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My war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there.? This quote by Gene Forrester, a character in John Knowle's novel A Separate Peace, depicts Gene's personal turmoil during his high school years. Throughout the entire novel Gene had ...
The irony of his birth; two brothers before Adolf Hitler had died prematurely shortly after birth. When Adolf was born healthily, the mother praised that he was a "gift from God." Ironical that out of the three, only the one who would grow to wreck havoc in the world lived. Hilter's hatred for J...
In 1868 the Tokygwa era found an end due to the Meiji Restoration. The Emperor Meiji became the head and his imperial power was restored. During this era, Meiji's political and military power was close to being absolute. At this time, much like other Asian nations, the Japanese were forced to sig...
All quiet on the Western Front is a book by Erick Maria Remarque. It takes place during World War I on the French Front. Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realize...
The experience of belonging spans a multitude of perceptions and connections for humans. Even a tenuous link to some group, family or organisation, helps to create, within an individual, their own sense of identity and self-empowerment. Belonging is a like 'place' where someone feels accepted,...
Before we can assess the effectiveness of blitzkrieg we must understand how it works. Once that is explained, we can begin to see how it was effective in Poland and other countries such as France. Then, we can examine why it was not successful in the USSR. Blitzkrieg is a strategy that utilizes s...
All Quiet On The Western Front (AQOTWF) was written by Erich Maria Remarque and is set in world war one, beginning in 1916 and ending in November 1918, when the armistice called a halt to the war. Remarques aim is to illustrate the horror and senselessness of war. Remarque achieves his aim by explor...
The Allied wars debt being cancelled is considered theoretically desirable due to the U.S. being considered to be repaid already with the borrowed money being spent in America for war materials boosting the U.S. economy, and the war being a common cause giving no one power prosperity from retributio...
People consider friendship to be one of the most complex and ever changing concepts that individuals try to comprehend but companionship can be the most amazing thing in the world. Friendship contains many components that make it unique but the main one are that friends must enjoy one another's com...
All Quiet on the Western Front I chose the book entitled All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque. This book appealed to me because I am very interested in World War One. I wanted to learn more about the experiences of a German soldier who fought during that particular time period...
All Quiet on the Western Front Evan Morse Whenever one reads or hears about World War I or World War II, you hear of the struggles and triumphs of the British, Americans or any of the other Allies. And they always speak of the evil and menacing German army. However, All Quiet on the Western Fron...
All quiet on the Western Front, a novel was written by Erich Maria Remarque, is a great novel that about the World War I. Paul Bãumer was a young man at 19 years old, his high school teacher placed intense pressure on Paul and his classmates to fulfill their "patriotic duty" by enlisting in the arm...
Courageous and a fighter for freedom, Nancy Wake was one of the most extraordinary people of the 20th Century. She was a key figure in the French resistance movement and risked her life to undermine the Nazi occupation of France during World War II. Yet, it has only been in the last 20 years or so,...
During World War II many social changes took place in the United States. One of the most important changes was the advancement of women's rights. The war was a time when many men were called to serve in the military at home and abroad. With a large percent of the working population gone there was...
In part five of Conflict after the Cold War: Arguments on Causes of War and Peace, edited by Richard K Betts, the overall theme of the articles that were assigned was the correlation between economics and war. The four articles that were assigned test different variables of the economic question a...
well forever the french have been losers about war wwII they give up and hardly put up a fight to germany then call to America for help,Same with Vietnam the FRENCH occupied part of it then N Veitnam invaded and they called to America to save them, then 9/11 happens they say to us: "violence should not be met with violence we need a proper way to solve this" because they dont want stuff to happen with iraq, the UN has had a embargo on iraq so we wont trade stuff with them so the french trade with iraq all the time because they can get their gas and other stuff real cheap with the embargo in pl...
Adolf Hitler and Winston Churchill both rose to greatness in spite of sad and unfortunate childhood experiences. However, the differences in the beginning of their lives led them down very separate roads to their positions of power. For Adolf Hitler, violence from his father spurned hate, which w...