ignored this threat. On May 7‚ 1915‚ a German U-boat torpedoed the British passenger liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland. W.T. Turner‚ the captain‚ reported: “I saw the torpedo speeding towards us. Immediately I tried to change our course‚ but was unable to maneuver out of its way. There was a terrible impact as the torpedo struck the starboard side of the vessel. . . . It was cold- blooded murder.” The Lusitania sank in about 15 minutes. More than 1‚000 people died‚ including 128 United States
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The Vietnam War was a civil conflict between communist North and capitalist South. The United States has always been a capitalist country and they feared other countries would become communist. President Eisenhower brought up the Domino theory that if Vietnam were to fall to communism then Laos‚ Cambodia‚ and other Asian countries would fall one after the other. At the time‚ Vietnamese government and the Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam and in doing so‚ the U.S
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Phillip’s Change In The Cay Phillip undergoes a change while trapped on an island called a cay‚ a cay is an island surrounded by coral reefs. It all starts when Phillip and his mom get separated when a torpedo hits there ship. Phillip is raciest and he has to overcome his racism to survive on the cay. At the beginning Phillip and his mom get separated and he gets stuck on a raft with Timothy‚ an old black man. Phillip treats Timothy like an animal and is extremely rude to him he calls him
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Pearl Harbor The Pearl Harbor bombing was a horrible disaster that will never be forgotten. On December 7‚ 1941 many people’s lives were lost‚ the event was completely unexpected. The bombing was what lead the United states into world war ll. The japanese attacked to prevent the us pacific fleet from interfering with military actions. After the bombing there were several more attacks that took place. BEFORE THE ATTACK The attack on pearl harbor was a surprise but they have been getting closer to
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S.R and Germany. They were given access to the sea through the Polish Corridor and were given access to a good trading port called Danzig. This made Germany even angrier‚ and upset. The German navy was limited to 6 battle ships‚ 6 cruisers‚ 12 torpedo-boats and 12 destroyers. Germany could not import/export weapons and poison gas‚ armoured cars‚ armed aircraft and blockade on ships were prohibited. Also‚ the Saar‚ place rich in coal was given to France to look after for 15 years. Germany had
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other fronts - ultimately to arrive at Russian docks. Despite the Royal Navy presence‚ air- and sea-based attacks became a common practice as German battleships‚ destroyers and other surface vessels along with U-Boat submarines and German Luftwaffe torpedo bombers all shellacked the convoys. Better tactics‚ improved Royal Navy protection and a faltering German defense in Europe ultimately allowed these convoys to survive and‚ more importantly‚ allowed the Russians to continue to save their country
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and his pregnant wife were assassinated on June 28‚ 1914. After the assassination there were a series of events that happened and triggered World War 1 to occur.The next reason why it started was because on May 7‚ 1915 a German submarine launched a torpedo at the Lusitanian‚ which was a boat that had 1‚959 people aboard that day. Everyone on the Lusitania died including 128 Americans‚ and that is one reason why the U.S. took part in the war. The alliance system was another cause of World War 1. The
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About‚ sixty three years ago on a large naval base in a small state named Hawaii the United States of America was secretly attacked by the Japanese. Today‚ this dramatic event is known as Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor is credited for pushing the United States into World War Two. Usually‚ the American public lacks a detailed knowledge of Pearl Harbor. The Japanese way of life attributed to the way that they attacked the United States. The Japanese felt that rather than surrender they would kill
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warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. The first class passengers were eating lunch so they didn’t hear or feel anything due to being far away from the accident. Most second and third class passengers felt the aftermath of the torpedo. Everyone scattered after seeing water pour into the ship. The life jackets were stored in their rooms. Most people didn’t put the life jackets on correctly so‚ after hitting the water‚ they were useless. Only 6 out of the 22 lifeboats were used before
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Very much practice and dedication of your time can make you such a good bowler that you can make your living being a professional bowler .Ten pins sit at the end of a long‚ slippery‚ wooded alley just waiting for you to launch your ball like a torpedo and crash into them like two cars hitting each other head on at one-hundred ten miles an hour. That’s adrenaline right there. Then‚ to add the competition in with the adrenaline‚ its an unstoppable force once it has you in its grip. To understand
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