The young men of the day had had drilled into them by history, legend, verse, story and song that real nationhood is forged in battle. ... Instead of finding the flat beach they expected, they found they had been landed at the incorrect position and faced steep cliffs and constant barrages of enemy fire and shelling. ... The Australian soldiers and the Turks dug in - literally - digging kilometres of trenches, and pinned down each other's forces with sniper fire and shelling. ... While political leaders argued, the Australian soldiers died in battle, from sniper fire and shelling, and tho...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Boston Massacre occurred when the Red Coats, which was another name for the British soldiers, opened fire on the colonist and killing 5. ... After the high hopes that the colonists had after the Declaration of Independence was singed, they had to face the harsh facts at the battle of Valley Forge (Battle). ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

And for all the company's attempts to discourage interloping, more and more free-lance adventurers kept flocking in from Europe, equipped with forged trading passes and a hunger for a quick killing. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate