Medical advances

I thought all of the presentations were good. I learned a lot from all of them. The medical presentation was especially interesting. I knew about the a lot of the information before the presentation but it wasn't until Monday that I realized the significance of these advances. I had never before connected them to WW II. I can see why they were so important now and can also see how the advances in medicine had a huge impact on the soldiers.

Kasserine Pass

The Battle for Kasserine Pass was a hard fought battle between the United States and Germans. I had not realized how important this battle was before the presentation in class. The Germans attacking during a sand storm was a great camouflage tactic! General Alexander taking control after General Anderson oviously was very important to the success of the Allied troops. Not being allowed to retreat makes required the soldiers to literally fight for their lives.

Medical advances

I thought the presentation on medical advances was interesting. I knew Malaria was bad in the Pacific but I didn't realize how it affected our army. This presentation really shows how hard it is to fight a war and how every little thing matters. The medical advances really helped win the war and keep soliders alive. It was nice to see a different part of the war that was so important.

Herman Goring

i didn't know before the presentation how much of an art collector/thief he was. many top nazi's were told to commit suicide rather than surrender, and many had operations done to install poison capsules inside one of their back teeth so all they had to do was flip it open and bite down.

Herman and Kassarine

The Kasserine Pass presentation was good because it showed what happened when the United States Army made contact with the Germans for the first time. This really was a wakeup call to the U.S. in the regards that it showed them that their equipment, in particular their armor was no match for the mighty German Panzers. The battle also showed that the German Army was a tough foe with much experience on their side the the Americans were at this time in the war without.
This is a strange thing to find interesting about Herman, but I never new that he was such an accomplished pilot in the First World War. I also did not know that since that time he let his body go because of his lust for life. One final area of interest I have with Mr. Herman is that he was a large collector of art.

March 10-12: Only post on Presentations

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Presentations on 3/5

Very nicely done gentlemen, you both handled your presentations over the Russian battles well. Isn't it strange how we can sit back and analyze exactly what the Germans and Russians were doing, and with our 20/20 hindsight see the inherent flaws or opportunities? It was interesting to learn about the Wehrmacht's later advances, up til now I had assumed it was mostly a defensive war they were fighting after Stalingrad went down.