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    The purpose of this paper is to identify how the British Admiralty’s COMINT failures during the Battle of Jutland prevented them from destroying the German High Seas Fleet. The battle is re-imagined with a much better-trained and coordinated intelligence section. The British Admiralty’s intelligence failures prevented Admiral Sir John Jellicoe’s Grand Fleet from winning a decisive victory against Scheer’s High Seas Fleet. Because the Admiralty’s COMINT section did not maintain control over their…

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    if this is what you wanted but I'm going to try my best here... I don't even know where to begin... Summer visits with you was something I would always look forward to during the school years. They were always so special! Whether it be me being a torpedo for hours, fishing, whole donuts, Hollywood video, visiting Lucille, seeing the gators, or Philly Cheese Steaks! Each thing to me was extra special to me because I did it in the presence of my G! Every visit would be different and every visit…

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    A Day Before Pearl Harbor

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    that time. The attack was made in the morning around 7:48 a.m. it was Sunday. That’s a day is known for being with family and enjoying it together. Well that Sunday wasn’t anything like that because 353 Imperial Japanese fighter planes, bombers and torpedo planes launched…

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    Every year between 700 and 800 adolescents ages 11 - 17 undergo a type of organ transplant.But before they must go through this surgery, they are the ones making the decision to go ahead with it.One example of this poor policy is Courtney Montgomery, who had been battling heart problems her whole life.She refused to undergo a heart transplant to save her life, as a result of past transplants which were temporally and didn’t remove the problem, she had given up hope.Believing she made the right…

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    as presented in A Separate Peace by John Knowles. Humans have a trait of being demanding and controlling. Usually it’s intended to get what is wanted. The antagonist of the story, Finny, was calling out to Gene, the main character, “When they torpedo and troopship,.. You can’t stand around admiring the view. Jump!... Jump!”(17) Yelling and screaming is a way to show dominance.…

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    The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor as a preventive action so that the U.S wouldn 't interfere with their plans. Japanese fighter planes, bombers, and torpedo planes were launched from six aircraft carriers. All eight U.S. Navy battleships were damaged and 4 of them being completely destroyed. The Japanese also damaged and sank three…

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    Lusitania Research Paper

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    Safety precautions were drawn, but the captain decided to keep sailing. At 1:40 p.m. on May 7, U20, a German submarine led by Kapitän-leutnant Schwiege, saw the Lusitania. At 2:10 p.m., Schwiege fired a torpedo at the Lusitania. Schwiege then recorded in his log, The ship stops immediately and heals over to starboard quickly, immersing simultaneously at the bow. It appears as if the ship were going to capsize very shortly. Great confusion is rife on board;…

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    "December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy." Those words, uttered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, changed the course of American history. It all started on the morning of December 7, 1941, when the empire of Japan finally decided to bomb the U.S. For the past six to seven years, U.S. President Roosevelt had tried everything he could to anger the Japanese so they could go to war. Roosevelt wanted to go war with Japan to show how more powerful…

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    accordingly started to through depth charges. The captain of B-59 though that this was an attack from the U.S. battleship and decided to launch the nuclear torpedo. At this point in time, Vasili Alexandrovich stood up, thought through the situation and took a quick and practical decision. He convinced the captain to not launch the torpedo immediately and surface the submarine. As a result of which he was able to stop a potential nuclear war between the then USSR and USA. This saved the entire…

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    Kyle was only fourteen, but he had a powerful arm. He would play on the high school football team this year, his brother would not be able to see it. Kyle hurled the ball through the air like a torpedo. He had thrown hard because he had anger towards his brother for leaving him. It almost hit Brian in the face. His brother knew that Kyle’s arm was to precise for that to be an accident. Kyle had resentment beneath his cool demeanor. Brian motioned…

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