Ninety minutes after the Japanese launched an attack on the U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, the battleship was effectively finished as the backbone of fleet operations. Five of the eight battleships at port were sunk, and the remaining three suffered damage. The Japanese had effectively demonstrated what many theorists had been saying for ...
When I was 13, I begged my parents to get cable television. “It’s quality, not quantity,” I read from the Viacom brochure that was sent to our house. “I won’t watch more TV, Mom; just better TV!” I said. After our suburban Cleveland neighborhood was wired with coaxial cable, my “quality versus quantity argument” quickly ...
Because of the prior circumstances, the true war-making potential of the two major antagonists can only be estimated. About 4,000 of 5,500 tanks and 2,500 of 3,500 artillery pieces in Iraq’s pre-war inventory were lost. It is estimated that Iraqi personnel casualties were about 35,000 killed, about 65,000 wounded, 71,000 captured and 100,000 deserted. Losses ...
America entered World War II on December 8, 1941 at a serious naval disadvantage. The Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor had left the U.S. Pacific Fleet crippled and the Japanese in virtual control of the seas. The surprise attack also marked the rise of the aircraft carrier as the chief weapon of naval warfare on ...
INTRODUCTION On June 8th of 1991 the United States celebrated a relatively easy end to Operation Desert Storm. During this same period Africa’s Somalia was in a heap of trouble. The country was in chaos due to political strife; Somalian President Siad Barre’s reign had recently been ousted by other clans. However, these clans soon ...
