casualties have been estimated at about 542‚000 French and about 434‚000 Germans. At the background‚ on June 28‚ 1914‚ Franz Ferdinand‚ Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb nationalist. The assassination soon triggered World War One. As soon as the war began‚ Germans began to implement their war plan‚ the Schlieffen Plan . However‚ due to the inflexibility of the plan as well as the incompetence of the German commander
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Do you agree with the view that the suffrage movement made ‘substantial progress’ during the first decade of the twentieth century? Source 13 is part of a speech made by Emmeline Pankhurst‚ who founded the WSPU‚ in 1908. It was delivered during her trial at Bow Street Magistrates Court in London; she had been arrested for obstruction caused during a suffragette demonstration. She was arrested on a number of occasions for using militancy. Her speech clearly shows that she felt there had been absolutely
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* "’He called her up‚’ she said oracularly‚ ’he called her up‚ and asked her to keep you at the telephone‚ so he could talk to Miss Louise. A thankless child is sharper than a serpent’s tooth.’" (Mary Roberts Rinehart‚ The Circular Staircase‚ 1908) * "English has frequent verb idioms which consist of a verb and a prepositional adverb‚ for example tune in‚ turn on and throw up. . . . As idioms‚ the meaning of verb + prepositional adverb compounds is not the sum of the two parts: throw up
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Adam Hochschild’s riveting novel‚ King Leopold’s Ghost‚ delves the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium‚ as well as‚ the ample atrocities committed during the time period between 1885 and 1908. European interest I the African continent can be traced back to as early as the late 1400s‚ when an European explorer sailed the west coast and discovered the Congo River. The industrial Revolution sparked Europeans’ keen interest to explore Africa. Diamonds‚ gold‚ ivory‚ and
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Theory/Model # 2 – Trauma‚ Recovery‚ and Empowerment Model (TREM) Crises level can be described has having three different levels of Crises. (1) Basic crises theory (2) Expanded Crises‚ and (3) Applied crises theory (James & Gilliland‚ 2017). In Miami‚ Florida‚ a domestic violence call was made from a woman claiming that she had been attacked‚ kicked‚ and punched by her boyfriend Nick Gordon. He is the ex-boyfriend of singer Whitney Houston’s daughter Bobbi Christina. All too often we hear of domestic
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Concise Summary of Case - Anthony Tan was one of the most wanted men as he was allegedly charged for murder of Bosnian refugee and Rebels bikie‚ Edin “Boz” Smajovic. After 2 years building an export business in Vietnam‚ he read a media report from NSW‚ describing him as one of the state’s most wanted men. He was unaware for 2 years of the police hunt for him. He immediately got on the phone‚ first his lawyer‚ then to an airline. He was more than willing to return to Australia to fight his allegations
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Also‚ children! Children who had to watch their fathers being killed‚ or their mums being raped! What kind of therapy can bring their innocence back? What kind of memory will they have after a terrible war?. In Bosnia it’s not only war that hurt Bosnians the most‚ but also being attacked by their own neighbors just because they were craving power! That surprise completely destroyed them. Moreover‚ people who didn’t lose their dear ones during war‚ will always feel guilty because they were not able
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The Defeat of the Treaty of Versailles War World One was a devastating global war that took place in Europe and was started by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ by Gavrilo Princip‚ a Bosnian Serb citizen of Austria-Hungary and member of the Young Bosnia. Austria-Hungary and Serbia’s relationship was already strained and the assassination was the last straw and they went to war. Shortly after this‚ due to alliances‚ all of Europe went to war. The
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“laissez-faire” towards a programme of social reform. The liberal reforms concentrated on five main groups. These were the young‚ introducing school meals and medical inspections with the Education Act 1906 and 1907‚ the old with the Old Age Pensions Act 1908‚ and the sick who were helped with the first part of the National Health Act
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career‚ but in fact‚ Lloyd George had made significant changes‚ that we take for granted. His major achievements where in the fields of social insurance‚ improving the lives for many “working class” citizens‚ for example the Old Aged Pensions Act of 1908 and National Health Insurance of 1911. To date Lloyd George is the only solicitor and Welshmen to have held the position of the prime ministerial role. Born in January 17th 1863‚ Manchester‚ Lloyd George was raised by only his mother‚ as his
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