I liked the stage background lightening effects of blue and red that were caring meanings of good and bad. ... The background of the stage would became the blue as soon as US soldieries would come out on the stage, showing to audience that in that war they were something bad, and not only them but people who were leading them in war. Also once when soldiers were on the stage background was again blue but the front lights of the stage colored soldiers in red, showing us that they are good and that the people in their background who were leading them are actually bad. ... Sounds that were follow...

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It was important for Hitler that the war was to be both short and limited as Germany didn't have enough supplies or weapons to fight a long war on more that one front. ... A polish officer, now an old man recounted the events and told us that "The Germans had total air superiority which allowed them to penetrate the country beyond the front lines". ... The tanks were part of stage 2 of blitzkrieg. Firstly the German tanks would smash through the German front line and then head through to destroy other resistance and cause panic. ... The best tank at that stage of the war was not of the...

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Main Fronts or Theatres of War Both WWI and WWII were fought on many fronts: on land, sea and in the air, and both wars affected everybody, including civilians at home, i.e. both wars were "total-. ... However, whereas in WWI the fighting was largely concentrated in Europe (Eastern front=Russia; Western front=France) and the Middle East, the Second World War saw fighting on every continent except the Americas (3 main fronts: Russia, the Pacific and North Africa). 4. ... Moreover, in the last stages of the war, two radically new weapons were introduced: the long-range rocket or V1 and the a...

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Although US intervention contributed greatly to China's eventual victory in the Sino-Japanese war, the situation in China and the nature of the conflict was not massively affected by the contribution, and in reality the intervention had little impact on the internal affairs and overall success of the second United Front. ... The Second United Front was not completely defeated, as can be seen in the Resistance of Changsha, but internal conflict allowed Japan to be superior, taking Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai, and allowing such catastrophes as the Rape of Nanjing to take place, which caus...

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Ernest Hemingway is a writer who writes from his own experiences in life. He believes that to be a truly great writer, one must feel what he or she writes. He shows this is his novel, A Farewell to Arms. He writes from the pain that he felt from love, family, and life. He writes from his own lif...

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• Has Bibliography
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People and Ideas In the summer of 1942, German forces pushed through the south-western front pushing back soviet troops. ... The offensive was a success due to its power and concentration, and carefully synchronised action by the Russian fronts. On November 23rd three Soviet army fronts led by Marshal Georgi K Zhukov broke through an Axis held line; joined up with those on the Don and Stalingrad fronts at a point some 70km from Stalingrad. ... At one stage when the Germans held 90% of Stalingrad, the public was cheering about victory. ...

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Though the early stages of World War II focused on Western Europe, Hitler had diverted his attention to Russia by 1941. ... As Soviet supplies restocked its army's front lines, the Germans became surrounded. ...

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At this time the German high command began thinking of attacking Russia to protect its resources and ordered the build up of forces along the Eastern Front. ... This led to much confusion with divisions being constantly shuffled around the front line. ... Helped by the Finns, Germany surrounded the city setting the stage for the longest siege of the war, which would last over 900 days. ... The German line on the Eastern Front was never broken again after Stalingrad; they simply made an orderly retreat. ...

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Robert Doisneau photographed scenes of everyday life in Europe, this, he believed, would capture scenes that could not be reproduced or staged. ... On a busy walkway, such as this one, one would notice if the people in front of them had suddenly stopped to embrace each other. ...

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Hitler grabbed the stage and promised jobs to the unemployed and national prosperity. ... All labor unions were replaced by Nazi-controlled German Labor Front and all other labor unions were outlawed. ...

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AS EILEEN KENNEDY SAID "THIS CHAP IS NOT ORDINARY LIKE U OR ME, IF HE WAS HE WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THIS HORRENDOUS ORDEAL. TONY BULLIMORE AWOKE THE IMGAINATION OF THE WORLD BY SURVIVING IN AN UPTURNED BOAT CALLED EXIDE CHALLENGER ON CHOCOLATE AND WATER FROM LATE 4TH JAN TO MIDDAY 9TH JAN TONY WRO...

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The Treaty was obviously not the only factor that led to world war two, however it set the stage. ... There might not have been a war in Europe, and the war with Japan could have been shorter because the resources for fighting two fronts would have been used on one. ...

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Germany had always been worried about the threat of war on two fronts from France and Russia, and so created a series of alliances with all the mainland nations to feel safe from the threat of war. ... The alliances had worked up until that stage and there was no reason for them to fail, but the mounting tension between nations and the series of events that followed, meant that the balance of power in Europe had been disrupted and war was inevitable. ...

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