World war events?!?

When you think of world War 1 and 2, what is the most significant event you remember? For example, the bombing of Japan etc. If you haven't seen the war occur, tell me what made you interested in this aspect that made it different from the rest of the blood shed events. Why do you remember this so well, when the words world war is come to your mind.


This is my homework. I'm going to talk about one significant event that happened in the world war, i want it to be something different than all the things we know about war. It must involve countries fighting. No offence. Something maybe little people know about. Thanks.

World war events?!?
The US involvement in WW2 was almost global. The most obscure area was perhaps Burma. Go here to see this web page http://www.marauder.org/marauder.htm





You would be amazed at their resilience. You will also be amazed at the Japanese American soldiers in the Galahad Team one name comes up S/Sgt. Roy H. Matsumoto.


If I am not mistaken every member of Merrill's Marauders received the Bronze Star.





Their British associates fought in the same way and were known as The Chindits under Gen Charles Orde Wingate.


Oddly enough, Wingate, whose body was never found after an air crash, has a memorial at Arlington.





Do a web search on both the fighting group. There are many more. In many ways together, the British, Indians, Chinese and American forces contributed to the defeat of the Japanese army in Burma. Although they did not always work together, the many battles of Kohima, Imphal, Burma Road , Miyitkyina and numerous others are known only to a handful.





One aspect of the Burma campaign was that, it tied down an experienced and largeJapanese army group to eventual defeat. Today's Rangers, in the US army, owe its start to this obscure and almost forgotten US troops in Burma. The Battle for Myitkyina airfield was probably the most unknown battle in WW2.





If you had heard of Col. Boyington, you would know that he was a product of the Burma campaign and The Flying Tigers which was under Gen Chennault another outspoken and blunt


man.


Later, Boyington went on to the Pacific to head the motley but fighting-fit fighter pilots known as "The Black Sheep" Squadron. In the 1980's they had a TV series on this squadron with the title "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".








Some useful sites are listed below.
Reply:You can call WWI "The Great War," as most people did at that time.





Stay out of the Western Front, as that is where the great majority of commentators go.





Here are a few lesser-known fronts:





1. Galicia, where Russians and Austro-Hungarians battled back and forth for three plus years. This can get quite complicated, as it was at the time,


2. Gallipoli, famous in Australia but nowhere else. Here the Turks made a bloodbath out of the initial British invasion and held on to force an evacuation.


3. The British invasion of Iraq, ending in the "Hell of Kut," which few people know about.


4. David Lean taught people about the Arab offensive against the Turks. But that was 45 years ago, so I think it's fair game now.
Reply:I did an independent study on the subject of the people who helped to hide the Jews from the Nazis. I couldn't understand why so few would help and stop this atrocity. There are many great books that deal with the subject of the rescuers. There are also some great movies as well. One of my favorite books is THE Hiding Place. Great book talking about the Tenbooms.
Reply:go with the nuclear bomb-what it did to japan-to disarming-to Iran building nuclear sites