French using the infamous Mustard Gas. This being the first time French and Algerian troops had seen it they assumed it was just being used to mask an advance by German infantry and ordered their men to stand of the fire step‚ rifle loaded‚ bayonet fixed. The effects of the gas were severe‚ almost directly after inhaling the gas it would destroy your respiratory system‚ bringing on choking attacks. The French and Algerian troops fled in disorder and panic which created the perfect opportunity for
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Struggled to make decision on Poland and eastern Europe‚ the “Pandora Box of infinite troubles” Finally decided eastern European governments would be freely elected but pro-Russian The Yalta compromise over eastern Europe broke down almost immediately Even before the conference‚ Bulgaria and Poland were controlled by communists who arrived home with the Red Army - Postwar Potsdam Conference of July 1945 o Long-avoided differences over eastern Europe finally
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Somewhere in France Somewhere in France Dear Mother‚ March 1 It’s been months since I last wrote a letter to you – and that was when I was still a trainee. I’m really joyful and thankful that I had the chance to receive your letter before winter. I terribly miss you and I hope I did not make you worry. The censorship is still being done; but I am grateful that I was able to send a letter earlier than expected. Right now‚ I’m writing in a nearby casualty clearing station – recovering
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Morocco got its independence on November 18‚ 1956. That is a fact that has been written in the history of Moroccan culture. A fact that one cannot look up on Morocco‚ is that women had a great part in the resistance. In Moroccan culture‚ women are recognized neither as important agents of history‚ nor as reliable reporters and interpreters of history. In the film‚ “Still Ready: Three Women from Moroccan Resistance”‚ three women who were apart of the resistance report how their involvement was not
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Daru likes living in solitude‚ but he must learn to recognize that choices are unavoidable and that his choices matter. The story takes place in the middle of the nineteenth century when Algeria is still a land full of conflict between the oppressed Algerian people and their French colonial rulers. At the beginning of the story the French send the gendarme‚ Balducci to Daru with an Arab convicted of murder. Through Balducci the prisoner comes under the charge of Daru‚ who must choose whether to turn
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The modern Olympic movement has been shaped by many differentiating factors over the years. It has been altered by social‚ political‚ and economic factors. More specifically‚ warring times‚ changes to social structures‚ and economic activity that varies by country have been the overall leading factors that have shaped the Olympics over the years. The Olympics have shown over the decades that they can be affected by political conflict. However‚ it seems that this is the point of the Olympics‚ to
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Gandhi. Amitav Ghosh expresses hybridity in The Glass Palace through characters who adapt to the mixture of culture‚ and to those who experience the loss of their identity because of this mixture. In Robert J.C. Young’s Postcolonialism‚ the example of Algerian raï music is described as a hybrid genre. Hybridity can also be seen through the early writings of Gandhi according to the European education system and how it completely evolved from the previous form of education established in India. Each society
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provided a boost to the economy. This resulted in a rise of 40% in the French stock market‚ in the first half of 1998.[10] The 1998 world cup also helped unite the French people‚ who had a problem with racial integration. The problem was mainly between Algerian immigrants and French citizens who for a short period of time were united. Newly found support for the prime minister‚ and a rise in consumer spending was able to improve the French economy‚ which without the world cup may not have succeeded as
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recently conquered capital city directs him‚ thanks to a felicitous combination of circumstances‚ toward a world that had remained foreign to him during his Moroccan trip. For the first time‚ he penetrates into a world that is off-limits: that of the Algerian women. The world he had discovered in Morocco and that he freezes in his sketches is essentially a masculine and warrior world‚ in a word‚ a virile one. What his eyes saw was the permanent spectacle of an exteriority made up entirely of pomp‚ noise
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Not only did poisonous gas change the experiences of war‚ but also the type of warfare. Instead of riding around on horses freely‚ soldiers had to use protection in order to evade the deadly chemicals. So‚ quickly‚ both sides developed gas masks. At first‚ soldiers held chemically treated cotton pads over their noses and mouths. Later they wore fabric face masks soaked in chemicals‚ and finally soldiers on both sides wore respirators with charcoal filters.("Technology.") These gas masks were the
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