... to relieve pressure on France, Jilinsky agreed to launch an offensive against Germany on the Eastern Front. Samsonov and Rennenkampf were both cavalry officers. These two generals had been on bad terms with one another since the war with Japan, where Samsonov complained of Rennenkampf's conduct of battle. This is one of the many advantages that the Germans have over the ... the 29 of August, to inform him he was leaving the battlefield. Before leaving, Samsonov turned to his staff and replied with a weak smile, "The enemy had luck one day, we will have luck another." He then said farewe...

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... say very little and I am thankful that she asks nothing" (Remarque, All Quiet VII. 141). But finally she does speak to him and asks, "'Was it very bad out there, Paul?'" (Remarque, All Quiet VII. 143). Here, when he answers, he lies, ostensibly to protect her from hearing of the chaotic conditions from which he ... , Mother, what should I answer to that! You would not understand, you could never realize it. And you never shall realize it. Was it bad, you ask.--You, Mother,--I shake my head and say: "No, Mother, not so very. There are always a lot of us together so it isn't so ... bad." (...

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... must look at his own life and how the meaning of death affected Hemingway himself. In 1928 Hemingway's father Edmonds Hemingway committed suicide. It is said that he had much bad luck, and was not all of it his own. Many thought that Hemingway's next theme would actually be fear. Through out Hemingway's childhood he remained unhappy. He was only compatible on ... then became a vagrant on the American road. After living as a vagrant for a couple of years, the U.S. in 1917 entered World War I. Hemingway tried to enlist, but was rejected because of a bad eye. But why would Hemingway enlist...

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... he did. After being out for several days people were amazed when he returned home with the marlin skeleton, even though it was just the skeleton. People told him his bad luck was finally over. Lost love can be found but not always kept. This theme acquired from "A Farewell to Arms-. When Henry and Catherine meet for the first time Henry tries ... ...

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... were more important than those of the nobles. The people needed him, and he made sure they think so. People were so used to him for so long through the bad times that they were afraid of parting with him. Overall, Franklin D. Roosevelt was not able to complete many of the things that he was elected to do, such as getting ... all of his life and maybe his heirs too. To be prince is hard, to stay in power to remain prince is near impossible without the proper guidance and some luck....

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... life each man becomes a mere lifless automation . . .""(33). It is not hard to see how such monotony would make a man long for battle simply to break up the routine. As bad as it was, the marching could not continue forever and eventually Bloch had first experience with battlefield combat in the battle of the Marne. The things that Bloch recollects on ... catching cold. I spend the entire night on my feel, feeling as though I were naken in an icy bath-(103). These poor men not equipped with winter clothes. Also reality, all luck when and where shells fall You see plane going by..then sh...

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... battle. A bullet wound to the stomach later ironically kills Tjaden. Kat had told him that they should not overeat since a bullet wound to the stomach on an empty stomach was bad enough, but a bullet wound to the stomach on a full stomach was much more dangerous. Franz Kemmerich was one of Paul's classmates that enlisted in the army with him. He landed ... brushes Kat's hair back, he finds his hand covered in blood. A small fragment entered Kat's skull and killed him. Although his hands were still warm, Kat has had the random luck of catching a stray "splinter". "Then I know nothing mor...

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