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- 2901: All Quiet On The Western Front
- ... Front is a record of seven school chums that all enlist in the German Army after being urged by their school master Kantorek. These poor youth are forced to endure the debilitating effects of World War I, and represent the generation of men that were torn from youthfulness and serenity to face a world of survival horror. They become remnants of Europe’s degenerate youth from that time period. Over the ... these things with me. What would our fathers do if we suddenly stood up and came before them and proffered our account? What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when the war is all over? Through the years our business has been killing;--it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death. What will happen afterwards? And what shall come of ... young generation of European males was the underlying theme throughout the book. No matter where the young lads turned to, all there was to see was a vast expanse of death and destruction. Throughout the war, hundreds of thousands of men died needlessly for their country. No matter what nationality or race that was present at the time fighting, neither side really took the time to think about what their ...
- 2902: Yugoslavia-a Land Torn Apart
- ... densely that it is probably impossible to separate them and make everybody happy. It was a witness to two bloody Balkan wars that took place in 1912 and that contributed to the outbreak of World War I. The conflict seems intrinsic to the region, with painful fragmentation after the fall of the Hapsburg empire and further discord during and after World War II. In fact, there was hardly any time when there was little or no conflict. The events that started the most recent escalation of conflict took place in 1991. The first republic to express anti ... humiliated by Slovenian militia forces. From there, it spread to Croatia, who resented the Serb domination in government and the economy. All the previous conflicts, from Serbian-led atrocities committed at the end of World War II that surfaced in the 1980s to Croatian support of the former Ottoman lands in Yugoslavia that came to the fore in the 1970s, and others, greatly contributed to the Croatian resentment of the ...
- 2903: All My Sons
- ... the main subject in the three act play, All My Sons, by Arthur Miller. Joe Keller and Herbert Deever are two ordinary men, trying to succeed in life. They ran a machine shop during the war that produced airplane parts. “The night foreman came and showed him the cylinder heads... they were coming out of the process with defects. So Dad went directly to the phone and called here and told ... shipped to the Army. They were used, causing the death of 21 men. Keller and Deever were brought to trial, where Keller went free and Deever went to prison. At the same time during the war, Joe Keller’s son, Larry was pronounced missing. Kate Keller, Joe’s wife and mother of Larry and Chris, went crazy about the report of Larry missing. She is described in her early 50's ... described as a pretty girl who is 26 years old. She is gentle but despite herself capable of holding, fast to what she knows. She was Larry’s sweetheart before he went off to the war. Ann was asked by Chris to return to her hometown to visit. Chris asked her to come so he could ask her hand in marriage. Chris Keller, is 32 years old and solidly built. ...
- 2904: The New Deal
- ... to many workers engaged in interstate commerce. The law was intended to prevent competitive wage cutting by employers during the Depression. After the law was passed, wages began to rise as the economy turned to war production. Wages and prices continued to rise, and the original minimum wage ceased to be relevant. Yet, this new law still excluded millions of working people, as did social security. However, a severe recession led many people to turn against New Deal policies. In addition, World War II erupted in September 1939. Causing an enormous growth in the economy as war goods were once again in great demand. No major New Deal legislation was enacted after 1938. The Depression was a devastating event in America, and by regulating banks and the stock market, the New ...
- 2905: The Letter Sent By Elwin Leppi
- ... presents provocative and unexpected new events in this novel. Let's first understand where Leper is coming from. He had enlisted in the Army a few months earlier and was just sent off to the war. Recruiting agents that had come to Devon campus right after the time of Finny's broken leg and had recruited him. Finny had always felt that the war was highly implausible, a fluke organized by little fat men. Gene also felt skeptical about the war but only because the thought of it not being real was brought up by Finny. Next, we consider the relationship between the various boys at the time. We know Finny was recovering from having ...
- 2906: The Battle Of Salerno
- ... of Salerno was now a certain success. The Allies learned that they would need to fight very hard to defeat the Germans in Italy. BIBLIOGRAPHY Blumeson, Martin. Salerno to Cassino (United States Army in World WAR II). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969. Dupuy, Trevor Nevitt. The Military History of World War II: Volume 3 Land Battles: North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. New York: Franklin Watts, Inc., 1962. Pp. 68-71. Wallace, Robert. World War II - Time Life Books - The Italian Campaign. Virginia: Time Life Books, 1978. P. 48. Hart, Sir Basil Liddell. World War II: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Purnell Reference Books, 1977. P. 1441
- 2907: The Petersburg Campaign
- ... of 292 days. To put the siege into perspective, I have included brief summaries of the Overland Campaign, the Shenandoah Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign. The struggle for Petersburg has no equal in the entire war. All of the more famous sieges: Vicksburg, Atlanta, and Richmond, were inferior to this siege in terms of the number of battles fought and of lives lost in its defense. Petersburg was the lifeline of ... West, but he'd never met Bobby Lee. After receiving his promotion and attending a few of the required festivities, Grant left for Tennessee to confer with General Sherman about the the course of the war. The basic summation was that Sherman was to go after Joe Johnston while Grant went after Lee. His plan called for a speedy termination of the war, guided by two principles of action: 1) "to use the greatest number of troops practicable," and 2) "to hammer continuously at the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, ...
- 2908: The Advancement of Weaponry
- ... advanced and complex weapons such as guns, cannons and missiles. In the beginning of the 7th century armies in Western Europe were little more than armed mobs. The development of weapons and other materials of war became more and more evident beginning in the 8th century and continued to advance dramatically through the mid 15th century when they reached their pinnacle of efficiency. The Middle Ages have long been labeled as ... come by. Protection was limited as these castles were little more than walled enclosures. Military warfare prior to and of this era had much room for improvement. The development of weapons and raw materials of war began in the early 8th century when the mounted warrior began to dominate the battlefields. These armored warriors replaced barbarians of previous centuries (Hindley, 22). Also occurring during this time period was the evolution of ... detailed armor. The objective of this armor was to allow the warrior freedom to use his weapons as well as provide protection from his opponents’ weapons. This well-made armor included helmets, breastplates, and shields. War horses or chargers as they were commonly called, had to be strong enough to carry the heavily armored knights. Chief offensive weapons were the mace, ball and chain, lance, sword and throwing axe. The ...
- 2909: Charles Darwin And Richard Owen
- Charles Darwin and Richard Owen Wars occur everyday, whether it be pushing and shoving or shooting and bombing. During the 1800's, a different war of conflict took place. This so-called war between Charles Darwin and Richard Owen circled on the topic of evolution. As much as it would liked to have this essay based upon a physical war between these two opposing figures, it is not the case. This war involved the use of text written by Darwin and meanwhile having Owen misinterpreting it and trying at his very best, falsifying it. ...
- 2910: Atomic Bombs
- ... Nagasaki was one of the most devastating in all history. The bomb that struck them without notice produced devastative effects. Bombs today are getting larger and stronger. The technology of weapons nowadays has lead to war, and war has caused catastrophes to families as well as friends. Today, the United States is the leading country that possesses the most dangerous bombs such as the Atomic Bomb, T.N.T's, Hydrogen bombs and ... the release of energy in a nuclear reaction known as fission. The bomb releases energy of a million times greater than the equal weight of a chemical high-explosive such as TNT . During the World War 2 in 1945, the first Atomic Bomb blast on Hiroshima, Japan, obliterated three-fifth of the city within seconds and killed a total of 115,000 people in only a few minutes according to ...
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