Bombing Raids

Here is a website about German bombing raids on Britain:
http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/blitz.htm

Hitler dispatched many bombers to invade Britain, trying to force British to surrender. The Luftwaffe revised their targets from industrial to civilian and the bombing time from day time to night time. Hitler anticipated that the British would be more terrified of the German armies because they wouldn't have enough sleep, and Britain would surrender very soon. On the other hand, Britain also had some ways to defend and revolt against German invasion. The British civilians hid in shelters when they heard the siren before the raids. The "blakout" is really a good way to make the bombers' targeting mission more difficult. Anyhow, Britain still recieved great damage. About 60,000 British died and 2,000,000 homes destroyed! German bombed Britain less and took less attention to Britain because he considered Russia as a more signifcant enimy.








These are people sleeping on London Underground during German's Blitzkrieg.

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This is a special website I found about someone's memory of WWII:http://www.germanculture.com.ua/library/weekly/aa051001c.htm

He experienced the terror of the bombing raids in Germany in WWII. He slept in shelters, enduring the thunderous sound of blasts. Then he hoped that he could see his home survive from the bombing. He saw his neighbors' house burnt and understood the shock and the grief of losing their home. In any case, the writer of this article coped with all the difficulties and went past the hard time. He also wrote a book about his experience of the two World Wars, "Laughter Wasn't Rationed". It contains much of his civilian life in Germany. During the horrible period of time, the civilians told jokes to encourage each other. Their difficult lives are so dreadful that I can't even imagine.

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Here's a video about a bombing raid on Germany in 1943:http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/autos_and_vehicles/watch/v6971121WQWzb89s#

The bombers B-17 took off from England and flew above Germany. The bombers flew through the mess of blasts of anti-aircrafts and threw tons and tons of bombs on the territory of Germany. The pilots could barely see the factories and houses they were targeting. However, they could not see that there were civilians' home burnt and destroyed beneath them and the people hiding underground in shelters were trembling in fear. Nevertheless, the motive of their actions was protecting their own home, though they were very sure that they would definitely not come back home again. The war was very brutal and harsh, but not the soldiers themselves as well.

Iroquois Nation

Here is a website I found about the Iroquois Nation:http://www.carnegiemnh.org/exhibits/north-south-east-west/iroquois/index.html

This website tells about the nation of the Iroquois. They were originally living in the southern part of Canada and a part of New York today at the end of 17th century, which had clear four seasons, a plenty of rainfall, fertile lands and everything they needed. The Iroquois lived there very well. All their lives were relied on the great nature environment. They hunted, caught animals, picked fruit, and farmed crops. Everything they did was in harmony with Nature.

To the Iroquois, corn beans and squash are the three sisters. They are the sustainer of not only their phisical, but also spiritual lives. The Iroquois people are very smart. They utlize the different features of corn, beans and squash to make the most yield.

In the society of the Iroquois, women are the managers of farming. Furthermore, women possess the political power. Clan Mother is the leader of the clan, who has the right of choosing the meber of the council members and chiefs.

The Three Sisters

Gregg M. Thomas (1952- ), Nedrow, New York, Wolf clan, Onondaga, 1996

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Here's a website I found about the Mohawk Tribe:http://www.indians.org/articles/the-mohawk-tribe.html

The Mohawk Tribe lived around the Great Lakes and some parts in North America, which are Canada and the state of New York right now. They were just like the protectors of Iroquois from the invasions form the east. They became the allies of Britain later and fought against the United States in the Revolutionary War. A long time later, some the Mohawk have blended into Canadian and American, but there are still many living in the reservations. The hair style of shaved sides and left a stripe of hair in the middle is characteristic of the Mohawk people.

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Here is a website about Joseph Brant, one of the past leaders of the Mohawk Tribe:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Brant

Joseph Brant was the most famous North American Indian at the end of 17th to 18th century when he was alive. He was a Mohawk of the Wolf Clan. He could speak at least three languages, or even all of the six nations' languages. Therefore, he was a translator between the Indians and Britain. He helped his tribe get back many lands from the Americans. That was his most well-known deeds.

This is a parinting of Joseph Brant. I'm not sure if he has Mohawk or not because his feather hat covers his hair.

The Battle of Britain

Here is a website about the battle of Britain:

http://www.raf.mod.uk/Bob1940/background.html

It tells about the background of the battle of Britain. Germany invaded Poland by using tanks, troops, and aircrafts at the same time, which was called Blitzkrieg. Then he attacked France by the same way and won again. At that time, both British and German aircrafts suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, a bult of British reinforcement in France came back to Britain. Britain trained as many pilots as possible. In July 1940, Brtish air forces, RAF, grew into 600 fighters, but the Luftwaffe had 2600 bombers and fighters. It must be very hard for Britain to fight against Germany.

This is a brief picture of how the Sector Control Rooms of RAF control the fighters, anti-aircraft guns and balloon barrage. They sent the information of the incoming raids to the fighters and bombers and dispatched anti-aircraft guns and balloon barrage to protect the aircrafts.

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Here is another website I found about the battle of Britain:

http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiiblitz_2.htm

The Luftwaffe invaded Britain more and more inland. Germany wanted to bomb the cities which many civilians lived inside. Nonetheless, Germany was too urgent to destroy Britain, The interval between the fighters came escoting the bombers was too long. The bombers became fragile targets, and many of them were destroyed by that way. Finally, Germany decided to attack the Soviet Union rather than Britain. The RAF successfully protected Britain.