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    Diary of world war 1

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    Diary at War Written by Steve Fallon Alexandra Davies March 12‚ 1915 Right now I’m sitting in one of the trenches‚ and I’m watching a rat eat on of the mouldy sandwiches. All around me is a deathly silence‚ and I can even hear the rat’s breath. I must admit I’m very scared‚ so scared that I can hardly function anymore. Mom told me before I left just under a year ago that this would happen‚ but I was determined to do my country proud. Today has been pretty rough. The dead are still

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    compromises and to prevent war. But as we can see‚ it hasn’t been entirely effective in the past. Diplomatic relations in World War 1 (WW1) was a huge part of why it happened. The ignition point of WW1 was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. The killer was Princip of Serbia. Princip was part of a terrorist group called the Black Hand. The Black Hand was an organization that planned political assassinations. But before this assassination‚ there was a build up to the assassination

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    Segregation during World War II was at its lowest point in history‚ but one group called the Triple Nickles worked through it and became highly tuned fighting machines‚ never getting to show their worth in the front lines of the war. The African Americans of the 555th trained the same if not more than the regular caucasian paratrooper. Due to segregation of the time period all African Americans were treated worse than prisoners. Then they got a break‚ and felt their calling as smokejumpers out in

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    What was the most important cause of World War 1 On Sunday 28th June‚ 1914‚ the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Throne‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ and his wife‚ were assassinated by Gavrilo Princip‚ part of a Serbian Terrorist Group‚ called the Black Hand at Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. This event and the tension between Europe was a trigger that set off declarations of war and resulted in World War 1. Tensions had been building up in Europe for decades through Nationalism‚ Imperialism

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    Garret Nelson 3/6/2013 A-G US History B Mrs. Betancourt Children During WII Reflection Paper I learned a lot from researching the life of children during World War II. There were some things I presumed‚ and other things that surprised me. I knew that Jewish children would have been treated unfair during the war; because of this I assumed that they had bad education. I was surprised in the differences between German and American kids education. I thought that American education would

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    Access the significant of World War I in the Russia Revolution. The word ‘access’ in the question brings the meaning of obtain or retrieve the validity or the value‚ while the word ‘significant’ in the question means important. When these words are put into context the entire question can be interpreted as obtain the value of the importance of World War I that further led to Russia Revolution. This is a challenging task as there are two important impacts that can be considered in this period of

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    Two pieces of technology that stand out in the history of World War II are Radar and Bombsights. Both technologies played a crucial role in the defensive and offensive strategies of all the countries involved. During World War II RADAR saw its first use in combat operations. Although radar came of age during the war (Goebel) it is often referred to as the weapon that won the war and the invention that changed the world. Radar was a technology that allowed land bases to detect incoming aircraft

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    Women In World War 1

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    Women in North America‚ during World War One‚ had to face various problems and obstacles. However‚ the biggest problems women had to face during the World War One were political‚ social‚ and economical problems. Women were mistreated by men and did not feel like they had what was necessary to be as powerful as they wanted to be. Only after the war did Women get the rights they deserved. Furthermore‚ only after the war did women get recognized for their struggle and only then did people start to notice

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    World War 1 Analysis

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    caused world war 1 is alliances contributed the most to the outbreak of war.There were alliances and everyone was choosing their own side of who to help.If their wasn’t any alliances The war could probably end quicker and other people that were not in the war will not get involved in the war.Instead of keeping the peace the different countries decided to join the war and choose their side.What if they didn’t have a side.And they were not in the war. With alliances people joined the war to make

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    World War I was mainly a land based war‚ however there was one major battle that took place in a part of the North Sea called Skagerrak (97 km off the coast of Jutland‚ Denmark) between the British and the Germans called the battle of Jutland. Britain being an island‚ needed a great navy in order to protect itself from threats and protect its imported of food and other materials. During World War I‚ the British Navy planned to destroy the “German High Seas Fleet” in a quick battle and remain in control

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