on the U.S. since they all had an alliance. The first time the war went to Germany was in May of 1942 when the sent a lot of planes to bomb Cologne, Germany. in the years 1942-1943, the Allied forces completed a lot of military victories in North Africa. The biggest tank battle in history happened in, July 1943 when Germany tried one more offensive move in Krusk. July 6th, 1944 is one of the most important dates in World War 2. it is known as D-day. This plan was considered suicide, 150,000 British and American troops invaded the beaches of Normandy, France which was one of the most heavily guarded areas of the Axis powers. The Allies finally took over Normandy towards the end of August. The first time U.S. troops crossed into Germany was on September, 11, 1944. this happened one month after the Soviets crossed the eastern border. Germany tried to launch a counter attack in mid December but failed. This counter attack happened in Belgium and northern France, this was known as the Battle of the Bulge. industrial plants and concentration camps were the target of Allied air support. Soon after D-day the Germans surrendered and the French were defeated. This left the Japanese, the final stages in the war were in the islands in the pacific because the U.S were trying to get closer to Japan. This strategy was called island hopping. The war ended when the U.S dropped two nuclear bombs on Japan with a plane called  The Enola Gay which was a b-52. The two bombs were called Little Boy and the Fat Man, they were dropped on, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This was the end of World War 2. The dropping of the two nuclear bombs was and is very controversial. many considered the Americans racist because they wouldn't have dropped it on the Germans. I'm not picking sides, but it did end the war quicker with less suffering and deaths. Quickly after this 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. This war also had the use of trenches but had terrible health and comfort conditions. Directly after this war, was the Cold war which you can read about at our blog.

          

Civil war

In the spring of  1861 Confederates and the Unions went to war Over Susession, because the Union wanted to abolish slavey. The election of the anti-slavery Republican. The president Abraham Lincoln in 1860 caused seven Confederate states to brake apart from the Untited States. Four more states joined them after the first shots were fired. Four years of brutal war caused somehistoric battles at Bull Run, Antiettam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Vicksburg.The war was known as brother agianst brother and neighboor agianst neighboor.The Confederates surrendered in 1865 with 620,000 of  2.4 million soldiers killed, million more were injured and the territory of the south was devastated. This was the last war to use a drummer boy.

The Battle of Gettysburg


Spring field 1842
It was manufactured 1844-1855 as a
primary military wepon

The battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was fought july 1-3, 1863. This battle caused the most deaths of any other battle during this war.The Union won this war

The Model 1861 colt nav  revolver

36-cailiber revolver was a
six shot , single-action 
manufactured 1861-1873

Revolutionary war

American flag at the time of the Revolutionary war

This was the way the British fought in the 1700's 

              The Revolutionary War was fought during the years 1775-1783. It was a war fought for the Americans independence over the Britians who "owned" and ruled over them. The Brits roamed the American streets and took all weapons, taxed them, etc. The Americans felt like they were treated unfairly and rebelled which resulted in the first battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. The British were ordered to destroy stores and rebels because they thought the Americans were trying to stock up on weapons for a rebellion. American Spies found out and sent Paul Revere and William Daves to warn the civilians. Paul is famous for the saying, "The British are coming!". Paul was eventually caught by a British patrol but Daves escaped. Paul and William were also known as the minute men. Then the next day was the battle of Lexington. There is not really a winner of this battle but led to the next battle Concord. During this battle someone shot a bullet before the battle started which is known as "the shot heard around the world. the battle of saratoga was probably the most inportant battle for the americans. when they won this it looked like the Americans coould win. because of this, Spain ans France took the Americans side. This war was a long and bloody war which resulted in the British surrender in Yorktown. The reason they surrendered is because the French and Spain took the rebels side, and the Americans knew the ground well, and last the Britians were being transported from Great Britian so they didn't have all their troops in one place because of this, they didn't have a strategic view. Now because of this America is a free country. George Washington become president after this, He was also a very good general in this war.

Weapons Used in this War

The musket was the most commonly used weapon in the Revolutionary war. Muskets varied in maker, they also were very high caliber

 



The Blundermoss was used by British, French, and some Americans. Mainly used at close combat.



 



 

  

 

  

lobby

   Hey everyone tis is Alex and Garrett! We are the writers of this blog (duh). Alright we will post info and pictures of a bunch of different wars. Feel free to post ideas, photos, or whatever you like (also comments).please comment on new guns, your favorite pictures, and what wars to do and the  things we missed.Thank you!