History of War Categories

Next to 911, Pearle Harbor may have been the most dramatic shaking of our nation's sense of security in our history.  While that attack eventually backfired on Japan because it mobilized the American people to defeat the axis powers, it did accomplish the goal of instilling a great deal of concern that Japan would be able to dominate the war effort and eventually defeat us because they were able to pull off such a stunning blow as bombing our navy while in port.

Allied intelligence strategists during World War II began to plan the invasion of Europe toward the end of the North Africa campaign.  The first strategic initiative of this next big phase of the way was to neutralize the German defenses in the island of Sicily.  This was no small task because the island was difficult to approach the Germans were well entrenched on the island so it was well defended by land, sea and air.

The advances of technology had a major impact on the weapons deployed in World War I (1914 – 1918). It saw the earliest development and applications of new forms of weapons in aviation, navy and chemical warfare. World War I also saw the first widespread deployment machine guns, artillery and the introduction of the lumbering armored tank.

If there were ever the highest form of praise that an enemy can give to a spy, it was the one the German Gestapo gave to Virgina Hall when they called her "the most dangerous  allied spy".  Hall was a classic World War II spy in many ways including her many aliases of "Germaine", Camille", "Diane", and "Marie Monin". Even her arch enemies, the Germans had a nickname for Virginia Hall which was "Artemis". 

In a Summary of Vietnam war between communist North Vietnam and capitalist South Vietnam which commenced in 1964 and concluded in 1975. It was fought in southern Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia, Laos and in the bombing of North Vietnam. The capitalist South Vietnam forces were assisted by troops from the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. At the height of the war in 1969 this force comprised 800,000+ troops.

To have decent insights into ancient Chinese wars, one should definitely have a close look at the Warring States Period in Chinese history, commonly referring to the era from 475 BC - 221 BC. This period was marked with endless brutal wars among warlords in an effort to annex smaller states around them and consolidate their rule.

We often think of spying in World War II as something that is done alone by one intrepid and very courageous individual.  The movies and spy novels have created a myth of James Bond and other cartoonish spies that are able to do amazing things working alone.  But in almost all cases, the spies who were able to do serious damage to the German and Axis war efforts were working with an underground network of secretive operatives, any of which could be considered just as amazing and courageous as any movie hero you ever met.

Below is a great list of Facts About the Vietnam War.

1) 9,087,870  Americans served during the official era in the Vietnam war between August 5 1964 and May 7 1975.

2) 2,709,918 American served in uniform in Vietnam.

3) 85% of returning Vietnam Veterans successfully adapted to civilian life .

The weapons used in the war of 1812 were knives, swords, bayonets, pistols, muskets, rifles, cannons and to a lesser extent, crude bombs. Among these different kinds of weapons, muskets and rifles with bayonets were the most used and in fact, were considered as the weapons that won the battles between these two opposing armies. This is because most battles were frontal in nature with wide distances between sides that would naturally call for the use of muskets and rifles.

A lot of peculiar things happen during wartime.  One such story is of a man by the name of Juan Pujol Garcia who wanted so badly to become a British double agent that he faked it.  What makes his story so compelling is he was so good at faking his espionage abilities that he became a very real double agent who made a tremendous impact for the Allied side during the D-Day invasion.