World War I started in 1914 and ended in 1918. The most important ground of battle during the First World War was the Western Front‚ located in Belgium and France. In order to win the war‚ victory on the Western Front was necessary. On this ground‚ some of the greatest battles of the war were fought. Over 295‚000 Australian soldiers served on the Western Front‚ but of this 295‚000‚ 46‚000 soldiers lost their lives‚ hundreds of war memorials built across France and Belgium dedicated to their sacrifice
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Why was the discovery of ‘magic bullets’ a turning point in medicine? A magic bullet is a chemical drug that kills germs of a specific disease without harming the rest of the body. In the 1890’s‚ the first several compounds of magic bullets discovered (used to treat syphilis‚ malaria and sleeping sickness) can be described to be a turning point in medicine; this is because the magic bullets began the breakthrough to cure disease‚ instead of preventing the disease with vaccinations and inoculations
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World War 1 – Was this an "unnecessary war"? There are conflicting views on this topic as the subject is a complex one. However‚ it is true that it was a war that could have been avoided. It can be argued that WW1 was inevitable in the circumstances‚ but if we look at the very root cause of the war was limited and could have been controlled. It was a series of events that triggered a massive‚ global war. The organ of the conflict was disagreement between Austria-Hungary and Serbia’s on how to handle
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people‚ (75‚000) or more. The Battle of the Bulge was definitely a big turning point of World War 2. American defenders were caught off guard as more than 250‚000 German troops and hundreds of tanks descended on their positions. During the Battle‚ 21‚000 soldiers were killed‚ 43.000 were wounded and 24‚000 were captured or went missing. Total allied casualties are estimated at 110‚000 - making it the bloodiest battle for American troops in all of World War 2. The Germans did do a lot of fighting‚ but
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Turning point of the Cold War and JKF Assassination The assassination of President Kennedy was the turning point in history as many felt he and his family was American royalty‚ he had the ability to reach Americans through his speeches‚ as it helped Americans through some stressful times in cold war history‚ he was a catalyst in allowing Americans to be part of history from the first walk on the moon and the equality of all human rights in the United States. One of his most famous
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Have you ever wondered why the battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the civil war? The battle of Gettysburg was located in Adams county‚ Pennsylvania. The battle was fought on the dates of July first through July third of 1963. The Confederacy was led by General Robert E. Lee. A man of high potential‚ he never let someone tell him he could not do something. Lee’s ego was his biggest downfall. He went into the battle thinking he would come out with a victory. He thought he had a better chance
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The battle of Stalingrad raged from August 1942 until the German surrender on 2 February 1943. Significantly‚ it was the first catastrophic defeat to befall the Wermacht Army who not only lost the battle but were severely humiliated. Indeed‚ the German Army never fully recovered from this blow to its morale. Upwards of 270‚000 troops were killed and 91‚000 prisoners were taken by the Red Army; included in this latter number were 23 German Generals. Conversely‚ morale in the Red Army soared as a consequence
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Civil War? Well‚ it was Gettysburg‚ P.A. Gettysburg Pennsylvania was a battle that was fought for three days. It was the largest battle in North America at the time 1863. There was 85‚000 men in the Union’s Army fighting under major General George Meade. There was approximately 75‚000 men in the Confederacy’s Army fighting under General Robert Lee. This is the most important battle because of what lead up to Gettysburg‚ what the three day battle was‚ and because they were the turning point of the
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cause that hundred should survive. It is inconceivable to imagine that this war was allowed to erupt as it did when the war began‚ the united states were in the box of isolationism. The United States deemed the war as Europe’s problem and stayed away from it. However‚ Japan surprisingly bombed Pearl harbor‚ December 7‚ 1941‚ and congress declared war on Japan and Germany. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor‚ the turning point in the pacific came in June 1942 at the Battle of Midway‚ the Soviet Union
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The two battles of Saratoga are well known as the turning point of the American Revolution. It was fought eighteen days from the fall of 1777. It started with the British invasion from Canada during the American Revolutionary War. After they captured Fort Ticonderoga with an extreme amount of ease‚ they then led General John Burgoyne who was over confident with the task in front of him. They crawled very slowly south giving the Americans many time to regroup under Horatio Gates. To support him‚ George
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