| The Battle of Crete: Important or Insignificant? | The Battle of Crete began May 20th‚ 1941. Nazi Germany launched an airborne attack called Operation Merkur or Operation Mercury on the island of Crete. This battle will be important because it will hold great influence over the course of the war in the means of power. The Greek‚ Allied forces and even civilians attempted to defend the island and after day one the Germans suffered heavy casualties. The next day‚ the Allies were confident
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BATTLE OF MEIKTILA INTRODUCTION 1. Gentlemen‚ I welcome you all in today ’s study period on "Battle of Meiktila" in the context of Burma Campaign. The significance of Burma Campaign in the course of world war II was of equal importance from both Allied and Axis points of view as that of other theatres of war. Burma was turned into the theatre of war during the third year of the world war II. Two major regional powers‚ one Asian ie Japan and another European ie Great Britain fought this
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the declining state of Thailand’s coral reefs in relation to its continually growing tourism industry‚ and discuss the reasons for this negative environmental effect. It will then go on to explore the methods of sustainable tourism employed by other nations who are suffering the same problems‚ and judge to what extent‚ and with how much success‚ these methods could be integrated into the Thai system. Tourism is having a major negative environmental impact on coral reefs and the marine life that habituate
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not only affecting us humans‚ it is also affecting our vegetation‚ our animals‚ and our oceans. I recently watched a video by National Geographic about the precious coral reefs in the Florida Keys and it talked about how the coral reefs cannot keep up with the rising sea level‚ so eventually they will all just die (“Fighting to Save Coral in the Florida Keys”). Additionally this will lead to habitat loss and then species dying off. If this scenario belonged to one area it would be tragic but climate
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Philippine Archipelago‚ with all the islands and waters embraced therein‚ and all other territories over which the Philippines has sovereignty or jurisdiction‚ consisting of t its terrestrial‚ fluvial‚ and aerial domains‚ including its territorial seas‚ the seabed‚ the subsoil‚ the insular shelves‚ and other submarine areas. The waters around‚ between‚ and connecting the islands of the archipelago‚ regardless of their breadth and dimensions‚ form part of the internal waters of the Philippines.
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The Battle of Tabuk The lofty and strong fort‚ which had been built by the side of a spring on the road leading from Hijr to Damascus in the border area of the territory of Syria‚ was called Tabuk. In those times Syria was one of the colonies of the Eastern Roman Empire. Its capital was Constantinople. Its frontier people were the followers of Christianity and the chiefs of the districts were satellites of the Ruler of Syria who himself took orders directly from the Roman Emperor. The rapid penetration
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Historical Battle Analysis: Battle of Inchon‚ 1950 On 25 June 1950‚ North Korea forces launched a surprise invasion on South Korea under the command of Kim Il-sung and the North Korean People’s Army. During this time‚ the North Korean People’s Army forced through the 38th parallel and pushed through the unprepared Republic of Korea forces to the Southeast Pusan peninsula. The approximately 125 mile defensive perimeter was the point where United Nation forces withdrew to by August‚ 1950 and held
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BATTLE OF JITRA INTRODUCTION 1. Some two months before the fall of Singapore‚ the history of East Asia was forever transformed by the surprising attack across the Malay Peninsular. The sole objective was the capture of Singapore by land. Within a few days of the landing of the invasion forces‚ the fate of Asia will be played out on the field nearby a town called Jitra. 2. The Battle of Jitra which lasted less than two days will ultimately foretell the density that waits that the British
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Battle of Khafji From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Battle of Khafji Part of the Gulf War Military operations during liberation of Khafji Date 29 January – 1 February 1991 Location Khafji‚ Saudi Arabia 28°25′N 48°30′ECoordinates: 28°25′N 48°30′E Result Iraqis capture the Saudi city Khafji Coalition repulse the Iraqi troops two days later Belligerents United States Saudi Arabia Qatar United Kingdom Iraq Commanders and leaders Khalid bin Sultan Fahd bin Abdul-Aziz Norman
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THE LITERATURE REVIEW Coral reefs have been dubbed the ‘gardens of the sea.’ Burke and Maidens (2004) describe them as both physical structures and complex ecosystems. The physical structure is formed from the secretions of calcium carbonate by tiny marine organisms called coral polyps‚ which forms a shell around them (Mohammed‚ 2007). These shells become cemented together and remain when the reef building polyps die. The basic units of reef growth then are the coral polyps and symbiotic algae
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