Adolf Hitler was the dictator of Germany for about 12 years and was one of the main people who started World War Two.He was a decorated vetern of World War One(read page on World War One) and aextremely important leader in politics.When he became dictator in 1933 he demanded that all boys over around 8 joined the Hitler youth.The Hitler youth became a very violent cult like group and beat up any forgeiners which the athoritys turned a blind eye to,this was all under the influenc of Hitler.Hitler was also the cause of the holocaust whitch resulted in millions of jews being killed in concentration camps around ocupied europe.Eventualy in 1945 Hitler comited suicide while the Allied Axis surounded Berlin.
James S Military History Blog
Thursday, 23 January 2014
Tuesday, 21 January 2014
The Vietnam War
During the Vietnam War millions of soldiers were recruited to fight in Vietnam.The Americans only invaded tom prevent communist takeover in South Vietnam.The war went on from 1950 - 1973.Soldiers were recruited using a televised lotto.Many people did not approve of the American army invading and even Mohammed Ali converted religion to a Muslim to prevent himself from being recruited.When the war ended the total death count of American soldiers was near 17,000.
Thursday, 16 January 2014
Sherman Tanks
During World War Two the American army used Sherman tanks.These tanks were no where near as good as the German Tiger tanks and were very noisy.There 75 mm gun was not very powerful either .Their air cooled gasoline engines could not go for more than an hour without fresh fuel.They also had a 50. cal machine gun on the roof.
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