Throughout the course of World War Two technology thrived. Whether it was on land or in the sky's everything was becoming more advanced and very quickly. All of these advances played significant rolls in the outcome of the war but one was a leading contender for the most important technological advance back then and for years to follow. This piece of technology was the atomic bomb. This weapon was created by the US. There was three created and at the time there had never been anything like it before. The first was dropped in the US at a testing sight. ofter its tremendous success the US turned to Japan. The first bomb was dropped on August 6th 1945 in Hiroshima. The city was levelled and hundreds of thousands of people were killed or injured. The Japanese army refused to surrender even after the devastation which lead to the second bomb dropped three days later in Nagasaki. With Japans surrender the war had come to a halt. The reason this technical advance was so significant was because it resulted in the end of the second World War.
When I look at the many major events that had occurred during World War Two it is hard to distinguish what was overall the biggest turning point. With that being said there was one even that stood out. That was the attack on Pearl Harbour. The Japanese bombing the US Naval port of Pearl Harbour was a major turing point for the Allies. The reason this even was so significant was because It resulted in the US joining the war. Prior to this time the US was reluctant to join the war and left the Allie forces to fight for themselves. Post Pearl Harbour bombing this was not the case. With the help of the US joining the war the Allies were able to have even more strength and stop Germany from taking all of western Europe .
Churchills statement "wars are not won on evacuation" spoke on the great evacuation efforts that took place in Dunkirk. Although the evacuation was a great victory for the allies Churchill had a great point. The victory of the evacuation was not to be over rated because the allies would never be able to win the war if they we're constantly having to retreat. The statement had truth in it. It was also true that the the Allies had taken advantage of a huge German downfall by moving all those troops off of the beach while surrounded by the germans but, it would be crucial for the allies to stick back and begin to try and gain back the ground that they had lost in such a short period of time. This lost ground goes again back to Churchill's statement. Wars are won by the gain of ground. It is extremely important for the allies not to continue to lose their ground if they wanted to be successful in the long run.
I found this movie to be extremely intriguing. It did such a good job of connecting the watcher with the time frame of the movie. It was dramatic to watch because you could feel the emotion in the characters with great detail. For me one of the hardest parts to watch was when the German killed the two americans up the stairs from the american soldier that was to scared to go save his friends. During that part I wanted to go through the TV and slap the guy because he was letting his friends die. this scene made me think of home often that would really happen? would there be times when soldiers just couldn't fight because they were to scared to even move. BY far my favourite part of the movie was when they developed the plan to disable the tanks with sticky bombs and luring the Germans into their trap.
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