“The Battle of the Somme was a total failure” How far do Sources A-F support this statement? On the 1st July 1916‚ the battle of the Somme began. Sources A‚ D‚ E and F suggest that the Battle of The Somme wasn’t a total failure. However‚ Sources B and C suggest that the British underestimated the Germans and this was the cause of their massacre. Source B proposes that although the British were organized and everything was going according to their plan‚ the first line‚ which had nearly reached
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The shift of German tanks led straight into Operation Supercharge. This phase of the battle began on November 2‚ flanking the Axis forces with the southern units with the objective of destroying enemy armor‚ forcing the enemy to fight the Australian infantry from the north and the British/American tanks from the south. Operation Supercharge was later seen as the decisive point that defeated the lauded General Rommel. Montgomery also received intelligence regarding the vulnerability of the German
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The Battle of Verdun in World War was one of the most important battles of the Great War‚ taking place from February 21-November 26‚ 1916. It was an unsuccessful German offensive to take the west‚ and was one of the bloodiest battles of the war. The total casualties were estimated to be 542‚000 French and 434‚000 Germans. On June 28‚ 1914‚ Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb nationalist sparked the beginning the first World War. On this day he shot Franz Ferdinand (Archduke of Austria and heir
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The Czernin case is categorized as a failure by Austrian Counterintelligence to detect and halt a “femme fatale” operation implemented by the Gestapo and foreign office of Nazi Germany with the goal of targeting the Austrian chancellor in pursuit of documents that would have dealt a fatal blow to the Third Reich and Hitler himself (Koehler‚ 1940). There were many reasons for the failure of Austrian CI‚ however‚ the primary reasons can be chalked up to capabilities and failure to recognize indications
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Brussels is a very high population city with 1.1 million citizens. At 1995 the population stopped declining and flattened out‚ and since 2000 it has been growing fast‚ gaining 150‚000 people in the past 16 years. It is predicted that the population will reach 1.3 million by 2050. It is also predicted that life expectancy will rise to 87 years by 2060. Brussels experiences a temperature ocean climate so it has cool‚ wet summers‚ and rainy winters and average temperature of 50° F year round. Brussels
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Charlie Marlow Marlow is the protagonist of the story‚ who ventures to Africa looking to sail a steamboat‚ but finds much more. The only physical description of Marlow is this: Marlow sat cross-legged right aft‚ leaning against the mizzen-mast. He had sunken cheeks‚ a yellow complexion‚ a straight back‚ and ascetic aspect‚ and‚ with his arms dropped‚ the palms of his hands outwards‚ resembled an idol (Conrad1615). Marlow was a professional seaman and the captain of the Congo Rive Steamboat. He
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The proper name of the area in both Dutch and English is "Holland". "Holland" is a part of the Netherlands. "Holland" is informally used in English and other languages‚ including sometimes the Dutch language itself‚ to mean the whole of the modern country of the Netherlands.[1] (This example of pars pro toto or synecdoche is similar to the tendency to refer to the United Kingdom as "England".).[4][5] The people of Holland are referred to as "Hollanders" in both Dutch and English. Today this refers
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http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/dutch.shtm DUTCH AND FLEMISH PAINTING OF THE 16TH-17TH CENTURIES Religious and political turmoil in the 1500s split the Low Countries into two nations with differing social values and artistic tastes. Flanders remained Catholic and royalist; Flemish artists such as Rubens and Van Dyck glorified the Church and monarchy with grandiose themes‚ lively compositions‚ and vivid colors. The United Netherlands‚ however‚ became a republic populated mainly by Calvinists
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Two summers ago‚ my family and I took a vacation to Europe. One of our destinations was Paris‚ France. It was my favorite city to visit because of its beauty‚ culture‚ and humor that went along with trying to communicate. My mom took French in school through junior high and high school. However‚ after about 20 years’ lack of practice‚ the language was vague in her memory. I remember the rest of us laughing as we watched her struggle to form sentences with the bits and pieces of French she could
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Rhetorical Analysis of a Printed Visual “Killer Fries”‚ a printed visual by Greg Slater‚ was commissioned for the American Heart Association in 2011. This advertisement attempts to get the attention of Americans by associating French fries‚ or fast food in general‚ with death that can be caused by bullets from a gun. With vibrant colors‚ familiar items‚ and a strong message‚ this American Heart Association advertisement is able to catch the attention of its viewers. Main Components The main components
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