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    Why Was Gallipoli a Failure?

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    Turkey was on the same side as Germany in the First World War‚ which made them the Anzac’s rival. It was decided that soldiers needed to land and fight in Turkey. This is where the famous battle of Gallipoli happened now known as ANZAC cove because of the horrific losses of the Australian forces in a so seemed futile and pointless battle. This essay highlights why the Gallipoli campaign was a failure. Winston Churchill was the head of navy and Lord Kitchener‚ was the general commander of the war

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    automatically think of Hispanics or African Americans. But‚ there are white ethnic groups that are also considered minorities. Some examples of other minorities groups are Germans‚ Norwegians‚ Swedes‚ Welsh‚ French‚ and Irish. There are white ethnic groups that are considered a minority. To better understand why white ethnic groups are considered a minority‚ this essay will examine the reasons why white ethnic groups are seen as a minority‚ the immigration patterns of white ethnic groups‚ the factors

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    Poe had a very troubling childhood‚ he was born in Boston in 1809‚ his father abandoned his family after Poe’s birth and his mother died a year later. A wealthy merchant then adopted him and later on as he grew up he started to grow a very rough gambling problem that his adopted stepfather refused to pay so he was forced to drop out of school. Poe then decided to join the army where he was also removed from because of academic behaviors; we can conclude this was when the darkness grew within him. Poe

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    Everyone knows about Pearl Harbor. But we never look at the Japanese point of view. Japan had many reasons to attack America. In the 1920’s Japan’s population boomed. They had so many babies‚ the limited resources of food and oil in Japan couldn’t meet everyone’s needs. Militarists in Japan saw an opportunity to get more resources. The oil-rich parts of China caught their hopeful eyes. The militarists proposed to the imperial government taking that part of China. But‚ the civil government turned

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    Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? What was Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor was a navy base for the U.S. On December 7‚ 1941 Japanese planes and submarines made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. What was the reason behind Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor? There were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet

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    Ghahermanian 1 Eric Ghahermanian Williams English 104 4/24/12 The Strength and Weaknesses of Cassie Maddox After the death of a twelve year old girl‚ Katy Devlin‚ detective Cassie Maddox and detective Adam Robert Ryan were in charge to investigate the murder scene. It occurred in the same woods twenty years ago as the unsolved mystery to the death of Rob’s two best friends‚ Peter and Jamie. In Tana French’s‚ In the Woods‚ we were introduced to Cassie as the young‚ unique individual‚ with an

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    Pearl Harbor was an American naval base based in Honolulu‚ Hawaii which harbored eight American battle ships. Just before 8:00 AM on December 7th‚ 1941‚ Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese fighter planes. The attack lasted just two hours but left severe damages too many people stationed there‚ ships‚ planes‚ and the American people. The attack came as a surprise for the people of America and the men and women stationed at the naval base. Japanese fighter planes successfully destroyed twenty American

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    December 7‚ 1941‚ was one of the most dramatic and most memorable days in the history of the United States of America. It was the day when 2‚403 innocent men lost their lives that morning by Japan’s surprise attack. This surprise attack later involved the United States in World War 2‚ even though they tried so hard not to involve themselves in all the trouble. Now the real question is‚ why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor? There are a couple reasons why Japan wanted to attack Pearl Harbor. Japan attacked

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    Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor? December 8th 1941 “with confidence in our armed forces – we will gain the inevitable triumph – so help us god” was said by Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Congress to engage in war against Japan. Pearl Harbors’ geographical location led to the bombing of Pearl Harbor initiated by Japan. How or why would a country much smaller than Texas attack the United States? Japan had created a sparked conflict with America at Pearl Harbor because of the Embargos‚ Immigration

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    Name: Duong Le Date: February 19 Loyalists and Traitors in American Revolution American history has traditionally considered loyalists as traitors and American patriots as heroes during American Revolutionary War. As the history had written‚ loyalists or “Tories” as their opponents called them‚ were traitors during American Revolutionary War. However‚ is it moral when American patriots called those people are traitors while they betrayed the people who first discovered America‚ which is the

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