for Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor occurred December 7‚ 1941‚ and this attack led to a morning attack in Hawaii. 18 ships were sunk‚ including 8 battleships. 2‚400 Americans were killed in the attack and 1‚000 more people were wounded. President Truman launched the atomic bomb to revenge on the lost lives of soldiers in Pearl Harbor‚ and the lost‚ sunken materials that they had there that
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They left only a small force in northern Italy just in case the Gauls took this as a chance to attack. What the Romans didn’t expect Hannibal to do was to cross over the alps‚ because it was presumed impossible. Hannibal used this to his advantage and did exactly what the Romans thought to be impossible by cross the alps. According to Livy it took a full sixteen days later he made it into Italy‚ although he had lost a large portion of his army. Some accounts say that he lost almost seventy percent of
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undoubtedly the most powerful man in the city at the time. Caesar saw many qualities of himself within young Octavius (such as his cunning‚ his vengefulness and his political smarts that were to be displayed later on in Octavius’ life) and it was him that launched Octavius in Roman public life. For example‚ Octavius was born into a formerly patrician family that later reverted to the Plebeian rank after the death of his father. This meant that the family would have no longer held any political or social clout
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commitment to nonviolence continues to be an inspiration and source of hope for oppressed people around the globe. His mission is continued during present day and the impact he had on India is still felt. Gandhi strived above all for Indian Independence “I did all this in the full belief that acts such as mine must gain my country an equal status in the Empire”(Lerner). Satyagraha remains one of the most prominent philosophies in freedom struggles throughout the world today‚ and Gandhi’s actions inspired
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sixth‚ 1944. The Allies push onto the beaches of Normandy France. Along the sixty mile coastal stretch‚ it was divided into five sections‚ and named Sword‚ Juno‚ Gold‚ Omaha and Utah. Ground units arrived in Personnel Landing Craft Vehicle‚ which was launched from the U.S. Coast Guard. As the men hit shore‚ they were greeted with heavy machine gun fire. The length of the beach made it very difficult for anyone to an area with cover‚ making the men easy targets as they came from the boats. After years
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Barbie‚ launched in 1959‚ has experienced many major developments and growths. With thousands of outfits‚ over 130 careers‚ and now a plethora of dolls representing girls of different sizes and races‚ its clear to see why this doll will forever be a symbol of pop culture. After nearly six decades‚ Barbie’s look and charm has been reinvented to uplift girls all over the world whilst at the same time appealing to the buyers of the time with her constantly refreshed looks and outfits. Many changes
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Detroit had been in decline since it was rocked by race riots in 1967. Since then‚ there has been a real drop-off in investment and economic development in the city. Like a lot of other cities in the American northeast and Midwest‚ it was badly affected when factories moved south or out of the country‚ but was harder hit because it was a one-industry city. Most big cities have more than one industry‚ but Detroit’s economy was completely centered on the automobile. When the Recession hit‚ Detroit
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weaponry still‚ but it just did not have enough men to use the weaponry. They certainly did not lose for any lack of idealism‚ or dedication to its cause or beliefs‚ or bravery and still on the battlefield. Mainly the Southerners began losing faith in the cause because it really did not speak to them directly‚ and because the North and Abraham Lincoln were determined to win the Civil War. But the principal cause of the South losing the war was the fact that the South’s armies did not win enough victories
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1. In the first half of the lecture we discussed an example of a "pathosformel" and how it was recycled from ancient Roman times to the twentieth century. What exactly was this pathosformel‚ what did it mean‚ and how did it evolve over time? Be sure to name names and be as detailed and as specific as possible. Aby Warburg found the term – Pathosformel‚ the feeling formula to describe motif‚ which has emotional charge. To Warburg‚ the history of image likes a complex family tree‚ motifs and pathosformel
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obstacles i n his way. Many people say that he is a “self-made man” because he was not born into wealth he rose to it. The bad things that people had to say about him mostly came from the actions he did or did not take during the time of the 1892 Homestead Strike. Many people thought that even though he did want his employees to save their jobs by joining the union he still took part in locking out workers and discouraging them by using thugs to scare the people who were on
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