Coats of the Revolutionary War to trench warfare of World War I‚ World War II also had a defining characteristic. One can make the argument that in World War II that defining characteristic was the use of aviation‚ most notably the bomber. One of the most iconic bombers of World War II was the B-17 Flying Fortress. This paper will explain what brought about the development of the B-17 and its inception‚ as well as the B-17’s role in combat and supporting ground troops. Lastly‚ discussed are the
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The B-17‚ which was an American heavy bomber‚ was a massive success in the European Theater. According to America in the Air War‚ B-17s shot down 23 German fighters using defensive 12.7mm machine guns for every 1‚000 sorties over Europe (a sortie was one mission by one plane). B-24s‚ another large bomber‚ had only 11 for every 1‚000 sorties. Most B-17s in Europe were in the 8th Air Force‚ bombing German airplane parts factories. However‚ they were not completely invincible. Before long range fighters
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The Luftwaffe was the name of the German Air Force in World War II‚ along with the tank units and infantry were all involved in Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is translated to a Lightning War. The Luftwaffe was organized Hitler in 1935 to conduct the Blitzkrieg and bombings. Blitzkrieg was used to invade Poland. The Polish military tried to defend Poland but failed because they did not have the firepower or the speed that the Nazi’s had. The Nazi’s attacked one after another‚ then immediately after they
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Strong magnetic fields - Pirates - A time warp - Another one of the US ’s secret hideouts - Atlantis rising to the surface of the sea‚ causing bad weather - Giant octapus pulling everything under the sea On 5 December 1945‚ five Navy Avenger bombers left the plane staton at Fort Launderdale. They were on a training mission for the day to practice bombing but what they didn ’t know was that they we ’re headed straight for the bermuda triangle. At 3:50pm a radio transmission was overheard which
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At the onset of war in late 1939 through 1940‚ a mix of overwhelming German ground advances backed up by swift strategic German air attacks‚ generally known as “blitzkrieg” or lightning war‚ rendered the air forces of Poland‚ the lower countries‚ and ultimately even France‚ along with many other countries totally useless as German troops quickly took over air bases following bombardment (“Timeline of World War II”). For the U.K.‚ however‚ the English Channel and a lack of surface ships in the Kriegsmarine
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technology allowed for more accurate bombing runs and precision targeting of military and industrial locations. By factoring in altitude‚ air speed‚ and ground speed‚ World War II bombsights allowed bombers to fly at higher altitudes during their bombing missions which provided safety to the bombers and their crews from anti-aircraft guns and defending fighter aircraft. Radar Radar technology works by transmitting strong‚ short pulses of radio energy into the air in a specific direction using
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friendly to the United States. The bombers missed many of their targets and left most of Castro’s air force intact. As news broke of the attack‚ photos of the repainted U.S. planes became public and revealed American support for the invasion. President Kennedy cancelled a second air strike. In 1959 when Fidel Castro finally came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The CIA had used obsolete World War II B-26 bombers‚ and painted them to look like
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Kynaja Levy 10/28/2014 Ms. Daley The experience of black American aviators in World War II gets a whitewash in Red Tails. The story of the 996 pilots (and some 15‚000 ground personnel) who distinguished themselves in the air in the face of institutional racism is a great one and‚ at least‚ will come to the attention of more people due to this long-gestating project from Lucas film. But every character here is so squeaky-clean‚ and the prejudice as depicted is so toothless and easily overcome‚
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Pacific islands launched the attack with no warning given at the target positioned 275 miles north of Hawaii first wave included 51 dive bombers‚ 40 torpedo bombers‚ and 43 escorting fighters first wave lasted 25 minutes‚ second wave began at 8:45 AM second wave was less successful‚ suffered more casualties United States: the Americans assumed it was a flight of B-17 bombers arriving from the mainland sailors on the battle stations operated whichever guns they could reach only 38 U.S. aircraft were able
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One of the most interesting aspects of this film‚ is how it depicts extreme behavior in mundane individuals . Handy Abu-Assad utilizes this device by highlights ordinary existence of the would be bombers. For example‚ in one scene Said sits on a hill‚ fruitlessly attempting to flick matches alight with one hand‚ this encapsulates countless hours of his life consumed with nothing but the most trivial and petty tasks. Further‚ upon attempting to film a farewell video‚ the camera malfunctions. In another
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