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    my report, you get to learn a little bit of information on Miep Gies life like when she was little, her life during the holocaust, and up to when and how her life ended after 100 years. When Miep Gies was younger her family was very poor because of ww1 meaning they barely had any food for her sister, her and…

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    One of the winners of the Victorian Cross was William Coltman, where he was said to be brave. He didn’t fire a single shot during the World War, but was instead a stretch-bearer. He went alone in front of fire, found casualties, and dressed them them on many points of time. He carried comrades to safety, and even saved lives. Leefe Robinson was the first British soldier to shoot down a German zeppelin airship. He was also the first person to be awarded VC in The U.K. He was the first…

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    survivorship curve for the males and females up until the 50-59 interval, where the males drop severely. This can be attributed to the world wars. As stated before, cohort 2 is the most likely cohort where the population was affected since one couldn’t go to WW1 if they were born cohort 3. War only permitted males to enter, which is why the male’s survivorship declined in the later intervals. Finally, in cohort 3, the females have a higher overall survivability. This can be credited to their…

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    the solider had to be carried off in a stretcher and taken to an aid post. Their nurses would attend to the wounded while waiting for an ambulance to show up (WWI). The ambulance would then take the injured soldiers to a casual, “clearing station” (WW1). Here more medical staff would examine the soldier then ship them off to a train. Finally, the train would transport the solider to a base hospital where doctors could care for him. On a normal day this procedure would take a little under 24…

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    On July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois, Mr, and Mrs. Hemmingway gave birth to what they presumed as a healthy and strong baby. What they didn’t know is that soon their son was so talented with a pen and paper he would soon become one of the most well-known authors of the 20th Century. As for family life, the Hemmingway's lived a very joyful life in a luxurious house where they were both well respected and liked amongst the neighborhood. Ernest spent the majority of his childhood in his hometown…

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    Imperialism was a belief that a country must expand and take over other weak nations to be powerful/successful. The British Octopus illustrates that the Germans are trying to convince other people that the British are trying to imperialist Europe; and the Germans should declare a war to stop them, because the British octopus’s tentacles are stretched over Europe towards North America and other continents. This primary source helps explain imperialization was an underlying cause of the war…

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    For some countries, it was their infrastructure, which had been destroyed in the war. For others, it was their economy, so devastated by the Great Depression. But for all, it was international relations. It was not just reparations, though. After WW1, new countries emerged at a rate not seen since the fall of the Byzantine Empire. It saw the dissolution of two of the largest empires in Europe, the Ottoman and the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the creation of many countries from it, including…

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    Yes, I do believe the Great Depression could have been avoided. In the times of the Roaring Twenties, productions were at its high. Industry production grew faster than the demand for the products which led to the oversupply of goods year after year. That’s when it caught on that Investors lent money to people who couldn't afford it and this gave people the freedom to purchase on credit (people who could barely make ends meet). This meant people would be paying interest on money being lent to…

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    and both contain true stories about a person during or after an event. The books both take place or concern a time in which the US was at war. In Hiroshima, this was World War 2 when the Americans were fighting the Japanese. In FFTTTWH, both WW2 and WW1 are mentioned when discussing the first amendment. Both books have historical aspects in them which changed the world. In Hiroshima, the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, which was an event that would…

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    Iraq.” that quote and paragraph had nothing to do with rape or STD’s therefore it shouldn’t have been brought up. The third time was in the conclusion that also didn’t any sense and it was only two sentences “In conclusion, I said stop warrior after ww1 have become more violent. Rape and STD’s are use as a weapon and thats not acceptable.” I have no idea what I was thinking as I typed the conclusion since it’s obvious i couldn’t even type proper…

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