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Attack On Pearl Harbor War With Germany
1,680 words
The United States had been warned in advance that
there would be a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
They had also broken all Japanese codes and were
aware of all the details needed to prevent the
attack on Pearl Harbor. Roosevelt had made a
campaign promise to not get involved in a war with
Germany unless the United States was attacked
first; so, he made strategic use of Japan's plans
as a way to go to war with Germany. The FBI was
warned by one of Britain's top agents, Duskov
Popov, about a pla...
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Machine Gun Middle East
1,759 words
The Battle of El Alamein in late 1942 was the
decisive battle of the North African campaign that
lasted from 1940 until 1943. El Alamein was
located 70 miles west of the main Egyptian port of
Alexandria and could not be outflanked because
movement of vehicles was restricted to a corridor
of 40 miles between the sea and the impassable
Quattara depression. Although the 8 th Army had
overwhelming superiority in men, tanks, guns and
aircraft and could not have lost the battle the
prospect of a clear...
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Six Day War Suez Canal
2,027 words
The Six Day War broke out on June 5, 1967,
following three weeks of tension which began on
May 15, 1967 when it was known that Egypt had
concentrated large-scale forces in the Sinai
peninsula. Egypt's force buildup in the Sinai was
accompanied by other serious steps: the United
Nations Emergency Force stationed on the border
between Egypt and Israel and Sharm el-Sheikh in
1957 and which had provided an actual separation
between the countries was evacuated on May 19 upon
the demands of the Egypti...
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Ground Floor Second Floor
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... your mind and go back down, you won't have to
fight anybody on the elevators, and the main area
of the ground floor will be empty (an easy trick
for not No matter what method you use, you " ll
eventually reach the 59 th floor. Head southeast
and kill the armored guards to get the Keycard 60,
then take the lift to the 60 th floor. Here, you "
ll have to head to the room in the upper-left and
make it to the other side without being seen by
the patrolling guards. In order to stay hidden
from th...
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World War Ii Atomic Bomb Was Dropped
1,555 words
World War II was the biggest war ever fought.
Nearly 30 million people were killed in it. About
half were civilians while the other half were
soldiers, sailors, and airmen. The war was fought
all over the world, but the most important battles
took place on the Islands in the Pacific and in
Europe. The two sides were called the Axis and the
Allies. The war lasted from 1939 to 1945; the
chief countries of the Allies were the United
States, Great Britain, Russia, France, and China.
The Axis countri...
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One Of The Main Solve The Problem
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This was a very interesting article because it
seems that everybody That owns a computer has the
fear of hackers and viruses. It's a big issue
Because people are being attacked and it seems
that there is no way out. Many programmers have
tried to come up with a game plan so that you
can't Allow hackers to break in your computer.
Some ideas have risen but none really Seem to
totally block the hackers from breaking in your
computer. The reason that Your computer can be
attacked is because it's so ...
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Second Continental Congress King George Iii
942 words
On May 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress
met in Philadelphia. The Congress dealt with the
military crisis the colonies were in with England.
It organized forces around Boston into the
Continental Army and appointed George Washington
to commander-in-chief. The Battle of Bunker Hill
was the first major battle fought in the war. The
colonists had made a fort on Bunker and Breeds
Hills to fire on English ships approaching Boston.
Thomas Gage ordered his British troops to attack
the hills. He...
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Russia And Austria France And Russia
1,889 words
The importance of the alliance system that
developed in Europe in the decades before World
War I as a cause for it is still an important
topic of debate and argument between modern
historians. Some argue that the alliance system
was a direct cause of the outbreak of war between
all major countries in Europe while other
historians prefer to state that the alliance
configuration we observe before the war started
was simply a symptom of the conflicts and
disagreements, fears and envies that had bee...
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African American Street Gangs In Los Angeles
1,602 words
by Alejandro A. Alonso, M. S. In Los Angeles and
other urban areas in the United States, the
formation of street gangs increased at a steady
pace through 1996. The Bloods and the Crips, the
most well-known gangs of Los Angeles, are
predominately African American[ 1 ] and they have
steadily increased in number since their
beginnings in 1969. In addition, there are over
600 active Hispanic gangs in Los Angeles County
with a growing Asian gang population numbering
approximately 20, 000 members. Sur...
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Indian Removal Native Americans
1,885 words
... essentially trading-based, and not
currency-based (King, 1885). Another event that
was catastrophic for these tribesmen was the loss
of one of their sources of food, the buffalo.
After exposing the land to white settlers, the
buffalo was excessively hunted by them for its
meat and hide. In the beginning of the 18 th
century, it was thought that there was
approximately 40 million heads of buffalo roaming
the country. After uncontrolled hunting and
gaming, the population of these animals decre...
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Art And Architecture Albert Speer
2,175 words
Many people know that Adolph Hitler was an artist
in his youth as an Austrian, but just how much art
played a role in the National Socialist Germany
seems to get underrated in the history books. Just
as a racial war was waged against the Jewish
population and the military fought the French and
the Slavic people, an artistic cleansing for the
Germanic culture was in progress. Special Nazi
units were searching the ancient arts of antiquity
for evidence of a great Germanic race that existed
well be...
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Holy Roman Emperor Pope Urban Ii
2,375 words
The crusades were military expeditions launched
against the Muslims by the Christians in an
attempt to regain the Holy Land. They took place
between 1095 A. D. and 1270 A. D. It was one of
the most violent periods in the history of
mankind. The starting point of the crusades was on
November 18, 1095 A. D. when Pope Urban II opened
the Council of Clermont. On November 27, outside
the French city of Clermont-Ferrand, the Pope made
an important speech. He called upon everyone to
help the Christians...
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World War Ii United States Of America
408 words
On December 7, 1941 the U. S. troops stationed on
the Island of Pearl Harbor were woken up by the
sound of gunfire and explosions. The Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor is one of the worst
surprise attacks in American history. For every
Japanese soldier killed almost thirty-eight
Americans were killed. Japan was at war with
China. The American government tried many times
with Japans leaders to withdraw troops from china
and put an end to the war. After World War II
started Japan grew angry with th...
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World War Ii Attack On Pearl Harbor
1,493 words
Did Franklin Roosevelt know Pearl Harbor was going
to be attacked? Did President Franklin Roosevelt
know Pearl Harbor was going to be attacked? On
December 7, 1941 the United States of America was
attacked at the naval base in Pearl Harbor by the
Empire of Japan. It was a day considered by
President Roosevelt to live in infamy. Pearl
Harbor was the home to a large part of the United
States aircraft carrier fleet. It was definitely
an intriguing attack site for Japan to hit. The
attack was an obv...
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World War Ii Fighter Planes
929 words
the fact that Germany was in the hands of a mad
man and that he was taking her down to disaster
(206). The German people in the hands of Hitler
saw disaster coming their way. Hitler made many
mistakes during World War II, starting with his
invasion of Poland. At first Hitler guaranteed his
people he would not invade Poland, but after
returning to Germany he both attacked and invaded
Poland. Next on Hitler s agenda, invade Britain.
Hitler had underestimated Britain and their
military power when f...
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30 P M Cemetery Ridge
1,396 words
This most famous and most important Civil War
Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1
to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish
but by the time it ended, it involved 160, 00
Americans. Before the battle, major cities in the
North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even
Washington itself, were under threat of attack
from General Robert E. Lee s Confederate Army of
Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac
River and marched ...
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Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Twain The Adventures Of Huckleberry
1,070 words
Mark Twain s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
has been attacked and banned since it was first
published. It has been accused of being immoral
and racist. It was removed from several Library s,
including the Brooklyn Public Library in 1905, and
several libraries in Denver, Omaha, and Worcester
in 1907. The reasons for this, were, because of
Twain s use of vernacular dialect from the time
and place in which he was writing about, and
because of it being seen as an immoral book. Other
attacks on ...
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Foreign Countries Northern Part
1,597 words
Koryo is one of critical kingdoms in Korean
history during 10 th and 14 th century. During
Koryo era, cultural aspect of the country
flourished in many ways. For example, blue ceramic
is a clear demonstration of creativity. Moreover,
Koryo made a lot of cultural exchanges with
foreign countries, such as contacting with
Thailand and Islam cultures. These contacts made
the country to experience international
differences and contributed to the outgrowth of
the country. Unfortunately, Koryo went thr...
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Tonkin Gulf Vietnam War
1,869 words
President Lyndon B. Johnsons immediate advocacy of
the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, acting as head of
state, influenced Congress to unintentionally give
him a blank check in conducting the Vietnam War.
Johnsons accusation of unjustified attacks on
American ships by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf
of Tonkin led to the resolutions nearly unanimous
passage in Congress three days later. Although
with the passage of time the certainty of these
attacks has come into question, President Johnson
through his...
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Santa Anna Vice President
905 words
Antonio de Lopez de Santa Anna Perez de Lebron was
a great man. He was strong, humble, smart, and
clever. But he was also a weak, arrogant, stupid,
foolish, and these are what most people remember
about him. That is not how he really was. In the
following paragraphs I will tell about the life
and times of Santa Anna, and of his mistakes and
achievements, I will tell of the age of Santa
Anna. On February 21, 1794, Mexico received a
great leader, who would affect her dramatic
history to the fulles...
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