... tasteless which makes it to hard for a person to know what is going on until it is to late. Some chemical agents are not to deadly like tear gas which only causes a person to start coughing, crying and unable to breathe until they catch a fresh breeze. This gas has been ... of biological warfare for thousands of years. In medival times, corpses were catapulted into an enemy's fortress. The body would be infected with a deadly disease that would spread within the enclosed walls of the castle. This tactic was used by the romans. Disease infected bodies were also put into ... streams near t...

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... was deployed by a religious cult in Japan in 1995 to kill and injure the general public, and mustard gas that was used during World War I. Biological weapons are far more deadly and destructive compared to chemical weapons; examples of biological weapons are anthrax and the bubonic plague. However with chemical and biological weapons, their effectiveness relies heavily on the accuracy of ... Afghanistan, the Afghan government used artillery against the United States that the United States sold to them when they were fighting the war against Russia; this is referred to as deadly returns....

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... the stage for the submarine as a warship for the future. With the development of periscopes and self-propelled torpedoes, submarines would become a formidable factor in naval warfare. Their effectiveness as a deadly weapon was first shown in World War I. German U-boats were used against allied warships and merchant vessels. In the years preceding World War I, a naval arms race was raging between Britain ... ). This statistic speaks for itself. The convoy system worked. It ultimately ended Germanys campaign against British shipping. During the submarines short history and quick developmen...

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... the long, slow, first paragraph, "an ecstasy of fumbling", tells us that the men are panicking as they try and put on their gas masks quick enough to escape the deadly gas. "But someone was still yelling out and stumbling." All the soldiers except for one had managed to get their masks on in time. The one that didn't make it ... was panicking. "And floundering like a man in fire or lime." This simile tells us that, after breathing in the deadly mustard gas, the soldiers" lungs are burning as they would if the same had happened with fire or lime. When the poet wrote, "dim, through misty ...

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... War, even those returning in the early fall of 1918, didn't come back alone. They carried a strain of influenza, seemingly no different from that of previous years, but suddenly turned deadly. This new flu demonstrated a perverse tendency to kill the young and hearty, and singled out those between the ages of 15-35, sparing the old and frail. It killed quickly ... town of Monessen, Pennsylvania, ten thousand people filled the streets to watch a parade celebrating the end of the war. Many of the people of the town went home carrying the deadly virus. In total more than 500 people died in...

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... of them were still alive. Some were still writhing on the ground, their tongues hanging out," said a Canadian survivor. It proves Canada's success because Canadians stood their ground while the deadly chlorine gas attack chased out French-Algerian troops but made Canadians stay and they stood their ground. In addition to the battle of Ypres, the Battle of the Somme was ... assault in one great battle after prepared for the worst," wrote Lloyd George. This was written by a war hero, but this time it was from someone who finished the most deadly war. It proves Canada's success because he ...

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World War One was a global war centred in Europe which started in 1914 and lasted until 1918. It was a modern war with aeroplanes, machine guns and other deadly weapons such as the tank. During this period of time, millions of soldiers were killed, various advancements were made in military technology, and a wide range of different warfare techniques and ... ...

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World War One was a global war centred in Europe which started in 1914 and lasted until 1918. It was a modern war with aeroplanes, machine guns and other deadly weapons such as the tank. During this period of time, millions of soldiers were killed, various advancements were made in military technology, and a wide range of different warfare techniques and ... ...

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... or engage their assaults. They could not afford to use their  handguns  while patrolling in No Man's Land, because they had the fear of machine gun assault that would be deadly to all member of the patrol group. The Stinks There were thousands of rotting & decaying bodies. According to Mr. Michael Duffy ˜approximately 200,000 men were killed on the ... ...

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... things that could have happened to the world at that time. While it did temporarily stop the Great War, it ended up sparking World War II, which was much more deadly. World War II could probably have been prevented through a few key points, mainly the even spread of war debt, the full implementation of the League of Nations, and the full ... ...

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... . The main questions were on the size of the room, the aeration system used to evacuate the gasses and the body disposal. Some even produced mobile installations to deliver these deadly fumes in special location. In a letter addressed to Berlin concerning these devices, it is clearly stated that 97 000 people were successfully killed using these "special vans". It is interesting ... ...

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... in hand to hand fighting. They could not afford to use their handguns while patrolling in No Man's Land, for fear of the machine gun fire it would inevitably attract, deadly to all members of the patrol. Trench warfare was a very perilous technique of armed conflict. Many men on the front line died "going over the top." Row upon row of ... ...

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... .19 The soldiers grew frustrated and angry. The government promised them a better future after the war, yet when they returned from battle the soldiers found, "their jobs taken by "aliens," a deadly Spanish influenza epidemic, and the city involved in a war between labour and business."20 Therefore, even though many veterans did not support the Winnipeg General Strike, when it came time ... ...

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... , they managed to have similar impacts on the citizens of America. World War I is referred to by many the first truly modern war. New weapons and techniques made for a very deadly and confusing conflict for those who fought. They had all new fears such as more advanced firearms, bombs, and the dreaded mustard gas. Louis Felix Ranlett describes this fear from ... ...

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... of how awful the soldiers" journey already is; it then gets even worse. Owen tells us that the soldiers, although they must have been trained, still do not notice the deadly mustard gas shells being fired at them from behind; such is the extent of their exhaustion. In the second stanza, the pace of the narrative is increased. Owen describes the ... ...

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... of how awful the soldiers" journey already is; it then gets even worse. Owen tells us that the soldiers, although they must have been trained, still do not notice the deadly mustard gas shells being fired at them from behind; such is the extent of their exhaustion. In the second stanza, the pace of the narrative is increased. Owen describes the ... ...

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... of war, only sought to appease the Austrian monarchy long enough to mount their own offensive. Whatever the case may be no such offensive was launched. In retrospect, while the deadly actions of a few Serbians may have in effect lit the fuse, it was other nations who a! ssumed the posture of war on behalf of Serbia while the Serbian government sought ... ...

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... this came in the form of a charismatic man, Adolf Hitler. Hitler, a man who knew what he wanted and would do anything to get it, single-handedly transformed a weary Germany into a deadly fascist state. In order to understand why exactly Hitler was able to make Germany a fascist state, we must study the effects that the end of World War I had on the ... ...

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... of 214 miles worth. Life wasn't easy for the American solder during World War 1. The average soldier on the front line had to deal with lack of food and water, deadly gases, and the constant annoyance of lice and rats. The soldiers started to refer to the lice as "cooties" and they had given up on ever ridding themselves of the ... ...

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... platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had become casualties, Cpl. York assumed command. Fearlessly leading 7 men, he charged with great daring a machine gun nest which was pouring deadly and incessant fire upon his platoon. In this heroic feat the machine gun nest was taken, together with 4 officers and 128 men and several guns. Upon returning home, Alvin married ... ...

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... fled, leaving a gaping four-mile hole in the Allied line. German troops pressed forward threatening to sweep behind the Canadian trenches and put fifty thousand Canadian and 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 advancing only two miles they stopped and ... ...

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... , trench life was usually very dreary and hard physical work. The main enemy was boredom, and the loss of concentration - leaving oneself exposed to sniper fire, for example - could prove deadly. Whether a infantry man was in the line or out of it, unless he was a specialist such as a signaler he would inevitably be assigned to carrying, repair or digging parties, or ... ...

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... yelling for attention. The next line is: And flound"ring like a man in fire or lime This line sums up the groping, desperate movements of the man enveloped in this deadly gas. The word "floundering", for whatever reason written as a slight abbreviation in the style of many historic poets and authors i.e. using an apostrophe in place of the appropriate vowel, is ... ...

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... the end had come." (pg. 256). The difference between the novels is that whereas in Catch 22 the main character continues to be afraid and goes mad and tries a sure deadly task just to escape. In All Quiet on the Western Front the main character accepts the life of war and begins to feel at peace even in death. The two ... ...

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... this Verse. In the first line, I can see personification. Owen writes, "Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces". This line shows that the men feel that the 'deadly' snow is physically touching them and shows the dramatic affect that it is having on them. This line is personification because the snow is not literally 'fingering' them. In Verse ... ...

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