“I is for India‚ Our land in the East‚ Where everyone goes To shoot tigers and feast.” (Ames 278) John Beames’ “Civilian Memoirs” gives a slight reference of what Ames was trying to convey‚ being that he was in Indian during that time‚ and that piece was just about his day to day life‚ more so touching on why India was ‘the preferred place to live in’. The piece was more based on the work environment as to Beames and his comrade George Faulkner chose to move to India for the same reason‚ less government
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treaty was called diktat? Diktat is to dictate a decree or order. After the war or trying to end it Germany was told to not only take all the blame for the war but pay reperations to other countries as well. This is why they called it Diktat as they were being told to do this or hostilities would resume. Of the many provisions in the treaty‚ one of the most important and controversial required Germany to accept sole responsibility for causing the war and‚ under the terms of articles 231-248 (later
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France’s humiliating defeat by German Prussia in 1870 (this attitude has been called ’revanchism’ from the French word for revenge). Some in Britain resented the upstart German navy trying to race Britain for naval supremacy. Many Germans resented how France and Britain dominated global colonialism and felt Germany deserved a ’place in the sun’ reflecting its status as the Great Power. Many Russians believed in a philosophy of ’pan-Slavism’ which contended that Russia had a duty to support and defend
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S. Code. Copyrights belong to respective owners. | Technical Considerations When Creating Graphics Color Model When you are creating computer graphics‚ you must choose a color model‚ or color range. A color model tells devices using your graphic how to show the colors you selected for your design. The two most important color models are RGB and CMYK: RGB‚ which stands for red‚ green‚ and blue‚ is used to display color on scanners‚ digital cameras‚ and computer monitors. In addition‚ desktop‚
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Military to Civilian Transition Its six months before your military retirement date. You have made several preparations for your transition into the civilian world. The one thing you want to do is make sure you have all the checks in the block so that you have a smooth transition where you do not have to worry about anything after you have gone on terminal leave. Even though through the leadership and management styles picked up through a military career‚ you think you are ready to step out in
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Core Study: WW1 1914-1919 War on the Western Front Reasons for the stalemate on the Western Front Expectations * Each major power believed war would be swiftly won-“over by Christmas” * Poets such as Rupert Brooke romanticised war as noble‚ romantic and character building * Duty and patriotism were key features in 1914 The Schlieffen Plan If war was to occur‚ Germany would be attacked on both sides by the Triple Entente. The aim was to deal with the larger threat France
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unsanitary conditions‚ where diseases flourished‚ and so many died of disease if they did not die in the trenches‚ like the Spanish flue‚ typhus etc. The British were used to having an advantage of numbers (slaves mainly) but these proved useless when the tanks ‘got in the game’. Armistice 11th of November 1918 THE COST OF WW1 TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE Weakening of the Empire (trade disrupted‚ demands for self-govt.) Economy – geared to war‚ so complete restructuring needed -> Est. loss of
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How society is affected by goverment policies‚ civil disobedience‚ This is the deliberate and planned breach of policy or law by an individual or group of people. It is usually done peacefully to highlight how inappropriate a law is and promote the need for a change in the law. Civil disobedience was a common tool in the black civil rights movement in the USA in the 1960s. Black people would deliberately break the racial segregation laws to show how deeply unfair they were and how much the
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Weapons: There were different kinds of weapons used in WW1. Firstly‚ there was the rifle and it was a bolt-action rifle. It was the most used gun by the soldiers in the trenches. 15 rounds altogether could be fired in a minute and a person that was standing 1400-1500 metres away could possibly be killed by it so this shows how powerful it was. Also‚ another weapon that was frequently used was machine guns. A disadvantage to them was that they needed 4-6 men to use them so this could be
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told Germany the problem and Germany declared war on Russia and its ally which was France. Germany went into Belgium and then Britain entered war on the Russian side. Australia went in too because it was allies with Britain. The effects of WW1 on America were wide ranging covering the political‚ economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. Unlike the countries of Europe‚
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