... fourth dimension. He tells the spectators that he is about to die, and urges them to accept it. After the lecture, he is shot in the head by a high-powered laser gun. Back in the POW camp, Billy, Derby, and Lazarro go the theater to elect a leader. On the way over, they see a Brit drawing a line in the dirt to separate ... is called Slaughterhouse Five. MY COMMENTS In this chapter, Billy uses his time traveling to make a reference to his death. Even in its tragedy, his death at the hand of a laser gun is somewhat comical. So it goes. There is also the separation of the Brits and the Ame...

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... mass recruitment as source D suggests, however, recruitment was not equal, the majority being from either South East, or from the North, over 50% coming from these regions over the whole length of the war. Source D generally reflects the overall situation, but, being taken from a London burgh, it does only show their success in that particular area. However, the usage of female ... areas around the Belgium town of Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) salients created vicious cross-fire by both machine-guns and artillery, (the latter known as "enfilading" = to sweep a line length to length with fire...

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... from threatening the world. Moments after he predicts his own death and closes his speech with the words "Farewell, hello, farewell, hello," Billy is killed by an assassin's high-powered laser gun. He experiences the violet nothingness of death, and then he swings back into life and to early 1945. The record of these events, Billy says, he has recorded on ... ...

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... from radio telegraph messages monitored around the Pacific Ocean, was deciphered. It revealed that a huge task force had assembled in the Kurile islands, the length of a voyage, and a refueling schedule. The only target that matched the voyage length and midocean refueling from the islands was Pearl Harbor. This information was relayed to Roosevelt. On November 27, the Secretary of War, under direct ... ...

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... -eating savages the Europeans perceived them to be. The narrative method also allows for Marlow to describe in full detail what has been happening. The length of these thoughts also lends itself to the tone. The length and complexity of the phrases makes the story somewhat droning. (Lothe, Jakob. Page 24). The listing of countless, miniscule details in many of the passages ... ...

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... from radio telegraph messages monitored around the Pacific Ocean, was deciphered. It revealed that a huge task force had assembled in the Kurile islands, the length of a voyage, and a refueling schedule. The only target that matched the voyage length and midocean refueling from the islands was Pearl Harbor. This information was relayed to Roosevelt. On November 27, the Secretary of War, under direct ... ...

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... with natural wood, gold-leaf stripping and fleurs-de-lis ceiling decoration. However, later models were changed to be less ornamented. The kitchen was turned longwise and placed along the length of the car. This added a long and inviting eating counter that ran down the middle that both added to social aspect of the diner and the production standpoint. More people ... ...

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... escorts and landing ships. While no major Allied warship was lost, several fleet carriers were severely damaged. Land-based motorboats were also used in the Japanese suicide attacks. The long length of the campaign under the stressful conditions forced Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to relieve many of the main naval commanders so they could rest and recuperate. Following the practice of changing ... ...

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... was long and narrow in shape and was known as a gun-barrel type. At first its was called "Thin Man" but during the manufacturing process the plans were modified. The length of the bomb was shortened and was now called "Little Boy". Energy released from the Hiroshima atomic bomb was approximately equal to 15,00 tons of TNT. The atomic bomb ... ...

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... cause was that: Later in the 1930's, the wide adoption of the gold exchange in many countries was widely criticized as a great mistake which greatly contributed to the severity and length of the Great Depression. 1 In Canada, wheat, the most important export, was being over-produced around the world, despite the fact that the 1928 supply of wheat was still available ... ...

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... , and big business finding new ways to become bigger. New stores were popping up all over the nation and stores that were already around grew into chains, which stretched the length of the United States. However, all of these outstanding accomplishments occurred only to be overshadowed by the Stock Market Crash in 1929. The crash was the worst in the countries ... ...

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... Ottoman Empire and places from the middle-east. England could not send help to her ally and could not reach Constantinople in order to reach to Berlin and shorten the length of the war to decrease the loss of people and money. Russia on the other hand could have changed a lot of things in the WW1 with the huge force it ... ...

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... an increasingly critical factor later on in the war. Arms were also extremely scarce during the beginning of the war, and production was not increased much at all during the length of the war. And the German navy was not even 1/8 the size of Britain's.15 And on top of this, Hitler's tactics at the beginning of the war were abysmal ... ...

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... of his military. He would later be known by his subjects as the "people's emperor- and served as emperor for a period rivaled by Queen Victoria of England in terms of length but Hirohito will always remain the bystander in the greatest period of military history Japan has ever seen. ...

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... , Joseph Kennedy. The blitzkrieg air attacks on British buildings were tremendous and the morale of Britain was even worse. Roosevelt said: "Suppose my neighbor's home catches on fire, and I have a length of a garden hose four or five hundred feet away. If he can take my garden hose and connect it up with his hydrant, I may help him put out the fire ... ...

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... Africa. All of these colonies were attacked simultaneously upon declaration of war by the allies on Germany. The battles for these areas lasted anywhere from several weeks to the entire length of the war. Togoland was the first of the four colonies to capitulate. It fell to the Allies rather quickly. Togoland was attacked on two sides, by the British from ... ...

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... began dictating his rambling work Mein Kamph (My Struggle), part autobiography and part political statement it is repetitive and rambling. It lays out his plans for conquest and talks at length about the Aryan race. The Aryan race was supposedly a more intelligent, physically superior, creative, and honest people. Hitler and his advisors looked nothing like the blonde haired blue-eyed people ... ...

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