On the morning of 16 Jan 1991 images of precision strikes targeting Saddam Hussein’s Baathist regime ‚ brought the employment of airpower to the forefront of global consciousness . Concurrent with images of the attacks‚ the world’s media were broadcasting press briefings lauding the ‘revolutionary’ achievements of ‘surgical strikes’ conducted by F-117A Fighters; a capability that had only been publically acknowledged for the first time a year earlier . The aim of this essay is to penetrate the
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of Vietnam and the South was the Republic of Vietnam which was supported by the United States. On August 2nd‚ 1964 the USS Maddox was on a secret intelligent mission on the North Vietnamese coast where in the Gulf on Tonkin they were attacked by torpedo boats. The USS Turner Joy was attacked in the same area two days later. Due to the second attack Congress declared the Gulf of Tonkin resolution which led to air strikes.In 1959 there were 5‚000 guerilla fighters and in 1964 the numbers jumped to
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Caesar adopted a policy of special clemency toward his former enemies and rewarded political opponents with public office In 63 BC Caesar had been elected Pontifex Maximus The Senate named Caesar “dictator perpetuo” Julius Caesar was stabbed to death‚ receiving 23 wounds Probably the greatest general in Rome’s history‚ and among the most successful of all time He served as a young officer in Asia Minor His command included the Roman province of southern Gaul. In 52 B.C. the bill allowing Caesar
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Steve Jobs: Steven Paul Jobs was born on February 24‚ 1955‚ in San Francisco‚ California‚ to Joanne Schieble (later Joanne Simpson) and Abdul Fattah "John" Jandali‚ two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father‚ Abdul Fattah Jandali‚ was a Syrian political science professor and his mother‚ Joanne Schieble‚ worked as a speech therapist. As an infant‚ Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant
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De Lorenzo 1 James De Lorenzo Mr. Misurelli U.S History II B 3 March 2013 The Reasons why the US Entered WWI The First World War erupted on the 28th of July‚ 1914 with the assassination of the Austrian Archduke. This horrific war finally ended on November 11th‚ 1918. The United States didn’t officially enter the war until April 6th‚ 1917. The US entered during the middle of the war and endured the bloody conflict to the very end. Woodrow Wilson‚ the president of the US during
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The naval base was attacked by 353 imperial Japanese fighter planes‚ bombers and torpedo planes in two waves in the two waves 8 navy battleships were damaged and 10 other warships were destroyed. 188 airplanes were destroyed‚ and 159 damaged. 2400 people were killed. In the two-hour attack there were many different ways that the Japanese
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Prior to the formation of kamikaze units‚ deliberate crashes had been used as a last resort when a pilot’s plane was severely damaged and he did not want to risk being captured‚ or he wanted to do as much damage to the enemy as possible since he was crashing anyway; this was the case in both the Japanese and Allied air forces. According to Axell & Kase‚ these suicides "were individual‚ impromptu decisions by men who were mentally prepared to die."[2] In most cases‚ there is little evidence that these
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After WW2‚ in South East Asia there was a high risk of spread of communism. In America’s opinion‚ South East Asia countries were like dominoes: if one of them turned communism‚ others would follow its example. This is why in 1954 President Eisenhower decided to support South Vietnam in order to stop the spread of communism. By 1963 there were 17000 US advisors in South Vietnam. At that time the president of Vietnam was Diem‚ disliked by the most of the population‚ especially Buddhists which were
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Leonard 1 Tamela Leonard Mrs. Howell Honors English 2 May 11‚ 2014 The Bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor‚ started by Japanese air craft‚ was a gruesome beginning of a terrifying war between Japan and the United States of America. Pearl Harbor is located on the south side of the Hawaiian island of Oahu and is the home of a United States naval base. (“History”) December 7‚ 1941‚ is when the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred. The bombing lasted form seven fifty five in the morning till
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Pine Cones : What adaptations do the pine trees have? Pines trees live in very windy and cold places where insects not well adjusted to the extreme weather. Pine leaves are needled like‚ very long‚ thin‚ and not good to consume. They have the ability to shed snow during winter season. How do these adaptations assist their growth and reproduction? These adaptations help them grow and reproduce. The female cone which is larger in size than the male cones has hard protective bracts that cover the
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