In a daring rescue attempt that ensued, an armada of ships from England picked up the soldiers and brought them across the English Channel to safety. France fell into German hands however, and only the English Channel separated Great Britain from the enemy. ... Consequently, Hitler relied heavily on the powerful Luftwaffe, the German air force, to control the English Channel and destroy the Royal Navy. ... Because Britain remained free Hitler was unable to quash all resistance in Western Europe and was forced into the war that no German ruler has ever wanted or desired: A two front war of a...

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His early work underlines nature and Gurneys love for the English countryside, which he utilized to contrast his experiences during the war. ... He began composing music at the age of 14, which eventually led him to earn a scholarship to Royal College of Music, where English composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, taught him (13). However his studies were quickly halted by the outbreak of World War I. ... The poem is structured with four stanzas, each five lines, which consist of three free verse lines (ABC) and a rhyming couplet (DD). ...

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In the book The Lord of the Flies, William Golding relates the story of a group of English school boys stranded on an island. ... He started to write at age seven, but ended up studying science at Brasenose College, Oxford. ... Determinism is the belief that man does not have free will. ... "", http://www.csutan.edu/English/reuben/pal/chp6/6intro.html). ... The Lord of the Flies is an English translation of the Hebrew term "Beelzebub-, which is the personification of evil in the Judaic and Christian traditions. ...

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Response When studying the history of the European Empires, it must be assessed as to why they collapsed in such a short amount of time. ... To truly see this emergence of nationalism, the study of the French Empire is vital and could be a contributing explanation to the collapse of the European Empires. ... Perhaps the Second World War gave the nationalists the chance and the opportunity to build the foundations of an independent state free from imperial rule, and with the help of the Japanese and their influence of nationalism upon the Vietnamese, it became a reality, contributing to the dec...

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