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    writers‚ among which notably include John Updike‚ Harold Brodkey and Philip Roth. * In 1939 he attended a course of short fiction from Columbia University and wrote film reviews for the student magazine. * Participated in the Allied landing in Normandy (1944) as an infantryman * In 1945‚ Salinger married a French doctor named Sylvia‚ which is divorced * In 1955 he married Claire Douglas‚ a union that also ended in divorce in 1967 * In 1967 he emphasized the writer’s imprisonment in

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    The Waffen S.S. played a big role within WWII for the germans. The german army wouldn’t have gotten anywhere close to as far as they did. Hitler may have been the leader in this movement but the S.S. were the true evil in this appalling war. When Hitler was first put into the position of Chancellor he needed a strong following to help him on his path of destruction. When his plans of genocide started the Waffen S.S. became a german powerhouse and was a lead reason for many families left without

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    At first‚ the Nazis began transporting a very large number of people from the ghettos in Poland to the concentration camps. It started with the sick‚ disabled‚ weak‚ old and very young. Then they started to go after the Jewish people for a mass genocide. On March 17‚ 1942‚ the first mass gas killing started at the concentration camp at Belzec‚ Poland. Following that‚ 5 more mass killing concentration camps were opened: Chelmno‚ Sobibor‚ Treblinka‚ Majdanek‚ and the most famous‚ largest‚ and deadliest:

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    UNIVERSITY OF DALAT DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES BRITISH CIVILIZATION - 2007 Tran Thanh Hung - M.A. 2007 THE BRITISH ISLES (Names to be mentioned: Welsh‚ Scots Gaelic‚ Irish Gaelic‚ Birmingham‚ Glasgow‚ Edinburgh‚ Belfast‚ Cardiff‚ Catholic‚ Protestant‚ Muslim‚ Hindu‚ Judaism Republic of Ireland‚ Northern Ireland‚ Scotland‚ England‚ Wales‚ Romans‚ Latin‚ Britannia.) - Location: - United Kingdom: -Britain: + and Great Britain: + the name Britain: THE UNITED KINGDOM formal name: - The

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    of the true story about the Niland brothers‚ who fought in the second world war in the Pacific theatre and the European theatre. Three of the four were presumed dead and after finding out that the last brother dropped in with the 101st Airborne in Normandy on D-day‚ captain Miller had orders to assembled a team and set of to find him. Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge‚ being set in the Pacific theatre during the second world war. Desmond Doss who is a combat medic as only one goal‚ save his brothers in arms

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    Olds Military Career

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    P-38 Light-nings. Olds was then posted to the 479th Fighter Group’s 434th Fighter Squadron with orders for Britain. Olds’ squadron arrived in Britain in May 1944 and quickly entered combat as part of the Allied air offensive prior to the invasion of Normandy. Olds was promoted to captain on July 24 when he scored his first two kill-a pair of Focke Wulf Fw 190s during a bombing raid over Montmirail‚ France. On August 25‚ during an escort mission to Wismar‚ Germany‚ Olds shot down three Messerschmitt Bf

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    Audie Murphy: My Hero

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    Audie Murphy Audie Murphy was the most decorated warrior in American history. He is my hero from the fact of how heroic his actions were in almost every battle and how he lost his best friend from a group of Germans fake surrendering and then killing him responding. He was born on June‚20.1925 in Texas. His early life was mainly just farming and hunting he had explosive mood swings and a bad temper. He joined the service in 1942 after normal boot camp he went to advanced rifle training.His first

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    problems as the church participated in politics too much‚ feudalism supported and made the monarchy stronger‚ which led to political fragmentations. Feudal monarchy provided a stable management for the heirarchy. This was first created by William from Normandy. The political conflicts were borought to an end by the signing of the Magna Carta. In the beginning of the Middle Ages‚ feudalism became more popular and was later made the political institution. Another civilization that used feudalism as their

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    General Patton‚ also known as George Patton showed great adaptive leadership qualities during his career in the military. At an early age‚ Patton knew he wanted to join the military. Growing up he dreamed to become a war hero to follow his grandfather’s footsteps. He joined the Military Institution after high school only for a year then entered the Military Academy at West Point. Once he graduated he joined the U.S. Army as he has always planned. In his early career‚ he became a personal aid for

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    accurate representation of a historical moment. It is from a Norman point of view‚ in that it favorably represents the Normans and focuses and them more throughout the work. It is believed to have belonged to Odo the half brother of William‚ Duke of Normandy. The work shows seventy-scenes‚ leading up to the Battle of Hastings‚ the Battle

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