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What impact did the Second World War have upon British imperial authority? (by Valentin Boulan)

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The Second World War was a key event in reshaping the geo-political map in the second half of the 20th century. The conflict resulted in a power shift from European imperial dominance towards US and Soviet hegemony , and a change in the organisation of nations characterised by the breakdown of imperial structures, particularly Britain’s. Certainly, many historians have pointed to the British Empire’s rapid post-war decline, arguing the war itself was a decisive factor in bringing British authority to an end. Before going any further, it must be reminded that WWII alone cannot explain the decline of the British Empire, and other factors such as the rising education of colonial subjects should not be overlooked.

However, this article aims not to compare the impact of the war with that of other issues. Rather, it will highlight some of the direct and indirect consequences of the war itself on British…

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USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides”

USS Constitution, nicknamed “Old Ironsides”, is the only surviving vessel of the original six frigates authorized by Congress in the Naval Act of 1794, which established the United States Navy. It served with distinction in the War of 1812 and is currently docked in Charlestown, Massachusetts, as the oldest commissioned warship afloat.

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World War II, Chapter 45, Knee Deep

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World War II

Knee Deep

Chapter 45

According to the Various Stations and Areas Occupied by the 35^th Quartermaster document Marvin Cain’s family provided me, Dad’s Division arrived in Cornwall, England on 26 May 1944 and remained there 42 days until July 9^th. They received further training while there.  According to the Combat Chronicle for the 35^th Infantry on Wikipedia;

The 35^th Infantry entered combat 11 July, fighting in the Normandy hedgerows, north of Saint-Lô. The Division beat off 12 German counterattacks at Emelie before entering Saint-Lô, 18 July. After mopping up in the Saint-Lô area, it took part in the offensive action southwest of Saint-Lô, pushing the Germans across the Vire River,

Once again Dad’s division was not the Infantry but his division was attached to the 35^th Infantry overseas driving soldiers, supplies and ammunition for the Infantry.

19 June 1944, Cornwall…

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Shiloh National Military Park

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shiloh National Military Park preserves the American Civil War Shiloh and Corinth battlefields. The main section of the park is in the unincorporated town of Shiloh, about nine miles (14 km) south of Savannah, Tennessee, with an additional area located in the city of Corinth, Mississippi, 23 miles (37 km) southwest of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh began a six-month struggle for the key railroad junction at Corinth. Afterward, Union forces marched from Pittsburg Landing to take Corinth in a May siege, then withstood an October Confederate counter-attack.

Shiloh battlefield

The Battle of Shiloh was one of the first major battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The two-day battle, April 6 and April 7, 1862, involved about 65,000 Union troops under Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell and 44,000 Confederates under Albert Sidney Johnston (killed in the battle) and P.G.T. Beauregard. The battle resulted in nearly 24,000 killed, wounded, and missing. The two days of fighting did not end in a decisive tactical victory for either side —the Union held the battlefield but failed to pursue the withdrawing Confederate forces. However, it was a decisive strategic defeat for the Confederate forces that had massed to oppose Grant’s and Buell’s invasion through Tennessee. The battlefield is named after Shiloh Methodist Church, a small log church near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee.

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Established in 1894 to preserve the scene of the first major battle in the Western theater of the Civil War, Shiloh is considered one of the best preserved battlefields in the Nation. Besides preserving the site of the bloody April 1862 battle in Tennessee, the park commemorates the subsequent siege, battle, and occupation of the key railroad junction at nearby Corinth, Mississippi.

Emeline Pigott….Civil War Spy and Nurse…..North Carolina

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North Carolina native Emeline Pigott offered her services to the Confederate Army as a spy. Single and 25 years old, Pigott hosted parties for local Union soldiers and gathered information about their plans. In the folds of her voluminous skirts she hid important papers and other contraband, which she later passed on to the local Rebels – until 1865, when she was arrested and jailed.

Emeline Pigott was born in December 15, 1836, in Harlowe Township, Carteret County, North Carolina, and spent her youth there. When Emeline was 25 years old, just after the Civil War began, she and her parents moved to a farm on Calico Creek at Crab Point on the coast – what is now part of Morehead City.

Soldiers of the Confederate 26th North Carolina Division soon arrived to defend the coastline and made their camp just across the creek from the Pigott home. Emeline…

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War Dog Training Camp Lejeune CA.-1943

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Military Awards Of World War II

Military awards of World War II were presented by most of the combatants.

United States

Main article: Awards and decorations of the United States military

• Medal of Honor
• Navy Cross
• Distinguished Service Cross
• Distinguished Service Medal
• Legion of Merit
• Silver Star
• Bronze Star
• Purple Heart
• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Air Medal
• World War II Victory Medal
• Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
• European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
• American Campaign Medal

Soviet Union

• Hero of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
• Order of Victory
• Order of the Red Banner
• Order of Suvorov
• Order of Kutuzov
• Order of Ushakov
• Order of Nakhimov
• Order of Glory
• Order of Alexander Nevsky
• Order of the Patriotic War
• Order of the Red Star
• Medal “For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945”
• Medal “For the Victory over Japan”
• Medal “For the Defence of Leningrad”
• Medal “For the Defence of Odessa”
• Medal “For the Defence of Sevastopol”
• Medal “For the Defence of Stalingrad”
• Medal “For the Defence of Moscow”
• Medal “For the Defence of the Caucasus”
• Medal “For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic”
• Medal “For the Defence of Kiev”
• Medal “For the Capture of Berlin”
• Medal “For the Capture of Vienna”
• Medal “For the Capture of Königsberg”
• Medal “For the Capture of Budapest”
• Medal “For the Liberation of Prague”
• Medal “For the Liberation of Warsaw”
• Medal “For the Liberation of Belgrade”

In Soviet Union orders and medals were also awarded to cities and military divisions.

United Kingdom

• Victoria Cross
• George Cross
• Order of the Bath
• Order of the British Empire
• Distinguished Service Order
• Distinguished Service Cross
• Military Cross
• Distinguished Flying Cross
• Air Force Cross
• Distinguished Conduct Medal
• Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
• Distinguished Service Medal
• Military Medal
• Distinguished Flying Medal
• Air Force Medal
• Burma Gallantry Medal
• George Medal
• Mention in Despatches
• 1939-1945 Star
• Atlantic Star
• Air Crew Europe Star
• Africa Star
• Pacific Star
• Burma Star
• Italy Star
• France and Germany Star
• Defence Medal
• War Medal 1939–1945

France and Belgium

• Croix de guerre 1939–1945 (France)
• War Cross (Belgium)

Poland

• Virtuti Militari
• Order Krzyża Grunwaldu
• Krzyż Walecznych (Cross of the Valorous)
• Krzyż Partyzancki (Partisan Cross)
• Monte Cassino campaign cross

Yugoslavia

• Order of the National Hero (Orden narodnog heroja)
• Order of the National Liberation
• Order of Bravery (Yugoslavia)
• Order of the Partisan Star (Yugoslavia)
• Order of Brotherhood and Unity (Yugoslavia)
• The Medal of Bravery (Yugoslavia)

Axis Powers and Allies

Nazi Germany

Main article: Orders, decorations, and medals of Nazi Germany

• Iron Cross
• Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross
• German Cross

Romania

• Order of Michael the Brave
• Order of the Star of Romania
• Cruciada împotriva comunismului

Finland

• Order of the Cross of Liberty
  • Mannerheim cross (awarded 1941-1945)
• Order of the White Rose of Finland
• Order of the Lion of Finland

World War II, chapter 28, Winter in Tennessee

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World War II

Winter in Tennessee

Chapter 28

Dad is still in Tennessee on field maneuvers.  They keep running into what he calls “problems.” The way that I understand this term is when they are out in the field, they come across problems they have to overcome. For instance, they are driving along and they come across enemy snipers.  They then have to fight the good fight and not get captured or (pretend) killed. It seems as though they will be on maneuvers until after the first of the year. From what Dad says it has been very cold out. I kind of appreciate them having to deal with the freezing cold here in training. I know what kind of weather they will encounter when they get overseas, but hindsight is 20/20. I do want to believe that the Army learned a lot about training men for war from what…

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William Pelham Civil War (Medal of Honor)

William R. Pelham (December 24, 1845 or December 8, 1847 – March 30, 1933^[1]) was a Union Navy sailor during the American Civil War and a recipient of the United States military‘s highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Medal of Honor Citation

Rank and Organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: Halifax, Nova Scotia. Enlisted in: Nova Scotia. G.O. No.: 45, December 31, 1864.

Citation:

On board the flagship U.S.S. Hartford during successful actions against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram CSS Tennessee (1863) in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. When the other members of his guncrew were killed or wounded under the enemy’s terrific shellfire, Pelham calmly assisted the casualties below and voluntarily returned and took his place at an adjoining gun where another man had been struck down. He continued to fight his gun throughout the remainder of the battle which resulted in the capture of the Tennessee.^[3]

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– CRIMEAN WAR (1853-1856) IN THE MEMOIRS (on russian language)

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КРЬІМСКАЯ ВОЙНА 1853-1856 ГГ. В ВОССПОМИНАНИЯХ ОЧЕВИДЦЕВ

Пространственная хронология войны 1853-1859 гг. в Крыму в действительности являлась возможно первой мировой войной, которая была против России, так как боевые действия велись на многих российских границах, даже за Северном полярном кругом – на Кольском полуострове. Было создано едва ли не всемирно обединение различных государств против России – Швеция, Пруссия, Австрия, а активные боевые действия вели войска и флот Великобритании, Франции, Сардинского королевства и Турецкой империи. Основная причина войны было желание России помочь поробленым братьям-славянам на Балканском полуострове и попытка различных европейских государств противопоставится этому желанию.

Вначале война началась благополучно для России – уже 18/30 ноября 1853 г. русская эскадра под командованием адмирала Павла Нахимова полностью уничтожил турецкий флот в их же гавани Синопе. Русские войска вошли и на територию нынешной Румынии.

Хотя двадцать лет позднее англичане признали Крымскую войну “глупой и безнравственой”, которая не принесла Великобритании ничего, кроме огромных людских и материальных…

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U.S. War Dogs

War Dog – An FP Photo Essay By Rebecca Frankel | Foreign Policy

War Dog – An FP Photo Essay By Rebecca Frankel | Foreign Policy.

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Axis Map – Zweter Weltrieg Geneoffensive (Counter Offensive) 1941-1942

Zweter Weltrieg Geneoffensive (Counter Offensive) 1941-1942
English World War II

Zweter Weltrieg Geneoffensive ( Counter Offensive) 1943-1945
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Vietnam War (1955 – 1975)

An alleged NLF activist, captured during an attack on an American outpost near the Cambodian border, is interrogated. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955[A 1] to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and other anti-communist countries.[26] The Viet Cong (also known as the National Liberation Front, or NLF), a lightly armed South Vietnamese communist-controlled common front, largely fought a guerrilla war against anti-communist forces in the region. The Vietnam People’s Army (North Vietnamese Army) engaged in a more conventional war, at times committing large units into battle. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces relied on air superiority and overwhelming firepower to conduct search and destroy operations, involving ground forces, artillery, and airstrikes. The U.S.

Government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government and Viet Cong viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state.[27] American military advisors arrived in what was then French Indochina beginning in 1950. U.S. involvement escalated in the early 1960s, with troop levels tripling in 1961 and tripling again in 1962.[28] U.S. combat units were deployed beginning in 1965. Operations spanned international borders, with Laos and Cambodia heavily bombed. American involvement in the war peaked in 1968, at the time of the Tet Offensive. After this, U.S. ground forces were gradually withdrawn as part of a policy known as Vietnamization. Despite the Paris Peace Accords, signed by all parties in January 1973, fighting continued.

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