civilians alike were killed‚ and with no one great end-result for any of the central powers‚ it goes to show the uselessness of war. It is unmistakable to see these facts after reading All Quiet On the Western Front‚ a novel labeling the horrors of WW1 for what they are. The book is of a young soldiers experience in the trenches‚ and the indignities he suffered for the illusion of glory in battle. Overall‚ what can be said about the dismay‚ the terror that is evident in not just this war‚ but any
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Why did Hong Kong Fall so Easily? Hong Kong is world widely known for being the world’s financial hub and for being the world’s richest city; most people don’t know that before being a financial city‚ it had a rich history behind it. It went through one of the greatest‚ harshest wars in history‚ the Second World War. There are many reasons why the Japanese were so successful in capturing Hong Kong; they invested most of their money into the Japanese Army. While they had latest guns and weapons
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Why France Fell so Quickly in 1940 In 1940 France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The Germans swept through eastern France and had conquered the country within a month. This essay explores how the Germans won so decisively in 1940 and what went wrong for the allies. I have found that the main points accounting to the fall of France was the excellent German planning‚ the poor French leadership‚ superior German tactics and French “defeatism”. In 1940 an attack on France by the Germans was imminent.
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Do you know why “New School” become so popular in the late 1980s? Hip-hop starts at the 1970s‚ the beginning of hip-hop is starting by DJ Kool Herc. All of the early artists of hip-hop‚ deejays or MCs‚ were named ’Old School’. ’New School’ was a given name to separate the different style of hip-hop depends on when does it born and what was added. New school rap came out and became popular because the new technology of drum machine came out‚ the new generation of musicians‚ and a new type of image
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Why Did So Many Jamestown Colonists Die? In May 1607‚ about 110 Englishmen arrived off the coast of Virginia. It was going to be the first permanent English colony in the new world. The first years of settlement were not easy and many of the colonists kept on dying. Many of the colonists died that they almost failed as a colony. There are many reasons why they died; the main reason was from diseases‚ the lack of food and fresh water‚ and their bad relationship with the Powhatan Indians.
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elections to determine who is president. He‚ the current president‚ will remain in office until he dies. Obama claims that we the people will not lose our rights to vote‚ freedom of speech‚ and freedom of the press. Yet‚ I wonder‚ how long will our freedoms last. For the first time in the history of the United States of America‚ we have a leader who has elected themselves to run our government permanently. The scenario above is extremely possible‚ especially if Trump is chosen to be our next president
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Early Jamestown: Why Did so Many Colonists Die? Jamestown is most well known for being the oldest permanent English colony in America. Even though it was a thriving colony‚ it was not always this way. The Jamestown colony was extremely unsuccessful for several reasons‚ including their ignorance about colonization‚ lack of essential survival skills‚ and its constantly decaying relationship with the Natives. Jamestown was the first permanent colony set up by the British‚ so‚ as imagined‚ they
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Why Did the Battle of the Somme go so Badly for the British Army? The Battle of the Somme took place during 1916 to take pressure off the French at Verdun and the Russians on the Eastern Front. The French were under heavy fire at Verdun and had been since February‚ and the army itself was close to cracking. The Russians had fought gallantly on the Eastern Front to try and avert the German Forces away from the Western Front. After launching many small offensives the Russians had gained very little
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Esoteric and Exoteric Christianity Recently‚ someone asked‚ “Did Judas leave the Last Supper early?” She was repeating a question that she heard from people who criticize Christianity. There are two major types knowledge that is used to evaluate Christianity. She had probably heard this question from someone who depended on exoteric knowledge. To bear fruit within the church‚ we need to know about exoteric knowledge and esoteric knowledge. Exoteric knowledge is knowledge that is publicly available
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Church. Then the people of the church moved into the belief of Divine Right. This is where you are “chosen” by God to be his representative. Then Absolute Monarchies came along which is Absolute Power but the Divine Right theory is involved. How did they become so powerful? They increased
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