One and A Half Million Meebles!

Hello! I am Kachess and I will be giving away 1,500,000 meebles. How do I get this large sum of money? I will tell you. If you want the 1,500,000 million meebles, write an essay on World War Two. You can write the essay on anything in World War Two, Sicily, Pearl Harbor, Battle of Britain, Eastern Front, etc. I will be judging these essay and one person will win. There will be a secondary prize, 200,000 meebles.

To post your essay, just post it down below. I don't have any more effective way of doing this. Also, I will be watching plagiarism.

Edit: Winner will be selected June 17th.

Attention: The top 3 essays will be picked in one day! 6/15/6 Those who make the final three are not guaranteed 1,500,000 meebles. Out of those three, I will choose the winner and follow up! Good luck!

Note: Strengthed and AwesomeAdoGamer are banned from this contest. They have plagiarized twice and they should be ashamed. Special thanks to @Snowy7777 for spotting Strengthed on his second essay.

Thank you - Kachess

 

paying someone to do schoolwork for you?

not a bad idea

 

I love world war 2. I will def do this when I get home.

 

Got to Wikipedia. Where's my money now?

 

im doing mine on a thingy that im gonna decide l8r, i'll copy paste it here when its done.

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WW2 The Battle of Guadalcanal

As the last, and arguably most impactful, european land war, historians often focus on the post D-day campaign in europe, and often overlook the more tropical, but not more hospitable, battle in the indo-asian war. The extent of this segment of the war is far too much for my essay, however I would focus in on the “island hopping” campaign that was done less for strategic gain, and more for morale boosting. If the united states army would commit to an island, the japanese would realize it was strategically unimportant, and abandon the island. This would give the troops in the american army a sense of accomplishment at relatively low cost in lives and munitions. These campaigns continued for awhile, until the american army unknowingly attacked the island of guadalcanal, an island that was overseeing covert supply operations to japan's war effort in china. America attacked, and initially was met with furious resistance.

The plan was initially conceived by the U.S naval admiral Ernest King. Due to weather, making beachhead went without much incident. When the japanese realised the allies landing, they responded with typical brutal force, at around 11:30 pm, the japanese launched a full frontal assault on the marines position at tenaru, and after just an hour of fierce fighting, the japanese forces casualties had mounted more than anyone could have guessed, over 800 of the forces that set out fell into a retreat after their commander, Ikichi kiyona, killed himself. The marines counterattacked and wiped out many of the remaining forces, it was this critical early battle that put the japanese on the backfoot throughout the campaign, and ultimately the war effort in that area.

The U.S continued to rebuke the japanese wherever they attacked, and began launching a series of crippling assaults on their supply lines. The japanese, fearing that they wouldn’t be able to recover from a rout in guadalcanal, sent several battalions to secure the island, this culminated at “the battle of edsons ridge”. The japanese forces numbered 3000 strong, there assault strategy consisted on sending waves of men into the marines gunline, many waves attacks resulted in hand to hand combat between the forces, and after several hours, the battle devolved into a hectic melee. Yet still, by the end of the battle, the japanese had lost 850 dead, with many more hundreds wounded, with only 104 dead on the marines side, at this point it became clear to the japanese just how dire their situation in guadalcanal was. After this, the japanese sent almost 15000 troops to the island, although almost 2000 of these would be killed at sea, for an unknown reason, the bulk of the japanese forces decided to delay their attack on the marines position, something they weren’t able to communicate to the other segment of there army, thus on october 24th, 4000 japanese troops, the full second division, assaulted the marines position, assuming most of the marines would be tied up fighting the main japanese assault. In short, the 2nd japanese division was decimated, to the point where they no longer could take part in the larger battle. The main assault force, after hearing that they would no longer have the support of the 2nd division, reverted to the strategy of launching several nighttime raids on the marines position, thinking they would eventually break. It is a testament to the encampment of the marines that they gunline never broke, and the gunline held.

The americans, after weeks of being assaulted on land, but only making gains at sea, decided to launch an offensive on multiple key points across the island. The offensive began at around 10:00 AM on november 1st, The U.S completely routed the japanese positions, something that served to further worsen japan's situation.

On the 12th of december, the japanese war cabinet gave the order to withdraw, the evacuation was completed by january 14th


Sources

Tales of the South Pacific (book)

Guadalcanal Diary (book)

Pride of the Marines (film)

The Thin Red Line (novel)

The Pacific,Episode 1, Guadalcanal/Leckie and Episode 2, Basilone (TV miniseries)

The Gallant Hours (film)

Helmet for My Pillow (book)

The Thin Red Line (1964 film)

The Thin Red Line (1998 film)

Dogfights Season 1, Ep. No. 4 – Guadalcanal (TV series)

Shootout! Season 1, Guadalcanal (TV series)

The Lost Evidence Episode 20 (TV series)

Battle_360°, Episodes 3 through 5 (TV series)

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*if you wanna know how i got my sources for further research, i use the sources from wikipedia, however only a handful fo them provided me with any real information.*

 

The Battle of Britain is a vast subject. It was fought for almost four months, witnessed by millions, and was documented widely and in detail. Let's focus here on one topic, the key causes for the German defeat in the Battle of Britain. These causes were bad senior leadership, and bad intelligence analysis, and they cursed the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), and the German war effort, for the rest of World War 2.



The German Grand Strategy
Adolf Hitler originally intended to conquer the world one enemy at a time. He also trusted that continued European appeasement, and American isolationism, would allow him that. He wanted to conquer Eastern Europe first (Poland, then Russia), and then to exploit its vast resources to convert Germany, over one decade, from a European power to a global super-power, and then to turn West, conquer Western Europe, then defeat Great Britain, and finally fight against the United States of America for global domination.
The first setback for Hitler's grand strategy was when Great Britain and France surprised him by declaring war in response to his invasion of Poland. Hitler's response was to attack in the West, temporarily he hoped, in order to settle that unexpected problem, and then be able to turn back East. His 1st step was to secure his northern flank, Scandinavia, which was a vital source for war materials. His 2nd step was to defeat and conquer France. And the result of that, he believed (and wrote to his generals), was that Great Britain, remaining alone at war against Germany, and at a "militarily hopeless situation", would prefer to negotiate an end to the war.

The second setback for Hitler was when Great Britain, then led by a new prime minister, Winston Churchill, refused to negotiate an end to the war. This forced Hitler to a 3rd step in his war in Western Europe, making preparations for an invasion of Britain, in hope that either that would convince the British to negotiate an end to the war, or, if necessary, invade Britain. What was at stake from the German strategic point of view was that with Hitler's inevitable war against Russia waiting to start, failing to end the war with Britain one way or another, meant that Germany would once again find itself fighting a major war in two fronts, which it was again likely to lose, as in World War 1.

Preconditions for invasion
Faced with the task of planning to invade England, the German military planners faced the same problem previously faced by Napoleon and earlier European land army powers:Britain is an island. The English Channel separates it from Europe, making a land army irrelevant unless it can safely cross the channel to England.

1. Strong British Navy, if present, makes crossing the channel a practically impossible mission. And in 1940 the Royal Navy's Home Fleet was strong and present.

There was also the new dimension, of air war, which didn't exist at Napoleon's time. So:

1. In order to have a chance to safely transfer an invasion army across the English Channel, the Germans had to neutralize both British naval power and air power, at least locally, near the invasion routes.
2. Since the German Navy was no match for the Home Fleet, the Germans could only hope to sink the Home Fleet from above, with the Luftwaffe's bombers.
3. The only way that the Luftwaffe could hope to sink the Home Fleet without being itself decimated by Royal Air Force fighters, was by eliminating them first, at least locally.

It meant that the entire prospect for a German invasion of England, and for the entire German strategy of avoiding war in two fronts, depended on the precondition that the Luftwaffe had to achieve air superiority over South-East England and the English Channel.
German intelligence failure
The story of German military intelligence during World War 2 is one of continued and widespread complacency and mediocrity, with catastrophic results. The Germans did make intelligence efforts, tactical, strategic, and technological, both in attack and in defense, but these efforts were far less than what was needed to make a difference. They repeatedly failed to properly analyze the information they did have, repeatedly answered or dismissed critical intelligence questions offhand, intuitively, based on assumptions, without seriously analyzing or validating, and too often they did not even ask or suspect. This systematic failure of German intelligence also significantly affected the German effort and results in the Battle of Britain, at all levels:

• Hitler and his advisors totally misjudged British resolve, before, during, and after the Battle of Britain.
• The Luftwaffe did not try, before or during the Battle of Britain, to seriously analyze the Royal Air Force's fighter command and control system, which was far more sophisticated than they imagined, and efficient. The Germans knew that RAF used RADARs, and gathered electronic intelligence about their locations and technical characteristics, and during the battle they understood that RAF used RADARs more efficiently than they previously thought, but they did not analyze the system as a whole, even after they repeatedly faced it in battle, and continued to assume that RAF's Fighter Command was sending its last remaining forces at them.
• German intelligence significantly underestimated British aircraft production rates, based mostly on offhand estimates.

Luftwaffe leadership failure
The Luftwaffe was commanded by Hermann Goering, who at the same time was also the deputy head of state and a senior government minister, with tremendous political power. Time and again, in Dunkirk, in the Battle of Britain, in the Stalingrad siege, in the air defense of Germany from allied bombers, and in many operational and technical aspects of the command, management, and development of German air power, Goering made decisions based on his ego and intuition, with little consideration of the sound advise and factual information provided to him by his subordinates, especially by Luftwaffe wing and fleet commanders, who knew better than him what was really happening in the battlefield, and were often ignored by Goering when what they told him was not what he liked to hear. Goering's leadership was disastrous for the Luftwaffe, but although Hitler understood it after the German failure in the Battle of Britain, he continued to allow Goering, his loyal friend and deputy, free hand in managing the Luftwaffe, and based on similar ego, and wishful thinking, Hitler backed some of Goering's worst decisions, during and after the Battle of Britain, with catastrophic results. Goering is not the only one to blame for the Luftwaffe's leadership failure in the Battle of Britain, but he made the key decisions, and was backed by Hitler.
The key errors and failures of Goering and the Luftwaffe High Command in the Battle of Britain were:

• Drop tanks - Germany was a land army power, and its Air Force was designed as a tactical Air Force intended to support the army's land campaigns. Because of that, German aircraft, and particularly their fighters, were short-ranged. In the Battle of Britain this was a very serious impediment to Luftwaffe operations, with a heavy cost in losses. The Luftwaffe deployed its fighters in bases as close to the channel coast as they could, but that wasn't enough. The obvious solution was to equip fighters with extra fuel drop tanks, but although the Luftwaffe was aware of drop tanks since before the war, and equipped its short-range bombers with drop tanks since early 1940, it did not make an effort to quickly equip its fighters with drop tanks in the weeks before the Battle of Britain started, or during the battle. They began equipping new production fighters with drop tanks as a lesson from the Battle of Britain, but that was too late.
• Bomber escorts - although it may intuitively appear that fighter aircraft should stay close to the bombers they escort and protect from the enemy fighters, that's actually wrong, because it denies the escorting fighters most of their efficiency as fast and highly maneuverable air units. Yet during the Battle of Britain, and despite the factual evidence from the daily combat engagements, Luftwaffe High Command insisted that the fighters should stay with the bombers.
• Attacks on RADARs - the Luftwaffe knew that RADARs were critically important to the RAF's fighter defense against them, and they obviously decided to attack the RADARs. But instead of a properly planned and decisively executed series of attacks on RAF's RADARs array, they attacked a few RADAR stations offhand, then quickly and prematurely concluded that the attacks were inefficient, and left it at that.
• Bombing London instead of the RAF - then came the main phase of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe concentrated its effort on bombing the RAF's fighter bases. That put a serious and direct pressure on RAF's fighter command. But instead of persisting with that and pushing Fighter Command to the breaking point, the Luftwaffe changed its strategy. In response to a Luftwaffe bombardment which unintentionally hit residential areas in London, the RAF sent its long range bombers to their first attacks on Berlin during the war. Goering was furious. His personal reputation was 'under attack', and so he decided, and Hitler supported that, to shift the Luftwaffe's effort from bombing the RAF's fighter bases to bombing London as retaliation for the bombardment of Berlin. They rationalized this irrational decision, their most famous error during the Battle of Britain, by assuming that Fighter Command will lose what they assumed were its last remaining forces, in air combats while trying to protect London.

Outcome and aftermath
But RAF Fighter Command was not down to its last remaining forces. It was actually still strong and efficient, and rapidly recovered from the damages it suffered when it was directly and consistently attacked. So when the Luftwaffe shifted its attacks to London, it suffered even greater losses, and the increased distance from its bases further increased its losses due to its fighters range problem. Finally, on 17 September 1940, Hitler and Goering had to accept the fact that the side that was losing this dramatic battle of attrition, was their side, not the British side.
The precondition for a German invasion of England was not achieved, and no longer seemed achieveable, so Hitler decided to "postpone" that invasion, indefinitely. Hitler then decided to shift Germany's war effort back East, to invading Russia, as he originally intended, but now it meant fighting a war in two fronts. The Luftwaffe shifted its remaining effort against Britain from day bombardments to night bombardments, but despite the cost in lives of British civilians, this was now just a harassment effort, no longer a major effort, since most of the Luftwaffe's remaining force was transferred to Eastern Europe. The British people won the Battle of Britain, and knew it, and it boosted their morale and confidence. For nine more months they still stood alone in the war against Nazi Germany, but they remained standing, and increasingly stronger.

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Ah yes, the art of getting people to do schoolwork for you. Very delicate practice indeed.

 

If I wanted to get someone to do my homework, would I offer such a vast prize?

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Strong candidates. Both have good potential. Winner will be selected June 16th!

 

Am I allowed to do a satirical essay? Or do you only want a serious, down to earth, essay?

 

You can do a satirical essay at your own risk to the prize.

 

Alright then, tell me why your doing this.

 

I will be quitting Meepcraft soon. Why not give away my money?

 

World War 2 was the largest war in the history of humanity. It was a global war with over 70 counties participating in it ; it lasted about 7 years, and caused over 60 million casualties. Battles of WW2 covered territories of over 40 countries. Surely it is the greatest war ever, not only because of the facts stated above, but also because it made a significant impact on the world history, the nations, the regimes, the influences, the economies, and many other spheres. This war caused the restructuring of boundaries of several countries, and it even caused the creation of new states . New revolutionary high-tech weaponry had been first used in this war, such as long-distance missiles, jets, and (most importantly) nuclear bombs.

The causes of the war mainly revolve around the global militarization and nationalism. Nearly all high-tech countries were putting vary many resources into research and development of new weapons and military technology. The other more specific causes of the war include the following:

1. the Eastern conflict (Japan, China, and the U.S.A)

2. the European conflict (Nazi Germany)

3. League of Nations problem

4. impact of the Great Depression

In the East, Japan invaded China mainly for economic reasons, while the United States supported China economically and provided military support. Eventually, Japan had to make a choice: whether to give up, or to start the war for the natural energy resources. As history has proved, the Japanese have chosen the second option.

In Europe, the major problem was the Nazi Party of Germany. After the end of the World War 1, Germany, and Adolf Hitler in particular, was very unsatisfied with the decisions made regarding Germany. The Treaty of Versailles has made Germany accept the responsibility for causing WW1, and had also forced Germany to make reparations to certain states that suffered from WW1. Although the German side agreed with the treaty (or rather was forced to agree), Adolf Hitler and his followers considered the treaty unjust and humiliating. Their aggressiveness could have been harnessed by certain provisions of the treaty, but no action has been taken, and the Germans were literally ‘free’ to start another war.

The League of Nations too could have prevented the war simply by the superiority in military force. However, the primary mission of the League (which was aimed at preventing another war) failed. The reasons for this failure were the appeasements of Great Britain and France, the major countries in the League. Their policies have given Hitler time to build up army and develop new weapons.

And the fourth major cause of WW2, which in fact is still questionable, is the Great Depression. Unemployment and mass inactivity of peoples, specifically in Germany, created such conditions, in which Hitler and the Nazis seized power and gained control over the country.

The World War 2 began between the Allies and the Germany. Originally, the Allies consisted of France, United Kingdom, Poland, and several other states. Later Soviet Union (or USSR) and the United States have joined the Allies. As for the other side, it was later referred to as the Axis, when Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria (and several others) joined Germany . By the end of the war, Allies included: Great Britain, U.S., USSR, France, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, and Yugoslavia3, as well as many other states such as Ethiopia, Iran, Turkey, Sweden, and many others. Interestingly, as the Allies had more control over the territories, several countries changed side. Specifically, Italy, Romania, Finland, Bulgaria, and Hungary, - all were defected from the Nazis .

World War 2 began in Europe in 1939 when the Germans entered into Poland. The Germans hurtled through Polish defense, and in about a week they reached Warsaw. United Kingdom and france had declared war against Germany by then, but they have “dishonored their treaties with Poland” (which is known in history as the Western Betrayal). Later that month Soviets entered Poland, which then was pressed by Germans from the West and Russians from the East. Afterwards, Polish government and army evacuated to Romania and Hungary, which was the fall of Poland. That period of war at land was passive.

At the same time, the Germans started war in the Atlantic waters. Having advantage with their submarines (U-boats), they managed to sink many big warships.

The next year Germans invaded Norway. Although the Allies tried to protect the Norwegians (particularly the French, British, and Polish), they failed and Norway remained under Nazi control. Later that year, the Germans gained control over France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxemburg. While the Russians freed smaller states from Romanians in the East, Germans were preparing to invade Britain. However, their attempts failed because they could not defeat British Royal Air Force. Although London was heavily bombed, this German operation was cancelled. This battle is referred to as Battle of Britain. At sea, however, German U-boats were more and more devastating, which led to the United States intrusion. In addition, the Italians entered war by spreading their forces in the Mediterranean. And all this was only the beginning.

Later in 1941, the war spread and became global. Battles in Europe expanded. The war reached Middle East. In Asia and Pacific the war started little earlier than in Europe, as stated earlier in the paper. The Japanese attacked China, while the United States helped Japan. Such circumstances led to the famous attack on the Pearl Harbor, the main purpose of which was to destroy American Pacific Fleet. The unexpected attack on Pearl Harbor was on December 7th, 1941 . Although the damage was heavy, the Japanese failed to destroy any of the strategically important aircraft carriers, and they also left Pearl Harbor functional as a military base. The next day, both the United States and China declared war against Japan. Meanwhile, Japanese continued attacks in the Pacific, destroying armies of British colonies and occupying oilfields. Several years later, in 1945, Americans dropped bombs on two Japanese towns, namely Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The nuclear bombs of tremendous power have killed tens of thousands of people, most of which were civilians.

By 1945, the Germans penetrated into the Soviet Union down to Kursk and Stalingrad (now Volgograd). The battle at Kursk was the largest tank battle in history, and the siege of Stalingrad, which lasted several months, was the most important battle in the war for the Russians. If the Germans had succeeded, Russians would have lost; Moscow was close almost defenseless. However, because the Russians maintained the supply of arms and forces, they have overcome the Nazi, which was the beginning of the end.

Then at the end of 1944 – beginning of 1945, Americans and others from the West and Russians from the East, started to Berlin, freeing states and regions occupied by Germans. Japan and others surrendered, and the Axis simply waited for the imminent defeat. Russians entered Berlin in April 1945. Surprisingly, Hitler still appealed schoolboys and young men to fight, whilst the imminent outcome was obvious. He later hid in a bunker, and then committed suicide there. Thus, may 8th became the Victory Day (9th for Russians).

Although World War 2 was the most severe war ever, it had taught humanity many things, which they did not realize after the World War 1. After the war the United Nations Organization had been created. Japan and Germany, although blamed, were not publicly humiliated, but rather they were supported to prevent the desire to avenge. Thus, people died in the World War 2 for us to live in a better world, enjoy and value it, and remember the mistake of the past.

Bibliography
1. Wikipedia contributors (2006). World War II. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved, April 3, 2006 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II

2. where can I see ww1, ww2, and ww3 statistics? Three world wars. Retrieved, April 3, 2006 from http://www.threeworldwars.com/world-war-overview.htm

3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki. About. Retrieved, April 3, 2006 from http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/ a/hiroshima.htm

I hope I win :3

 

You guys have way too much time...

 

You're an ass.

No, really, you're an ass.

You plagiarized an essay for a minecraft server. I knew you were too stupid to write something that good.
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Best, you did it for fake currency that you wont care about in 2 years.

 

I love that website

 

You too, lmaooooo!! http://www.2worldwar2.com/battle-of-britain.htm

I really hope you guys are ashamed of yourselves

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Heh, how long does it take to find a suitable work to plagiarize on Google?

 

Scoreboard:
Dwarfoo: Essay Completed: Plagiarized?: Not as far as we can tell
Strengthened: Essay Completed: Plagiarized?: Yes. <- Shame on you
AwesomeAdoGamer: Essay Completed: Plagiarized?: Yes. <- Shame on you

So far, dwarf is winning with the only (so far) non-plagiarized essay

 

I think Dwarf's essay is as close to sure as you can get. You can see a bit just by putting it into google (getting no results). Then you find that it has his "trademark" grammar; e.g. imperfect (sorry), but it does look like him.