Conflict in the Koreas

So recently, North Korea has bombed the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing many civilians and destroying many houses. Many political leaders are afraid that if South Korea attacks back, it will lead to an all out war between the two nations. And maybe even to a World War 3, if the allies of both of the countries get involved. I just thought this was pretty crazy. Is anyone else concerned this could lead to something big?


Also, the pic is of Kim Jong-il , the leader of N. Korea. 




UPDATE:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40372439/ns/world_news-asiapacific/


It looks like South Korea just put more troops on their border. Hmmmmm. 

My Thoughts Regarding Guadalcanal

4. How do the tactics and fighting philosophy of the Japanese differ from those of the Americans?

To me, it seems that the Japanese are all about the element of surprise. From pearl harbor, to leaving the island completely deserted and attacking at night, the Japanese always want to have the element of surprise on their side. While the Americans seem to be more about making their presence known by having huge numbers of men on the island and out-gunning the opposition.

Its crazy how...

I think its pretty crazy how the Japanese went from an isolated society that viewed foreigners as aliens, to adopting Western traditions in such a short amount of time. I understand that they felt they needed to westernize in order to not get taken over, but it still seems as if they gave up all of their customs pretty fast. And when you look at Japan today, it is still a very westernized society. I just find it strange that a country would give up everything that it stands for and believes in to be in with Western Europe and the US.

Video

After watching the video, it amazes me that anyone made it out of the fires alive. I also think its crazy that people my age and just a year older were responsible for putting out all of the fires on the rood of the St. Paul. I could not imagine having to do anything like that. I also think even though the raid was horrible, the Nazis did have a pretty good plan, even calculating what day the Temes river would be at low tide so the firefighters could not get water,

Adolf Hitler Avatar

The Fuhrer doesn't look too happy about St. Pauls Cathedral not being burnt to ashes.

Look at this cute Hitler Carebear I found. Isn't that just adorable?

Treaty of Versailles

After reading about the Treaty of Versailles it seems like the Germans were basically screwed over by the Allied nations. I think the Treaty was very unfair because the not everything about the war should be blamed on the Germans, considering Austria-Hungry was the country that started the war. Also the Allies should have been smart enough to know that the Germans would eventually want revenge for the Treaty.

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What Creates A World War?

I believe that for a World War to happen there needs to be a chain of events that happens where several countries feel the need to fight. For example, World War 1 happened because of the complex system of allies that Europe had at that time. So when two countries got in a conflict, the other countries felt that they needed to join in because they were allies of each other. This eventually led to two different groups of allianced countries fighting against each other. For a World War to happen today, something along those liens would need to happen again, where two major powers get in a fight and other countries come to their defense, eventually causing another instance of big groups fighting against each other.

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