Was the Schlieffen Plan Foredoomed to Failure? To avoid the French fortress system‚ the Germans had developed a plan to surround Paris in a flanking maneuver to quickly conquer France. The plan was expected to be carried out in only 40 days‚ however‚ many important steps were not taken which cost the Germans the vital element of haste. The Schlieffen plan was not foredoomed to failure‚ yet it it did fail due to three factors: the reduction to the right wing on the Western Front‚ the choice to avoid
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Atlantic. In 1912‚ the RMS Titanic sank for a multitude of reasons and events. The hull malfunction made the Titanic break in two which in return‚ caused many deaths. The cracks‚ the booms‚ are all caused by some critical hull failures. The ship did indeed break in two which was due to a probable hull failure. A hull failure due to the slow sinking of the Titanic‚ a huge stress builds up. This stress concentrates on parts of the ship and that’s called a stress-concentration (Deitz). The stress
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break down in our system. In brief‚ the campaign was a failure. It was a failure as we did not successfully push through the Turkish lines to Istanbul‚ and then on to attack the Germans on another front to help the Russians who were suffering heavy causualties at the time. So‚ heres why we retreated: * Second thoughts in Parliament: worth the casualties??? * Supply lines were not working. Men did not get enough stuff * No one knew how to do an amphibious assault: we just rowed to
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given Austria direct control over Lombardy and Venetia‚ and had also put an Austrian family in charge of ruling smaller duchies such as Parma and Modena. As such‚ Austria had dominating control over a lot of Italy. However‚ this was not the only reason why Italian revolutionaries failed. Other factors included the fact that there was no foreign support against Austria and other foreign rulers in Italy and the fact that there was a lack of cooperation between the various revolutionaries. The north of Italy
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Mary also allowed 800 Protestants to leave the country when she could have stopped them and killed them and rumours say that Mary had evidence that her half-sister Elizabeth had plotted to kill her but Mary decided to destroy the evidence because she did not want Elizabeth to be killed for treason ‚anyway ‚most of the English population were completely unaffected by Mary’s executions. By Georgia Thorne
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”Organisations that fail to plan are planning to fail”. Critically discuss this statement. The quotation “he who fails to plan is planning to fail” was originally stated by Winston Churchill‚ a politician and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom‚ during the World War II. The Oxford dictionary generally defines plan as “a detailed proposal for doing or achieving something”. In term of management‚ planning set out an organisation’s objectives and how those objectives could be
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The Ottoman Empire joined World War I in search to save themselves and avoid risk of destruction‚ but the exact opposite happened to them causing their ultimate downfall. The Ottoman Empire began in the year 1299. The empire stood for about 600 years and was established by Turkish tribes in Anatolia‚ Turkey. The name “Ottoman” came from the founding Turkman chief‚ Osman the first. Osman founded the dynasty and the empire around the year 1300. Overtime‚ the Ottoman Empire would continue to progress
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The Articles of Confederation are of great importance to the United States of America. The articles helped shape and define who we are as a country. The Articles of Confederation serve as the first official document that defined the U.S. government. Although we do not use it today because it discriminates against African Americans and supports slavery. Today we are country of free and equal people. Using the articles would not only upset the balance of equality that has been bestowed upon us‚ but
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When questioned about his long‚ unsuccessful endeavor to create a lightbulb‚ Thomas Edison replied‚ “I have not failed 1‚000 times. I have successfully discovered 1‚000 ways to not make a light bulb.” A great leader isn’t defined by accomplishments (although it definitely plays a role); they are defined by how they can learn and improve from failure. In truly successful leaders‚ I noticed that each had learned from past adversities or mistakes. Henry Ford‚ Fred Smith‚ and Bill Gates have all faced
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The Agitation and Reform in the Nineteenth-Century Britain. What was Chartism and Why Did it Fail? Thisassignment will analysewhat Chartism was and why it failed. Firstly‚ we will consider what Chartism was‚ secondly we will focus on two of the six main reasons that Chartism failed‚ these will includethe lack of middle class support and the radical nature of the Chartist claims although the Disunited Members and Leader‚ the mid Victorian boom and the loyalty of the army and police force to
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