... in High School, Albert dropped out to join his parents in Milan, Italy, where they had moved because of business failure. In 1896 Einstein was able to enroll in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, after making up a few subject deficiencies. It is here that Einstein met a classmate, Mileva, who would be his future wife. Albert did not like ... up for adoption before Einstein could even see her. That same year, Einstein's dad died of sickness. Einstein finally decided to marry Mileva and he later secured a job at the Swiss patent office in Bern, as a patent examiner, his ...

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... standings as a world power, but eventually only found themselves to be devastated by the aftermath of the war. In the final scenes of the film, Rosenthal tells Marechal that the Swiss-German border was "man-made and invisible" and that "nature doesn't give a damn". The border is symbolic of all the boundaries between "captivity and freedom ... ...

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... soon realized that they could not break through this line and they also 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 ... ...

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Trenches played a big part in World War 1. Spreading from The North Sea to the Swiss Frontier. The Germans hot on the ball, were the first to pick where to put there trenches, this gave them the advantage of building on higher ground, forcing the British ... ...

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... they had a five year courtship mainly through letters. He wrote to her daily when at the sanatorium in Italy even while he was carrying on with an 18 year old Swiss girl who was there also. Felice inspired him and he wrote several pieces during this time; "The Judgment," which he dedicated to her, then "The Metamorphosis" and he started Amerika ... ...

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... . Lee Enfield Rifle This rifle was first introduced in 1907 and was the british armys main rifle. It had a capability to kill someone at about 1400 m range. Luger Pistol The Swiss Army was the first to officially adopt the Luger P.04 pistol. Produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions, the Luger Parabellum became the world's most widely used military handgun. The Luger ... ...

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