Anna Nordseth Block 3 Biological Warfare During WWII the United States took part in a new method of fighting the enemy: biological warfare. This way of fighting proved to be effective in both monetary cost and the toll taken in human lives. The United States and Great Britain developed the technology to make bombs out of the deadly anthrax virus. These were to be shot at enemy territory which would cause a widespread outbreak of anthrax virus. It was thought that the leftover anthrax spores
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started with Containment and the Marshal Plan. Greece and Turkey were the first nations spiraling into crisis that had not been directly occupied by the Soviet Army. Both Countries were in severe danger of being taken over by the Soviet backed guerrilla movement. Containment was actually used as a defense mechanism to protect themselves from the Soviet Union and Army. The Soviet Union threatened the American Officials so they all had to
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Syria. However it is still bound by the earlier 1925 protocol. The use of gas in warfare played a huge role in our psychological response to warfare in WW1. It forms the basis of John Singer Sargent’s Gassed and is described by Wilfred Owen in his famous poem. "In all my dreams‚ before my helpless sight‚ He plunges at me‚ guttering‚ choking‚ and drowning." Even Hitler thought the use of gas in warfare was crossing the line (though he did not see a problem in using it in concentration
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effect political change in an area. Terrorism can be seen as crime‚ exploitation of fear‚ and a form of warfare (Lutz‚ 2005). Since the 1700’s‚ history has always kept record of the different types of violence our world has faced. And with terrorism it comes with consequences. (Sloan‚ 2006). A quote by Moghaddam & Marsella (2004) says “It is usually perpetrated by groups utilizing warfare‚ due to the fact that they are unable to gain advantage while using conventional methods.” Terrorism as
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developments in the sky‚ many had strong faith in the role of aerial warfare and strategic bombing. Although many believed the new developments in aerial warfare would bring a quick and swift victory‚ less casualties‚ and an ability to devastate the enemy through heavy bombing on civilians‚ strategic bombing was an inefficient strategy to the Second World War and resulted in a longer war of attrition than anyone had imagined. Aerial warfare was originally used in the First World War in a tactical way
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In recent discussions of bio terrorism being the biggest threat on national security‚ a controversial issue is that nuclear bombs/ warfare is a bigger threat on national warfare. On one hand biological war can be more dangerous due to the terrorist attack could be hidden as a normal disease or a pandemic. On the other hand nuclear bombs could be a lot more dangerous because a bomb could wipe out an entire continent with one explosion. Or the radiation that comes off from the explosion. In summary
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Commentaries Why Should We Be Concerned About Biological Warfare? There is a widespread tendency to think about defense against biological warfare as unnecessary‚ as someone else’s responsibility‚ or as simply too difficult. Unfortunately‚ however‚ the dangers posed by biological weapons did not disappear when the United States began to unilaterally dismantle its own offensive program in 1969. The dangers did not vanish with the signing of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention of 1972‚ and
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1914 to 1918. It was a modern war with airplanes‚ machine guns‚ and tanks.. They would march their troops across open land into the face of machine guns and often slaughter. As a result of this action‚ a tactic known as trench warfare was implemented. Many viewed trench warfare to be an effective tactic against enemy advancement. In September 1914‚ the German commander‚ General Erich von Falkenhayn ordered his troops to dig trenched that would provide protection from the enemy troops. When the enemy
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Therefore with the confiscation of German uranium‚ the United States was then able to utilize the uranium in the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs initiating a nuclear age of warfare thus changing the course of not only military history‚ but U.S. history as well.
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different aspects were used to make this World War a more technologically advanced war and no other wars before this one can begin to compare to it. Many soldiers suffered horrible diseases caused by the wars most well known battle tactic trench warfare. Most of the battles took place in the trenches. They were deep into the ground with all kinds of strategic patterns to protect soldiers from enemy fire and artillery. Sometimes soldiers would begin to
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