These 30 caliber guns were so effective because they shot farther than the AK-47, and fired much faster. ... Long distance precision shots were often required for snipers to eliminate generals, and important officers. For these shots the 57mm recoilless rifle was developed. ... With this rifle snipers could make 500+ yard shots with extreme accuracy and precision. ... This was called the bazooka, and could make 300-400 yard shots and could be used to abolish light tanks. ...

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During the mid 20th century, Stalin tyrannically ruled over the Soviet Union. ... Author of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich," Solzhenitsyn uses the text to describe the work camps as a microcosm of the society of the USSR during the mid 20th century. ... It was common for prisoners to be shot with absolutely zero justification or warning. ...

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For example, O'Brien indicates that among the people who went to war, were cowards like Lavender, a scared man who carried "tranquilizers until the day when he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in Mid- April" (O'Brien 6). ... In 'Ghost Soldiers,' O'Brien recalls that he was shot twice in Vietnam and managed to cheat death. ...

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When Issoudun was complete it was made up of airfields that could support the maximum amount of flying, with the least possible chance of mid-air collisions. ... Douglas Campbell had already shot down a German plane to become the first American pilot with a kill. ... When Captain Hall was shot down and captured behind enemy lines, Rickenbacker replaced him as a flight commander. ...

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Furthermore, it may be the fact that information about the Holocaust was delayed in reaching a mass audience until the mid 1960's and therefore, generations of people have not yet fully come to terms with what occurred. ... The viewer is forced to witness Jews being shot and pyramids of the remains of human corpses. ... According to Solotoroff, as cited by Desser and Friedman (1993) it was not until the mid 1960's that Jewish (rather then American) issues as Israel and the Holocaust entered their work in any substantive manner (pg 8). ...

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Photographers have been a part of wars for decades however the Vietnam War was the first war that was shot and actually shown to the people at home on a daily basis. ... In this one shot, the world witnessed tenderness and terror, desolation and fellowship and the power of human compassion, even during a bloody and ugly time. ... These photos lacked the brutal nature of war, but nevertheless they serve as a documentation of the look and logistics of mid-19th century warfare. ...

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By mid-May, Watutsi soldiers had completed their military operations against the so-called rebels. ... By mid-May, President Micombero had sanctioned a policy of selective genocide of educated Bahutus. ...

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December 9, 1958, Robert Welch and eleven other men gathered in a meeting hall. They came from Oregon, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Tennessee, and Massachusetts. He called upon these self proclaimed patriots to help him found a society of pro-American's known as the John Birch S...

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About four enemy fighters which took off were promptly shot down. ... The 184-foot-long Memorial structure spanning the mid-portion of the sunken battleship consists of three main sections: the entry and assembly rooms, a central area designed for ceremonies and general observation; and the shrine room, where the names of those killed on the Arizona are engraved on the marble wall. ...

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Fighting between the two sides erupted through the mid to late 20th Century. ... More than a million were shot, others were forced to live in sections of cities where they were denied sufficient food and medicine and left to die of malnutrition and disease. ...

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In the mid- '60s, thanks to the advancement of science and technology, the modern media such as televisions had broadcast news, images to every American family. ... A bullet went through Sandra Scheuer's throat as she was walking to class.3 The university was closed immediately and the city of Keny was placed under a 5:00 curfew with all entrances to the city blocked off.4 There are so many different descriptions of shooting circumstances, but one thing for sure is that none of the students who were shot dead stood less than 100 meters away from the Guardsmen. ...

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The Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Ardennes, known to the United States as the Battle of the Bulge, was the greatest battle this country had or would participate in. At its height more than 500,000 American forces were engaged with nearly 600,000 German soldiers. The Americans were at times without proper winter combat gear, in what was the coldest and most treacherous winter in that area in the last forty years. In addition, the German army has nearly a four to one weapons advantage and had heavier weapons than did the Allies. From this the question arises, How were U.S. and Alli...

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