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    Sun Tzu: the Art of War

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    SUN TZU: ART OF WAR Sun Tzu is the author of “Art of War”‚ one of the most influential and sought-after books about strategies in battles. However‚ the Art of War now applied in other fields like politics‚ business‚ sports and many more. Sun Tzu is a military general and philosopher who led several battles into a success with the use of deception‚ manipulation and unpredictable tactics. Sun Tzu was believed to have lived in the period of warring states. He worked under the leadership of Wu‚ a

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    Why Is D-Day Important

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    the war was D-Day. Which was on June 6th 1944 and it may have ended on June 30th 1944. “On D-Day‚ over 4‚400 Allied soldiers died‚ as did between 4‚000 and 9‚000 German soldiers. This battle was the start of the larger campaign of the Battle of Normandy‚ which led to 425‚000 killed‚ injured or missing soldiers.” (refrence.com) Planning for D-Day may have had been began in sometime in 1943. The war had millions of people fighting in it and at least “220‚000 troops from every continent of the world

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    Johns lack of military command and ignorant personality allowed the French to concede Normandy which cut back his empire. This was an embarrassing defeat for the plantagenet empire and to Johns reputation as a King. John was losing territory‚ he decided to shift his focus to try and reconquer Normandy back from the French. This weekend his government; John poured every single penny into reconquering Normandy. John was very familiar with the system of collecting money and used his knowledge and power

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    success of the attack depended on Hitler. Germans were to gain knowledge of the disastrous outcome. The chief architect Winston Churchill was codenamed “Bodyguard” six months before D-Day Allies began strategic and tactical t keep Germans out of Normandy. ((“D-Day:June”). In January 1944‚ General Dwight Eisenhower became commander of operation overlord. Allies came out a massive deception to make the gErmans believe that they included fake equipment and many other tactics. (“D-Day”). Eisenhower chose

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    Middle Age Battles

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    What makes a battle great? First and foremost it has to be huge‚ meaning between two superpowers with both sides having a substantial amount of troops. But‚ it also has to be for a glorious cause or must be led by a great general; and it must be a battle that changes the course of history. With all this in mind‚ the battles of antiquity were truly the greatest battles. But because there were so many‚ I have only enough space to describe the three greatest land battles between 1000AD and 1500 AD;

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    Simon and Alice’s parents took the to Normandy to hide them. They spent two years there. His parents kept their little brother with them. Simon and Alice got retrieved by their father from Normandy on December 24‚ 1937. Simon’s father was taken again by the German soldiers. Simon’s parents got arrested. After his parents died‚ Simon was taught by a school master how

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    The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They included people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the southern half of the island from continental Europe‚ and their descendants; as well as indigenous Romano-British populations who adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language. The earliest phase of English literature started with Anglo-Saxon literature of the Angles and Saxons (the ancestors of the English race) much before they occupied Britain. English was the

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    The English language has gradually changed over time. Beginning with Old English‚ proceeding with Middle English‚ and eventually Modern English. Although English now sounds and looks nothing like it did back in the Old English language‚ many of modern day English words originate from Old English. In comparison to Modern English‚ Old English was a very complex language. Throughout history many things have contributed to the change in the English language. In 400 CE‚ Germanic tribes began invading

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    The Battle of St. Lô took place from July 9 to July 24‚ 1944. It was an important battle in the Allies’ campaign for the liberation of northern france. About a month after the Battle of Normandy‚ it was the fight for an important French trade city. The Germans had taken the city without opposition from locals‚ but its liberation took the lives of many. The Americans considered this a worthy cause‚ however‚ because the city was vital to the Allies’ plan. The battle was important to the war because

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    June 6‚ 1944‚ 156‚000 allied troops storm the Normandy beaches; they are attacked by German defense and suffer numerous casualties but the next day they take hold Of the beaches. The war In Europe Would be officially over the next year. A year later the War in Asia would end due to atomic bombs bring destruction and death to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The WWII was won with the price of many lives and brilliant minds. Some main contributors to the war ceasing were Allan Turner’s Enigma code breaker‚the

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