vegetables or 1/10 gill lime if vegetables not issued‚ ½ gail of rum or 1 pint of porter ‚ 20 ounces of tobacco‚ 1/3 ounces of chocolate - optional‚ 4 ounces of butter/margarine and 2 ounces of dried vegetables”. There is meat available for both the German and American soldiers in the trenches‚ but only when a lull in the battle allows it to be delivered from the field kitchens. Today we are having a day in bed. We were within 150 yards of the American trenches‚ and both sides were firing day
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In 1914‚ the First World War broke out. It is the war which involved most of the countries in the world. The Sarajevo Assassination has triggered off the war as Austria-Hungary use it as a war excuse to declare war on Serbia. To a large extent I think that extreme nationalism is the most significant factor in leading the outbreak of the First World War. “Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind”. This was said by Albert Einstein. Nationalism is the desire of people of the
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The collapse of Enron case study Q1. The key stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by the collapse of Enron are: employees and retirees‚ thousands of them lost their jobs and the investment; the executives: Kenneth Lay‚ Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow they sold significant blocs of company stock‚ have conflicts of interests; government figures‚ Lay had close personal tie with the Bush family‚ Enron’s efforts influence policy making; regulatory authorities: Commodities Futures Trading Commission
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German Expressionism was a movement that started at around the beginning of the 20th century. It has many traits but the main ones being‚ trying to present the world from a single subjective perspective. Sometimes distorting it to evoke emotion‚ moods and ideas. Expressionism was mainly an artistic outlet before taking its place in film. It was used as a method of disposing with aesthetically pleasing works and focusing more on the abstract. The artist would often use bright‚ clashing colors‚ messy
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Did life back home change very little for those left behind? When war broke out in July 1914 710‚000 men were recruited to the army and by 1915 over 1 million had joined the armed forces. However‚ volunteer numbers were falling fast so conscription was introduced in 1916. This meant that all men aged 18-41 were required to fight at war unless they had a valid reason. With so many men at war‚ workers were needed on Britain’s home front; so women took on ‘men’s jobs’. Therefore‚ I think that during
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some German attacks against British ships‚ and Wilson tried to appeal to the end of the war without success. For elections‚ he used the slogan “He kept us out the war”‚ and made another mediation offer at the end of 1916 to end the war. Nevertheless‚ in march 1917‚ besides other “incidents”‚ several Americans ships were sunk by Germans‚ and the government cabinet voted to enter the war. To change the mass’ thoughts‚ much propaganda was used‚ and amongst them‚ some posters pictured Germans and their
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sandbags‚ these are more or less bullet proof‚ but afford little protection from shell fire. We fill them up and they look after us. I know that sounds funny but it’s true.We don’t generally utilize sand‚ sometimes it is simply soil and earth. If the Germans or the Austrians fire at us and the bullet
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his position. These two political paradoxes did to a very large extent contribute to the establishment of the Augustan principate. However there were other factors which also played an important role in assisting him to obtain ultimate power. His victory in the Battle of Actium and his extraordinary ability in propagating his campaign and achievement earned him the popularity among the Roman population. His conservative inclination and his link with the army effectively secured his place in the senatorial
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The Collapse of Authority Authoritative regimes are built on the foundations of power and control. This essay will discuss why authoritative regimes collapse based on their ideals and how the Apartheid regime managed to maintained power through the misuse of legislature. In an authoritative regime individuals exercise power over the state and able to so without being held constitutionally liable to the public (Gandhi & Przeworski‚ 2007: 1279). Thus‚ the leaders in an authoritarian regime have
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Americans believed that the entry of the U.S into WW1 was inevitable‚ especially the fact that they would join the Allies side. I believe that the entry of the United States along with their choice of sides being the Allies into WW1‚ was inevitable. I believe this‚ mainly because the United States had a huge spike when it came to trades to and from the British and their allies‚ (France‚ Belgium‚
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