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    Can the bombing of Dresden be justified? Dresden was Germanys 7th largest city at the time of the war. Historically, Dresden had been northern Germany’s cultural centre – a city filled with museums and historic buildings. The Frauenkirche Cathedral was one of the world’s famous buildings. Dresden was also an extremely important industrial area, which was something that the allies really did not want, but before February 1945 Dresden was a peaceful country and there were not any threats from the

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    On April 3rd of 1996 in Lincoln, Montana, Ted Kaczynski was arrested and sent to court. Pleading guilty, Kaczynski was addressed as a “Domestic Terrorist.” Serving four life sentences for transporting, mailing, and use of bombs, and also murder of 3 people, Kaczynski was also added another 30 years after his life sentences, no parole, and barely missed the death penalty. No one ever saw this coming in Kaczynski’s life. From an early age, his parents pushed him for academic success. At the age of

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    The FBI bomb squad retrieved and examined the remaining 4 devices after one had exploded causing no injuries (CNN, 2016). "We have every reason to believe this was an act of terror." Said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio in the news article. (CNN, 2016) This news

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    I choose the quote by Norman McLaren about animation with a segment from Waltz with Bashir starts from 35:50 to 37:31. Like McLaren’s (1995) argument, “animation is not the art of drawings that move, but the art of movements that are drawn” (p.62), Waltz with Bashir is exactly corresponding with McLaren’s opinion. The difference that we could distinguish animation from a drawing is the movement in it. Therefore what we really should look more into an animation are the moves instead of the frames

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    Arthur Harris reliably believed in Douhets theory, he "... believed that bombing may and would by itself somehow destroy the enemy's morale and his can to continue" . Harris was apparently ignorant to the $64000 have an effect on of saturation bombing. Harris believed that there can be no real defense against bombing, "Having got through the bomber are ready to bring such destruction that the state would merely surrender the struggle and sue for peace" . Saturation bombing did not impact the morale

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    This event happened on April 15, 2013 in Boston Massachusetts. Two brothers by the names of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev decided to place two pressure cooker bombs amidst the crowd of marathon runners. Only two seconds apart, the two bombs went off along the finish line on Boylston Street. Leading up to the event there was the conflict in the middle east, which is where both the brothers were born, and they wanted a way to get back at the United

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    Unbroken is a non-fiction book that tells the life story of Louie Zamperini, an Italian from Torrance, California. As a boy, Louie is the town troublemaker until his older brother, Pete, decides it’s time to guide him in the right direction. To do this, Pete makes Louie go out for the track team and personally coaches him. Throughout the years, Louie wins more and more races and eventually qualifies for the Olympics. However, they were unfortunately canceled and Louie signed up for the military as

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    feel bad about it? Thousands of people die each year due to suicide bombing, but not too many people know why they do it. Also, no one really wonders about the past and how suicide bombing started. Someone did not just wake up, and decide to strap bombs to themselves, then detonate them inside a building full of people. This essay will discuss the history of suicide bombing, the training of a bomber, the personality of a suicide bomber, the different motivations behind his or her action, and the way

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    The London Blitz Essay

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    In September of 1940 through May of 1941 there was a strategic bombing attack that was lead by the Germans targeted towards London and other cities located in England, this was known as The Blitz. The Germans aimed the bombs mostly at populated cities, dock yards, and factories.      The bombing on London began on September 7, 1940 and lasted for 57 consecutive nights. During these nights of bombing people took shelter in warehouse basements, and in underground

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    include hand-held detectors, sniffer dogs and sophisticated searching techniques and equipment. Train the force Training of force involves not only the task teams associated with detection and disposal of IED and Suicide Bombs but also the rescue forces who acts during an event of bomb

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