HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE This essay is on the history of the English language. The essay will cover the topic – what is language? Where does language come from? and what are the stages of development of the English language? Language is a system of expressions through sounds and symbols for communicating thought: it’s a particular system used by a nation. English is the official language of Britain‚ the US‚ Australia and most other parts of the Commonwealth as well as certain other
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and successes have come from the Day of Deliverance‚ Canada’s largest military operation they had participated in. June 6th‚ 1944‚ was the day when Canada gave everything they had‚ including 30 000 Canadian to be joined with the Allies in the invasion of Normandy on the beaches of France. "The Royal Canadian Navy had 100 ships with 10 000 sailors in the operation‚ while‚ flying overheard were 36 bomber squadrons of the Royal Canadian Air Force" (Hannon 73). Under heavy fire‚ Canadian soldiers landed
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in late December‚ heavy snows prevented them from pushing east along Route 5 to reach Rome. On Clark’s front‚ the advance bogged down in the Liri Valley near the town of Cassino. In early 1944‚ Eisenhower departed to oversee planning of the invasion of Normandy. Arriving in Britain‚ Eisenhower initially requested that Alexander serve as the ground forces commander for the operation as he had been easy to work with during earlier campaigns and had promoted cooperation among Allied
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Early inhabitants of Britain: The Celts: A series of invasions began about the year 1000 B.C. And continued until the opening of the Christian era. The Celts invaded Britain and dominated the native peoples‚ merging with then but firmly establishing their own language and civilization. They brought to Britain a renewed interest in agriculture together with the age of iron. The last Celtic invaders were the tribes of the Belgae‚ who settled in south-eastern Britain. Their advanced agriculture‚
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In September 1944‚ Allied High Command found themselves more than 200 hundred days ahead of schedule as Allied Forces raced across France toward the German border. Looking to enter Germany and capture the Ruhr‚ Germany’s industrial heartland‚ General Eisenhower authorized Field Marshall Montgomery to execute a combined airborne and ground offensive to capture a series of bridges over the Rhine River. Collectively‚ this offensive is known as Operation Market-Garden (Ryan‚ 1995). The largest airborne
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dialects of English in the history of the English language between the High and Late Middle Ages‚ or roughly during the three centuries between the late 12th and the late 15th century. * In 1066 the Normans invaded England‚ and the French of Normandy‚ together with Latin‚ was to become the language of court‚ religion and science * English was still used by the common people‚ but there was no literature written in it for 200 years. * However‚ this situation of the ruling class speaking
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-(2/12/41) For the first time‚ penicillin was used to treat a human patient. Penicillin treated infections‚ and was widely used during World War II · Pearl Harbor - The American decision to impose sanctions on Japan‚ in response to the Japanese invasion of Indo-China‚ convinced Japanese leaders that war with the United States was inevitable. While the Japanese continued to negotiate in Washington‚ plans went ahead for military action. The Japanese were convinced that they could not win a war of
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On December 7‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu‚ Hawaii. it lasted just two hours. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 naval vessels‚ including eight battleships‚ and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2‚000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack‚ and another 1‚000 were wounded. The day after the assault‚ President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan; Congress approved his declaration
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expansionism? Think “Holocaust.”) Dwight Eisenhower (He was the supreme commander of what military operation?) Winston Churchill (What political position did he hold in England?) Normandy Invasion (When did it begin?) (What was the goal?) (What was the operation’s code name?) (What were the code names of the invasion beaches?) Harry S. Truman (What decision did he make to bring about victory in the Pacific theater of war?) The Cold War (What two super-powers were involved?) The Iron Curtain
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Origins / Personal background of General Patton George Smith Patton Junior was born on the 11th of November 1885 in San Marino‚ California. Patton’s family were wealthy and lived on a 2000 acre property. His family background was of Scottish-Irish and English descent‚ and nearly all of his late ancestors had served in the military from the American Revolution to the American Civil War. During his early childhood‚ Patton struggled to read and write‚ however after some time‚ he was able to overcome
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