Allies and the Central powers‚ were sure that their nation had a guaranteed fast win with their technological advances and all‚ it was Germany who lost in the end. Germany had been fighting a two-front war‚ but they had defeated the Russian army on the Eastern Front and forced their hands into signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk‚ so what caused Germany to lose on the Western Front? Unlike with how close Germany got to capturing France’s capital‚ Paris‚ with the
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developed on the Western front By December 1914 stalemate developed on the Western front because of 3 main reasons‚ new weapons‚ lack of plans and the circumstances of the battle of Marne‚ race to the seas and the 1st battle of Ypres! The Schlieffen plan had failed by November 1914. It didn’t entirely go to plan.. What the Germans presumed wasn’t right. Firstly they presumed that it would only take 6 weeks to get through Belgium and that it wouldn’t take long at all‚ but in the end
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of raging Hutu`s causes a major problem for this ordinary hotel manager and he suddenly has to become a strong leader and protect his hotel. This hotel does not just occupy Hutu`s‚ Tutsis stay there too. When the Hutu militia and army comes to kill all of the Tutsis in the hotel‚ the Hutu manager finds a way to save and keep everyone living in his hotel at the time (approximately 1‚268).
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Why did a stalemate develop on the Western Front? Stalemate during war is when no action can be taken or progress made. The Stalemate on the Western front‚ a line of trenches stretching from the Swiss Alps all the way across France to Nieuwpoort in Belgium‚ was a dilemma that was not foreseen by either the allies or Germany. Originally it had been predicted that the war would be over after a quick and decisive battle‚ this perception was quickly diminished once the war had begun. No one reason
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The advent of World War I brought forth new strategies and technology that had never before been seen on the front of war. The rapid industrialism at the turn of the century resulted in a distinct gap between the technological abilities of each nation’s armies‚ and their ability to psychologically deal with the horrors of war. From intensely powerful weaponry to the newly introduced chemical warfare‚ the new war tactics heavily impacted the average soldier and caused warfare as a whole to drastically
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Society is filled with corrupt adults‚ which makes it inevitable for the loss of childhood innocence as children enter into the adult world. Some say that society can change and take a turn for the better‚ and though it may not be filled with honest‚ pure hearted people‚ it can be more genuine and more about the heart and less about success and materialistic pursuits. Others say that society cannot change and that it will continue to be corrupt and filled with selfish individuals‚ regardless of
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despatching the forces rapidly to designated positions on their frontiers. Nowhere was the planning more developed than in Germany and France. Germany’s ’Schlieffen Plan’ provided for concentrating forces by rail rapidly along both the eastern and western boundaries. It was expected that
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Loss of Innocence in Burn my Heart Burn My Heart a novel by Beverly Naidoo portrays two boys of different races in a racist country. Mathew is friends with both Mugo and Lance. The biggest difference between Lance and Mugo is that Mugo is poor and has no friends while Lance is rich and very popular. Mathew needs Lance to be his friend so he gains some popularity whilst Mugo has always been his loyal friend. Mugo is always there for Mathew and he always listen to what Mathew wants sometimes giving
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their lives to the illness. Does this suggest that living with HIV costs these children all forms of innocence? To contradict this assertion‚ Bollinger generates a work that seeks to remember these children and challenge such conventions in regards to innocence. His combination of text and art produces a feeling of future hope beyond current despair. The Words Bollinger selects a page from Kaleeba’s We Miss You All‚ a book that explores the effects of HIV in the family setting‚ as his canvas.
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many 18 year olds off to fight for their country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning home. In both works the trauma that a young soldier experiences is made painfully real. In essence
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