I have been tagged by two people. Zak and Connor.So this is a video tag.
I will tag four people and they will have to post four vids.The tagged ones can post whatever they want.I tag Autumn, A Confederate, Ëarwen, David, and Hudhornet.
Three of them are World War II vids. And one army man.Well I need to go.I hope that God blesses you this week, and I will be back Thursday.
God bless!
-Nathaniel Wallis
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
World War II.
On June 22, 1941, Germany, along with other European Axis members and Finland, invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. The primary targets of this surprise offensive were the Baltic region, Moscow and Ukraine, with an ultimate goal of ending the 1941 campaign near the A-A line, the line connecting the Caspian and White Seas. Hitler's objectives were to eliminate the Soviet Union as a military power, exterminate Communism, generate so-called 'living space'[88] by dispossessing the native population[89] and guarantee access to the strategic resources needed to defeat Germany's remaining rivals.[90] Although before the war the Red Army was preparing for strategic counter-offensives,[91] Barbarossa forced the Soviet supreme command to adopt a strategic defence. During the summer, the Axis made significant gains into Soviet territory, inflicting immense losses in personnel and matériel. However, by the middle of August, the German Army High Command decided to suspend the offensive of a considerably depleted Army Group Center, and to divert the Second Panzer Group to reinforce troops advancing toward central Ukraine and Leningrad. The Kiev offensive was overwhelmingly successful, resulting in encirclement and elimination of four Soviet armies, and made further advance into Crimea and industrially developed Eastern Ukraine (the First Battle of Kharkov) possible.
Khreshchatyk, the main street of Kiev, after German bombardment.
The diversion of three quarters of the Axis troops and the majority of their air forces from France and the central Mediterranean to the Eastern Front prompted the United Kingdom to reconsider its grand strategy. In July, the UK and the Soviet Union formed a military alliance against Germany and shortly after jointly invaded Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and Iran's oilfields. In August, the United Kingdom and the United States jointly issued the Atlantic Charter.
By October, when Axis operational objectives in Ukraine and the Baltic region were achieved, with only the sieges of Leningrad[99] and Sevastopol continuing, a major offensive against Moscow had been renewed. After two months of fierce battles, the German army almost reached the outer suburbs of Moscow, where the exhausted troops were forced to suspend their offensive. Despite impressive territorial gains, the Axis campaign had failed to achieve its main objectives: two key cities remained in Soviet hands, the Soviet capability to resist was not broken, and the Soviet Union retained a considerable part of its military potential. The blitzkrieg phase of WWII in Europe had ended.
By early December, freshly mobilized reserves allowed the Soviets to achieve numerical parity with Axis troops. This, as well as intelligence data that established a minimal number of Soviet troops in the East sufficient to prevent any attack by the Japanese Kwantung Army,[ allowed the Soviets to begin a massive counter-offensive that started on December 5 along a 1000 km front and pushed German troops 100–250 km west.
Japanese troops advancing through Kuala Lumpur.
Japan had seized military control of southern Indochina the previous year, partly to increase pressure on China by blocking supply routes, but also to better position Japanese forces in the event of a war with the western powers. Japan, hoping to capitalize on Germany's success in Europe, made several demands, including a steady supply of oil, of the Dutch East Indies; these attempts, however, broke down in June 1941. The United States, United Kingdom and other western governments reacted to the seizure of Indochina with a freeze on Japanese assets, while the United States (which supplied 80% of Japan's oil) responded by placing a complete oil embargo. Thus Japan was essentially forced to choose between abandoning its ambitions in Asia and the prosecution of the war against China, or seizing the natural resources it needed by force; the Japanese military did not consider the former an option, and many officers considered the oil embargo an unspoken declaration of war. Japanese Imperial General Headquarters thus planned to rapidly seize European colonies in Asia to create a large defensive perimeter stretching into the Central Pacific; the Japanese would then be free to exploit the resources of Southeast Asia while exhausting the over-stretched Allies by fighting a defensive war. To prevent American intervention while securing the perimeter it was further planned to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet from the outset.On December 7 (December 8 in Asian time zones), 1941, Japan attacked British, Dutch and American holdings with near simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific.[114] These included an attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and landings in Thailand and Malaya.These attacks prompted the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, other western Allies and China (already fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War), to formally declare war on Japan. Germany and the other members of the Tripartite Pact responded by declaring war on the United States. In January, the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China and twenty-two smaller or exiled governments issued the Declaration by United Nations which affirmed the Atlantic Charter The Soviet Union did not adhere to the declaration, maintained a neutrality agreement with Japan and exempted itself from the principle of self-determination.Meanwhile, by the end of April 1942, Japan had almost fully conquered Burma, the Philippines, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore,[118] and the key base of Rabaul, inflicting severe losses on Allied troops and taking a large number of prisoners. Japanese forces also achieved naval victories in the South China Sea, Java Sea and Indian Ocean and bombed the Allied naval base at Darwin, Australia. The only real Allied success against Japan was a victory at Changsha in early January, 1942. These easy victories over unprepared opponents left Japan severely overconfident, as well as overextended.[citation needed]
Germany retained the initiative as well. Exploiting dubious American naval command decisions, the German navy ravaged Allied shipping off the American Atlantic coast.Despite considerable losses, European Axis members stopped a major Soviet offensive in Central and Southern Russia, keeping most territorial gains they achieved during the previous year. In North Africa, the Germans launched an offensive in January, pushing the British back to positions at the Gazala Line by early February] followed by a temporary lull in combat which Germany used to prepare for their upcoming offensives.
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Khreshchatyk, the main street of Kiev, after German bombardment.
The diversion of three quarters of the Axis troops and the majority of their air forces from France and the central Mediterranean to the Eastern Front prompted the United Kingdom to reconsider its grand strategy. In July, the UK and the Soviet Union formed a military alliance against Germany and shortly after jointly invaded Iran to secure the Persian Corridor and Iran's oilfields. In August, the United Kingdom and the United States jointly issued the Atlantic Charter.
By October, when Axis operational objectives in Ukraine and the Baltic region were achieved, with only the sieges of Leningrad[99] and Sevastopol continuing, a major offensive against Moscow had been renewed. After two months of fierce battles, the German army almost reached the outer suburbs of Moscow, where the exhausted troops were forced to suspend their offensive. Despite impressive territorial gains, the Axis campaign had failed to achieve its main objectives: two key cities remained in Soviet hands, the Soviet capability to resist was not broken, and the Soviet Union retained a considerable part of its military potential. The blitzkrieg phase of WWII in Europe had ended.
By early December, freshly mobilized reserves allowed the Soviets to achieve numerical parity with Axis troops. This, as well as intelligence data that established a minimal number of Soviet troops in the East sufficient to prevent any attack by the Japanese Kwantung Army,[ allowed the Soviets to begin a massive counter-offensive that started on December 5 along a 1000 km front and pushed German troops 100–250 km west.
Japanese troops advancing through Kuala Lumpur.
Japan had seized military control of southern Indochina the previous year, partly to increase pressure on China by blocking supply routes, but also to better position Japanese forces in the event of a war with the western powers. Japan, hoping to capitalize on Germany's success in Europe, made several demands, including a steady supply of oil, of the Dutch East Indies; these attempts, however, broke down in June 1941. The United States, United Kingdom and other western governments reacted to the seizure of Indochina with a freeze on Japanese assets, while the United States (which supplied 80% of Japan's oil) responded by placing a complete oil embargo. Thus Japan was essentially forced to choose between abandoning its ambitions in Asia and the prosecution of the war against China, or seizing the natural resources it needed by force; the Japanese military did not consider the former an option, and many officers considered the oil embargo an unspoken declaration of war. Japanese Imperial General Headquarters thus planned to rapidly seize European colonies in Asia to create a large defensive perimeter stretching into the Central Pacific; the Japanese would then be free to exploit the resources of Southeast Asia while exhausting the over-stretched Allies by fighting a defensive war. To prevent American intervention while securing the perimeter it was further planned to neutralize the United States Pacific Fleet from the outset.On December 7 (December 8 in Asian time zones), 1941, Japan attacked British, Dutch and American holdings with near simultaneous offensives against Southeast Asia and the Central Pacific.[114] These included an attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbor and landings in Thailand and Malaya.These attacks prompted the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, other western Allies and China (already fighting the Second Sino-Japanese War), to formally declare war on Japan. Germany and the other members of the Tripartite Pact responded by declaring war on the United States. In January, the United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China and twenty-two smaller or exiled governments issued the Declaration by United Nations which affirmed the Atlantic Charter The Soviet Union did not adhere to the declaration, maintained a neutrality agreement with Japan and exempted itself from the principle of self-determination.Meanwhile, by the end of April 1942, Japan had almost fully conquered Burma, the Philippines, Malaya, the Dutch East Indies, Singapore,[118] and the key base of Rabaul, inflicting severe losses on Allied troops and taking a large number of prisoners. Japanese forces also achieved naval victories in the South China Sea, Java Sea and Indian Ocean and bombed the Allied naval base at Darwin, Australia. The only real Allied success against Japan was a victory at Changsha in early January, 1942. These easy victories over unprepared opponents left Japan severely overconfident, as well as overextended.[citation needed]
Germany retained the initiative as well. Exploiting dubious American naval command decisions, the German navy ravaged Allied shipping off the American Atlantic coast.Despite considerable losses, European Axis members stopped a major Soviet offensive in Central and Southern Russia, keeping most territorial gains they achieved during the previous year. In North Africa, the Germans launched an offensive in January, pushing the British back to positions at the Gazala Line by early February] followed by a temporary lull in combat which Germany used to prepare for their upcoming offensives.
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Army Men
Just a few months ago, I let my little sister play Army Men.She loves it! She is a good player and we have had a lot of fun.We have played though all the missions.Well I am very sorry but I need to go,it was a very small post. Oh,and by the way,I will be seeing some of y'all Saturday or Sunday....you will not recognize me.:)
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Friday, July 31, 2009
I know....this is not my brand
This is a little weird what I am posting, but hey, Irish dancing is cool.
This is irish dancing to the "Last of the Mohicans" theme song..it's great!
I hope you enjoy!
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
This is irish dancing to the "Last of the Mohicans" theme song..it's great!
I hope you enjoy!
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Once again I am sorry.
I am very sorry that I have not posted.I have been very very very busy that I have not been able to post. I hope that all of you have enjoyed the Nerf post.:) Oh...if you are interested in Nerf, go to this site...www.gijoewarzone.blogspot.com The title does not sound like a Nerf blog,But that is the name.It teaches a lot of people about Nerf, how you deal with your gun, games you would like to do,and it goes on.
Well I hope that you will have a great week!
And I will do my best to post more often.:)
God Bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Well I hope that you will have a great week!
And I will do my best to post more often.:)
God Bless!
Nathaniel Wallis-
Friday, July 10, 2009
Just some...stuff
Well I hope that all of you are having a good weekend.Just this past week my family and I went to the Family Bible Conference.It was great...especially the Nerf battle.:) It was awesome! I wish that I took my camera into battle.If you have never heard or seeing a Nerf battle...you will love it!:D
Just this past Thursday I was doing a Nerf sniper mission at my house. My outfit was so cool, if you were in the woods you could not see me for my uniform...which I am not going to tell.:) Oh, like I said if you have not heard or seeing a Nerf battle, at the bottom of the post is some Nerf videos and pictures that I put up, I think that you will like them.:) at the right, here is a Nerf gun modified that I wish that I could have.:D
Well I must be going.
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
My apologies
I am sorry that I have not done any post's.:(
Me and my family have been working for a long time.And I have not been able to post.l:(But what stinks is that I need to get of now.But anyway,it's good to be back!
Oh...I forgot,If you have ever heard of the U.S. Army "Land Warrior system" you will find this fascinating.
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis.
Me and my family have been working for a long time.And I have not been able to post.l:(But what stinks is that I need to get of now.But anyway,it's good to be back!
Oh...I forgot,If you have ever heard of the U.S. Army "Land Warrior system" you will find this fascinating.
God bless!
Nathaniel Wallis.
Friday, June 19, 2009
What if...
Just today as I was doing testing, I thought...what if the Nazis won the war.What if the Japanese took Midway and Pearl Harbor.What if England fell to the Nazis...what if the U.S. was taken.That is why this post is called "What if " For one thing the freedom that we have as Christians...would be gone. I know that this world is in a mess,but thank God that we are not looking up to the Nazi rulers...but it really does seem like we are sinking into socialism.But we are not under Obama, nor the mighty kings of the earth,But who?Who do we serve? only one...God! And another thought is what if World War 3 broke out? All I can say is that what I am carrying into battle is my Bible, my gun, and my ammo. And the only way that my enemies can take my gun out of my hand is to pry my could dead fingers from the trigger.
The only thing that we need to do in war is to stand firm,prepare,and trust in the Lord and move out!!!
God Bless!
Nathaniel Wallis
Thursday, June 18, 2009
A e-mail from my dad and other things
I am sorry that I have not posted in a while. I guess that I just didn't have what I wanted to post.:) Just a few days back my dad gave me a chapter to read in my Bible. The chapter was Romans 6, he said"I would like for each of you to slowly and carefully
read this daily for a month.Every time you read it,God will open more and more of it to you." So I did, it was great! I encourage every one of you to read it, it's awesome!
Some time this weekend I and my sister will be doing another short movie called, "Vietnam war: ambushed" Hopefully we can do it tomorrow,but I not sure.But if we do it, try to get to my blog.:)
God be wit you.
Nathaniel Wallis
read this daily for a month.Every time you read it,God will open more and more of it to you." So I did, it was great! I encourage every one of you to read it, it's awesome!
Some time this weekend I and my sister will be doing another short movie called, "Vietnam war: ambushed" Hopefully we can do it tomorrow,but I not sure.But if we do it, try to get to my blog.:)
God be wit you.
Nathaniel Wallis
Friday, June 12, 2009
Oh great...I have been tagged:)
Okay,the one thing I am not doing is having to talk about summer winter or something like that. I like to have a my thoughts to my self...just kidding.:) But I will have a video tag.The tag will be what ever you like, But they are not working!
So I will not be able to post the videos today.:(
But other than that have a great weekend!
God bless.
Nathaniel Wallis
P.S.Thank you Autumn for the tag.:)
P.S.S I tag Calico Zak, Commander Blade,Connor,Earwen.
So I will not be able to post the videos today.:(
But other than that have a great weekend!
God bless.
Nathaniel Wallis
P.S.Thank you Autumn for the tag.:)
P.S.S I tag Calico Zak, Commander Blade,Connor,Earwen.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Homemade WWII Movie
Yesterday, my sister and I went outside to some woods a little ways down the road and made a WWII video entitled "Battle in the Dead Woods". Earlier on, I had gotten on Youtube and looked up "Battle sounds". I recorded on our tape recorder gunshots/explosions/yelling etc. Well, we went out into the woods and my sister, Hannah, filmed it while balancing the camera ON the tape recorder near the speaker to catch the noise. It worked out really well.
Since I was the only "actor", I am wearing a mask when playing the Germans, and don't have a mask when playing the Americans. Also, when playing the Germans, I'm supposedly "speaking German"...which I'm NOT!:)
The battle at the river did not turn out very well...but it was good for a first try.:)
Enjoy!
God be with you.
Nathaniel Wallis PFC
Since I was the only "actor", I am wearing a mask when playing the Germans, and don't have a mask when playing the Americans. Also, when playing the Germans, I'm supposedly "speaking German"...which I'm NOT!:)
The battle at the river did not turn out very well...but it was good for a first try.:)
Enjoy!
God be with you.
Nathaniel Wallis PFC
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Australia's last World War I Soldier Dies
CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) – The last remaining Australian to serve in World War One has died at the age of 110, Veterans' Affairs Minister Alan Griffin said on Wednesday.
Well our heroes of the World Wars are quickly fading away. Before all of them slip away we need to talk with them, Lord willing, to listen to their history and the sacrifices they made for us.
God be with you.
Nathaniel Wallis PFC.
John "Jack" Ross, who was also Australia's oldest man having turned 110 in March, died in his sleep early Wednesday morning at a nursing home in Bendigo in the state of Victoria.
Ross was 18 when he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in January 1918 and trained at the wireless training school, but the war ended nine months later and before he could be posted overseas. He was discharged on Christmas Eve that year.
"Mr. Ross showed his willingness to serve Australia and her allies in what was an extremely tumultuous time in our history, and for that we are grateful," said Griffin in a statement.
"While he did not travel overseas, he completed his training, ready for deployment."
Griffin said Ross was the last of 417,000 Australians who served in World War One and one of only a handful of remaining veterans from that war.
Ross served Australia again in World War Two as a member of the Volunteer Defense Corps. As a civilian, he worked for the Victorian railways before retiring in 1964.
"It now falls to Australians everywhere to ensure that veterans memory is kept alive. We must ensure that their contribution to Australia's wartime history is passed on to future generations, so that their sacrifice is never forgotten," said Griffin.
(Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith, Editing by Miral Fahmy)
Well our heroes of the World Wars are quickly fading away. Before all of them slip away we need to talk with them, Lord willing, to listen to their history and the sacrifices they made for us.
God be with you.
Nathaniel Wallis PFC.
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