Examine the reasons for a contribution of Guerrilla warfare to the outcome of one twentieth century war. The word guerrilla comes from the Spanish word ‘little war’‚ and involves a struggle between an established army and irregular forces. There are specific tactics that are employed by guerrilla fighters. Guerrilla warfare was used by the Viet Minh in the first Indochina war against the regular army of France. The guerrilla forces of Ho Chi Minh were fighting to rid Vietnam of Imperialistic powers
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The Effectiveness of Submarine Warfare in World War I Plan of Investigation The selected topic for this investigation was: To what extent did submarine warfare in World War I help the central powers? I chose this topic because World War I is sometimes a misunderstood war in that the specifics of such a war are not always well known. So I took it upon myself to understand the war better myself and investigate the details of the war. I did a little research on World War I and found that submarines
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Revolutionizing the World of Warfare Through deserts of Afghanistan to the foothills of China‚ one simple invention revolutionized planet Earth. Over 1‚000 years ago the Cchinese invented an explosive chemical that would one day change the world. Gunpowder first began as three main chemicals: charcoal‚ sulfur‚ and potassium nitrate. All three chemicals‚ charcoal‚ sulfur‚ and potassium nitrate‚ would create make a chemical reaction that could have the potential to cause a massive devastation. The
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Rhetorical Analysis of Atticus Finch’s Closing Statement (Movie Version) To Kill a Mockingbird is known to many as one of the best pieces of American literature. One of the characters in the book‚ Atticus Finch‚ is a lawyer representing Tom Robinson‚ a southern black man who has been accused of rape by a white woman. In his closing statement‚ Atticus uses such great rhetoric to help defend Tom Robinson and persuade his fellow community that he is not guilty. To accomplish this he uses certain diction
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illegal warfare and tactics that was used to win the war. One would wonder what could be used in the Civil War that was illegal in warfare at the time? The answer was submarines‚ yes submarines‚ which was not a widely known warfare tactic until World War II with the German U-Boats. These underwater crafts were first documented in 1623 by Dutchman Cornelius Drebbel. It was built for pleasure and not warfare at the time. It was not until 1654 that the first submarine was built for warfare. It was called
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form of warfare does not relate to our current training guidance. The current form of irregular warfare is something the Marine Corps has never seen before. Simply stated the United States Marine Corps has not properly identified the significance of irregular warfare and has yet to develop the training needed to fight the modern-day form of irregular warfare. General Mattis said the United States of America has been able to achieve superiority in both nuclear warfare and conventional warfare but is
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and deny their negligent actions. In order to prove Roughed Grouse High School’s negligence resulting in the death of Jordan Simon‚ I‚ along with my co-counsel‚ had to prove our case‚ not beyond a reasonable doubt‚ but simply by a preponderance of evidence. In other words‚ if you were to put the evidence favoring the case of the plaintiff and evidence favorable to the defendant on a scale‚ we the plaintiff would have to make the scales tip ever so slightly in our favor. Ladies and gentlemen of the
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been the ever-present idea of a warfare paradox when it comes to our involvement in conflicts. The clash between our ideals as a nation and what we do to further those ideals throughout the world will always be‚ to some extent‚ conflicting. Our Founding Fathers laid down the tenets of our land centuries ago‚ and through our course of trying to uphold those tenets‚ we have undoubtedly had complications I regards to conflicting ideals. The three mainstays of the warfare paradox‚ isolationism‚ interventionism
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Discuss the central concerns and themes of Witness and how various film techniques are used to in closing scenes of the movie. Witness is a Hollywood film that was directed by Peter Weir in 1985. It’s a story about an Amish boy who witnesses a murder on his trip to the big city. Weir in the closing scenes is able to show through different themes‚ various techniques of sound‚ camera and lighting to correspond the Amish community‚ their connection to the land and disconnection from society. The
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link back to argument at the end of each paragraphs ASSESS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NAVAL WARFARE IN DETERMINING THE OUTCOME OF WWI Naval warfare played a pivotal role in deciding the outcome of WWI as it includes the British naval blockade‚ a tactic that left the German population frequently starving‚ and forced Germany into drastic and ‘all or nothing’ tactics like those show in the German Spring Offensive. Naval warfare also helped bring other powers such as the US into the war‚ a nation with vast capital
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