The battle of Fromelles took place on the 19th of July 1916‚ being one of the many battles on the Western Front involving the Australians during World War 1. This battle was 19 days after the start of battle of the Somme. Established upon the previous French agricultural fields of Flanders‚ the battle was considered as one of the darkest nights in Australian history‚ with the Australian diggers fatality rate numbering 5533 and death rate almost 2000. Through this essay‚ an account of the happenings
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Already‚ we are presented with two contrasting views of Stanhope. By considering the way in which both characters discuss him‚ we can address the question of whether or not Stanhope possesses heroic qualities. The play depicts the horror of trench warfare; it gives us an insight into what life is like in the war‚ the reality of the war and the reality of heroism. Heroism is to show great courage and bravery. A lot of men in the war signed up because when the war was over they wanted to be seen as a
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THE TRIREME By: Dimitri Oared warships‚ lie at the heart of the Hellenic civilization ’s history of which the Trireme is the most famous. In the seventh and sixth centuries BC they transported the colonists from their mother cities to all parts of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. In 480 BC the Greeks won possibly their most significant battle against the much larger Persian fleet in the narrow waters of Salamis. Athens supremacy at sea was founded upon the crucial role that
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The Ethics (moral principle) of Biowarfare Daniel Reyes articlehighlights Nations need to take preventative measures to curb the development and proliferation of biological and chemical weapons‚ such as: * adopting a scientific code of ethics * incorporating ethics into graduate science courses * formulating accountability mechanisms for research * raising academic‚ industry‚ and public awareness of ethical issues Introduction: A Modern Day Trojan Horse * The 2001 anthrax
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World War One was a war that consisted of many casualties. In trench warfare‚ not all the casualties were from the opposing trench‚ they came from your own in the form of diseases and infections. These could travel via the water at the bottom of the trench‚ in seems of clothing‚ in the soldiers hair‚ or by animals that lived in the trenches along side the soldiers. The trenches were a very unsanitary place. So unsanitary everything is cleaned once a day and things are still able to be distributed
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For as far back as mankind dates back in it’s existence‚ there has always been and always will be war. History all throughout the world holds numerous acts of war dating all the way back to the early years of civilization‚ up until even today’s most recent problems. I believe war is a perfectly necessary action‚ especially when a hostile force makes unjustifiable attacks that put the safety of our country at jeopardy. This does not mean that every issue’s solution has to be war. Simply‚ this means
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war explore ways to win. Tanks‚ chemical warfare‚ and powered flight are highly significant technologies that affected the war effort. Tanks could cross barbed wire‚ and pass through no man’s land easily. They didn’t go fast and broke down multiple times‚ but they could resolve a stalemate. Soldiers fled into the trenches as they couldn’t create a dent in the other side. Tanks allowed the war to progress and finally come to a resolution. Chemical warfare was a more cruel way to win the war. There
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I read the diary entry “German Assault on Fort Vaux” written by an anonymous French soldier. The diary entry goes into detail about barrages and significant German casualties‚ with their “bodies piling up in heaps.” I try to put myself into a German soldier’s shoes‚ marching up to a well defended fort‚ with artillery exploding all around‚ I cannot even imagine how terrifying it would be. The soldier gives amazing descriptions of the artillery striking the fort‚ stating that “Tress would go up into
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Dialectical Reasoning Essay Class: History 20 Submitted To: Miss Hardin Submitted On: January 26‚ 2013 Submitted By: Brett Berezowski In this day and age‚ many may acknowledge the very controversial issue of technology for peace. This subject is so debated because nuclear weapons have the ability to destroy the world as we know it. However‚ they are essential if we are to protect ourselves. We need to have them‚ because almost anybody can gain control of them and become
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Web. . Eisler‚ Peter. "Chemical Weapons Disposal on Fast Track." USA TODAY 5 May 2009: Web. 24 Dec 2009. . Olson‚ Kyle. "Aum Shinriko: Once and Future Threat?." CDC-Emerging Infectious Diseases 5.4 (1999). Web. 24 Dec 2009. . Sasheedran‚ "WARFARE." WARFARE. 1999. ThinkQuest‚ Web. 24 Dec 2009. .
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