Klotzen, Nicht Kleckern (Strike Together, Not Divided!): The Panzer Divisions As New Dominating Strategy Of Modern Warfare,
2013
The College of Wooster
Klotzen, Nicht Kleckern (Strike Together, Not Divided!): The Panzer Divisions As New Dominating Strategy Of Modern Warfare, Stefano Alianelli
Senior Independent Study Theses
The beginning of the Second World War was dominated by a new type of strategy developed by German General Heinz Guderian that overwhelmed the Allied armies in Poland and France. Guderian argued that the best way to win on the battlefield and avoid the stalemate of World War I should be done through the use of tanks grouped together in formation: the product of this strategy was embodied in the Panzer divisions that, through mobility and coordination of multiple weapons, were able to breach the enemy's defensive lines with devastating effects.
Mastering The Patrol: A Look At The Importance Of Training For American Pilots In The Battle Of The Atlantic,
2013
The College of Wooster
Mastering The Patrol: A Look At The Importance Of Training For American Pilots In The Battle Of The Atlantic, Ethan M. Feinstein
Senior Independent Study Theses
This thesis studies the role of training in the Allied victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. I argue that training played a significant role in this decisive battle in World War II. I detail the different stages of training for both the Navy and Army Air Force.
Indiana,
2013
Purdue University
Indiana, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides an overview of key Civil War developments in Indiana and how this conflict impacted Indiana.
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte,
2013
Purdue University
Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Provides a biographical portrait and career overview of Mirabeau Lamar (1798-1859) who served as the second President of the Republic of Texas from 1838-1841.
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck,
2013
Purdue University
Morton, Oliver Hazard Perry Throck, Bert Chapman
Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research
Biographical portrait and analysis of Indiana Civil War Governor Oliver Morton.
The Case For A Custer Battalion Survivor: Private Gustave Korn's Story,
2013
Brigham Young University - Provo
The Case For A Custer Battalion Survivor: Private Gustave Korn's Story, Albert Winkler
Faculty Publications
Almost all of these claims of men having survived Custer’s Massacre at the Battle of the Little Bighorn have proven to be false, Gustave Korn’s case has merit. He was with Company I of Custer’s Battalion when it was attacked and later overwhelmed by the Indians. Korn claimed that his horse was wounded, became unmanageable, and carried him away from the Custer’s Battalion before it was wiped out. The circumstantial evidence supports his claim, and many of the other men in the Seventh Cavalry believed him. Korn was also famous because he cared for Comanche, the horse that was badly …
Drugi Potop: The Fall Of The Second Polish Republic,
2013
Georgia Southern University
Drugi Potop: The Fall Of The Second Polish Republic, Wesley Kent
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
This thesis seeks to examine the factors that resulted in the fall of the Second Polish Republic and track its downward trajectory. Examining the Second Republic, from its creation in 1918 to its loss of recognition in 1945, reveals that its demise began long before German tanks violated Poland’s frontiers on 1 September, 1939. Commencing with the competing ideas of what a Polish state would be and continuing through the political and foreign policy developments of the inter-war years, a pattern begins to emerge -that of the Poles’ search for their place in modern Europe. The lead up to the …
Indivisible And Inseparable: The Austro-Hungarian Army And The Question Of Decline And Fall,
2013
Claremont McKenna College
Indivisible And Inseparable: The Austro-Hungarian Army And The Question Of Decline And Fall, Kyle D. Woods
CMC Senior Theses
The title of this work is “Indivisible and Inseparable” the motto of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This motto is just one of many ways in the Austro-Hungarian Empire fought against the centrifugal forces seeking to destroy it. I argue here that the historic theory of decline and fall is misguided as a model for understanding the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and question its usefulness when applied to other nation states and empires as well. I suggest that the Austro-Hungarian military, specifically its condition prior to the First World War, is an ideal lens for exploring the dissolution of the Empire …
Joseph F. Smith And The First World War: Eventual Support And Latter-Day Saint Chaplains,
2013
Brigham Young University - Utah
Joseph F. Smith And The First World War: Eventual Support And Latter-Day Saint Chaplains, Kenneth L. Alford Ph.D.
Faculty Publications
A discussion of the calling of three Latter-day Saint (Mormon) U.S. Army chaplains who served during World War I and support for the war from President Joseph F. Smith, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Gaining Relevance In The Face Of Obsolescence: The Uss Texas – A Battleship In The Second World War,
2012
University of New Orleans
Gaining Relevance In The Face Of Obsolescence: The Uss Texas – A Battleship In The Second World War, Kali Martin
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
Despite the vast material that has been written about the Second World War, most literature mentions battleships in passing, giving little attention to a role that battleships filled- that of naval gunfire support for amphibious landings. The literature regarding the Navy’s older, obsolescent battleships such as the Texas is scarce. Using primary sources regarding the Texas and the evolution of naval gunfire doctrine from the pre-war and wartime periods, this study looks at the involvement of the Texas in the Second World War and how the Navy employed its oldest battleships. The amphibious landings of the war provided a …
Firing Point: Patrol Torpedo Boats During World War Ii,
2012
University of New Orleans
Firing Point: Patrol Torpedo Boats During World War Ii, Joshua J. Schick
LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations
At the beginning of American involvement in the Second World War the United States Navy developed a new class of vessel that had a tremendous impact during World War II. This vessel was the Patrol Torpedo boat. Originally designed to conduct torpedo attacks on enemy surface vessels, the PT boat successfully adapted multiple roles in addition to being a torpedo attack craft. The versatility of the Patrol Torpedo boat during World War II serving in these various roles and as an element of the US Navy has not been recognized by recent scholarship. Using primary sources from the National Archives …
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Strahm, Victor Herbert, 1897-1957 (Sc 2651), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2651. Diary kept by Brigadier General Victor H. Strahm while serving with the Ninth Air Force during World War II. Brief daily entries for 1944 cover his work and the progress of the war, particularly the air war against the Germans. Includes loose items from diary and four photos of Strahm.
Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Clark, John Thomas, B. 1827 (Sc 63), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 63. Union Army discharge issued to John Thomas Clark of Logan County, Kentucky. Issued on 7 May 1865 in New Albany, Indiana.
"Never Draw Unless You Mean To Shoot": Theodore Roosevelt's Frontier Diplomacy,
2012
Northwestern College - Orange City
"Never Draw Unless You Mean To Shoot": Theodore Roosevelt's Frontier Diplomacy, Duane G. Jundt
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Unnecessary Evil: An Examination Of Abu Ghraib Torture Photographs As Postcolonial Resistance Rhetoric,
2012
University of Southern Mississippi
Unnecessary Evil: An Examination Of Abu Ghraib Torture Photographs As Postcolonial Resistance Rhetoric, Patrick Gerhardt Richey
Dissertations
The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the rhetorical nature of visual artifacts in a postcolonial context. In order to examine the nature of visual artifacts as a form of resistance against static ideologies and prevailing power structures, the author uses both media and cultural artifacts created in response to photographs taken of abused prisoners at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib Correctional Facility. The dissertation adds to scholarly knowledge of communication by addressing the intersections of iconographic visual communication and postcolonial resistance rhetoric. The dissertation provides a scholarly review of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, as well as of literature explicating …
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Weeks, George Henry, 1839-1914 (Sc 798), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescripts (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 798. Letters, 18 and 24 May 1863, of George Henry Weeks, a Union soldier from the 103rd Ohio Regiment, to his mother and sisters while camped near Somerset, Kentucky and the Cumberland River. Weeks includes details on duty, guerrilla activities, a slave’s plight, and his chaplain.
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Smith, Jesse (Sc 554), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and transcription (Click on Additional File) for Manuscripts Small Collection 554. Letter, 25-27 February 1862, to an unidentified recipient from Union soldier Jesse Smith upon his arrival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Smith describes the abandoned Confederate fortifications in some detail and comments on the surrounding countryside, the damage to the railroad and bridges, and the large numbers of troops converging on the area. He also relates news of the occupation of Nashville, Tennessee by Union forces.
Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Malasky, Harris M. (Sc 2644), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2644. Photocopy of a mimeographed letter written by General Harris M. Malasky to the officers and men of the 86th Infantry Division for their bravery during the “Battle of the Rose Pocket” in World War II.
Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Taylor, Miles Anderson, 1843-1916 (Sc 62), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 62. Union Army discharge, 1865, and 1884 certificate for restoration and increase in pension issued to Miles A. Taylor, Caneyville, Kentucky.
We Did Our Part: The Story Of A World War Ii Aaf Air Transport C-47 Pilot In The South West Pacific,
2012
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
We Did Our Part: The Story Of A World War Ii Aaf Air Transport C-47 Pilot In The South West Pacific, Kay Nehring
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the story of Lt Charles J. Nehring, as told by his daughter, who went from selling shoes in N. Dakota to dropping paratroopers on Corregidor. He served with the 39th SQ of the 317th TCG from ‘42 to ‘45 and shot rare 16mm color film of his daily activities and flights. Kay narrates the film and reads from his letters home, as well as brings a collection of his WW II things for viewing. A unique and personal look at the war.
