Austria-Hungary also called carte blanche or “blank check” assurance of Germany’s backing in the case of war.16 Soldiers were armed with a lot of close-combat weapons when they went on raiding parties in case they need to kill an enemy. From 1914 to 1916 Russia’s army mounted several offensives on WW1.17 There were about 21 million casualties. Shellshock is the name that was used to describe concussion‚ emotional shock‚ nervous exhaustion‚ and other similar states.18 When the men went off to fight
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Summer Olympic Games Sites 1896 - Athens‚ Greece 1900 - Paris‚ France 1904 - St. Louis‚ United States 1908 - London‚ United Kingdom 1912 - Stockholm‚ Sweden 1916 - Scheduled for Berlin‚ Germany* 1920 - Antwerp‚ Belgium 1924 - Paris‚ France 1928 - Amsterdam‚ Netherlands 1932 - Los Angeles‚ United States 1936 - Berlin‚ Germany 1940 - Scheduled for Tokyo‚ Japan* 1944 - Scheduled for London‚ United Kingdom* 1948 - London‚ United Kingdom 1952 - Helsinki‚ Finland 1956 - Melbourne‚ Australia
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Introduction | Life | Work John Dewey (Photograph from Colombia University Faculty Photograph Collection‚ c.1950) Introduction John Dewey (1859 - 1952) was a 20th Century American philosopher‚ psychologist and educational reformer. Along withCharles Sanders Peirce and William James‚ he is recognized as one of the founders of the largely American philosophical school of Pragmatism and his own doctrine of Instrumentalism. He was also one of the fathers of Functionalism (or Functional Psychology)
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’administration française‚ 1910-1930‚ Paris : Beauchesne. Sauvy‚ Alfred‚ 1984‚ Histoire économique de la France entre les deux guerres‚ Paris : Economica. Trachtenberg‚ Marc‚ 1980‚ Reparation in World Politics: France and European Economic Diplomacy‚ 1916-1923‚ New-York : Columbia University Press. Truchy‚ Henri‚ 1926‚ Les finances de guerre de la France‚ Paris : PUF‚ and Yale University Press for the English-language edition. Villa‚ Pierre‚ 1993‚ Une analyse macroéconomique de l ’économie française
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battlefield’ by men of the British Machine Gun Corps founded in October 1915 and remained in use long into the twentieth century. As a measure of the effectiveness and reliability of the weapon‚ during the British attack upon High Wood on 24 August 1916 it is estimated that ten Vickers fired in excess of one million rounds over a twelve hour period. Advantages The gun used standard rifle 0.303-inch ammunition and weighed a little under 20kg; it was thus lighter than both the original Maxim Gun and
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World War-I Introduction World War I (WWI) was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II in 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter. It involved all the world ’s great powers‚ which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central
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Notes on the life and works of Roald Dahl Timeline 1916 Roald Dahl born September 13‚ 1916 in Llandaff. 1920 Sister Astri dies of appendicitis at the age of seven. A few months later Dahl’s father‚ Harald Dahl‚ dies. 1923-1929 Enters Llandaff Cathedral School‚ St Peters school (Weston Super mare) and Repton Public School in Derby. 1934-1939 Graduates from Repton. Accepts position with Shell Oil Company in London. 4 years later‚ begins working in Shell’s branch office in East Africa
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"War is the midwife of revolution" It isn´t just an unlicky coincidence that both‚ the 1905 revolution and the 1917 revolution(s)‚ took place slightly after the Russo-Japanese War in the first case‚ and during the Great War in the second one. Both cases prove that "war is the midwife of revolution" and that it is a direct cause for this uprisings. In 1904 Russia went to war with Japan. They were fighting for control of Korea and Manchuria in the Far East. Right from the start of the war the
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POSITVE THINKERS LEADS A HAPPY LIFE MEANS -- Positive thinking 1) Creates the immense energy which constantly increases your capabilities‚ 2) Enhances your self-confidence‚ 3) Inspires you to work collectively‚ 4) Improves quality of your work‚ 5) Keeps you cheerful and in true physically and mentally healthy‚ 6) Increase your fidelity towards work‚ resulting in the higher productivity‚ and 7) Develops your personality.
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Aerial Combat How it has affected the war and its outcome‚ or was changed by it: - Key tasks that aircrafts could perform were discovered‚ experimented with‚ and refined: observation and reconnaissance‚ tactical and strategic bombing‚ ground attack‚ and naval warfare. - Importance and influence of aircraft grew and the need to control the air arose. - The war fostered the general public’s respect for aviation - Spawned a new generation of pilots and aircraft designers‚ who would go on
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