critical. So‚ taking a deep breath‚ she slipped out her smartphone. Raising it over her head along with her free hand‚ she announced‚ "Licensed paramedic on scene! I am activating the Emergency Medical System. Please permit me to triage and administer first aid." With her thumb‚ she made an emergency call to 911‚ tapping the speaker on. From her phone came‚ "New York City 911. What is the nature of your emergency?" Watching Doom carefully‚ she replied without lowering her arms‚ "Yes‚ hello. I am currently
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Describe British rule in India at the end of the First World War. At the end of the First World War‚ British rule in India was dominant compared with Indian rule. The British is controlling a population of about 300‚000‚000 people and more than two-thirds of India in the early nineteen hundreds. The rest is ruled under Maharajah’s which are Indian Princes. Out of the various colonies the British had‚ India was named the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ because of its vast amounts of resources‚ labour and
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the First World War‚ many of which are results of complex developments which took place for a number of years before the war‚ such as the conflict over the Balkans and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The most obvious cause may be the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However‚ upon close examination of the events leading up to World War One‚ we shall see that this was merely the spark that set off the chain of events leading up to the Great War. One of the main causes of the war was
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did Charles I lose the First Bishops War? The First Bishops War is defined as two conflicts between England and Scotland in 1639 and 1640. The cause of the war was due to the Scottish reaction against Charles I attempt to reform the Scottish church. After the implementation of the Scottish National Covenant against the King’s reforms in 1638‚ the Covenanters became the dominant political and religious force in Scotland. The main reasons for Charles losing the First Bishops War was due to the following
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that commits suicide.” -Henri Barbusse‚ 1916. Wilfred Owen was an English poet and soldier. He had been writing poetry since he was a teenager‚ and before the war‚ he worked as a teacher’s assistant and language tutor in France. He enlisted in England in 1915 and sent to the western front in early 1917. He was sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital after experiencing heavy fighting‚ and there he met Siegfried Sassoon‚ who already had established himself in the writing world and shared views with Owen
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outstanding poetry had on the king during this time. His poem‚ First War‚ contains both a rosy and lachrymose stand on war in which he drew from his personal experience being an army general in a society that forbade his very position.
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World War I‚ which is otherwise known as the ’Great War‚’ has been the subject of debate between historians and history enthusiasts alike for over a century. There is no definitive evidence as to who was directly responsible for the outbreak of war among the Powers. The questions I have to ask myself are‚ “Who instigated the War to end all Wars?” and‚ “Who fired the first shot?” In this essay I will answer these questions to the best of my ability‚ as well as sharing my own thoughts and opinions
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chemical and nuclear weapons. Such competition provokes the other parties to do the same‚ and the potential of an upcoming war increases. Such a war would not be limited to two countries‚ but it could include the whole world. This paper will provide a general overview of the historical dimension of arms race especially in the European context causing the outbreak of the First World War and its nuclear dimension and potential implications nowadays. In this context‚ the military capabilities of the biggest
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during the First World War How did women contribute to the war effort? Suffragist and suffragette member took men’s places in jobs when the men went overseas to fight. Hundreds and thousands of women were employed in munitions factories‚ in the transport system (conductors on buses and trams)‚ employed as labourers on farms‚ as nurses and in offices a secretaries and receptionists. This was a crucial part of the war effort as it kept the country going. How were civilians affected by the war? During
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The First World War (1914 -1918) was the most destructive event in the 20th century of world history‚ which covered the entire global and all nations in the world. “At the war’s end‚ all European belligerents were economically depleted and suffered devastating losses in human life‚ which totaled nearly ten million.”1 Statistically‚ the numbers of people who died in those four years of war were 1‚800‚000 Germans‚ 1‚700‚000 Russians‚ 1‚384‚000 French 1‚290‚000 from Austria-Hungary and 743‚000 British
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