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… to replace the small professional army that was all but destroyed in the first few years of the war. This new army was recruited using propaganda and powerful images upon posters. Unfortunately, this new army lacked combat experience. The French,…

… As the year opened, the two great opposing armies remained deadlocked in a line of trenches which stretched 966 kilometres from the Belgian coast through France to the frontiers of Switzerland. Here, men faced each other over the strewn, decaying…

… In this the British and French armies tried to break through the German defences in the valley of the river Somme. The battle started on the first day of July 1916 as huge guns bombarded the German trenches. Then thousands of troops charged across…

… As the year opened, the two great opposing armies remained deadlocked in a line of trenches, which stretched 966 kilometres from the Belgian coast through France to the frontiers of Switzerland. Here, men faced each other over the strewn, decaying…

… Community, be seen as "illegitimate"- Yahoo! News 2/26/03 <Tab/>In light of the imminent war on Iraq, many countries have been showing opposition to the American determinedness to attack and disarm Iraq. The three main countries backing…

… dead, ten Israeli athletes and one Israeli wrestling referee murdered in cold blood and five Black September terrorists and one German police officer killed during a gun battle. Terrorism is "[the]...use or threatened use of force…

… Rights (UDHR) proclaims that the rights discussed in the document are "a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations." This document, along with the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) as well as…

… The Communist Manifesto. Lenin along with his close friend, Leonid Trotsky, took key theories from Marx's writing and adapted them to help revolutionize Russia. The Bolsheviks principles were a mold of Marx, filled with the toughness of Lenin. By manipul…

… Constantinople, and if so who was responsible? "We will never know, and science has truly something better to do than to discuss indefinitely an insoluble problem" -P. Mitrofanov This famous comment on the fourth crusade and the question of a "plot"…

… to Crusade in 1095 correspond to the pope's plans? "The remarkable success of Urban's crusade seemed to confirm his preaching theme that God was fighting with the crusaders" -Penny J. Cole This view, that the First Crusade was a great success,…