The efforts of the Home Front during the Second World War played an exceedingly vital role in the overall outcome of the hostilities. ... Rationing of food was also introduced on the home front to help provide more food for troops. ... It was the mass production from factories on the home front that enabled the Allies to win the war... Allied forces suffered great losses during the early stages of conflict. ... (finish paragraph) The Home Front formed a crucial part of the combat and eventual end of the war. ...

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Introduction No conflict, neither in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. ... This depth was not apparent to pre-invasion German reconnaissance and was key to their consistent regeneration of units in the early stages of the war. ... In the Steppe Front, troops were concealed whilst in the Voronzeh Front dummy troop concentrations misled German aerial reconnaissance. ... In the early stages of the war, Soviet numerical superiority was deceptive, many divisions were criminally undertrained and under-equipped. ... In Stalin's words the Eastern Front was a "war o...

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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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In later stages of the war some of the prisoners were shifted further North into Southeast Asia, Formosa, Korea, Manchuria and Japan itself. ... The situation at this stage was virtually hopeless. ... These were made of thick straw with a tie around the neck but no front. ... Out of the 2000 Australian troops that were sent, a suprising number of 6 managed to return as survivors, but never the less they were injured and scared for having watched their mates killed in front of their very own a eyes, a rather torturing ordeal in itself. ...

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At Fort Benning, they embarrassed the sergeants with their outstanding physical fitness: " After two days of such abuse, the sergeants told the C.O. that the 506th was in much better physical condition than they were, so all the companies of the 506th started in immediately on B stage". ... After thwarting the Germans' attempt to cut Easy off, they are pulled from the front line in Holland to rest, recover and refit themselves. In Camp Mourmelon, the men drank, gambled, relaxed, but most of all, shook off a little bit of their front-line trauma and stress. ...

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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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Amongst historians is it generally believed that the war was not caused by Germany on its own, but by a number of factors including for example, the "blank check" for Austria, militarism, assassination of Franz Ferdinand, expansionism during the final stages in the scramble Africa and international alliances. ... Germany's plan was to avoid fighting a catastrophic defensive war on two fronts, because they felt threatened by not only Russia, but also France and Britain, hence the Schlieffen Plan. ...

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An evening in front of his television set watching his daily dose of world news from CNN or MSNBC or some other news station tells the typical American that we are engaged in global conflict. ... The armed conflict is in its final stages and we are in the process of assisting the Iraqis in the formation of a democratic government. ... Among the more notables are the likes of Stanley Hoffman in his 1969 piece, Gulliver's Troubles, Or the Setting of American Foreign Policy, discerning "the two tempi of America's foreign relations," alternating "from phrases of withdrawal to phases of...

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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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Thorne C. Sirbak February 5, 2003 Section 002 "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat" Winston Churchill I. Introduction A. Attention-grabber: 1. Everyone knows who Winston Churchill is, and most of you have probably heard of some of his speeches. ...

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This war being undeclared was not enough to draw America into the global stage. ... The United States was faced with two enormous tasks; fighting on two different fronts- in the Pacific and Europe. ...

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Quite obviously the country that would could get as many troops as quickly as possible to the front line had an advantage over the opposition. ... War could now be staged by land, sea, or air - who's land, sea or air seemed irrelevant. ...

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This form of propaganda which slandered the West was helpful to the Chinese government to show a strong front, while in reality the Imperial court was quickly declining in power. ... At this stage war was now a very imminent certainty, and although it was not likely when trade first began with Britain, it was always a possibility which was known by the Chinese, as they recognised the vast military superiority of the British. ...

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At Yalta, the Allied leaders, known as the Big Three, met to plan the last stages of the Second World War and agree to the subsequent territorial division of Europe. ... Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ...

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This, however, is simply not true because there are telegrams sent between Minister of Foreign Affairs Togo and Ambassador Sato discussing their war-time plans which included preparations for a two front war against Russia. ...

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Similarly, Chaplin had been vocal in calling for a second front to be opened in order to support the Soviet Union during World War II. ... I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral pomposity. 5 Move To Europe and Production of A King in New York All of these events would set the stage for Chaplin, now residing permanently in Europe, producing his first film. ...

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