Rachelle Motter Prof. Dolores Chew HIS-910 09 April 2010 The Motorcycle Diaries The film Motorcycle Diaries is the biography of the early life of the communist‚ revolutionary Ernesto Guevara‚ also known as Che Guevara situated in Buenos Aires in 1952. He was a medical student‚ who left Argentina on a road trip with his friend Alberto Granado‚ a biochemist‚ to get to discover the rest of Latin America on an old motorcycle. The motive of their journey of several months was the desire to
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The Arms Race leading up to WW1 The great war of 1914 was one of the bloodiest conflicts modern man has yet experienced. Its consequences reached far from the battlefield and into the towns‚ homes and families of the soldiers. There are many arguable points one could debate regarding the origins of WW1 but much guilt resides on the part of the arms race. An arms race can best be described as one country adding a portion to its military then a neighboring country
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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The First World War‚ was a global war centred in Europe that began on July 28 1914 and lasted until the 11th of November in 1918. More than 9 million soldiers were killed. It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history‚ paving the way for major political changes‚ including revolutions in many of the nations involved. None of this though would have never happened if not for the ideologies of the 19th century.With nationalism‚ militarism and alliances came pride‚ fear and chaos which eventually
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The First World War began in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke‚ Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ on June 28‚ 1914 by Serbian revolutionary‚ Gavrilo Princip. This event was‚ however‚ simply the trigger that set off many declarations of war. The actual causes of the war are more complicated and are still debated by historians today. But there were two important causes that are truly believed to be the factors of World War One. The two underlying causes
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WW1 was the most significant because it resulted in change and affected people over a long period of time. it also lead into profound consequences which revealed lots about the past. It helps us understand the present.WW1 was the most important/ significant work war. Because of all the changes. The opening months of the war caused profound shock due to the huge casualties caused by modern weapons. Losses on all fronts for the year 1914 topped five million‚ with a million men killed. This was a scale
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5th July 1918Dear Diary‚The sound is horrific and the sights even more so. As the shells drop from the sky and blow the ground and troops to bits...which leave us with more soldiers to tend to and care for. The wounds some of these men have to endure are unimaginable and shouldnt be dealt upon any human. I‚ as part of the two thousand women sent overseas to assist in the Australian war effort to serve as nurses to help heal the ANZACS wounded by the battles and diseases of war‚ have been giving
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History Summary Notes – Semester 2‚ 2012 Australia to 1914 * How people lived at the turn of the C20th * Housing * Lower Class Housing * Unsanitary‚ overcrowded‚ dangerous (poorly built‚ cheap materials) * Many didn’t have sewerages or standard water supplies * Bad ventilation and poor lighting * Upper Class Housing * Lived in the eastern suburbs/north shore * Employed maids and servants * Houses were old‚ not built securely‚ no heat
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It is about 6 o’ clock in the morning‚ and we are in the rest trenches due to continuous firing from a rifle gun and a machine gun. It’s been going on for approximately four hours. There is a short silence and another splutter of about 20 rounds. I turn to my side while sitting in the trench and in doing so‚ I dislodge some dirt from the side of the trench which of course falls into my ear and mouth. I am going to take a nap‚ but‚ I will be fully dressed because the situation I am in demands for
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This article is about Jesus of Nazareth. For other uses‚ see Jesus (disambiguation). Page semi-protected Jesus A stained glass depiction of Jesus as a Caucasian man with long brown hair‚ a beard and the characteristic Christian cross inscribed in the halo behind his head. The figure dressed in a white inner robe cover by a shorter‚ looser scarlet robe. Depicted as a Shepard‚ he is holding a crux in his left hand and carrying a lamb in his right. Sheep are positioned to the left and right of the
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