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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion

... invasion and its origins. Part I: The Invasion and its Origins. of April 1961, started a few days before on April 15th with the bombing of Cuba by what appeared to be defecting Cuban air force pilots. At 6 a.m. in the morning of that Saturday, three Cuban military bases were bombed by B-26 bombers. The airfields at Camp Libertad, San Antonio de los Ba¤os and Antonio Maceo airport at Santiago de Cuba were fired upon. Seven people were killed at Libertad and forty-seven people were killed at other sites on the island. Two of the B- ...

Number of words: 4281 | Number of pages: 16

D-Day

... continent. Although fewer Allied ground troops went ashore on than on the first day of the earlier invasion of Sicily, the invasion of Normandy was in total history's greatest amphibious operation, involving on the first day 5,000 ships, the largest armada ever assembled; 11,000 aircraft (following months of preliminary bombardment); and approximately 154,000 British, Canadian and American soldiers, including 23,000 arriving by parachute and glider. The invasion also involved a long-range deception plan on a scale the world had never before ...

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The Beatles

... his High School). None of the three Beatles were in this band. Paul joined the group in 1957 and Harrison joined in 1958. They played with bass guitarist Sut Sutcliffe, and Pete Best, a drummer. Sutcliffe left in 1961 and Ringo Starr joined the band. Pete Best was asked to leave the band on April 16, 1962. He was considered the Beatles undisputed sex symbol. The Beatles were discovered on November 9, 1961 by Brian Epstein, a manager of a record store in Liverpool as well as an x British Army soldier. The Beatles first two song were ...

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The Battle Of Gettysburg

... before or since on North American soil.Day 1 In June, Robert E. Lee decided to take the war north. He planned to destroy the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, then "turn my attention to Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Washington as may seem best for our interest." After the long march north, Confederate troops were spread from Chambersburg, through Carlisle, and into York. Towns across southern Pennsylvania were being "explored" for much needed supplies to continue the Southern offensive. While looking in Gettysburg, Pettigrew's brigade spotted ...

Number of words: 899 | Number of pages: 4

The Vietnam War

... of untrained farmers. The United States' soldiers had at least a meal to look forward to unlike the Communist Vietnamese soldiers who considered a fine cuisine to be cold rice and, if lucky, rat meat. matched the most technically advanced country with one of the least advanced, and the lesser advanced not only beat but humiliated the strongest military in the world (Aaseng, 111). When the war was finally showing signs of end, the Vietnamese returned to a newly unified communist country while the United Stated soldiers returned to be called ...

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Native Americans

... their culture can never fully recuperate. At the time the United States was settled by Europeans, it was abundantly populated by dozens of separate nations with diverse civilizations and cultures. Like other colonized regions, the indigenous people suffered first from the introduction of diseases that were common in the regions that the settlers were from, to which the Indians had no immunity. It is believed that millions died of smallpox, measles, whooping cough, and influenza. Some estimate that such epidemics were responsible for more than ...

Number of words: 1726 | Number of pages: 7

Korean War 3

... highly publicized inquiries into pro-Communist activity in the United States. The best-known investigator, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, gave his name to an era of intense anticommunism. In 1948 the United States launched the $13 billion Marshall Plan to rebuild Western and Central Europe. When Stalin responded by extending his control over Eastern Europe and threatening the West's position in Germany, Truman helped to create a military alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and to establish an independent West Germany. War erupted ...

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Henry Ford

... to work on the farm, but instead of not doing it he did it while day dreaming of building a machine that would cut work time dramatically. For his birthday at the age of twelve he was given a watch. It was not long after that he started to take it apart, study it, then put it back together. When people noticed how good a job he did on his own watch people gave him theirs to fix. One day when his father approached him and asked Henry why he was doing it for free he said, "Why should I charge when I enjoy doing it so much." He ...

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Musician 2

... voices. They may sing character parts in a musical or perform in their own style. Singers are classified by their vocal range and the type of music they sing. Examples of vocal range would be soprano, alto, or tenor. A singer's style could be jazz, blues, country or pop, just to name a few. Composers are people who write original music for symphonies, popular songs, movies or other users. They turn ideas and feelings into music. Many songwriters compose and edit music using computers. Conductors are musicians who lead orchestras and ban ...

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The Persian Wars

... of the Persian Empire. Persia watched the city-states very carefully. Individuals were appointed to rule each as tyrants; citizens were required to serve in the Persian army and to pay fairly steep taxes. In 500 B.C., Aristagoras, the Persian tyrant of Miletus, proposed to the Persians that they should conquer the Aegean Islands starting with Naxos. The Persians launched the expedition, unaware of the strong defense of Naxos, which was due to the active organization of its democratic system. The Persians failed and Aristagoras, fearing ...

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D-day

... talk about . One of them is , which is a military term used telling the unknown date in the future when an attack will be launched. It is most commonly used for the invasion of Normandy. (1-2) The second term not often herd but, still is used is H-hour. H-hour is the hour that is supposed to start. H-hour for the three Normandy invasion sites were varied, because of weather, as much as eighty-five minutes. (1-3) The third term used is Overload. Which was the code name for the entire Allied plot to invade and free France and Western ...

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The JFK Assassination: Conspiracy Or Single-gunman?

... a conspiracy must have been present. According to the old facts regarding the case of the JFK assassination, Kennedy was killed by a single gunman. On November 22, 1963, at 12:30 p.m. CST (Central Standard Time), Kennedy was riding in an open limousine through Dallas, Texas. At this time, Kennedy was shot in the head and neck by a sniper. He was then taken to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Later, police arrested Lee Harvey Oswald, a former U.S. Marine, at a nearby theater. By the next morning, Oswald was book ...

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