I read the diary entry “German Assault on Fort Vaux” written by an anonymous French soldier. The diary entry goes into detail about barrages and significant German casualties‚ with their “bodies piling up in heaps.” I try to put myself into a German soldier’s shoes‚ marching up to a well defended fort‚ with artillery exploding all around‚ I cannot even imagine how terrifying it would be. The soldier gives amazing descriptions of the artillery striking the fort‚ stating that “Tress would go up into
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Why Germany Lost the First World War The Invasion of Belgium The German invasion of Belgium in August 1914 can be seen as a mistake for two reasons: 1. By breaking the Treaty of London (1839) Germany put herself clearly in the position of the aggressor. This meant that Germany‚ from the beginning of the war‚ lost the support of neutral opinion and gave the Allies the chance to justify their entry into the war in defence of ‘gallant little Belgium’. 2. It is very possible that Britain might
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Dearest Fellow Spellers‚ Good evening to you all! I would like to convey to you all of my feelings about this week – these were some of the best days that I’ve ever experienced‚ and these memories will always stay with me. First‚ thank you Dad for all that you have done for me. You have been a fantastic coach‚ and if it weren’t for you and your lengthy word lists that you spent hours making‚ I would definitely not be up here. Thank you Amma and Sujan for encouraging me the whole time I was studying
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German society changed enormously as a result of the war. During the war the percentage of women in the workforce had risen to 37%. The food shortages across Germany led to a web of new views. As a result extremist views‚ such as communism‚ became widely supported‚ particularly in the industrial cities. Also‚ the German economy had suffered terribly during the war. Industrial output fell by over 40% between 1914 and 1918. WW1 negatively affected Germany by putting it in Social political and economic
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DEMONTRATIVE COMMUNICATION PAPER Demonstrative communication is the nonverbal and unwritten communication that involves such things as facial expressions‚ which is the most common‚ tone of voice‚ and body language. Demonstrative communication happens between people who are communicating to each other and this happens through a sender and receiver process for communication. When a person is the sender‚ they are generally the speaker‚ and that person is trying to convey a message to a receiver to
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I believe there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. Most of my stories relate to working out‚ as I spend a great amount of time doing just that. This particular story all started on June third‚ right when summer workouts started. I walked into the gym and began my pre-workout stretch. I continued to repeat this same routine throughout the summer mornings: pre-workout stretch‚ workout‚ cross country practice‚ post-workout stretch. It was a never-ending cycle that I fell in love with.
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Chilean Copper Mine Collapse Ryan Moorer BCOM/275 5/21/2013 Bettie Brown On August 5‚ 2010 the world watched as reports came in from Chile‚ a small copper mine caved-in leaving 33 mine workers trapped underground (Weik‚ 2010). Initial reports did not know if there were any survivors. It was 17 days before any contact was made with the trapped miners (Hughes‚ 2010). The family members and the rest of the world were relieved to know that all of the miners had survived the collapse. The mine officials
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Why did WW1 last for so long? WW1 was thought to be a quick battle with hardly any resistance offered to the Germans. But something went wrong‚ very wrong for the fight that was thought to be over in 43 days on the western front ended up as a shoot out for four long years. There were many reasons for this‚ mainly the failure of the Schlieffen Plan Also new technology and barley any supplies on the front line. All these things lead to the stalemate that was formed and the main reason the war went
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This time period was all about victories for President Lincoln. Lincoln’s reelection relied heavily on Union victories during the end of the war. Unfortunately‚ the north hadn’t had the best of luck at the beginning. In order to win reelection the North had to start winning and show signs that the war would soon be over with an overall Union victory. General William T. Sherman’s Atlanta campaign ensured that reelection victory. This campaign opened the South‚ which then led to the famous event
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Assess the reasons for the victory of the Greeks in the Second Persian War (480–479 BC). The Greeks were victorious in the Second Persian War because of a number of factors. These include the superior leadership from commanders such as Themistocles and Leonidas‚ the effective Greek strategy and the cooperation of all the Greek city states to unite against a common threat. Ancient historians such as Aeschylus in his play ‘The Persians’ and Herodotus attribute the Greek victory to the so called
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