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    War will take its toll on a soldier. In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, the soldiers of Second Company come out of the war damaged in many ways which are almost unpreventable. Their bodies are hurt, their minds are full of fear and they are eventually molded to think that being surrounded death is a normal day to day thing. The soldiers relationships with people and places are destroyed their generation is lost. War leaves them alone and afraid. Some people…

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    "The Somme set the picture by which future generations saw the First World War: hapless soldiers; blundering obstinate generals; nothing achieved." -A.J.P Taylor One of the ways the Battle of the Somme had significance in World War One was the attritional wearing down of the German army. The war took a turning point in 1916, up until then some kind of peace could have been reached and an agreement made, this all changed in 1916. Instead of trying to break through each other’s lines the armies…

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    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 war. The first trenches in world war one were dug on the western front on September the 15th 1914. 2. What were the conditions like in the trenches? The conditions in a…

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    Adolf hitler Vs. Joseph Stalin This is showing the similarities and differences between two of the world's harshest and cruelest dictators in history Adolf HItler and Joseph Stalin. Some similarities are that they were both dictators and harsh rulers, they both promised progression, and they both killed millions of innocent people. Some differences between these two powerful and demanding leaders is that Stalin was for communism and against capitalism while Hitler was for capitalism and he…

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    He intuitively brought back his hands away from the line of fire, and hesitantly waved it in front of him. He was so pleased. He leaped back to the ground just as the screeching of an artillery shell drifted above his head. He quickly looked up before grabbing his helmet. “Well, that was bloody close, aye mate?” Jimmy turned around and looked…

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    Saving Private Ryan Critical Analysis Saving Private Ryan is a story about a group of American soldiers during World War ll overcoming obstacles to accomplish a signal mission. One of the biggest obstacles they had to face was keeping everyone focused on the mission at hand. I think the book did an excellent job at making that obstacle clear to the audience. Saving Private ryan is a story of a small group of American soldiers on a mission to find and bring home a soldier named…

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    The “siècle des Lumières” and accompanying French Revolution were, and often still are, characterized as mass movements of antagonism towards faith and religion. As the Catholic faith of the old regime crumbled, the revolutionary spirit of the time promised to do away with orthodoxy and create a new egalitarian society based on freedom. Ideas like these were fueled by the French philosophes, with thinkers like Voltaire referring to orthodox religion as “the mother of fanaticism and civil…

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    as Keith Douglas and Erich Maria Remarque took part in this response by writing “Vergissmeinnicht” and All Quiet on the Western Front. As depicted by "Vergissmeinnicht" and All Quiet on the Western Front, the brutality of war disguises similarities between soldiers on opposing sides of the battlefield.…

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    The Justification of the Reign Of Terror Threatening to end the French Revolution. The French Revolution has been building up for years under the rule of King Louis 16. The things that lead up to the people of France revolting against the king was the serious debt, expensive wars, and the starving of the people of France. After the people of France revolted against the King they formed the new government as a republic. Down the road a man named Maximilian Robespierre introduced the guillotine…

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    The Reign of Terror: Was it Justified? A kitten desperately howls as her assertive owner restricts her wish to roam the danger filled streets. In the eyes of the naive kitten, the owner’s consideration for her safety is perceived as nothing but an unjust limitation to her individual freedom. Robespierre’s duty as the ruler is similar to the one of a pet owner. The kitten, who represents the French counterrevolutionists, cluelessly whines against the owner because she does not know what is best…

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