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    The Cause of World War 1 War‚ war never changes. War is when the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other. There were many key factors into how and what started the first World War. In my opinion‚ I believe that the war was caused by and because of Militarism. Yes Imperialism and Nationalism were huge components into WW1 but Militarism tops the charts. For war you are going to need soldiers to fight it for you. The nations used propaganda to lure the soldiers into

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    The Mastermind behind Pearl Harbor: Isoroku Yamamoto By Amal Musa Isoroku Yamamoto‚ born as Isoroku Takano‚ was Japan’s greatest naval strategist. He is considered by far the most outstanding Japanese naval commander of World War 2. Yamamoto shifted World War 2 a whole new level. Major advancements in Technology brought new techniques and weapons in war such as Japans air force. Let’s not forget‚ he was even able to bring the United States into war‚ when earlier he stated‚ "We can run

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    Why was the treaty of Versailles so unpopular in Germany? There are several reasons why the treaty of Versailles was so unpopular in Germany. I will be addressing the following; why Hitler called it a dictated peace‚ the reduction of the German army and the effects that the reparations had on the German people. Hitler called the treaty of Versailles ‘The Dictated Peace’ .The dictated peace meant that Germany had a choice to accept the treaty or be invaded. The Germans had to accept the treaty even

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    Mako Shark Mako Sharks are VERY huge! Have you ever seen one in your life? I know I haven’t seen s Mako shark I would be scared to see a Mako Shark. I know that female sharks are longer than male sharks. The females can have up to 8 to 10 pups‚ Sometimes I wonder is that the one reason why they are longer than the male sharks nope it’s not the other reason is that‚ The female’s fin is more curved than the males fin and that how the mom of the pups know if its a boy or a girl Mako Shark. This

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    shot down. Although the captain of the ship was warned that there were German submarines in the area‚ he assured everyone that there would be no danger. When a second warning followed and was commanded to take action‚ he simply stopped the boat. A torpedo was shot from the German vessel‚ hitting the Lusitania. About 126 Americans died‚ and about 1‚100 died altogether. Not only was this significant event one of the causes of America joining the war‚ but it damaged Germany’s

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    World War II was not a small battle with little loss‚ it was a complex war that consisted of many separate smaller battles and almost every country was involved. The battle I chose‚ that contributed to World War II‚ is the Battle of Guadalcanal. I chose this battle‚ due to my family connections to Guadalcanal. Also‚ because it is a topic that you do not hear about often‚ when talking about World War II. Finally‚ it is the first major participation in the Pacific war. In this essay I will cover the

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    Hawaiian island named Oahu. A attack that lasted about one-hundred and ten minutes started not long after 7:30 A.M. While sailors where sleeping or eating breakfast‚ the first wave of 189 Japanese planes came down upon Pearl Harbor‚ dropping groups of torpedo bombs onto the fleet. A little after 8:00 A.M a 1‚800 pound bomb shattered through the deck of the battleship USS Arizona which made the ship flip forward. About seven seconds after the bomb hit; a cataclysmic explosion went off from the forward

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    Another battleship named USS Oklahoma had lots of big torpedos hit it‚with 400 men jumping off of the USS Oklahoma and swimming for their lives. But by the 1940’s the aircraft carries were more important than the battleships. President Franklin D.Roosevelt declared war the next day because of the attack at

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    different things. The first was in place to be the driving force. The second wave was to damage the rest of the ships that were left standing. The first wave had most of the ammunition to ruin the main ships. A weapon used that was very effective was torpedos which could be shot in shallow water and create a large amount of damage to the ships. There were also air strikes. These air strikes were directed toward the most valuable ships that the Americans had. Dive bombers were in place so that they could

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    For instance‚ in Star Trek they have phasers‚ pulse‚ torpedo weapons‚ and shields. While Star Wars has light sabers‚ ion cannons‚ shields‚ laser canons and blasters. Also‚ Star Wars offers different varieties of these weapons depending on the movie. I’ve been told that fans of Star Trek get more into Star Trek

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