teacher‚ he decided to enlist in the militia as a lowly gunner in the 5th Regiment at the Canadian Garrison Artillery. In 1901‚ Currie married Lucy and found a better-paying job at an insurance firm at Matson and Coles (Dancocks‚ 1985). With great devotion to his wife and two children‚ the militia was still one of Currie ’s priorities and he became a commander of the 5th Regiment of Artillery‚ winning the Governor-General ’s Cup for efficiency (Hyatt‚ 1987). On the 4th of August in 1914‚ the British
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A ha-ha is a turfed ditch with one sloped side‚ and one vertical side that is faced with a masonry retaining wall. A ha-ha is a feature used in landscape garden design to keep grazing livestock out of a garden while providing an uninterrupted view from within. Before mechanical lawnmowers‚ a common way to keep large areas of grassland trimmed was to allow livestock‚ usually sheep‚ to graze the grass. A ha-ha prevented grazing animals on large estates from gaining access to the lawn and gardens adjoining
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nature of warfare. In evaluating the importance of these factors in comparison to that of technological advances it will be possible to make a sustained analysis. During the 19th Century‚ key technological developments were made. These included artillery‚ rifles and communications. It is evident that these advances significantly affected the nature of warfare. For example‚ whereas previously soldiers had been forced to fight at close quarters‚ the development of guns such as the Needle Rifle in the
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evaluating the importance of these factors in comparison to that of technological advances it will be possible to make a sustained analysis. During the 19th Century‚ key technological‚ both military and non-military developments were made. These included artillery‚ rifles and communications. It is apparent that these advances significantly affected the nature of warfare. For example‚ whereas formerly soldiers had been required to fight at close quarters‚ the development of guns such as the Needle Rifle in
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In the late summer of 1916‚ tens of thousands of men marched off to the muddy grounds of the Somme. In their wake‚ they left behind their wives and children‚ many of whom they would never see again. Those who did return would come back traumatized‚ frightened of loud noises and too afraid to step outside‚ empty shells of the men they once were. But their sacrifices were not in vain; the Somme was‚ unquestionably‚ the most important battle for both Canada and the World. It encouraged the development
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The Civil War and Its Ending of Slavery This paper is about the civil war and about how it ended slavery with the emancipation proclamation . I will also talk abou the physical loses of the war. The South‚ overwhelmingly agricultural‚ produced cash crops such ascotton‚ tobacco and sugarcane for export to the North or to Europe‚ but it depended on the North for manufactures and for the financial and commercial services essential to trade. Slaves were the largest single investment in the
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daughter of the local Regierungs-Prasident.As a child‚ he was even tempered and was unremarkable academically and athletically. After high school‚ Rommel Jr. was thinking of applying to the Zeppelin works at Friederichshafen‚ but his father‚ the ex-artillery officer‚ advised him to go to the army instead. In July‚ 1910‚ Rommel became a cadet with the 124th Wurttemberg Infantry Regiment in the 26th InfantryDivision of the German Imperial Infantry.He served as cadet in the Army until March 1911.Then
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Battle of Milne Bay As the Japanese worked towards domination of the South Pacific‚ the only major remaining defence to conquer was that of Port Moseby‚ Papua New Guinea. Gaining control of Port Moseby would have provided the Japanese a strategically located base close to the shores of Australia. This would have escalated the vulnerability of Northern Australia with Japan lurking to invade. The battle of Milne Bay began on the 25th of August‚ 1942 and was not concluded until the 7th of December
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president of the United States‚ set out goals in 14 points program for world peace. His goals included terminating hidden diplomacy and planning of “open covenants of Peace‚” freedom of the oceans‚ dismissal of barriers to global commerce‚ lessening of artillery‚ unbiased adjudication of all colonial requests on the belief that the concerns of the colonial masses must have matched influence with the demands of the colonial authorities‚ and the exercise of the doctrine of self-determiantion in handling the
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Strategy Military historians have long fought over a precise definition for the “catch all” term known as “Strategy”. There has not been a consensus on how the term should be defined‚ but in terms of warfare in the 20th century‚ a good definition and the one that will be used for this paper defines strategy as “the development‚ intellectual mastery‚ and utilization of all of the state’s resources for the purpose of implementing its policy in war.” This definition is used because it covers the aspects
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