how can I explain a 'dogfight' from WWI to someone who has never seen one before?
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there re two plane one is evader and other is pursuiter so the evader has to try to outflank the pursuiter and try to shoot him down and you know the rest.
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These are all very thoughtful answers, and they should be appreciated, but unfortunately most of them don't really encompass the idea of a world war but a known-world war (I am splitting hairs, and I am being a jerk, but please hear me out before you send your dogs to bite me).\n\nThe first actual world war would be the War of the Spanish Succession (approx 1739, also known as King George's War). This was the first war after the religious and succession wars in England when King George I was placed on the English throne because no English born king could be trusted by the nobility. This allowed what is informally known as the "Second Hundred Years War" (1739 to 1815) between France and England to begin. France felt that it had been cheated in the actual Hundred Years War, but now that England had a King with personal holdings on the continent of Europe again (northern Germany), France would be able to fight England without having to cross the Channel.\n\nEvery conflict between France and England up to the final exile of Napolean Bonaparte would include fighting in every corner of the world (Canada, South America, Oceania, India, Europe, Africa, the whole world).\n\nAs you can see, the Revolutionary War is an excellent answer because France and England would fight in every corner of the world during it (after we stabbed France in the back by leaving the war in 1783, France would finally be defeated navally I believe in South America under Lord Hood's fleet), but it is still part of this Second Hundred Years War begun in 1739, as of course is the Napoleanic Wars. The Hundred Years War, the Wars of the Roman Empire, the Peloponesian War, etc, while they were the known world, they encompassed only Europe and parts of Africa.\n\nAgain, sorry to be splitting hairs here, but that is what I do. Let the dogs begin biting!
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aircraft:\n\nMC-200 I to Vll "Saetta", Macchi\nMC.202 III to  XII"Folgore", Macchi\nMC-205 V Series I "Veltro", Macchi\nMC-205 V Series III "Veltro", Macchi\nFiat CR-42 "Falco"(biplane)\nFiat G.50\nJu52 " Stuka"\nRegia Marina \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina#With_the_Axis\n"Fleet-in-being" mediterranean fleet - see Taranto\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto\n\nArmy\n\nhttp://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-weapons/italian_ww2.htm\nhttp://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/Italy/italy.html\nhttp://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://digilander.libero.it/avantisavoiait/Regio%2520Esercito.htm&prev=/search%3Fq%3DRegio%2BEsercito%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DGGLG,GGLG:2005-51,GGLG:en
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the made airguns during wwii as experimental weapons. germany even shot a few to no effect. aim was to create a vortex to disttrub aircraft. theory was sound, and there is a less than half size model or two about doing special effects, but the german version failed
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The Battle of Britain is the name for the general air war over Britain.  It is also reffered to as the "Blitz".  It started as an attack against the RAF, but switched to a campaign of bombing London in September 1940.\n\nBlitzkrieg refers to the "lightning war" (literal translation) where German armies quickly stormed other countries, defeating them in weeks.  This is opposed to trench warfare, where years are spent moving the frontline only short distances.\n\nUsing air superiority was a tactic of blitzkrieg, to soften enemy defenses before attack.\n\nThe allies also bombed Germany heavily, I believe causing more civilian deaths than British civilian deaths.
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You've got a ton of stuff happening during the first half of the century.  Everything involving both world wars, the first flight, the Bolshevik Revolution, the San Fransisco Earthquake, the stock market crash, the depression on both sides of the Atlantic, lots of stuff.\n\nWhat are you interested in?  It helps a lot if the subject is interesting to you.  Do you want something military, cultural, political, technological, scientific?
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During WWII, Canadians and Americans joined the British Air Force to fight against the Nazis before their own countries were at war.  That is a good example of fighting for another country against a tyrant dictator.
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How about looking for a military manual that covers the training for the airborne?\n\nBe sure to include as one of the items "Mental evaluation"....why  anyone would jump out of a perfectly good airplane is beyond me!
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Compare news stories circa 1940, 1917 & 1861 and todays news articles on American wars from at least 3 separate newspapers. You will need to go to achives for most of these years.\n\nFind out the public support percentage\nGovernment expenditure on the war\nThe entertainment of the day\nPresidential speeches on the war\nAny austerity measures the public was part of\n& Foreign allies\n\nOne suggestion for you. Keep the topic current.
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Check out Google Videos for this presentation-I don't have all the answers; yet it seems compelling that something "other" than a plane explosion took place- you decide..
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Watch the movie "Braveheart, it will explain all you want to know. It is one of the best movies I've ever seen!
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I’m getting too old, I can’t believe anyone would need to ask such a question.\nWorld War I, 1914–18, also known as the Great War, conflict, chiefly in Europe, among most of the great Western powers. It was the largest war the world had yet seen.Causes \nWorld War I was immediately precipitated by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian nationalist in 1914. There were, however, many factors that had led toward war. Prominent causes were the imperialistic, territorial, and economic rivalries that had been intensifying from the late 19th cent., particularly among Germany, France, Great Britain, Russia, and Austria-Hungary.\nOf equal importance was the rampant spirit of nationalism, especially unsettling in the empire of Austria-Hungary and perhaps also in France. Nationalism had brought the unification of Germany by blood and iron, and France, deprived of Alsace and Lorraine by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71, had been left with its own nationalistic cult seeking revenge against Germany. While French nationalists were hostile to Germany, which sought to maintain its gains by militarism and alliances, nationalism was creating violent tensions in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; there the large Slavic national groups had grown increasingly restive, and Serbia as well as Russia fanned Slavic hopes for freedom and Pan-Slavism.\nImperialist rivalry had grown more intense with the new imperialism of the late 19th and early 20th cent. The great powers had come into conflict over spheres of influence in China and over territories in Africa, and the Eastern Question, created by the decline of the Ottoman Empire, had produced several disturbing controversies. Particularly unsettling was the policy of Germany. It embarked late but aggressively on colonial expansion under Emperor William II, came into conflict with France over Morocco, and seemed to threaten Great Britain by its rapid naval expansion.\nThese issues, imperialist and nationalist, resulted in a hardening of alliance systems in the Triple Alliance and Triple Entente and in a general armaments race. Nonetheless, a false optimism regarding peace prevailed almost until the onset of the war, an optimism stimulated by the long period during which major wars had been avoided, by the close dynastic ties and cultural intercourse in Europe, and by the advance of industrialization and economic prosperity. Many Europeans counted on the deterrent of war's destructiveness to preserve the peace.\nWar's Outbreak \nThe Austrian annexation (1908) of Bosnia and Hercegovina created an international crisis, but war was avoided. The Balkan Wars (1912–13) remained localized but increased Austria's concern for its territorial integrity, while the solidification of the Triple Alliance made Germany more yielding to the demands of Austria, now its one close ally. The assassination (June 28, 1914) of Archduke Francis Ferdinand at Sarajevo set in motion the diplomatic maneuvers that ended in war.\nThe Austrian military party, headed by Count Berchtold, won over the government to a punitive policy toward Serbia. On July 23, Serbia was given a nearly unacceptable ultimatum. With Russian support assured by Sergei Sazonov, Serbia accepted some of the terms but hedged on others and rejected those infringing upon its sovereignty. Austria-Hungary, supported by Germany, rejected the British proposal of Sir Edward Grey (later Lord Grey of Fallodon) and declared war (July 28) on Serbia.\nRussian mobilization precipitated a German ultimatum (July 31) that, when unanswered, was followed by a German declaration of war on Russia (Aug. 1). Convinced that France was about to attack its western frontier, Germany declared war (Aug. 3) on France and sent troops against France through Belgium and Luxembourg. Germany had hoped for British neutrality, but German violation of Belgian neutrality gave the British government the pretext and popular support necessary fo
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See the bubble-headed bleach-blond come on at 5!\nShe talk about the plane crash, bring a tear to your eye...\nIt's interesting when peop...\n\nOh, wait, you were watching the NEWS!  Hahahahahaa!\n\nThey just kick em when they're up, kick em when they're down, kick em when they're stiff, kick em all around...\n\nWhat did you expect?
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http://www.hurtwood.demon.co.uk/Fun/copter.swf TRY THIS FOR FUN  AND A LITTLE RELATATION.
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That is a huge question...It can be said to lead all the way back to the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI. \n\nTry this. It's concise. http://ehistory.osu.edu/wwii/timeline.cfm
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Hmm, a toughie. Kind of started just after the second world war. The Us poached some nazi rocket scientists (who used to work on the V bombs used to target London). It started with these first jet engines and the start of the cold war. You should have a look at Tom Wolfe; 'The Right Stuff' which gives the whole story...chuck yeager etc....it's also a film if short of time...
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Of course.  Those that haven't yet gone to the Other Side sometimes are waiting around for differnt reasons.  Unlike people assume, they are typically not mad or trying to tell us anything.  They are only confused.  They wonder on a different "plane" kind of.  White noise is kind of like when ours crosess with theirs for a few seconds, maybe even minutes at a time.  There are many other ways to communicate with them though.  Those who have already crossed over, are always around telling us things...leaving coins or other items lying around, using our phones, computers, radios, lights, or any other electronic devices.  Open yourself up and you'll learn a lot from them.