This change was brought about by the total national readjustment and the mobilization of the home front. ... They are depicted as strong, proud, reliable, and hard workers who can indeed "do it- all.13 Dressed in her work uniform, Rosie the Riveter characterizes all the women who assisted in the war effort through their contribution on the home front. In addition, women played an important role at the war front. ... In order for countries to be victorious on the war front, the mobilization of the home front had to be implemented, in order to fully match the growing demands of the armed con...

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When thinking of World War One, the pictures that often come to mind are trenches, stagnant warfare and other items that are associated with the Western Front. ... Also just as important were the troops from African nations that fought with the Allies not only in Africa but also in Europe along the Western Front. ... All three of these regiments saw action in some important battles including the Battle of Ypres in April 1915 where gas was first used on the western front. The Algerians were right at the base of the attack when the Germans opened 5730 cylinders on the Algerian lines . The gas ...

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The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except finance, to the prevention of global domination by a single power. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest f...

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During the early 20th century, Britain began to see the spread of education, across all levels of society, molding the public to be more literate. In the 1930's, Britain saw a boom in literature publications with poets writing about and during the war. The horrors of World War 1 created an immense m...

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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. ...

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(Adams) Several movies do a great job in depicting WWI including The Lost Battalion and All is Quiet on the Western Front. ... On the other hand the film All is Quiet on the Western Front stars Lew Ayres as the young Paul Bauman, who, along with a group of his teenaged classmates, are conscripted into the German army during WWI. The youths quickly realize that the patriotic hogwash they had been fed by their schoolmaster has absolutely has nothing to do with the horror they observe and experience on the front lines (All is). ...

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On the date of July 21, 1899 Ernest Hemingway, a now known brilliant writer, was born. Hemingway was conceivably the only writer to achieve the combination of international celebrity and literary stature in the twentieth century. Hemingway was brought up in the village of Oak Park, Illinois, close t...

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Take for example that while the original allied forces contained Tsarist Russia, Britain & France , the allies would later be split with the loss of Tsarist Russia to the Bolsheviks and the inclusion of the USA on the front. ... In 1918, thousands of Italian soldiers were returning from the front lines of World War One, Mussolini was among them. ...

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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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