This is a WWII History Lesson I made. It is about the troop movements in the European front. It does not include the Pacific front. It covers the lead up, war, and treaty. It also doesn't include the aftermath and the important take aways including:
- Two major powers emerging, the USA and USSR which started the Cold War. - The extensive tragedies and horrors of the Holocaust. - The amount of military and civilian deaths globally. - The first use of nuclear weapons when the USA bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. - Rock and Roll (which happened because of WW2) I will cover some of these topics in my Cold War video.
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I gave a History lesson to my mother about WWI. It starts with the Prussians sparking a rebellion in Denmark, and ends with the Treaty of Versailles. To be continued because I ran out of time.
I think countries should think about whether their people agree with the war or not. They should also think about whether they can win because if they lose they can get partitioned, annexed, lose a significant amount of territory, pay war reparations or get divided into smaller nations. You also need to think about if is worth it. Human lives matter.
The League of Nations might have said during their debate: Argentina: I think we should just let Japan be because Japan needed resources and helped us in WWI. We don't want to start another war. Manchuria isn't a big deal anyways. France: You didn't even fight in the war! Spain: You were neutral since you got independence. Peru: Well guess who we fought. Portugal: Let's get on topic. UK: I think that we should vote. British Raj: I agree. Results: Albania = y Argentina = n Austria = p Belgium = n Bolivia = p Brazil = p Bulgaria = n Canada = n Chile = y China = y Columbia = n My python project is a simulation of an alternate war in the Middle East. So far the nations included are Israel, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, and UAE. I worked on it with a teacher and it was my first complicated python program. I programmed each country with a certain level of military power, so the country with the most power wins during the simulation. A country can lose or gain power by attacking another country or recruiting soldiers. Click on the link below to view the simulation. It is completely randomized so there are different outcomes each time you click on it.
I think the Mongols were Barbarians and helpful to society. The Mongols spread the Turkic people all over Eurasia. Without the Mongols the Ottoman Empire wouldn't have existed. The Mongols were barbarians because they didn't have a centralized government. One of the reasons they were Barbaric is that they showed their power by having lots of wives. You could tell they were civilized because their government was a monarchy, like European countries. But the European countries thought of them as blood thirsty murderers. Humans usually think of people as evil if they're scared of them because they're different. (Feel free to post your opinion!)
Prologue:
1450,October 9 Constantinople “Why do we need to build all these defenses when our city is doomed?” Alexander complained. “You would submit to the Turks?” Dimitri retorted. “Traitor.” Dimitri mumbled. “What was that?” Alexander asked. “Nothing” Dimitri lied. Suddenly a scout sprinted into the room. “What is it?” Alexander asked. “The Turks have gone to attack Skanderbeg!”The scout said. “Go ask Skanderbeg if we can create an anti-Ottoman alliance” Dimitri ordered. “Yes sir” the scout replied. “I’m going to get more reinforcements.” Dimitri added. Dimitri walked into the barracks and told Cassius his plan. Cassius decided to go with him. Chapter 1 Cassius walked to the docks with Dimitri and got one of his battleships and 13,000 soldiers. They boarded the battleship and left Constantinople. They arrived in Bandirma on October 10 and Ottoman soldiers were harassing Greeks who didn’t pay taxes. Cassius decided to split up but he he had a hard time convincing Dimitri. Cassius arrived in a peninsula near Erdek and ordered his 7,000 soldiers to attack Erdek. When Cassius got there he met an Ottoman army of 14,000 troops. Two days later the Ottomans attacked Cassius and his army and Cassius came face to face with Sultan Mehmed II. Cassius ordered his infantry to charge at the Ottoman infantry while he fought Mehmed. Cassius dueled Mehmed for awhile but was crushed. Chapter 2 Dimitri with his 6,000 soldiers attacked Bandirma and saw 240,000 Ottomans camping there. Dimitri whispered for his soldiers to retreat but an Ottoman scout noticed them. Out of nowhere Crassus appeared with 54,000 soldiers and beheaded the Ottoman scout. “No time to explain! Run!” Crassus ordered. Suddenly 140,000 Ottomans attacked them. As Dimitri charged through the disorganized lump of Turks he realized the turks had no leader. Dimitri yelled: “They have no leader!” Crassus sent his archers behind the knights. Some were killed as others surrendered. Suddenly an arrow hit Dimitri in the chest as he fell to the ground. Chapter 3 Alexander arrived in Albania with the scout. He found Skanderbeg in a fort. Alexander asked Skanderbeg about the alliance and Skanderbeg accepted. He gave Skanderbeg 36,000 soldiers and Skanderbeg brought 56,000. They arrived in Bandirma on November 5th. Chapter 4 They found 100,000 Turks there and attacked. As Alexander charged through the Ottoman front lines he found Crassus, lying there, dead. Suddenly some Ottoman horsemen attacked him! Two Albanian swordsmen helped him fend them off. They finally won the battle. They arrived in Erdek the next day. Dimitri asked Skanderbeg how he fought so well. Skanderbeg told him his father was an Albanian lord. “I was trained by the Ottomans” he added. They found 2,000 soldiers in Erdek and easily occupied the city. Then 50,000 Ottomans led by Mehmed attacked Erdek. Chapter 5 Dimitri came face to to face with the Sultan again. Dimitri charged at Mehmed but the Sultan knocked Dimitri onto the ground and took Dimitri’s sword. Mehmed was about to kill Dimitri when a stray cannonball hit Mehmed! Dimitri was wounded by the cannon and was knocked unconscious. Dimitri woke up 2 hours later. Cassius was leaning over him. Cassius explained that the cannon had killed Mehmed so the Ottomans panicked and were slaughtered. Chapter 6 Cassius ordered his men to attack Marama with 116,000 troops. They landed in Marama on April 5th. Cassius dragged Dimitri onto the shore and attacked. Artillery from the fleet had destroyed the walls of the fort. Cassius charged and Dimitri who was on the ground knocked an Ottoman janissary off the rubble and Cassius took the soldier’s place. The Ottoman army retreated and Cassius ordered his men to chase the Ottomans into the fort. The Ottomans panicked and half of the retreating Ottomans were slaughtered. Suddenly in the chaos an Ottoman captain raised a white flag. The siege was over. Chapter 7 Dimitri ordered his men to sail to Śarköy to occupy the city and arrived on April 10th. With 113,000 troops at his command he attacked the city. The city had 267,000 soldiers defending it but the general was weak so they stood a good chance. Byzantine arrows rained down and the Ottoman general was killed in the massacre (not that it really mattered). It was chaos, the Ottomans panicked and 30,000 Ottomans were killed in the first hour! 196,000 Ottomans were slaughtered while the Byzantines only lost 500 soldiers. A scout told them that the Ottomans were besieging Constantinople. Dimitri had to retreat. Chapter 8 Dimitri ordered Alexander to retreat. Alexander had to listen because at the battle of Sarkoy Dimitri was promoted. Alexander arrived in Constantinople which was already being besieged. Constantine walked up to Alexander and said “Why didn’t you get here more quickly!”. Then an Ottoman soldier somehow managed to get into the barracks. “Surrender or die” the Ottoman said. Alexander in response kicked the Ottoman soldier in the face. Suddenly a retreat bell rang… Chapter 9 Cassius was chasing the Turks out of Constantinople. He arrived in Üsküdar and attacked the fort. They were out numbered 50 to 1. A Byzantine soldier knocked on the door. An Ottoman opened the door and asked “Orada Kim Var”. Cassius killed the Turk and charged into the fort. He was met with heavy resistance. Cassius slowly pushed further into the city. He pushed further into the city until he got to the barracks. Cassius came face to face with an Turkic soldier. Cassius kicked the Turk in the privates and beheaded him. Cassius pushed further into the barracks until the Ottomans surrendered. Chapter 10 Dimitri attacked Ümraniye on August 9th. He was accompanied by the following generals. Cassius (Byzantine), Alexander (Byzantine), Skanderbeg (Albania), Hunyadi (Hungary), Alfonso V (Aragon) Doria (Genoa), and Stephan (Moldova). In total the Byzantine, Albanian, Hungarian, Spanish, and Moldavians had 159,000 troops. Also the Genoa’s navy combined with the Spanish navy had 198 ships in their fleet. The Ottomans had 90,000 troops and 37 ships. The Ottomans retreated to Sultanbeyli where the battle started.Battle of Sultanbeyli, 1451 Around an eighth of the retreating Ottomans were massacred. Two days a go the Ottoman fleet was annihilated and tortured. Sultanbeyli was surrounded the next day. Genoa’s fleet bombarded the Ottoman walls while Albanian-Byzantine soldiers attacked the walls. Hungarian-Spanish soldiers had destroyed the Ottoman fleet and teamed up with the Venetians to attack Maltepe. The western wall fell first and the Byzantines flooded into the city. Meanwhile because the Ottomans left their positions on the eastern wall the Genoa’s soldier got off their boats and marched into the city. With no defenders in the south the Albanians rushed in. The Ottomans were slaughtered. Casualties Ottoman Empire 243,000 Albanian lords 52,000 Venice 39,000 Byzantine Empire 24,000 Spain 18,000 Hungary 16,000 Genoa 12,000 Beyliks 8,000 Battle of Pendik, 1451 Genoa's ships combined with Venetian ships blockaded the city. Meanwhile Lithuanians raided Moldovan towns so Stefan the Great needed to stay behind to fight the Lithuanians. The Hungarians, Serbs, Byzantines, Albanians, and Spaniards completed the encirclement of the city. Together the Holy League had 569,000 soldiers and 672 ships. Meanwhile the Ottomans had 172,000 soldiers and 3 ships. Spain 172,000f 297n Venice 82f 342n Byzantine Empire 253,000f 12n Hungary 56,000f 2n Genoa 2f 31n Albania 87,354f 0n Beyliks 562f 0n The Ottoman navy was destroyed in a hour. The whole of Genoa's army was attacking Kocaeli and with no navy it would easily fall. The first breach in the walls was in the South and the Spaniards flooded into the city. With the Ottomans distracted, all the other armies broke in. The Ottomans surrendered to the Holy League on December 11, 1451 Part 2 Holy League contribution Part 2 Prologue Even after the war Venice still looted Ottoman costal cities. Eventually they were even gaining land from it! Meanwhile Anatolia was falling into anarchy a perfect time for Byzantine invaders. Venice asked Byzantium for help against the Ottomans. Learning about this alliance, Genoa offered to help the Ottomans in their war. And so it began… Chapter 2.1 Siege of Elba Dimitri was laying on top of a fellow Byzantine warrior with a blood covering his leg. Was this how it would all end? Doria’s armies had been attacked Elba, Marseille, Nice, Cannes, Toulon, and Saint-Tropez which had had forced France to invade Genoa. Meanwhile Dimitri was a captive of Genoa in Ajaccio and was thought to be dead. (Hint: Medieval doctors were terrible.) Louis XI with an army of 300,000 land soldiers marched into Genova on October 5th 1471. Genoa retreated practically all of its soldiers to Genova to save its capital. On the way Dimitri managed to escape and wrestled Doria into the water. Dimitri dunked Doria’s head into the water and when he went limp Dimitri let him go. Dimitri heard a loud explosion in the distance and one of Genoa’s Crows nests and crawled in. |
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