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    The most significant strategic and tactical intelligence failures of the 20th and 21st centuries can be summed up in the events of Pearl Harbor and September 11th. Both events took the nation by “surprise” although the type of surprise for each was different as there was some knowledge acquired by American intelligence prior to the events that hinted at the possibility of an attack. Mark Lowenthal (2015) makes the distinction between strategic and tactical surprise‚ arguing that strategic surprise

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    A surprise attack on Pearl Harbor left millions of Americans heartbroken. This dreadful event led to many extreme consequences. It is one of the most significant moments in American history. In just a short amount of time many things occurred. In the following essay we will observe the attack on Pearl Harbor and its effects on the United States. Pearl Harbor is located in Oahu Island‚ Hawaii. In 1908 it was established as a naval base of the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Various services provided on the naval

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    Life of Pi

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    to be natural‚ people can slide in a natural slide and diving. This pool is so deep that tourist cannot touch the floor. The shape of the natural swimming pool is like a common circle swimming pool‚ but is made of scratchy rocks. Also‚ it has a natural diving board which is made of rock too. The slide is made of a very smooth rock‚ people can set on the slide and it is very slippery. The pool is so deep that when the people use the diving rock they cannot touch the surface. The pool is in the

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    Main Currents of Modern History HSS F234 Attack on Pearl Harbour The Planning. The Attack. The Consequences. Submitted to Mr. Hari Nair By Deep Jain 2011C7PS865P Reasons Consequences Ships damaged The First Wave The Second Wave The third Wave - Its possibilites and the strategic decision The infamy speech Winning of battle but losing of war President’s next day speech Pearl Harbour is a lagoon harbour on the island of O’ahu‚ Hawaii. Most part of the harbour is a naval

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    December 7‚ 1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked in one of the worst attacks in American History. The attack on Pearl Harbor cost the United States 2‚500 lives‚ wounded 1‚000 people‚ heavily damaged or destroyed 18 ships‚ and destroyed or put out of action close to 300 airplanes (History). The USS Arizona was hit the hardest and lost the most. Almost nine minutes after being hit four times by Japanese bombers‚ the USS Arizona sank taking 1‚177 crew members with her (History). This is the story of the

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    The attack on Pearl Harbor resulted in President Franklin D. Roosevelt issuing the Executive Order 9066‚ which placed all the Japanese Americans and Japanese immigrants in internment camps. The United States government “believed that West Coast Japanese helped plan the attack on Pearl Harbor and hoped the internment would prevent further acts of disloyalty. Studies indicate‚ however‚ that anti-Japanese sentiment‚ which had been building on the West Coast since the late nineteenth century‚ played

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    Review 1. Reasons Japan Attacked at Pearl Harbor after General Tojo takes over Japan he starts to expand it across the pacific‚ including European colonies‚ so the U.S. puts an oil embargo on Japan. Japan attack because of this and Hawaii = in pacific. 2. Attack at Pearl harbor- created by Yamamoto- 12/7/41. 359 Jap planes‚ only 29 shot down. Pearl Harbor = shallow= special torpedo’s created. Sinks 8 U.S. battleships. U.S.S. Arizona= 1 3. War Production Board/War Labor Board- took over industry

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    Dear Sir‚ I am writing regarding an article published in your magazine last week entitiled ...... I strongly disagree with the writer for a number of reasons. Firstly‚ as Socrates wrote‚ work makes the man. However‚ in Plato’s Dialectics he argued that‚ on the contrary‚ one must have sufficient rest to Secondly‚ I believe that we need to ’recharge our batteries’ in order to have the energy to work efficiently. For example‚ as an IB student I have so much work to do with CAS‚ ToK‚ Extended Essays

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    My Free Time.Sport

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    such as: 1. going in for sports‚ tennis‚ la cross‚ badminton‚ swimming‚ volleyball‚ especially beach volley; biathlon‚ soccer (beach soccer)‚ basketball‚ hockey‚ skiing‚ skating‚ alpine skiing‚ diving‚ biking; bungee jumping‚ cliff diving and mountain biking; I’d like to try rafting‚ sky diving and windsurfing. So I exercise (work out) in the gym regularly‚ three or four times a week. 2. taking part in different amateur competitions‚ championships; hiking‚ jogging‚ aerobics‚ staying in

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    Diving Into the Wreck

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    ------------------------------------------------- “Diving Into The Wreck” by Adrienne Rich ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 1 “This is the place. ------------------------------------------------- And I am here‚ the mermaid whose dark hair ------------------------------------------------- streams black‚ the merman in his armored body. -------------------------------------------------

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