Hand grenade

Militarism- The military grew in competing countries. The contest between Germany and Britain at sea between Germany, France, Russia Alliance System- where big countries stayed together incase of a war. The triple alliance and leaders of big alliances acted reckless towards others. Imperialism- Ruling over a country. European countries ruled smaller countries, and competed with each other. Colonies became known as Imperialism. France and Britain had many colonies in Africa and Asia.…

World War I had many causes, but the most commonly known cause and the most immediate cause was the assignation of the Austrian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand. In June 1914,a Serbian terrorist group known as the Black Hand first attempted to assinate the Duke with a hand grenade thrown at the automobile he and his wife was riding in. Although The Duke and his wife The Duchess survived this attack they were later killed by a Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip . They were murdered while they…

‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz is a novel of spy fiction and is evidently an adequate example of spy fiction for many reasons. Some of which include: The protagonist’s gadgets, the revelation of the antagonist’s entire master plan, and the protagonist saving the day with mere moments to spare. In Horowitz’s novel of spy fiction contains many gadgets unique to his novel, as Alex Rider’s gadgets may appear to be ordinary products and items a teenage boy would own, like most spy’s gadgets are,…

On 02 March 2002, Operation Anaconda launched. The primary objective was total destruction of the Taliban an al Qaeda that have bedded into the Shah-i-Kot Valley in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. US Special Operation Forces (SOF) had been closely monitoring for over a month that a large population of Taliban fighters where bedded in the valley. In February, the order came down to the Afghanistan ground force commander MG Hagenback to clear out the evident…

"Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades--words, words, words, but they hold the horror of the world." (132). The similar scene was depicted in Saving Private Ryan when the ally forces were pinned and taking cover behind steel girders. Another example of the horrors of war is when in…

Do you know the history of fire fighting and the history of the gear that they wear? FireFighting has been around ever since fire was first used. Some of our founding fathers were fire fighters. Many of the elements of firefighting have evolved throughout its history, including equipment, trucks, and gear. Buildings often burned to the ground because the firefighters did not have all of the tools and gear that they do now “(login). “Firefighting can be traced back to Jamestown, Virginia the…

shock him, for he had witnessed many atrocities during his life, yet, nothing could have prepared him for the detailed murder of Jewish families. There were well over two hundred people, purposely packed into a house and set on fire by exploding hand grenades. Carl is haunted by the memory of a young father holding his son in his arms, followed by his wife, jumping out of a flaming window, ultimately, falling to their death. The soldiers are…

Dave!” Bob exclaimed. “But first we have to pay.” “Okay,” Dave sobbed. They paid ten dollars to get in. They went straight. They looked back; the way in wasn’t there. “It’s-it’s gone!” Dave yelled. “But we just took ten steps!” Bob yelled. Then two hands popped out and grabbed Dave. “Waa!” Dave yelled. Bam, bam! Bob shot two lasers at it! Plonk! “A banana!” Dave yelled. “Why would a banana be in here?” Dave asked. “I don’t know,” Bob whispered. “Wait a minute,” Bob whispered, “I know this…

glance to the window and noticed that it wasn't our helicopter it was the CIA -FBI or whatever they call themselves. I ran out of my room screaming Marcello's name. "Marcello!!... They know we're here!!" He stepped out of his room calmly and grabbed my hand. "Shush!...stand behind me all the time and don't panic... I'm prepare for this Michael." "How did they find us?" I asked, while I walked…

Two suicide bombers who blew themselves up in Brussels are believed to be brothers. They are the prime suspects for the Brussels bombing and are connected to Salah Abdeslam, the prime suspect in the Paris attacks. RTBF named the two as Khalid and Ibrahim El Bakraoui, saying Khalid last week rented an apartment in Brussels on Friday and that he had been filed under a false name where police found Abdeslam’s fingerprints after a raid. The police had arrested Abdeslam, Europe’s most wanted man, in…