Bayonet

During the entire film you see the huge amount of weapons the soldiers had to use to fight. One of the most deadly weapons was the triangular bayonets. The shape that it left made it nearly impossible to sew up causing most soldiers to bleed to death. Another effective weapon used in this film was the canister shot fired from cannons. A canister shot would shoot out balls and hit several targets…

According to Dictionary.com the definition of justified is to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be right. World War 1 was utterly tragic. It all started because of Germany. Germany was a threat to the United States Morally, economically and politically. So we had to enter the war whether we wanted to or not. The US was morally, politically and economically justified to wage war on Germany and their allies. America was completely justified at entering the war morally due to what Germany…

between the Europeans and Hawaiians reached a climax when a group of businessmen (known as the Hawaiian League) forced King Kalakaua to sign a new constitution, under the threat of violence, which revoked his power. This constitution, now known as the Bayonet Constitution, not only…

wisp of a man, with a shaven head and vague liquid eyes” and “six tall Indian warders ... with rifles and fixed bayonets” constructed a bullying scene to readers like six strong police officers bullying one poor person. Nobody wanted to keep this in one’s memory because it could affect and even change people’s moods. “The Indians had gone grey like bad coffee, and one or two of the bayonets were wavering”, “Eight minutes past eight. Well that’s all for this morning, thank God”, and “We all had a…

for the duration of the occupation. These films showcased the American way of life and seeked to introduce America as a social, political, and cultural model for Japan (Olson). Films like Steel Town (1952), Country Store (1950), and Border Without Bayonets (1950) all showed America as…

Napoleonic wars. In each of these wars the armies on both sides of the conflict were similarly kitted out with muzzle load rifles affixed with bayonets. During the Napoleonic wars soldiers would fire a volley followed by a bayonet charge, causing the enemy to flee lest they be impaled by sharp pointy things. In contrast soldiers in the Civil War would only use their bayonets…

people of Hawaii approve it. Also, King David Kalakaua was forced to sign the Bayonet Constitution, which stripped him of many of his powers as a king. Because of the Bayonet Constitution, it made it easier to pressure the king to allowing the U.S. to build naval bases at Pearl Harbor (Danzer, 26). This shows a negative effect on Hawaiians because a militia of American sugar planters forced King David Kalakaua to sign the Bayonet Constitution and pressured the King to allow them to build naval…

people picture the United States M1918 trench knife when the word trench knife is brought up. The trench warfare of the first World War was a violent and brutal place, in between the nerve gas, and the new machine gun, a lot of fighting was done with bayonets, buttstocks, bare hands and of course the trench knife. Trench knives were not common issue at first. As time passed and the war raged on a need for close range fighting implements aka knives and clubs was quickly developed. The bolt…

heard or read such brutality. Rape! Rape! Rape! We estimate at least 1,000 cases a night and many by day. In case of resistance or anything that seems like disapproval, there is a bayonet stab or a bullet…” (McCallum). Once women were found, they were raped, often multiple times, and then viciously murdered by a bayonet through their vaginas. Pregnant women were speared open after being raped. The women that were raped and the men that were killed were only guilty of the crime of being Chinese…

content with living while his other friends died. He does not understand why he should live among all the great men who died in the war, as “[He doesn’t] know why the intrepid / sun touched the bayonet” (35-36). By calling the sun intrepid he make it seem like the sun was purposefully sending its rays to the bayonet to be scene by the speaker. The speaker does not understand why the sun or any other aspects of nature chose to save him while disregarding his friends, which leaves him unsettled as…