Was Dieppe Worth It? On August 19th 1942‚ Allied forces from Britain and Canada tried to capture the port of Dieppe‚ in German controlled France. Over 6000 allied troops took part in the attack‚ and more that half were killed‚ wounded‚ or captured. The battle only lasted nine hours. Even though the raid was a failure‚ it taught the Allies important things about planning and carrying out an attack‚ and helped the Allies succeed on D-Day‚ June 6th 1944‚ with the invasion of Normandy. If Canada had
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Adam Ward Book Report 2 Pre-AP Oklahoma History May 3‚ 2013 The book I read was called That Was Then‚ This is now by S.E. Hinton. The book tackles issues of growing up. The main character‚ Bryon‚ will have to choose his best friends and how to deal with change. One theme of the book is that stuff will happen‚ and there is nothing that we can do about it. The book starts with Bryon and his best friend‚ Mark‚ at a bar‚ owned by their friend Charlie. Bryon and Mark are a couple of typical kids
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Out of all the readings we did in our discussions about Women’s health and reproductive justice‚ “The Way it was” was hands down the most interesting out of all of them. I think the reason I found this reading so fascinating was because it was a first hand experience. The descriptive language in the reading was so vivid I could almost smell the unsterile rooms and aged leather. I had never had the thought that it wasn’t just teenagers who made a bad choice at a bad time‚ a rape victim‚ or an adulterous
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Was Columbus an Imperialist? On October 12‚ 1492‚admiral colon spent a total of ninety six days exploring the lands he encountered on the far side of the ocean seafour rather small coralline islands in the bahamian chain and two substantail coastlines of what he finally acknowledged were larger islands every one of which he took possession of in the name of his sovereigns. Admiral Colon landed on a tropical Caribbean island. Finding this island was purely accidental. Colon had originally
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Was there a Blitz spirit? * During the Blitz‚ there was a lot of bombings and damage which caused upset to many people. However in England‚ to a large extent it is believed that there was a Blitz spirit. There were mottos such as ‘keep calm and carry on’ which told people not to worry about the Blitz and just continue with their normal lives. Blitz spirit‚ defined as whatever happens you’ll stick to something until the bitter end. However‚ to some extent people believed there was no such thing
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Slavery has been around ever since the early 1600s in America. The very first slaves were shipped to the North American colony to help with plantation. Slavery was entrenched in the southern colonies because of the demand of workers for cultivating crops and it was justified by plantation owners through religion‚ however many African Americans gained their freedom by rebelling. Although slavery had already existed in America‚ it became deeply rooted in the southern economy‚ politics‚ and culture
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The last time I was in the hospital visiting my grandma I found out she had cancer. It was like any other day‚ getting out of school‚ going home‚ and yet something didn’t feel right. All day as I listened to my teachers teach but yet my mind was somewhere far off. I just kept thinking to myself something’s not right‚ something’s up. At this moment‚ math seems to be troubling me. I knew that 5 times 5 equaled 25‚ but somehow I couldn’t write it down. Some may say it’s a supernatural thing whenever
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Was Rousseau a philosophe? Was Rousseau a philosophe? According to the Wikipedia definition of a philosophe‚ “philosophes were a new approach to learning that encouraged reason‚ knowledge and education as a way of overcoming superstition and ignorance.” 1 The underlying goal of a philosophe was the concept of progress. Through the mastery and explanation of the sciences‚ humanity could learn to harness the natural world for its own benefit in order to live peacefully with one another. Rousseau’s
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“Macbeth deserved to die because he was totally responsible for the betraying the Scottish king‚ Duncan‚ and the Scottish people”. Write an analytical essay in which you explore the forces behind Macbeth’s murdering ways. Macbeth deserved to die for betraying the Scottish king‚ Duncan‚ and the Scottish people; however‚ he was not totally responsible for his actions. Lady Macbeth and the three Witches also played a major role. They were responsible for convincing Macbeth
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868 Words Topic: Was Antigone a tragedy? In the late 440’s B.C. the philosopher Sophocles wrote the tragic drama‚ Antigone. The play begins with the lead‚ Antigone distraught because the ruler‚ Creon‚ declared that all who fought the war against him and died did not deserve a proper ceremonial burial. Antigone’s brother fought against Creon and died. She decided she would bury her brother because an unburied soul would wearily wander earth forever. Also‚ breaking Creon’s law was not a large wrong
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