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    the artillery and cannons that had been stored there were brought to General Washington‚ who used this added firepower to set up a fortification on the hills over Dorchester‚ which prior to this point had been a position of strategic value but was too risky to take for fear of British retaliation. With the addition of the cannons and man made barriers using trees‚ the American forces were able to set up a strong defensive and offensive position from atop the cliffs‚ and the British artillery was

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    1) The Red Badge of Courage’s successful in de-glorifying war. First‚ at the beginning of the book‚ Henry dreamed of the glory and fame as a hero fighting in the war. His mother did not want him to‚ regardless Henry enlisted anyways. This is a major difference in where many books at the time had parent’s sending the sons of to seek glory in the war. Second‚ the mundane day to day drill’s and activities was portrayed. Third‚ when the fighting started fear self-preservation kicked in. Fleeing the battle

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    Siege of Vicksburg

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    The Siege of Vicksburg May 1863 – July 1863 The siege of Vicksburg was the one of the last major military actions of the Civil War in the western theater. Vicksburg was the last major Confederate stronghold along the Mississippi River. It was also the only thing standing in the way of the Union Army from finally instituting the Anaconda Strategy and essentially cutting the Confederacy in half. The Union victory at Vicksburg in the west also corresponded with the Union victory at Gettysburg in

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    Book Report “Band of Brothers: E. Company‚ 506th Regiment‚ 101st Airborne From Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest” by Stephen E. Ambrose Band Of Brothers is the history of Easy Company‚ 506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment‚ 101st Airborne Division‚ from basic training to
D-Day. It follows the jump into Holland‚ the Battle of
the Bulge‚ and finally the occupation of Berchtesgaden and Austria. This is a rarity among military histories‚ told from the viewpoint
of the front line soldier‚ the privates

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    Life In Trench Warfare

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    Imagine yourself in a muddy trench‚ being about eight to ten feet deep down. There are enemies firing guns overhead up top of the trench flying over it and the stench in the trench is horrible. There are many bodies piled around that have died and sometimes giant rats would walk about. Disease runs rampant and many people die due to the hard conditions. That’s a small part of what it was probably like to be fighting in the trenches back in World War One. Trench warfare was one of the biggest parts

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    Colonial Attack Dbq 1775

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    The Colonial attack on Quebec in 1775 This battle was fought on December 31st 1775. The reason that the battle was fought on this day was because the enlistment contract runs out as of the New Year so if it was fought on January 1st Britain’s troops wouldn’t be enlisted. Another reason that the battle had been fought on this day was that there was a very bad snowstorm and it would hide the movement of the American troops. The plan was the attack on two fronts‚ one lower part of Quebec and then to

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    worldwide. Each match consists of two teams‚ fifteen players per side in a fifteen minute strategic fight to the death. There are six nations (US‚ Germany‚ USSR‚ UK‚ France‚ China)‚ each nation has four types of tanks (heavy‚ medium‚ light‚ and artillery)‚ and there are ten tiers (levels) for each type of tank. As you play the game you will become familiar with all the tanks‚ and their attributes. While there are so many aspects to pay attention to in game‚ I feel most of your focus as a new player

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    world war one warfare

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    Warfare of World War 1 Contents Page 2: Introduction Page 3: Why did WW1 start? Page 4: Alliances‚ The Schlieffen Plan and why it went wrong Pages 5-9: Trench warfare Pages 10-11: Weapons Pages 12-14: Changes in WW1 Page 14-15: Battles on the Sea and in the Sky Page 16: Russia joining and U.S leaving Page 17: Conclusion and sources Introduction I decided to do my project on the warfare of World War 1 because I thought it would be interesting to research about how the war was fought

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    Haccp

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    preparation processes including packaging‚ distribution‚ etc. HACCP is believed to stem from of a production process monitoring used during World War II because traditional "end of the pipe" testing on artillery shell’s firing mechanisms could not be performed‚ and a large percent of the artillery shells made at the time were either duds or misfiring. HACCP itself was conceived in the 1960s when the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) asked Pillsbury to design and manufacture

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