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    Just two weeks after D-day the invasions of Normandy, and on the heels of the second New Deal, President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944 signed into effect the Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944, otherwise known as the G.I. Bill. This bill is predominant in American education history for the fact this bill helped returning veteran’s reintegrate into society and garner a higher-education when the job market at the time looked poor at the end of World War II. Politicians at the time feared

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    Medgar Evers

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    During World War II, Evers volunteered for the U.S. Army and participated in the Normandy invasion. In 1952, he joined the National Association for the `Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). As a field worker for the NAACP, Evers traveled through his home state encouraging poor African Americans to register to vote and recruiting them into the civil rights movement. He was instrumental in getting witnesses and evidence for the Emmitt Till murder case, which brought national attention to the plight

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    King Alfred The Great

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    Alfred the Great was born in the royal village of Want age. He was born in the year 846 A.D... He was born into a family that supposedly could trace their roots all the way back to Adam. His father was king Ethelwulf and his mother was Oostburg noble both by birth and nature. He grew up being loved by everybody around him, his family, friends and even all the people. He was more loved by the people than his older brothers. He was well educated by the court. But even though he was well educated he

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    soldiers could also carry it around in their pockets (www.history.amedd/army). As mentioned in the 'United States office of war' newsreel "Soldiers in Normandy got the best medical care science could offer and plasma cheated death in cases of many soldiers" (www.concise.britannica.com). Soldiers received the most modern medical treatments on D-day in Normandy beach and blood transfusion

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    World War II was a war that ended in much tragedy. There were over 60 million casualties. Throughout World War II there was how it started, the Nazi Regime, and some of the major battles. Much of the war was about the Germans bringing together a group of people called the Nazis. They were under the rule of Adolf Hitler. There were two groups fighting against each other: the Axis powers and the Allied powers. The Axis powers consisted of Japan, Italy, and Germany. The Allied powers were Great

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    that they had gotten information for where the Allies were going to invade and diverted all troops and tanks to greece. Right under their noses, the Allies planted information and successfully tricked the Nazis into going to greece when their real invasion was in Sicily with more than 150,000 troops in July 1943. Operation Gunnerside is a great example of the abilities of the Allied operatives. A small group of British trained operatives were tasked to blow up a Nazi controlled heavy water production

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    Viking Raiders Essay

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    Beginning in about A.D. 800, many Scandinavians sailed south from their homelands to seek their fortunes. These seafaring warriors began by raiding coastal sites of the British Isles but soon grew more ambitious. During the next three centuries, they left their mark as traders, pirates and settlers on much of Britain and the European continent. These raiders became known collectively as Norsemen, or “Northmen,” though they are better remembered by another name: Vikings. Most Vikings came from the

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    D-Day: Axis Victory

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    at the start of 1944 with over 40 different countries occupied by the Germans. But at the middle of the year, the Allies launched the biggest amphibious attack in war history. They called it D-Day, 156,000 allied soldiers landed on the beaches of Normandy, France. The attack was a success, and with this came more and more victories and the Allies coming out victorious in the war. But what if it wasn’t a success and why was this series of attacks so important the victory? With the Allies victory

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    Hitler’s Nazi empire spanned across all of Europe from the beginning of World War Two. Hitler’s rise to power was spoiled by the mistakes he made during the war. Being overconfident, he allowed the Allied soldiers in Dunkirk escape from his grasp. He also declared war on the United States. Then, Hitler refused to conduct a tactical retreat from Stalingrad. Thus, Hitler lost world War Two because he underestimated his enemies. Hitler lost World War Two because he underestimated the Allies at Dunkirk

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    General Eisenhower’s proficiency of the critical thinking process evolved throughout the course of World War II. In planning for Operation Torch, Eisenhower failed to assess underlying concerns and understand varying points of view prior to the invasion of North Africa. As the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, Eisenhower applied lessons learned in Africa, as he demonstrated a thorough understanding of inferences and implications of the decisions required of a strategic leader. Eisenhower failed

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