The first rocketeer was a Greek named Archytas who lived in the city of Tarentum‚ which is in modern day Italy. Around the year 400 B.C.‚ he flew a pigeon made of wood. It was hung on wires and was propelled by escaping steam. The pigeon used the Newton’s Third Law‚ which was not theorized until the 17th century. About three hundred years after the pigeon‚ another Greek who was called “Hero of Alexandria”‚ created another‚ similar‚ invention that he called an aeolipile. The aeolipile was a rotund
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A Column of British Soldiers marched out on the morning of April 19‚ 1775 toward the town of Lexington‚ Massachusetts. A small band of seventy-seven colonial militiamen stood their way. The shot heard around the world occurred in this time period as the outnumbered Americans retreated‚ thus starting the American War of Independence. Six years later‚ on October 19‚ 1781‚ Lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown‚ Virginia to the joint forces of General George Washington and French General
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In the early 1900s the modernist believed that there art should show the true nature of society and the world that the Victorian society never allowed anyone to see. The extreme advancement of technology and medical science that was created during the industrial revolution sent the world into a massive shift with people going from having strict religious views‚ along with being taught how to act and dress. To having varying religious views and dressing and acting in ways that have never been seen
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Communication 1930s and 1990s Communication and technology has grown over the past few decades after making of the first phone. The 1930’s wasn’t a very communicational or technological decade. On the other hand‚ the 1990’s was a very erupting decade with technology and communications. There are major differences between those two decades including phones‚ how mail is distributed‚ and how to inform people. The 1930s was a very poor time due to the economy outburst in the market. One communicational
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Stalingrad.”(World War II | 1939-1945) Soviet Union Attacked the Germans later that day. The German army was led by Paulus. The Soviet army was led by Zhukov. The German army had 1‚011‚500 men‚ 10‚290 artillery guns‚ 675 tanks‚ and 1‚216 planes. The Soviet army had 1‚000‚500 men‚ 13‚541 artillery guns‚ 894 tanks‚ and 1‚216 planes. The Soviet Union was
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Does General Haig deserve the nickname ‘Butcher of the Somme’? Assessments of the Battle Events leading to the battle | Back to top | The main job of the British forces in 1914 and 1915 was to support the French. This is because the British Army was very small. In 1914‚ it had about 250‚000 men scattered around the British Empire. In that year‚ the British sent 5 divisions (a division was usually about 15‚000 men) to the front in France. The French army had 72 divisions and the Germans had
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German Army up to that point in the First World War. The mastermind of the offensive was Lt. Gen sir Douglas Haig. Haig’s plan called for a massive artillery barrage that was to knock out all German resistance along an 18 mile long section of the front. He employed the use of 1‚500 British guns backed by almost the same amount of French artillery. As the barrage commenced‚ British infantry would flood into the front line trenches in preparation to advance on the broken German front. The barrage
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Every year a class of high school seniors graduate and then begin their lives as adults. While the choices they made in high school are important‚ the choices they make after this will be of the utmost importance. A decision of how to start their lives as adults either joining the workforce‚ the armed forces‚ or attending college are the choices they have to make. A lot goes into which direction the student will steer his or her life. Pressures of going to college come from not only school teachers
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of support from colonies which should help a lot. Because of the large population the Triple Entente have a lot more money to spend on armed forces than The Triple Alliance so they should be able to train more men‚ have more ammo‚ better guns and artillery. Unfortunately The Triple Alliance have more men than us which could give them an advantage. However most of them are very undisciplined and have very little training unlike Britain who’s troops are extremely well trained. Because of this having
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2 Germany Army (Axis Army) Russian Army Led by Paulus Led by Zhukov 1‚011‚500 men 1‚00‚500 men 10‚290 artillery guns 13‚541 artillery guns 675 tanks 894 tanks 1216 planes 1‚115 planes 3 Importance of Stalingrad: It was a major industrial city on the Volga River‚ which is a vital transport route between the Caspian Sea dn northern Russia. A capture would secure the East flank of the German armies as they advanced into the oil-rich Caucasus region- with the strategic goal of cutting off fuel
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