It was important for Hitler that the war was to be both short and limited as Germany didn't have enough supplies or weapons to fight a long war on more that one front. ... A polish officer, now an old man recounted the events and told us that "The Germans had total air superiority which allowed them to penetrate the country beyond the front lines". ... The tanks were part of stage 2 of blitzkrieg. Firstly the German tanks would smash through the German front line and then head through to destroy other resistance and cause panic. ... The best tank at that stage of the war was not of the...

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Main Fronts or Theatres of War Both WWI and WWII were fought on many fronts: on land, sea and in the air, and both wars affected everybody, including civilians at home, i.e. both wars were "total-. ... However, whereas in WWI the fighting was largely concentrated in Europe (Eastern front=Russia; Western front=France) and the Middle East, the Second World War saw fighting on every continent except the Americas (3 main fronts: Russia, the Pacific and North Africa). 4. ... Moreover, in the last stages of the war, two radically new weapons were introduced: the long-range rocket or V1 and the a...

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Though the early stages of World War II focused on Western Europe, Hitler had diverted his attention to Russia by 1941. ... As Soviet supplies restocked its army's front lines, the Germans became surrounded. ...

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On the front and top were primitive propellers that could be turned from inside to provide movement. ... Bushnell's failure set the stage for the submarine as a warship for the future. ... There were mixed emotions by the admiralty on either side of the front. ... By 1900, France had fourteen submarines in commission and thirty-eight more in the planning stage (Horton 56). ... This was the stage where the U-boat made its best performance. ...

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Basically you stand in front of it and wave your hands back in fourth and it will make noises and tones out of that. ... The French guy that holds those huge concerts with laser-lights flashing in the sky above Paris while he runs around on stage not holding a guitar, but rather a microphone plugged into a keyboard where he would come out sounding like a robot. ...

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The Treaty was obviously not the only factor that led to world war two, however it set the stage. ... There might not have been a war in Europe, and the war with Japan could have been shorter because the resources for fighting two fronts would have been used on one. ...

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Throughout the 20th Century Canada has proved to be capable of being an independent country several times. The success of the Canadian forces at the battle of Vimy Ridge told the world that Canada is able to handle our own problems and win major battles. Which later lead to the birth of the Statute ...

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Canada's military effort in World War I put the country into the world stage. ... So, Canada's first appearance in the European front showed the world that Canada was a force to be reckoned with and although the costs were high, it made people respect Canada as a military force. ...

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In order to relieve pressure on France, Jilinsky agreed to launch an offensive against Germany on the Eastern Front. ... As stated above, their objective was to relieve pressure on the Western Front by launching an offensive against the Germans in East Prussia. ... Ludendorff gave orders for the first stage of the battle to begin on the 25 of August. ...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. The most important issue relates to the question of whether or not Hitler had evolved a clear and coherent foreign policy by the time he assumed office and ...

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