Words, posters, and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the American citizenry just as surely as military weapons engaged the enemy. ... During both wars, the United States was under attack. ... In World War II, the United States was attacked by Japan at Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor crippled the American Navy The next day the United States declared war on Japan ...
They planned to combine in attacking Commander Prittwitz"z German eighth army. Rennenkampf would make a frontal attack while Samsonov attacked from the rear. ... Francois rejected Ludendorff's order for attack. He argued that his infantry and artillery was nowhere near to being ready for an attack. He had no intention of attacking with out artillery support. ...
Yet somehow they still managed to have heart and faith in mankind and could not look the opponent in the eye and kill him. ... Now just why would a French blacksmith or a French shoemaker want to attack us? ... When the attack starts I will let myself fall into the water, with my face as deep in the mud as I can keep it without suffocating. ... During one scene, under a heavy attack Paul sees a petrified Himmelstoss who is crouching in a corner. ... Paul describes this during a front line attack. ...
Von Toth attacked Boe, and Straub attacked Radmanovich, both Americans died. ... Inexperienced but big hearted chose to be a hero. ... Hitler attacked Moscow to gain more power. ... On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor using aerial attacks. ... The big hearted Jack saves Georg. ...
Bismarck wanted to protect Austria-Hungary from possible Russian attacks which would eventually occur because Russia attacked Turkey. ... Two years later the Germans and Austro-Hungarians realized that Russia wouldn't attack them if they let Russia join their Alliance. ... A country hoped that the alliances formed would discourage any enemy attacks. In a case where the allied country was attacked, the member alliance of the alliance would aid in the battle. ... The treaty with Germany , in particular the "war guilt" clause left bitterness and hatred in the hearts if German people . ...
Within one day, 4000men were attacked with enfilading machine gun fire and all hope was gone for a quick victory. ... The Anzacs were seen to be disrespectful and insolent towards the British commanders, despite this they brought with them a patriotic heart to the battlefields and fought with confidence, determination and bravery. ...
Behind the trenches were the heavy guns of the artillery, designed to weaken the enemy before an attack. ... "It seemed as if my lungs were gradually shutting up and my heart pounded away in my ears like the beast of a drum. ... During an attack soldiers would fix bayonets and wait for the whistle from their officer that would order the "over the top", aware that minutes later they stood a good chance of being killed or maimed for life. ... Almost all such attacks were miserable failures, with mass slaughter being the result. ...
The story "All Quiet on the Western Front" centers on a young man named Paul Baumer narrates the story. Paul is of the age of nineteen, when he is convinced to enlist in the German army in the World War I. Paul and several of his friends are encouraged to join the army by their teacher Kantorek, ...
In the years between 1850 and 1870, nationalism was evolving from the ideals of earlier decades to realities of power politics. No political force was stronger than nationalism after 1850. Threatening to destroy the Habsburg and Ottoman empires. Also pushing people toward national unity in Italy and...
Writer Sefton Delmer believed "the republic was born with a hole in its heart" which suggests, as the army would have power in determining the future of the country, it would create an imbalance in power directly undermining the notion of democracy. ... The left wing differences and broken relations meant that if they were to counteract a right wing attack, their affect would not be as effective if as they were one strong unit. ...
At that time he made violently anti-war drawings, and drawings and paintings attacking the social abandon of Germany, including capitalists, prostitutes, the Prussian military caste and the middle class. ... is a piece with three planes that define a more personal document that reveals a more or less sinister engineer with his mechanical heart in the empty corner of a room. ...
The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...
