The World War 2 Creature

Even if the Americans had the  firepower to fight back the had another way of fighting, a very interesting way of fighing.They used phycological warfere. they tricked the Japanese into thinking the country was infested with blood suking creatures called Aswang.The Americans took  the bodies of fallen soldiers,drained them of blood,put 2 puncture holes in the bodies and left them where the enemy could see them.This tactic worked well on a terrorist group in the area before the war and it also proved to work against the Japanese. There are rumors that in order to increase the effect an actual creature was ceated and let loose in to the jungle.People in Mexico say the chupacabra is one of the creatures from world war 2. Is it true? I dont know. If it is how did it get to Mexico? Again i dont know. It was an interesting way of fighing but it is very unlikely that a creature like that exsists but who knows? maybe it does exist, lurking somewhere in the dense jungles of the Phillippenes.












sources: descovery chanel and answers.com

German weaponry -problems for the allies

On the battle field with hundreds of extremely well trained soldiers 4 main things almost ensure  your your survival those things are  training.rations,ammo and weapons. I will be focusing on weapons and not just any weapons I will talk about the most powerful and deadly weapons of world war 2.

The German Luger

The Luger-If you can think of one sidearm that represents the German army during the second world war it would be the 9 mm Luger. It was the German counter part of the American colt .45. Although not as powerful as the 45 at the hands of the Germans this was a deadly weapon

tank fist

German Pnzerfaust- For a tank column driving through a old town sounds easy right?Not if the town is filled with Germans with mobile anti tank rockets. Panzerfaust translates in to "tank fist". and would ruin any tank commander's day.   

 

M2 Flamethrower-The flamethrower was used by American and German forces. The flamethrower was powered by jellied gasoline the shoot out a 200 foot long jet of fire. If you were being chased by a guy with this you would not get very far.



German king tiger- the king tiger was one of the most feared tanks of the war. It was capable of taking out several Shermans( the main american tank during world war 2). Its armor was 7 inches thick and had a anti armor  turret. and had a top speed of 25.8 mph.

German -MG42 The MG42 was the German counterpart of the American Browning m 1919.The MG was put in bunkers to protect the shooter and also on vehicles to make it mobile.

About world war 2

A world war 2 propaganda poster 

Naval battle of midway

During world war 2 , there were fights on 2 sides of the world, The Atlantic side and the Pacific side. On the Atlantic the Russians,Americans and the British along with their allies like Canada were fighting the Germans.On the Pacific side the Americans were fighting the Japanese and their allies like Australia  were fighting the Japanese. I will be focusing on the battles in the Philippenes on the Pacific side. Japan invaded the country in December 1941 shortly after Japan declared war on America. The United states controlled the the Philippenes when they attacked. The American-Filipino army was defeated by April 1942 but guerrilla forces continued to fight. Because of  the number of islands the Japanese did not occupy all of them.

Guerrilla forces in the Philippines

When the U.S army was defeated and even when Macaurthur retreated to Australia, Guerrilia forces still continued to operate and fight the invaders in the country. The rebels were some villagers and former army troops who evaded capture during the fall of Bataan and Corregidor. The rebels made contact with Macaurthur's headquarters in Australia.They were told not to start any major operations until the actual invasion.The rebels were sabotageing enemy vehicles and camps, ambushing enemy troops and most importantly , collecting information for the invasion. During the occupation the country had guerrilla  transmitting and receiving stations stations all over the country, Durring , guerrilla attacks became more frequent.They also fought along side the advancing American forces and carried out recon missions for the Americans on the Leyte landings and Samar invasion.    

The Invasion of Leyte: King Two

Intense fighting on Leyte island in 1944

MacAurthurs operations on Leyte island 

Under the  command of MacAurthur the the invasion of Leyte (code named King Two) began on October 20 1944 and ended on December 31 1944. The invasion was the first step to freeing the entire Philippene archipelago from 3 years of Japanese occupation.There is now a memorial on Paolo beach in Leyte.      

The memorial on Paolo beach

The emblem of one of the warships that attacked  Leyte

The allied forces heavily bombed several areas  in the pacific

Terror in the Philippenes

The dragon of the U.S army during world war 2

The battles fought in the Philippenes during world war 2 were violent and destructive. The U.S army used man made fire breathing dragon known as the flamethrower and the Japanese flew planes full of explosives into enemy ships. How would you feel if you were a general in these conditions? If you knew your battalions of troops were reduced to a few hundred ,all hiding in the jungles avoiding being killed or captured? would you panic? MacAurthur was one of those generals. The Japanese were winning the fight and thousands of soldiers were sent on a  extremely long walk from San Fernando to Balanga this was known as the Bataan death march. Hundreds died before they could even reach the concentration camp. MacAurthur had to retreat to Australia with the promise he will return.When he did the counter attack began.   

a Japanese suicide pilot flying into a destroyer 

introduction

macaurhur was one of the generals fighting in the pacific during world war 2. The japanese had the U.S outnumbered and they were loseing the war in the philippenes. Macaurthur  had to retreat to austrailia with the promise he will reurn. His return marked the start of the counter attack that took back the philippenes.