A critical analysis of the operational performance of General Vo Nguyen Giap 1940–1954 Major Stuart Pascoe‚ Australian Army The struggle must build‚ however slowly. The way to win is by small defeats‚ one after another until the coup de grace.1 Vo Nguyen Giap Introduction 1. General Vo Nguyen Giap has been described as one of the most successful Generals of the 20th century‚2 and his ultimate success certainly supports this. His campaign began with no more than academic support for a communist
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The United States’ foreign policy between 1920 and 1940 was based on the idea of creating peace and protecting the country as well as the other nations from getting involve in another international conflict. Even though these were the principals of the foreign policy‚ it was constantly changing and establishing slightly different ideas and points of view on how the U.S’ relationship with other countries should look like throughout that period. After World War I U.S was strongly discouraged by
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What problems did Hispanics‚ Native Americans and women face in 1945 and how far had these been overcome by 1968 World War Two has often been described as a turning point in the battle for equality between men and women. From the beginning‚ women were always struggling to gain status‚ respect‚ and rights in their society. Prior to World War Two‚ a woman’s role in society was seen as someone who cooked‚ cleaned‚ and gave birth. The years during and following the war marked a turning point in the
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Jackson did say that all of these reasons accumulated to a French loss. However‚ Jackson states that the invasion in 1940 was primarily a military defeat. The German tactics‚ based on the notion of blitzkrieg‚ were much superior to the French’s doctrine of defense and slow‚ methodical movement on the battlefield. They found themselves utterly confounded by the speed of German maneuvers‚ while their men were shocked by the German air attack and armored penetrations. “The main charge is that the French
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How has the representation of gender changed in Coca-Cola? Adverts from the 1940s to the present day? I believe that the representation of gender has changed in the brand Coca-Cola‚ since the 1940s to the present day‚ in this essay I will outline my opinion and compare 2 adverts‚ one of which is in the 1940s and the other is in the 1990s. I will outline how it has changed later in this essay. The first advert that I shall be analysing or looking at in this instance is ‘The Pause That Refreshes’
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On the Other Side: Letters to My Children from Germany 1940-46 was written by Mathilde Wolff-Monckeberg during the Hamburg air raids of WWII. Wolff-Monckeberg says in her first letter “This war would be conducted with the most horrible weapons and resources‚ its whole justification based on a daily incitement of lies‚ not an honest war‚ but an illegal and mean exploitation‚ as far as we were concerned.”1 The first letter boldly states that Wolff-Monckeberg views Germany’s participation in the war
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Do you agree with the view that by 1940 the main obstacle to Indian independence was not British imperialism but divisions within India? Many people believe that in the 1940’s most of India’s problems involving independence was to do with divisions within India rather than British imperialism. In this essay I will be looking at both points of view and finally giving my opinion. I will be using three sources also to help me show both sides of the story. I will also be using my further knowledge
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The growth of sports in Europe happened for varied values which the games held. People perceived different roles for the sports. Some believed that sports honed cooperation‚ while others valued the competition between nations which sports instilled. Still others valued the personal strength which performance created. The growth of sports‚ as shown by document 2‚ created different issues of worry and brought sports to an international foreground. As sports its fan base spread and created a new
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to what extent were the anti-Semitic policies implemented by the right wing elites during the Vichy Regime from 1940-1944 a reflection of their popularity within France? To this day the period of French Occupation and the Vichy Regime remains one of the most contentious and sensitive in modern French history. After suffering a crushing military defeat to Germany in the summer of 1940 an armistice was signed and the country was divided: the northern half of France including the capital was occupied
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Henry David Thoreau decided to remove himself from his ordinary life in society‚ and relocated himself to an area outside the town Concord. His once typical life now became that of a forest dweller. He built himself a quaint little home near Walden Pond. He chose to approach a life of simplicity by building his own home‚ living in the forest gathering his own food and fending for himself in essentially all aspects of his life. Ezra Pond makes a claim that Thoreau is demonstrating his indifference
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