How Artillery Affected World War 1 Artillery was one of the most important weapons in the First World War. The first modern state of the art artillery was invented in 1897 by a French team lead by General Deloye. The gun was called the gun of 75mm or French 75mm. This had some major improvements then older guns and became state of the art for many years. All of the artillery pieces of World War 1 were adopted from the French 75mm even improving on the ideas. The first major improvement
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Comparison and Contrast Vivian D. Simon University of Phoenix Comparison and Contrast This paper will examine two romantic comedies from the years 1995 and 2005. The first film is The American President starring Michael Douglas (Andy Sheppard) and Annette Bening (Sydney Ellen Wade). The second film is Hitch starring Will Smith (Alex Hitchens)‚ Eva Mendes (Sara Milas)‚ Kevin James (Albert Brennaman). Both of these films are very entertaining and funny. This paper will attempt to list
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World War I was a time that affected almost ever country or region in the world in one-way or another. The common wealth of Canada was no different. Although not located in Europe where the war was primarily fought‚ our dominion was still a major contributor to the war effort and fought valiantly in defending the ideals of democracy and a free world. Many of our soldiers lost their lives in various battles throughout the war but without their efforts the war may have swung Germanys way‚ causing more
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Tutors – Aimee McNair and Kevin Wilson Q. In an essay of not more than 1‚500 words compare and contrast ONE PAIR of the two pairs of poems printed below. Your answer should exhibiy a clear understanding of each poem’s meaning and tone‚ and you should consider the effect and importance of formal features‚ such as rhyme scheme‚ sound patterning‚ word choice‚ figurative language and punctuation. Date handed in : 31st January 2011 This essay will compare the poems “On Passing the New Menin
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The first half of the twentieth century was shaped by two global conflicts‚ World War 1 (WW1) and World War 2 (WW2). Both of these wars were the same in many ways‚ but different in some ways. For example‚ they were similar in causes‚ like‚ nationalism‚ militarism‚ and alliance system‚ but they were different in the events that shaped the causes of war. One of the causes of WW1 and WW2 is the alliance system. During WW1 the alliance system consisted of the Triple Alliance (Austria‚ Germany‚ Italy)
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COMMAND - Prior to World War II‚ Germany had a parliamentary system with two houses‚ but it was not a democracy. Only the lower house (The Reichstag) was elected by all German males over 25 years of age. The upper house (The Bundesrat) was appointed by the Kaiser. - The Kaiser had the power to declare war‚ conduct foreign affairs and appoint the chancellor and the ministers. - The Reichstag could not make laws; it could only amend them or delay their passage. - At the beginning of the war‚ the Kaiser and
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Essay #4- Comparison and Contrast “Living in a big city or in a small town” Carmen Herrera College Composition I English 101 A01 Professor R. Soy November 12‚ 2014 1 As we become adults‚ we come across the broad decision of choosing a place we can call home. Many factors need to be taken into consideration other than just finding a place comforting. Some basic but important factors a person must consider are job opportunities‚ access to services‚ and transportation. A big city like New York
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the size of the military and issuing a warning to the Germans: Unless the Imperial Government should now immediately declare and effect an abandonment of its present methods of submarine warfare against passenger and freight-carrying vessels‚ the Government of the United States can have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with the German Empire altogether (1). The Germans responded by temporally ceasing submarine warfare until 1917 when German Ambassador Berstorff announced the continuation
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How did nationalism contribute to World War 1? Nationalism held a huge part in world war1 as it does in many wars. A major part of nationalism in world war1 is shown through Otto van Bismarck. Bismarck was a very tactical man and was great at thinking up strategies. It seemed he would do all he could to promote Germany and make it truly powerful over the rest of Europe by making a group of alliances that wouldn’t give France a chance to rise up to Germany since alone France was weak. Although Bismarck’s
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Tiffany Holub Ms. Labarge English block 2 November 17‚ 2011 Comparison/ Contrast Essay Jurors Three and Eight‚ from the play “The 12 Angry Men”‚ have many differences‚ but they do have some similarities. Finding the differences between Jurors Three and Eight was fairly easy. Similarities were more difficult to find‚ but they were present. This paper will compare and contrast these two jurors This paragraph is going to tell three main differences between Jurors Three and Eight. One of the
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