nuanced psycho-sociological details provide. Towards this monumental effort‚ while limiting much of his coverage largely to the first day of the offensive‚ Keegan was particularly focused revealing the brutality of the first day of Somme: “In all‚ the British had lost about 60‚000‚ of whom 21‚000 had been killed‚ most in the first hour of the attack‚ perhaps the first minutes" (Keegan‚ 1983). The conditions of the battle were so abhorrent‚ Keegan describes‚ with “long docile lines of young men‚ shoddily
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Douglas Haig was appointed commander of the army on tenth of December 1915 - he was fifty-four at the time and he had had a very successful military career. Haig decided to attack the Germans at the river Somme in 1916 to attract German soldiers from the town of Verdun where they were fighting the French and had almost broken through. But even though he was victorious there was a very high casualty figure. I will explore whether Haig deserves the title ‘Butcher of the Somme‚’ with reference to multiple
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wishes just minutes after South Carolina joins the fight against the British. As the focus on Gabriel continues‚ he soon romances a local girl in a small town he passes through. He later falls in love with the girl and they begin writing to each other while he is away. When Gabriel returns to the town he has found out that everyone had been burned alive inside the church under the order of the evil British General Cornwallis. This fuels the fire for Gabriel and makes him more
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in 1919‚ but was a few years after the Battle of the Somme allowing some time for the truth about the events of the battle to emerge. The source has some limitations as it was an extract from Haig’s own writing‚ who was Commander-in-Chief of the British Forces therefore the source may be bias towards Britain and their success in the battle. The purpose of the source was to inform people of Haig’s perception of the battle and due to this being one person’s view‚ the accuracy of the source cannot be
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RIFLEMAN DODD: A NOVEL OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN The story in the book talks about an infantry warrior named Private Matthew Dodd and his journey to re unite with his fellow soldiers. The British army was retreating to the lines of Torres Vedras and Dodd was left behind since he separated from his comrades during the retreat in Portugal behind enemy lines. He knew that he had to do one thing‚ and that was to kill all the Frenchmen. Private Dodd ran through a lot of problems during his journey trying
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it during the battle. He described it as “pure bloody murder” on the battlefield and he goes on to say in the source how Haig should have been “hung‚ drawn and quartered for what he did at the Somme”. He also goes on later to see how “The cream of British manhood was shattered in less than 6 hours”. Source B2 is reliable because of the fact that it was written during the Somme so because of that it is a Primary source. It however is not reliable because he was only a private which gave him not a very
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scene. It suggested unprepared‚ unrehearsed filming of reality‚ and provided a sense of instability and nervousness. This type of cinematography was used during the scene where Theo was searching for Kee and the baby during the war between the British army and the refugees in the camp. The hand held camera followed closely behind Theo as he ran through the dilapidated‚ war-ridden streets within the camp. As he dodged‚ jumped‚ ran and stopped suddenly‚ the camera mirrored his actions as if it was
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Town 1795: First British occupation of the Cape 1806: Second British occupation of the Cape 1835: Beginning of Great Trek as Dutch farmers known as voortrekkers left eastern Cape in search of more land 1852: Britain recognised independence of the South African Republic 1899-1902: Boer War (South African War)‚ between the Dutch farmers and British Britain and the Boers: The British were major players in the ‘Scramble for Africa’ Britain possessed the diamond fields British army defeated both the
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of the events of April 18-19‚ 1775 1. Which rider makes it through South Bridge to warn the colonists in Concord that the British are coming? Prescott makes it through South Bridge to warn the colonists. 2. Which towns does the British army go through after they leave Boston? The town they went through after they left Boston were Concord. 3. Evaluate the British route. How do they make it to the mainland from Boston? They travel west through Cambridge first‚ then they pass over Arlington
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world does. In order to understand how global interrelatedness is a vital subject in Midaq Alley‚ one must pay attention to what is occurring in the silent but transparent background of the story. Although there is no mention of exactly why the British Army is in Cairo during World War II‚ their presence directly affects the inhabitants of the Alley. The military is providing Egyptian natives many employment opportunities‚ and as a result‚ it has given them wealth and stability that they never thought
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