Account for the defeat of the Central Powers On 28 July 1914‚ one of the greatest wars in history of mankind broke out in the center of Europe‚ which involved the world’s greatest powers. The First World War was fought between the Allies (Britain‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria-Hungary and Italy). 11 November 1918‚ World War One officially ended. Germany surrendered to the Allies and conferences were established in order to restore the world. But why was Germany defeated
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of the GMD troops surrendered to the CCP‚ bringing advanced weaponry with them. During the Civil War‚ the CCP used guerrilla tactics to defeat soldiers of the GMD‚ many of which surrendered to the CCP and taking weapons with them. This made the GMD lose a lot of their army whilst the CCP gained army and weaponry‚ therefore making the CCP more powerful and the GMD less so. The aresenal of the CCP became increasingly large‚ therefore making it easier to defeat the weakining GMD troops. This led to
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A civil rights leader‚ Mahatma Gandhi once said‚ “The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” I agree to a great extent that when helping others one can find learning about themselves in the process. Gandhi’s quote advocates that in order to discover the essence of who we truly are as people you can’t be selfish. Helping others is humbling and allows people to see things from a different perspective. Additionally while helping other people‚ it can lead you to
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In his book “How to Win Friends and Influence People” published in 1936‚ Dale Carnegie suggests‚ with the aid of real life examples from both ordinary people and historical figures‚ what might be the key in becoming successful. The several principles included in the book shape what could be considered as the Bible for human relationships. The book was initially written with the sole purpose to be used as a textbook for Dale Carnegie´s lectures on establishing good human relationships. Soon‚ after
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Did We Really Win the Cold War? Most people would say yes‚ we did win the Cold War. We accomplished some of our goals‚ the biggest being the collapse of the USSR. I personally believe that‚ even though we won by "last man standing" terms‚ the consequences that sprung from our actions in the past and present constitute as a loss. My first example would be the fear of nuclear weapons‚ and the actions that followed it. During the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962‚ we were at the closest we had ever
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Duquesne Fort‚ but they were cut off by the allied indians of the French. The British were destroyed by the natives because they used guerilla warfare. Many soldiers lost their lives‚ including General Braddock. Although the odds that England would win the war were very slim‚ they ended up winning because they captured French forts Quebec and
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did the US lose the war in Vietnam? When the year 1973 came around‚ the most powerful economic and military force America‚ were being forced to come to terms with the fact that they had suffered defeat in their war in Vietnam. Despite the vast gulf in financial and military prowess which swung in favour of the Americans‚ 57‚000 of their troops1 had lost their lives or were missing in action2‚ in a defeat so unanimous that the American armed forces today‚ use Vietnam as their key example on how not
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1930’s and early 1940’s‚ Harper Lee provides an example of the need for a civil rights movement. Atticus‚ a white lawyer defending a black man‚ does not think that they can win the trial because there was no way you were going to get an all white jury to not convict a black man. Atticus even told his two kids‚ Jem and Scout that there was no way they would win the trial but there was no reason they couldn’t try to win. “‘Atticus‚ are we going to win it?’ ‘No‚ honey.’ ‘then why-’ ‘simply because
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normally would have.In fact‚ alcohol can affect your driving abilities by causing impaired vision‚ reduced reaction time and failure to obey the rules of the road ( ). The consequence for drunk driving should be more strict. Drunk Drivers should lose their license for a year because drunk driving is preventable‚ causes lots of deaths per year‚ and most drunk drivers never learn their lessons. There are many ways to prevent more tragic drunk driving accidents from happening. One way to prevent
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Obesity can lead to many hazardous diseases such as diabetes‚ gout‚ cardio - vascular problems. For those people‚ losing weight is a compelling option. Besides‚ other people want to lose weight for some sense reasons. Many of them cut off time to lose weight quickly‚ it is harmful for your health. The basic rule to lose weight is the input energy must less than the output energy. This can be done by many ways: reduce the amount of food you take in‚ or do exercises to increase the demand of energy
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