... came to be known as World War I. It was composed mainly of trench wars that were continuous throughout these four years. Trenches would run for many miles and would be surrounded by barb wire protecting the soldiers from the enemies. The army's tactics for the war were not very organized or very well planned ... with the air force from the start. The divisions of the military were being selfish for wanting more glory then the other division. The divisions split apart: The navy would have water battles with the other navy, the air force would have their own air battles and the army would...

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... focus on something else. Hollywood played a major part in producing a number of movies that provided a release for the war-weary. Musicians were putting out more and more songs, with positive lyrics that took minds off of the war. Sports also played a major rule during World War II. Producers, commissioners, actors, and musicians, television and baseball stars were trying as hard as ... of Hollywood raised the morale of soldiers overseas and the people at home In the 1940's Woody Guthrie led a fight against oppression. He was a musician who moved America with his lyrics. He wrote songs ...

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... at the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917 (although the French can lay claim to its earlier successful use at Malmaison).In a sweepingly successful start to the battle twelve miles of the German front was breached, with the capture of 10,000 German prisoners, 123 guns and 281 machine guns. Unfortunately for the British this enormous initial success was effectively ... commander at the time and he was confident that the Allies could break through enemy lines. Haig plans were that; a huge bombardment and mines would occur, easily cutting through the miles of barbed wire. The attacking ...

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... , it meant the world to Canada. It is considered by many to be Canada's Declaration of Independence. The Statute officially announced that Canada is now a self-governing and independent country apart from Great Britain. It also allowed Canada to make laws without Britain's permission and change already existing ones. New laws that Britain makes will no longer affect Canada unless chosen ... 1944, 156,000 American, British and also Canadian soldiersxiv landed on five beaches along the coast of the Normandy region located in France. The beaches have a total length of 50 miles and are heavi...

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... their freedom from Austria-Hungary in order to keep their identity and tradition (Doc 6). They had to fight for their happiness and justice. The European powers also had poems and lyrics that showed their belief and full devotion to their country. For example, "God Save the Tsar!" was the Russian's National Anthem during World War I (Doc 5). The ... lyrics expresses the Russian's desire for the long lasting of the Russian Monarch and defend them from their enemies or anyone that will do them harm by praying to God. As ... ...

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Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an inlet of the island of Oahu, Hawaii, six miles west of Honolulu and the site of one of the principal naval bases of the United States. At first the United States obtained exclusive use of the harbor. Early in ... airfields were also attacked by the Japanese planes. The road to war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when differences over China drove the two nations apart. In 1931 Japan conquered Manchuria, which until then had been part of China. In 1937 Japan began a long and ultimately unsuccessful campaign to conquer the rest of China. In...

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... most of their coal mines which were located in Upper Silesia to Poland. Germany also lost every single overseas colony to the Allies, this accounted for over 1,000,000 square miles. The colonies were split up between the Allies; Britain, Belgium, Australia, New Zealand and Japan all got a piece of the action. Germany lost a little piece of its own land to ... a very valuable piece of Germany for its troubles. One of Wilson's fourteen points was to give Poland access to the sea, however in doing this he split Germany and Prussia apart. Hitler used this later on to rally the German people...

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... list of horrors. World War I had an even more devastating effect on France than on Great Britain. In the four years of fighting, the combatants had destroyed thousands of square miles of farmland and forests and reduced villages and cities to ruble. French casualties were enormous. Half of the males between the ages of eighteen and thirty-two were killed in ... , no party ever won a majority of seats. In order to form a government, several parties had to band together into a coalition, or alliance or fractions, but the coalition governments often fell apart soon after they were formed. T...

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... , not being equipped with gas masks from the British High Command began to die a slow and horrible death. As they inhaled the gas it went through their lungs, tore them apart, and causing the their fellow soldiers, their friends, to cough up blood, and gasp for air. As they we gasping for their last breath, their eyes burning, as if a hot ... the brave, yet tortured Canadian Force. Surprisingly, instead of a huge charge to break through the gap, and finish off the Canadians and the British, the Germans had only moved a mere 2 miles with a small contingent of men, and dug themselves in. S...

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... harsh winter. The Canadian solders first entered action in early February 1915. They reached France and were briefly introduced and trained in trench warfare. After this training, they surprisingly took 4 miles of land from the Germans. Here on April 22 the Germans sought to break the stalemate by introducing a new weapon, poison gas. Following an intensive artillery bombardment, they released 160 ... British troops in deadly jeopardy. Fortunately the Germans had planned only a limited offensive and, without adequate reserves, were unable to exploit the gap the gas created. After advanc...

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... were in the Marine Corp. By the end of the war the Doughboys had controlled and commanded 83 miles of the 392 mile long western front while Belgian Army controlled 25 miles, the British controlled 70 miles and the French were in control of 214 miles worth. Life wasn't easy for the American solder during World War 1. The average soldier on the front line ... ...

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... from the family to become a Christian. "The centre cannot hold" is another important phrase, in "The Second Coming," which relates to Things Fall Apart. Achebe wrote, "The white man came quietly and peaceably with his religion" (Achebe 176). The Christians came in peacefully to establish a mission to bring ... is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten," wrote Achebe concerning the Ibo and conversation (Things Fall Apart 7). A rich tradition in conversing is a sign of an ancient and orderly civilized culture, which is contradictory to the view of A...

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... began to dig trenches. After a few months these trenches had spread from the North Sea to the Swiss Frontier. For the next three years neither side advanced more than a few miles along this line that became known as the Western Front. It is estimated that one-third of all the casualties of WWI occurred in the trenches of the Western Front ... was maintained throughout the summer and into November.  The Battle of Somme only ended with the coming of the snow. In the end the British and French gained approximately 25 miles along the Western Front at the cost of almost one million troops o...

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... from where it was produced to where you find it in your own neighborhood. The cost is measured in terms of miles traveled and the gallons of fuel it takes to transport it. On average, it travels a distance of 1,500 miles and uses up 400 gallons of fuel to be available for your convenience. Aside from being costly, this method of obtaining ... ...

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... with what was going on in the world. Along with the song came a poster (See We Can Do It!) of an attractive woman in overalls. The song began with these lyrics: While other girls attend a favorite cocktail bar, Sipping dry martinis, munching caviar; There's a girl who's really putting them to shame " Rosie is her name. All the day long, whether ... ...

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... with the Germans, trenches became extremely popular and started to spread from the Swiss border to Belgium totaling about 25,000 miles. For three years, this line of trenches that became known as the Western Front never moved more than about 5 miles between the sides. The Germans were the first to use trenches. General Falkenhayn wanted to hold off the British and ... ...

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... is an eight square mile island made of volcanic rock, which was part of the Japanese Empire. It's highest point, at 550 feet, is Mt. Suribachi, and is located 650 miles from Tokyo, Japan's capital city. In 5,000 years not once has a foreign army set foot on Japanese home soil. Both Japan and the United States needed this island under their ... United States Air Force bombing the island. The bombing wasn't successful because the island was made out of volcanic rock, and the Japanese had carved out 1,500 rooms and 16 miles of tunnels underground in the rock. The Marines landed on the beac...

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... Rifle with a range of nearly a mile could fire 25 rounds a minute. Even more devastating was the Vickers Machine Gun which fired 600 rounds a minute. The howitzer could fire shells eight miles. Add grenades, flame throwers and eventually gas and it's no surprise that by the end of 1914 both sides had dug into the earth like moles in a desperate attempt to ... stay alive. The resulting trench system on the Western Front covered 25,000 miles (enough to encircle the world) but also stretched non-stop from Belgium to Switzerland. Each trench was approximately 10 feet deep. The soldiers live...

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... the Second Battle of Ypres. At this stage of the war the famed Ypres Salient, held by the British, Canadians and French, ran for some 10 miles and bulged into German occupied territory for five miles. A combination of French territorials and Algerian troops held the line to the left, with the British and Canadians tending the centre and line to their right ... ...

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... to play the coward. I insist he continue the offensive." Despite the weakness of General Samsonov's Second Army, the strong evidence of the enemy marching towards him, and Rennenkampf's First Army miles away, Samsonov listened to High Command and continued to advance towards the trap. The Battle began on August 26, 1914, when Mackensen's 17th Corps and Below's I Reserve Corps launched the ... first day of battle, 5300 Russian officers and men were lost and so was their confidence. The Russian Sixth Corps had no choice but to retreat. They fell back twenty miles. On the 27 of August, Fra...

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... he managed to keep 130,000 allied soldiers occupied while only having at most 15,000 men at his disposal. He led the allies on a merry chase of over 3,500 miles of Africa and when the news of the armistice reached him, he had only 4,000 men left . As you can see in the map below, the 3,500 ... miles of movement that Von Lettow-Vorbeck and his men did in order to keep on fighting against the British and keeping the German flag over the colony is quite obvious ... ...

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... exploit their skills. "The Model T, introduced in 1908, was a marvel of its day. A hood covered the front engine, its four cylinders could produce a top speed of 45 miles per hour, and it got 20 miles per gallon of gas"(Italia 34). In comparison, many cars today do not make the same gas mileage of the Model T. Also, most other car manufacturers of ... ...

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... says The foul tornado, centered at Berlin, Is all over the width or Europe whirled, Rending the sails of progress. (3-5) He compares the war to a tornado that is figuratively tearing apart the "sails" of progress. Owen is implying that progress was in full motion across Europe and the war is inhibiting all of that progress, bringing it to a standstill and ripping ... it apart like a fierce wind would to a fragile sailboat's sail. He also writes, "Now begin / famines of thought and feeling. Love's wine's thin" (6-7). Owen compares the lack of thought, and of appreciation ... reason Owen...

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... were entered in retaliation to attacks on American assets and both ended in America providing a safe and democratic environment for people to reestablish themselves in. While war was tearing Europe apart seam by seam, America stood by watching and observing. President Wilson felt that America was not under attack from the German forces, so he therefore did not entitled to declare ... have much different consequences. The United States helped stabilize Europe after World War I. Over 14 million people had died in the conflict, and countries had been shattered. Europe was falling apart, du...

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... at home. This he achieved and his heavy handedness over the army reforms was forgiven and forgotten. Prussia and Austria initially tried a joint rule of the duchies but this fell apart by deliberate design of Bismarck who had ordered the annexation of Kiel. The Treaty of Gastein in 1865 let Austria administer Holstein and Prussia Schleswig. Bismarck now new he could ... pick a fight with Austria when the need arose. Using diplomatic skill Bismarck ensured Denmark's defeat and laid the foundations of war with Austria. Nationalism pulled Austria's multiethnic empire apart rather than brin...

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