The war that was meant to end all wars, the First World War, did not solve any of the problems that it had caused. So years later started another world war, World War II. World War II was the biggest and the most violent fight that happened. World War II has much to teach us, not only about the profession of arms, but also military preparedness, and global strategy. 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base, Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida led the first wave of the air attack. Japanese planes flew in damaging all eight battleships anchored in the harbor and caused more than 3,000 American casualties. Japan heavily incapacitated the U.S. Pacific fleet, but did not anticipate how Pearl Harbor would stir a nation to war. In the long term the United States was able to turn this negative…show more content… It was a pretty significant battle. The commanders of this battle were Josef Dietrich, George S. Patton, Gerd von Rundstedt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Bernard Montgomery. Tank columns of the U.S. 3rd Army led by George Patton were going east toward Germany so fast they risked running out of fuel. By now Hitler had lost over 500,000 soldiers on the Western Front. It seemed the Western Allies could not be stopped and German commanders braced themselves for the invasion of the Fatherland. The Germans lost 120,000 soldiers and 600 tanks which at this late date simply could not be replaced. This is the first time in war Germans retreated and surrendered, it was the start of the end for Germany and the other Axis powers. This battle could have turned out differently if the Germans did not lose so many soldiers and tanks. In Germany they had tanks while in the pacific it was much more difficult to come by tanks. Then they were out money, so they no longer had
