Douglas Haig: One of the “Butchers” The level of violence and loss experienced during the First World War was unlike anything that the world had seen before. The number of nations involved far surpassed any war that preceeded it. Only a handful of countries around the world were able to remain neutral‚ thereby protecting their populations from the massive losses that destroyed Europe. Technological advances in weaponary‚ new battle tactics‚ and the largest european armies ever raised were put
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People often have a desire or need for power and control‚ the way people go about to achieve this determines if they are successful. In the short story "Butcher Bird" written by Wallace Stegner‚ Mr. Garfield won the respect of his peers by engaging in the conversation and acting polite and courteous to his wife and guests. On the other hand Harry lost his power and control by being negative‚ stubborn and cruel. Not only did Harry lose the respect of his peers he also lost respect from his son. Individuals
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The Battle of the Somme was also known as the Somme Offensive. The British and French faced off against the Germans‚ resulting in one of the most bloodiest battles of WWI history. It took place between July 1st and November 1st in 1916‚ at the Somme River‚ which runs through most of Europe. It’s known for being one of the bloodiest military battles in history‚ taking the lives of more than 1.5 million men in both Ally and Central Powers. On the first day alone‚ the British had more than 57‚000 casualties
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The Battle of Somme was fought from 1st July 1916 to 1st November of the same year next to the Somme River in northwestern France. The participants were German forces pitched against British and French soldiers The war was fought during the First World War‚ and it is considered one of the bloodiest military battles to date. The battle was ignited by anti-German forces who sought to reclaim a huge part of French territory that had been occupied by the German army in 1914. Another aim of the allied
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Battle of Somme With over seven months of vigorous planning came one of the bloodiest battles in military history during World War I‚ known as the Battle of Somme. The four month Battle of Somme was the cause of over one million lives‚ endeavoring to conquer the Western Front between France and Germany. Among the amount of artillery shells intended to support the British‚ projected to be substantial in paving the way for ground troops to triumph over the enemy force. The battle‚ originally planned
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employees were broken down in to two sets (luggers and butchers) in order to perform the tasks. The luggers were responsible for unloading the tremendously heavy meat while the butchers were responsible for butchering the meat once it arrived within the warehouse. When the company became unionized‚ the workers were given an option as to which position they preferred. This was done according to seniority. Most of the older men chose to become butchers because of the physical labor required to lug the
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Q8. In my opinion‚ I believe that it is fair to say that neither side had won the battles of Somme or Verdun. In other words‚ there was so much bloodshed and lives lost that there was no real winner. Both sides sustained major casualties and loss of supplies. The amount of death is something that we as humans can not even begin to fathom. The worst part about it‚ nothing was gained in the process of these battles. There was such a tremendous and horrific amount of loss that there was no possible
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Battle of the Somme in 1916‚ has been thoroughly questioned by many historians to date. Through different views and opinions‚ Haig’s skills have been both heavily celebrated and criticised. Therefore he has been viewed as both ‘Butcher of the Somme’ and the ‘Architect of Victory’‚ much evidence supporting both arguments. However the majority of people seem to favour the idea of Haig being a merciless leader‚ which is completely understandable. For instance‚ the Battle of the Somme hugely affected
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but it was not relative to the high casualty rate. \ In July‚ 1916. A british newspaper article was released from the american newspaper worker and one of the country’s leading war correspondent‚ Percival Phillips. He wrote about the Battle of Somme with an optimistic tone. For example he said that the british and french were all “attacking vigorously.” Following with the sun is shining‚ which was indicating something good was too happen. However‚ Percival did not witness these events‚ instead
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Interview of Maxus‚ a true roman gladiator Hello and welcome to the interview show joining us today is a roman gladiator who has just survived the coliseum and earned his freedom. Here he is right now maximus the gladiator (audience cheers) Dave: So then maximus before we get to know about your life in the arena I would like to know about your background and why you were chosen for the arena instead of labour? Maximus: When I was young i use to watch my father‚ neighbours and family
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