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World War Ii U S Army
1,266 wordsGeneral Douglas MacArthur was born on Jan. 26, 1880 at Little Rock Barracks, Arkansas. He died April 5, 1964 in Washington, D. C. He was the general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War. MacArthur was the third son of Arthur MacArthur, Jr. , later the army's senior ranking officer, and Mary Hardy MacArthur, an ambitious woman ...
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Battle Of Gettysburg Army Of The Potomac
875 wordsThe battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in the American Civil War. When looking at the causes of the Civil War, and eventually the Battle of Gettysburg, one must understand the differences between the differences between the North and the South. The South was fighting the war because they believed that the government treated them unfairly. They believed that the government overtaxing them, with tariffs and property taxes. On the other hand the North was fighting the war for two reasons. f...
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Robert E Lee Killer Angels
1,421 wordsDrive half an hour north of Washington, D. C. and you will find verdant rolling hills and flat, rich farmland, broken here and there by granite outcroppings and dark poplar forests. A place of great beauty and serenity. Close your eyes a moment, efface the houses and stores and gas stations from your mind's eye, and it looks pretty much as it did in July, 1863. That summer its green fields were stained red with the blood of 50, 000 Americans dead and wounded. 50, 000. In just three days of slaug...
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Napoleon Bonaparte Britannica Junior
1,703 wordsThesis: Why Napoleon Bonaparte is regarded as one of the greatest military masterminds in the history of mankind. I. Napoleons life since birth threw education. A. Education and bad treatment of Napoleon. B. Beginning of military career in French army. C. Accusations of treason, and beginning of new military come back. D. Favoritism by Barras for Napoleon. II. Napoleon battles, victories and first love. A. Napoleon defeats Austrian generals B. Napoleon meets Josephine de Beauharnais. C. Napoleon...
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Crimean War Middle East
1,673 wordsThe Crimean War started because France and Russia wanted control over the Middle East and surrounding areas. The war lasted from 1856 to 1858, just under two years. The more important parts of the war are the causes and events that led up to it, the battle of the Alma, the naval wars of various seas and Sevastopol, the heavily fortified base of the Russian fleet. MLV French Blake states that the main cause of the war was "Russia's desire for territorial expansion, particularly towards a port in ...
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Commander In Chief House Of Burgesses
1,279 wordsWashington, George (1732 - 99), commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later the first president of the United States. He symbolized qualities of discipline, aristocratic duty, military orthodoxy, and persistence in adversity that his contemporaries particularly valued as marks of mature political leadership. Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the eldest son of Augustine Washington, a Virginia planter, and Mary Ball...
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Death Do Us Part Sense Of Humour
900 wordsAn examination of pun and word play as a narrative technique in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale Atwood uses word play in this dystopian novel to reinforce themes and ideas and to create the implication of and foreshadow ideas without direct allusion to them. Atwood's character Offred also uses word play to both remember her past and as a conscious resistance to her present. The novel is set in the Republic of Gilead, formerly the USA. The country is both at war and undergoing Ethnic Cleansi...
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World War Ii U S Navy
1,668 wordsWhen the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, America was at last forced to officially enter World War II. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt officially declared war on the Japanese and in his famous radio address to the American people, he professed that December 7 was a day that would live in infamy. Americans and Japanese alike, still remember Pearl Harbor Day, but how many remember the gallant, fighting Marines who served on a tiny atoll in the Pacific by the name of Wake Islan...
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Means Of Communication Regular Army
2,758 words... s direction some reorganization is required which will energetically combine the forces of the nation and create a real army, such as we have not at the present time. Unless we satisfy this demand, we shall not long be able to hold our own against the hostile Powers... We must not, therefore, be content merely to strengthen our army; we must devise other means of gaining the upper hand of our enemies. These means can only be found in the spiritual domain. History teaches us by countless exam...
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Sherman Was Born 'war Is Hell Grant
749 wordsWilliam T. Sherman SHERMAN, William Tecumseh (1820 - 91). Ranked second only to General Ulysses S. Grant as the greatest Northern commander in the American Civil War, Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was a master of modern warfare. Like Grant, Sherman was born in Ohio when it was a frontier state. He was named Tecumseh for the Shawnee Indian chief who had terrorized that region a few years earlier. Sherman was born on Feb. 8, 1820, in Lancaster, Ohio. His father died when he was 9 years old. Most o...
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Washington D C Battle Of Gettysburg
1,677 wordsLee at Gettysburg Since the battle of the First Bull Run two years elapsed before the decisive battle of Gettysburg. Many battles were fought during this period. They were Shiloh, Seven Pines, The Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Stones River, and Chancellorsville. In theses battles the outcome was either indecisive or a victory for the South. After these major battles, Lee decided to move his army north into Pennsylvania with the thought of encircling Washington. This dang...
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Center Of Gravity Political Leaders
4,798 wordsClausewitz and the Nature of War In seeking out the fundamental nature of Clausewitz's own mature theories, perhaps the best place to start is with some of the most common misconceptions of his argument. Such misconceptions are almost always the product of writers who either never read On War (or read only the opening paragraphs or perhaps a condensation) or who sought intentionally (for propaganda purposes) to distort its content. The books specific arguments are very clearly stated and rarely ...
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German Defenses Matters Worse
3,277 wordsWhen examined closely, the Dieppe raid can be seen for what it truly was- a politically motivated disaster which, due to poor planning and over zealous British leadership, sacrificed needlessly the lives of Canadians for no practical reason at all. In reality, the Canadians who died at Dieppe had no real chance at victory and the British high command knew it, but preferred to martyr the men, rather than look bad in the eyes of their Russian and American allies. As such, Dieppe should not be seen...
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Dwight D Eisenhower Civil Rights Movement
1,293 wordsDwight s Early Life Dwight D. Eisenhower was the third son of David and Ida Stover Eisenhower. He was born in 1890 in Denison, Texas, and named David Dwight Eisenhower, although he was known as Dwight David by many. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where Eisenhower was brought up. He was the third of seven sons. He and his older brothers were all called Ike by their family, Eisenhower was known as Little Ike. In his high school years, he was known to excel in sports due to his activ...
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Japanese Americans Concentration Camps
2,341 wordsEXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 9066 The President EXECUTIVE ORDER AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO PRESCRIBE MILITARY AREAS WHEREAS the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense material, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities as defined in Section 4, Act of April 20, 1918, 40 Stat. 533, as amended by the Act of November 30, 1940, 54 Stat. 1220, and the Act of August 21, 1941, 55 Stat. 655 (U. S. C. ...
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30 P M Cemetery Ridge
1,396 wordsThis 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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Robert E Lee Marine Corps
1,050 words1. Its 0630 and Im in full service dress blues. Ive been told that I must report to the Wing Deputy Commander to explain the actions of a Communication Security (COMSEC) incident that has occurred in my section. I am in charge of the account but did not personally have anything to do with the incident. Do I shift blame to the Airman that committed the incident? What would you do in this situation? In the next few pages, I hope to explain to you the importance of good leaders giving honor to thei...
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Handmaids Tale Margaret Atwood
2,967 wordsIn the course Y 2 k and The End of The World, weve studied apocalyptic themes, eschatology, and for some, teleology. Apocalypse, which is to unveil or reveal, eschatology, which is a concept of the end, and teleology, the end or purpose to which we are drawn, are all themes used in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaids Tale. The book is apocalyptic in that it revolves around dystopian ideals. Atwood creates a world in which worst-case scenarios take control and optimistic viewpoints and positive attit...
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Equal Pay Act 1960 And 1970
6,738 wordsExploring Handmaid'S Tale Introduction Exploring a new literary form feminist dystopias Margaret Atwood s novel The Handmaid s Tale differs in many aspects from traditional feminist writing. During the liberation time in the 1960 s and 1970 s many women discovered utopia as a new literary form of writing. This branch of literature was long dominated by male writers who described ideal alternative worlds somewhere in the outer space. In these works of fiction, the role of women was frequently per...
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Pearl Harbor Attack Franklin D Roosevelt
2,471 wordsAdmiral Husband E. Kimmel, the Commander in Chief, of the United States Pacific Fleet, was looking forward to a relaxing 9 -hole round of golf. His match with General Walter Short was scheduled for 9: 30 A. M. Hawaii Time. One hour and 45 minutes before he was set to tee off, Kimmel received a phone call from Commander Vincent Murphy reporting the sighting of a Japanese submarine in the Pearl Harbor entry channel. Just as Kimmel was exiting his quarters, the USS Arizona burst into flames. The fi...
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