was Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Italy (who ended up switching sides). On the other side called the triple entente there was the British‚ French and Russians (who ending up dropping out of the war). The triple entente was commonly known as the allies especially after the Americans entered the war in 1918. Many questioned wether the Allied leadership was effective. Yes‚ the allied leadership was effective as in the end they got there job done. Firstly they demonstrated that they followed a Learning
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Seneca Indians: Allies and Enemies Seneca are among the most respected and feared. The Seneca are culturally similar to their Cayuga‚ Onondaga‚ Oneida‚ an Mohawk confederates. The five tribes were known as the Five Nations or the League of Five Nations. Sometime between 1715 and 1722 the Tuscaroras from North Carolina joined the confederacy and changed the name to the Six Nations. In their relations with white settlers the Seneca played the role of an independent power and were this way from
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Allied Forces sought to perform joint operations during Operation HUSKY‚ but the joint operational concepts taken for granted today were underdeveloped in 1943. The awkward attempt by the Allies to command and control this operation combined with the unfamiliar practice of integrating joint functions prevented the Allies from fully from recognizing and exploiting the opportunities for decisive action on Sicily. This paper first evaluates the operational level command and control of Operation HUSKY against
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Criminal” (Played by Judd Nelson)‚ Claire Standish “The Princess” (Played by Molly Ringwald)‚ Andrew Clark “The Athlete” (Played by Emilio Estevez)‚ Brian Johnson “The Brain” (Played by Anthony Michael Hall)‚ Allison Reynolds “The Basket Case” (Played by Ally Sheedy)‚ Principal Richard "Dick" Vernon (Played by Paul Gleason)‚ and the School Janitor‚ Carl Reed (Played by John Kapelos). It is quite difficult to summarize all of the positive things that this film delivers to the watching audience as it
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Research Paper Through a careful and in depth analysis of the events leading up to the evacuation of Dunkirk and the evacuation itself‚ it is easy to understand what went wrong and how current leaders could profit from the mistakes made in the past. Few would contest that what happened at the tiny coast town of Dunkirk in May of 1940 was nothing short of a miracle. In military terms‚ the evacuation was a retreat‚ yet scholars years later would concur that this retreat was one of the most brilliant
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Generals Die In Bed Chapter by Chapter Chapter One • Montreal‚ Quebec – Setting • Dilapidated‚ squalid red brick houses • Heavy odour of stale booze and women is in the air • Sleeping in a barn-like bunk room • “The room is fouled with the odours of dissipation.” • They are all recruits waiting to go to the war • “Men are hauled out of there bunks and strapped into their equipment.” • Main character is only 18 • The people of the city celebrate the
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Many people say that the Dieppe raid did serve some purpose as it taught the Allies some valuable lessons but this is not true. One of the lessons learned from the raid was that better intelligence would be required. How could this fact have ever been neglected? Intelligence should have been the first thing that the planners considered
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engaging an enemy’s main fleet. The Allied application of sea power in the European theater exemplified almost every characteristic of Corbett’s defensive and non-concentration strategies. Mahan’s naval strategy was far more offensive than what the Allies attempted in the European theater. The Allied strategy concentrated on protecting shipping with convoys and not seeking out offensive contact with German naval forces. While the Allied application of sea power was defensive‚ its application of air
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much worse for Germany. Wolfgang Mommsen In hindsight‚ Germans wouldn’t consider the Treaty of Versailles a really unbearable treaty. | | | "Some of the stipulations‚ especially with regard to reparations‚ are very problematic‚ because the allies themselves couldn’t agree upon how much should be paid and when and how. And that‚ of course‚ has to do with the fact that the Americans insisted on the repayment of their credits to the allied powers. "Basically‚ I think one can say the Treaty was
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they thought possible. There was an athlete‚ a criminal‚ a princess‚ a basket case‚ and a brain; Andrew Clark (Emilio Estevez)‚ John Bender (Judd Nelson)‚ Claire Standish (Molly Ringwald)‚ Allison Reynolds (Ally Sheedy)‚ and Brian Johnson (Anthony Michael Hall). It was performances such as Ally Sheedy and Judd Nelson’s from The Breakfast
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