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    Robert Capa

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    Sino-Japanese War‚ World War II across Europe‚ the 1948 Arab-Israeli War‚ and the First Indochina War. He documented the course of World War II in London‚ North Africa‚ Italy‚ the Battle of Normandy on Omaha Beach and the liberation of Paris. His action photographs‚ such as those taken during the 1944 Normandy invasion‚ uniquely portray the violence of war. In 1947‚ Capa co-founded Magnum Photos in Paris with David "Chim" Seymour‚ Henri Cartier-Bresson‚ George Rodger and William Vandivert. The organization

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    Causes Of World War II

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    The beginning of World War II. The contestants in WWII were divided into two groups‚ the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The following countries were in the Allied Powers: Soviet Union‚United States‚Britain‚ China‚ France‚ Poland‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands. The Axis Powers consisted of the following: Germany‚ Japan‚and Italy. The Allied Powers during WWII were those that opposed the Axis Powers. At the beginning of war‚ Britain and the Commonwealth Nations stood almost alone‚ but the United

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    A History of the English Language Before the Germanic tribes arrived‚ the Celts were the original inhabitants of Britain. When the Germanic tribes invaded England‚ they pushed the Celt-speaking inhabitants out of England into what is now Scotland‚ Wales‚ Cornwall‚ and Ireland. The Celtic language survives today in the Gaelic languages‚ and some scholars speculate that the Celtic tongue might have influenced the grammatical development of English‚ though the influence would have been minimal

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    BLITZKRIEG (LIGHTNING WAR) In the first phase of World War II in Europe‚ Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany’s strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks‚ planes‚ and artillery) along a narrow front. These forces would

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    chruchill to attack france Begin to discuss defeat of Germany DDAY Allies enter france - by sea/greatest naval invaision in history - by air; paratroopers - allies break through german lines after loss of many men - Germans thought Normandy invasion was distraction -The bombing of Pearl Harbor starts war in pacific . -Japan thought it would weak our navy and have US accept of Japan domination in PAcific. -FDR was firm in his proposal for war in the congress the speech was asking

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    In the course of history‚ it is sometimes difficult to define monumental moments. Usually‚ it is not until many years later that specific actions and events become essential and highly influential pieces of the larger picture. It is the same with World War II. In hindsight‚ it is possible to look back and proclaim that although nationalism‚ colonialism‚ and communism all played important roles in World War II‚ nationalism was the most critical in acting as a casual factor and left the greatest impact

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    D-Day Speech Analysis

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    president of the United States of America (Bio Reference Bank)‚ delivered his “On the 40th Anniversary of D-Day speech” on June 6th 1984 (Academic Search Premier). This day was the 40th anniversary of D-day‚ when 150‚000 men charged the beaches of Normandy to retake Europe from the Nazis (American History Online). The speech was also delivered during the Cold war‚ an arms race between the USA and USSR (American History Online). President Reagan uses logos‚ pathos‚ and anaphora to explain to the heads

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    I‚ but complexity of it expands from there. Similar to WWI‚ there were many conflicting situations leading up to the war‚ (Treaty of Versailles‚ Hitler and Mussolini’s actions‚ and failure of appeasement and the League of Nations) but Germany’s invasion of Poland set the wheels in motion (parallel to the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in WWI). This resulted in Britain and France declaring war on Germany in September 1939 (historyonthenet).

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    French Resistance

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    Out of the darkness of the French defeat and capitulation of 1940 rose one of the greatest mass-resistance movements in history. Thousands of French patriots rose up‚ by themselves and in groups‚ and defied Nazi authority. They formed resistance movements that fought the Nazi occupation of France and the collaboration of the Vichy government. The French resistance was detrimental to the success of the Allies during World War II because they played a key role in the D-Day landings and were able to

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    ‘Saving Private Ryan’‚ directed by Steven Spielberg is a film set during World War II. During an invasion of Normandy‚ two brothers are killed followed by a third when fighting the Japanese. US Army Chief of Staff‚ George C. Marshall sends out 8 men with a mission to find the fourth brother‚ James F. Ryan to lift some of the grief of the mother. This core of the film is about the journey of this unit travelling across dangerous Nazi territory in the impossible search of Private Ryan. During this

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