a new terrifying powerful explosive‚ as devastating as any other of the deadly explosive weapons of modern war. Had the war continued until the projected invasion on November 1‚ additional fire raids of B‑20’s would have been more destructive of life and property than the very limited number of atomic raids which we could have done in the same period. But the atomic bomb was more than a weapon of terrible destruction; it was a psychological weapon as well. The bomb served exactly the purpose we intended
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and led successful raids against the Sudanese military. This resulted in the government of Sudan arming the Janjaweed with heavy military equipment and training‚ and aerial raids against the rebels. Instead of the government directly killing innocent non-Arab civilians they chose the Janjaweed to do it. This way the Sudanese could deny direct military involvement in the genocide. The Janjaweed who face resistance from the rebels are often backed by government forces in their raids of villages. In the
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”( EXCERPTS from JOHN BROWN: AMERICA’S FIRST TERRORIST?). Paul’s statement leads me up to the big question‚ was John Brown a hero or a terrorist? In my opinion‚ John Brown was more of a hero. As a young African-American male‚ without John Brown’s raid there’s a chance that I would not be an American citizen‚ but American property by a slave owner. Also‚with Paul Finkelman’s statement‚ John Brown didn’t order any killings‚ want to destroy property‚ and cared for his hostages‚ so yeah in my eyes‚
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Yanomamo a tribe of American Indians are labeled as the ‘fierce people’. They are one of the most aggressive‚ warlike‚ male-oriented people in the world. Yanomamo male is usually covered with wounds and scars due to quarrels‚ duels and military raids. Women are also covered with scars and bruises as a result of violent encounters with seducers‚ rapists and husbands. Yanomamo is a hot-tempered‚ drug-taking‚ warrior-husband. Kind husbands merely hurt and mutilate‚ the fierce one wound and even kill
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they had gone to the Falkland Islands to raid a British wireless and coaling station. To their surprise they found a British squadron refuelling. The surprised‚ fleeing Germans were destroyed and 1‚800 Germans died. In the Indian Ocean‚ the German ship Emden attacking small ports and sea-side villages (allies to the British) but later in the beginning of November was destroyed by an Australian cruiser. 1915 On January 23rd‚ a German squadron went to raid the English coast‚ but the English had been
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John Brown had 21 men going to the armory with a plan to raid and free slaves and arm them to start a rebellion but they didn’t succeed on their raid they had been killed or captured‚ John Brown was captured and was put on trial for treason. John Brown had the right idea and wanted to help the slaves but went too far with his goal and ended up being executed
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Quotation 1: Yes‚ the Führer decided that he would rule the world with words. ‘I will never fire a gun‚’ he devised. ‘I will not have to.’ … His first plan of attack was to plant the words in as many areas of his homeland as possible. He watched them grow‚ until eventually‚ great forests of words had risen throughout Germany … It was a nation of farmed thoughts.” (Zusak 451) Speaker: The speaker of the quotation is Max Vandenburg. Context: In Germany‚ where Hitler rules‚ the Huberman’s have adopted
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PROLOGUE Persecution of the Jews in Europe began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power as Chancellor of Germany. Hitler implemented a policy of anti- Semitism‚ first in Germany and in the other countries that the armies of Nazi Germany conquered or forged alliance. Jews deprived of their civil rights‚ their synagogues‚ destroyed‚ prominent Jews imprisoned‚ and their assets and properties confiscated. The Second World War began when the armies of Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1st‚ 1939
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From 793 to 1066 AD‚ the Vikings struck terror into the heart of every European. Their sudden‚ ferocious raids on villages‚ churches‚ and monasteries made them both hated and feared. However‚ the Vikings accomplished more than merely destroying towns. In fact‚ they were the best explorers of the age‚ venturing as far south as Africa and as far west as North America. Wherever they settled‚ they altered the cultural fabric of the conquered area. This paper attempts to analyze specific changes the Vikings
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the air‚ in large bodies of water or on a shore. Piracy does not normally include the crimes committed against people traveling on the same vehicle as the possible criminal. The term‚ “Piracy” has been used throughout history as a reference to land-raids committed by non-state agents. Piracy or pirating is also the name of a crime preformed under customary international law and may also be used as the name of a number of crimes that have been committed under the municipal law of a number of states
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