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Wars. Cory J. Kramschuster. World War I. Dates 1914 to 1918. Allied and Neutral Ships Lost. Mobilized, Dead, Wounded, Missing and POW. This is a common rifle used in World War 1. Troops hide in these for cover. This is a trench. Facts. about World War I.
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Wars Cory J. Kramschuster
World War I Dates 1914 to 1918
Troops hide in these for cover. This is a trench.
Facts about World War I. • The war involved more than 30 nations. • It claimed more than 14 million lives. • wasn’t in the war until 1917. • Germany was the last to make truce. • Germany invented poison gas. • Germany was sued billions of dollars after the war. • Machine guns killed thousands of people. U.S.A
This is an explosion. This is a base being hit by a bomb.
World War II Dates 1939 to 1945
USA This is uniform.
British flag French flag German WWII Navy Flag JAPANESE WWII RISING SUN FLAG United Nations FLAG U.S
This is what it looks like from the Gunner's view in a B-17's nose.
about World War II. Facts • 6 million Jewish people were murdered. • 1.5 million Jewish kids were murdered. • The war included all the powerful nations and many smaller nations. • Hitler blamed the loss of World War I on a Jewish plot. • Germany, Japan, and Italy formed the Axis powers. • Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939. • Hitler’s army was the finest and their tactics were called lightning war. • In 1941 Japan sent aircrafts to Pearl Harbor and the next day entered the war. • The average infantryman in the South Pacific during World War II saw about 40 days of combat in four years. • Two-thirds who served in World War II were draftees. U.S.A
Not to do with war. War doesn’t make people happy. Tanks take a big part in war. Troops use heavy artillery. Families are left homeless in war. These are pictures that have something to do with war.
WAR VIETNAM DATE 1959 to 1975
Guerrilla Tactics • On December 1965, Ho Chi Minh and the North Vietnamese leadership ordered a change in a way the war in the South was to be fought. • From now on, the Vietcong would avoid pitched battles with the Americans unless the odds were clearly in their favor. • There would be more hit and run attacks and ambushes. • The Vietcong, following the example of Chinese guerillas before them, had always given the highest priority to creating safe base areas.
Vietcongs • Vietcongs used a lot of booby traps. • Booby traps and mines were homemade in villages. • The materials ranged from scavenged tin can to discarded wire, but the most important ingredients were provided by the enemy. • In a year, dud American bombs could leave more than 20,000 tons of explosives scattered around the Vietnamese countryside.
Air War • Air forces proved essential to America's military effort in Vietnam, so much so that many air combat innovations occurred over the course of the war. • New tactical ideas ranged from search and destroy missions, carried out by helicopters of the Air Cavalry, to bombing raids called Arclights, flown by B-52 bombers.
about Vietnam War Facts • 58,148 Americans were killed and 304,000 wounded out of 2.59 million who served. • The average infantryman in Vietnam saw about 240 days of combat in one year, thanks to the mobility of the helicopter. • Amputations or crippling wounds were 300 percent higher than in World War II. • 75,000 Vietnam veterans are severely disabled. • Two-thirds of the men who served in Vietnam were volunteers. • 240 men were awarded the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam era. • POWs: 766 (114 died in captivity). • Wounded in action: 303,704 • Total draftees (1965-1973): 1,728,344 • National Guard: 6,140 served; 101 died
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