German Shepherd Dog

1. What were the trenches? Why was the system of the trench employed? Trench warfare is said to have begun in September 1914 but the idea of the trench warfare did not begin then, trenches had been used in the U.S civil war, and the Russian-Japanese war. The trenches were the front lines, the most dangerous places to be. Behind the front lines was a mass supply of many things like training establishment’s stores, workshops, Head-quarters and many other elements that would be needed in a 1918…

On August 6, 1914, Britain declared war upon Germany. The two sides at the beginning of the war consisted of The Triple Alliance, and the Triple Entente. The Triple Alliance comprised mainly of Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy, whilst the Triple Entente was made from France, Great Britain, and Russia. This meant that all the power of the empires was involved as well, as Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia all had empires to back them up. An intricate web of alliances also…

Ferdinand was assassinated. Even though the assassination started the war, the reasons the war was inevitable because of the militarism, nationalism, and the alliances within the European countries. Militarism was very strong in Europe at this time. German children were brought up in school, while their professors were preaching to them about how important being a soldier was. That is their calling, nothing else is even close to being important to society. Men were born…

I have chosen to discuss the German Schlieffen Plan. The Schlieffen plan was created by Albert von Schlieffen, a field marshal and Commander in Chief of the German army. Albert von Schlieffen was an excellent military strategist who was requested by Kaiser Wilhelm II to design an attack for the German army to defeat France. Had the field marshal sustained his position as Commander in Chief long enough to oversee his plan as it was put into action, the Schlieffen plan may have succeeded. The…

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI’ FILM ANALYSIS ‘The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari’, directed by Robert Weine, is a widely regarded quintessential work of German Expressionist Cinema. The 1920 German silent horror film utilises a fragmented set, with unnerving and twisted visual style, unusual sharp- pointed forms, tilted sets, hand painted shadows and light and odd lines to create a film that was it’s own art form, when previously film had been more like filming a play. The oblique structures and hand…

ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPREHENSION DIRECTIONS (51-60) Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given. Certain words/phrases have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions. Though it is commonplace to say we live in a globalised world, less well understood is that globalisation is taking place in stages. In the first stage as flows of capital and goods were liberated the benefits of globalisation e.g., technological advance-ments,…

INTRODUCTION Language change is created by social, political and technological issues which take an important role when language is used for communication (Beard, 2004). Languages have been modified over the years in many forms ranging from phonology, semantics, morphology, lexis, syntax and other features of language. More than 360 million people speak English as a native language (Crystal, 2006). The majority of these people live in North America, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, the…

INTER LINGUAL HOMOPHONE RETRIEVAL IN YOUNGER ADULTS Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Homophones are one group of words which pronounced in the same way but differing in meaning or spelling or both. Interlingual homophones are words that have identical phonology across languages but different meanings. An example is /more/ which means “peacock” in Hindi and pronounced as “more” in English. Bilingualism is commonly defined as the use of at least two languages by an individual (ASHA,…

Name: George Kolanchery MODULE:1 SECTION:A Question 2: Explain, with examples, how language varies according to the context in which it is spoken or written. Although English is not the language with the largest numbers of native or ‘first’ language speakers, it has become a lingua franca. A lingua franca can be defined as “a language widely adopted for communication between two speakers whose native languages are different from each other’s and where one or both speakers are…

Introduction English is an international language and is spoken in all kind of countries both native and foreign language. In addition it is the ultimate spoken language worldwide, and it is measured as a universal language. Also, English has become a vital part of an international society, economy and culture because it has become a worldwide language. All over the earth people know many English words, pronunciation and meaning. Even though, English language is an exciting and active…