IN their last spring offensive of 1918, also known as <em>Kaiserschlacht </em>(Kaiser's Battle) or <em>Ludendorf f Offensive, </em>the German Imperial Army poured all its resources, including troops recently freed from the Eastern Front as a result of the Russian capitulation, and came close to achieve its goal of taking Paris in order to force the Western Allies to negotiate advantageous peace terms to Germany before the United States flooded the battlefields with men, equipment and supplies.
On March 21, 1918. the Germans launched four simultaneous offensives along the western Front: Operations <em>Michael, Georgette, Blücher-York</em> and <em>Gneisenau.</em> Their goal was to run over the Allied troops through the extensive use of assault troops leading the attack of the regular troops. Assault troops (<em>Stosstruppen</em> in German) developed special tactics using small numbers of troops in order to infiltrate through the enemy lines, open corridors through the barbed wire and selectively eliminate machine gun nests and snipers. allowing the bulk of the regular troops to easily assault and take the enemy's first lines of defense.
Operation Blücher-York came as close to Paris as the Marne Offensive of 1914, but a worsening lack of supplies and heavy casualties sustained by the Germans prevented them from achieving their main goal of crushing the enemy forces in order to force the Allied powers to negotiate peace in spite of a relatively large gain of territory. By July 18, the Spring Offensive was ordered to an end by the German High Command, and the arrival of a great number of fresh U.S. troops the next month decisively turned the tide of the war on the Allied side.
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Historians have argued that the settlement of the English colonies was
undertaken in a haphazard manner, with little regard to the geography,
climate, peoples, or practical demands of the New World. this is true, the basis for the setelers coming to America was haphazard. They came to America to seek refuge from the Huge restrictions of the British monarchy. When they got here they did nothing but Industrialize start wars and kill Indians. When they first came they brought with them deadly (to the Indians) diseases, and also contracted deadly diseases. That happened for a good decade. After that they continued to go about steeling the land form the Indians and turning it into their land. The made countless treaties and broke almost all of them. Then they fought for independence and won leaving everything in shambles. After that came the great industrialization which drained energy and lively hood out of the geography. Every thing down to the very reason they came was done in a very haphazard way.
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Answer:
A. To emphasize the competitive nature of acquiring weapons.
Explanation:
In his "Inaugural Address" of January 20, 1977, newly elected President Jimmy Carter talked of his aims and plans for his administration. He also talks about "a new beginning" for the nation.
Towards the end of his speech, President Jimmy Carter states, <em>"The world is still engaged in a massive armaments race designed to ensure continuing equivalent strength among potential adversaries. We pledge perseverance and wisdom in our efforts to limit the world's armaments to those necessary for each nation's own domestic safety."</em>
And in the use of the term<em> "race"</em>, while referring to armaments, we can understand that he wants to emphasize the competitive nature of nations acquiring weapons.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.
