Sir Winston Churchill British statesman‚ orator‚ and author who was elected prime minister twice in 1940s and 1950s. He is regarded as one of the finest military leaders in history and is credited to rallying the moral of the British people during world war two and leading them from the brink of defeat to victory against the axis powers. How he did this was not only though his leadership but arguably through his speeches as well‚ one of Churchill’s greatest assets was his words and how he used them
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Weapons of World War I Machine Guns: They needed 4-6 men to work them and had to be on a flat surface. They had the fire-power of 100 guns. Large field guns had a long range and could deliver devastating blows to the enemy but needed up to 12 men to work them. They fired shells which exploded on impact. Gases: The German army were the first to use chlorine gas at the battle of Ypres in 1915. Chlorine gas causes a burning sensation in the throat
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World war one was a war that created new ways to fight and new countries to develop‚ but what really needs to be addressed is what caused all this happen. With militarism‚ imperialism‚ and alliances came the two other indirect factors‚ which were threats and tension. Mobilization in countries increased tension and threats throughout the world. Tension had been developing over the years between different countries and this war had come to settle it. Major European nations were the start of this all
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territory. This war was like the rich against the poor. The US troops had nothing to lose. However‚ the Vietnamese knew that they had everything to lose. The US soldiers were nothing new to the game. Even since the American Revolution‚ we have been at war. For example‚ World War 1. World War 1 was also known as “The Great War.” Over 70 million military troops were involved. World War 2 was also a war that made their even better at combat. Unlike the Vietnamese‚ who weren’t used to wars and weren’t
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During World War II‚ German military forces rushed across Europe at an alarming rate. They were determined to gain complete global control and to extend their racist‚ and supremacist ideals to the entire world which they believed was inherently theirs’. They were cruel in their methods of accomplishing that goal. Though they did not succeed‚ their tyranny left a stain on the world. Their means for world domination were‚ racist propaganda‚ modern weapons‚ and the world’s largest military force. Before
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A Separate Peace In his book A Separate Peace John Knowles communicates what war really is. He uses a number of complex characters in a very complicated plot in order to convey the harsh‚ sad‚ cruel‚ destructive forces of war. The Characters Gene and Finny are used as opposing forces in a struggle between that cold reality of war-that is World War II in this story-and a separate peace. A peace away from the real war and all of the terrible things that come with it. Through their relationship‚ that
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Militarism is a key component to World War I as the countries began to compete for having the best military. Prince Bernhard Von Bulow said to the Reichstag “In the coming century the German nation will either be the hammer or the anvil.” In the 1900s‚ the Germans could be either the destroyer or the destroyed. This caused people to want to build the military so their country would not be crushed. The need to survive caused an arms race‚ the german spending having a steep increase in spending. In
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Causes and Origins of World War One Who was guilty? Germany * Invasion of belgium (Self protection) * Signing the blank cheque with Austria 6th July 1914 to go to war with Serbia (Justification might be‚ self protection because they were encircled) * 1870‚ Germany also wanted to create an empire like Britain * Needed to go through Belgium into France so that they’d beat France before the Russians arrived‚ in this case they’d be able to cope with the Russians (Schlieffen Plan)
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Fashion Trends Change after World War II During World War II‚ fashion was bland. Women wore clothing‚ such as military jumpsuits‚ that signified war and the military. There were many laws and restrictions against women’s fashion during these times; women’s silhouettes‚ their lengths of garments‚ their garment colors‚ and the fabrication usage. Wool and nylon were mostly for garments and other casual clothing because the textiles were needed for those in the war. The laws against fashion were
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World War I (1914-1918) involved more countries and caused greater destruction than any other war up to its time. An assassin’s bullets set off the war. A system of military alliances (agreements) plunged the main European powers into the fight. The war lasted four years. It took the lives of about 9 million troops and more than 6 million civilians. World War I was originally called the Great War. Picture Weapons of World War I Several developments led to the awful bloodshed of the Great
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