Why Did the Battle of the Somme go so Badly for the British Army? The Battle of the Somme took place during 1916 to take pressure off the French at Verdun and the Russians on the Eastern Front. The French were under heavy fire at Verdun and had been since February‚ and the army itself was close to cracking. The Russians had fought gallantly on the Eastern Front to try and avert the German Forces away from the Western Front. After launching many small offensives the Russians had gained very little
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Many students look at going to school as a waste of time. Children and teenagers perceive going to school as a daily repeating chore and only go because they are forced to. Some students get so fed up that they will even skip school just to escape the boredom. Many students wonder if getting a good grade in school will really help them in the future‚ or that going to school in general will help them. So‚ is going to school really worth it? The answer is yes. Going to school is incredibly important
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Sparta was cut off from the rest of Greece by high mountains and wild country sides‚ there for Spartans developed their own ideas of society and government. A domineering society that focused upon its military strength‚ Sparta did not allow its citizens the lenient lifestyle of Athenians. The ideology of Sparta was oriented around the state. The individual lived (and died) for the state. Their lives were designed to serve the state from their beginning to the age of sixty. Women’s lives were
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- moved closer to democracy in response to growing economic discontent by farmers. - Athenians studied arithmetic ‚ literature‚ music‚ and physical education - Athenians were allowed to develop their own individual talents - Athens became a limited democracy - the Athenians were the first ones credited with establishing government with democratic elements. - Athenian democracy was limited in comparison with today’s standards. Only men could participate: women were seen as inferior beings who
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Ofelia Vives Gladys Porter High School English III AP 11th Grade Why fighting when there is communication War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope good may come of it. While the killing of a person is a crime and it’s punishable‚ but indeed war is not even though thousands of innocents die for it. War is something that happens when communication fails between two or more nations. Reasons why war occurs varies from country from country‚ but often is generated by territorial
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The Vietnam War is different when compared to other wars that the U.S has been involved in. It is different because it was not widely supported across the nation‚ it was physically different war‚ it was also lost because of government policies. One reason why the Vietnam War was different compared to other past wars is because it was not widely supported by the nation. There are many reasons why it was not supported‚ one of them being that the war was considered the first ‘television war’. The Vietnam
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about the civil war‚ about how it all started this and that. But what really started the civil war? There may be many reasons why it started. However‚ here’s four main reasons why the civil war started. One of them was “The Election Of 1860” there was 4 candidates lincoln‚ douglas‚ breckinridge‚ and john bell. Abraham lincoln won the election‚ the south thought that lincoln was anti-slavery. The south was heated‚ and they were mad at the north. Another reason why the civil war started was “The
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The Cold War was by chance the most stressful part of the World’s history than anything else because it stretched across the entire globe and affected every country in one way or another. There are several reasons that the Cold War began and several different points that can be described as the beginning of the Cold War. By far the most influential part of the Cold War was the distrust that Joseph Stalin had between Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. The hostile relationship between the countries
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The Civil War was one of the greatest wars fought in history. It began with deep conflict between the North and South and the secession of the southern states. They primarily had different ideas on slavery‚ trade‚ and states which started the war. Some main causes were the Missouri Compromise‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ the Abolitionist movement‚ and Uncle Tom’s cabin. The Civil War officially started on April 12‚ 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston
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reason that the Civil War started? Was it because the North didn’t want slavery anymore or was it because of something bigger than that? Could it have been an array of instances all tied together? There are many possibilities of why the Civil War began to include‚ slavery‚ money‚ and not having an individual leading the States. All of these are valid reason if one side opposed what the other side wanted. To follow there will be more in depth analysis of why the biggest war on American soil started
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