In the final days of the Second World War, on Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Despite U.S. claims to the contrary, these actions were neither justified nor decisive in Japan's surrender. ... The First World War, “the war to end all wars” ended in 1918.
The Storming of the Bastille<span> (</span>French<span>: </span>Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]<span>) occurred in </span>Paris<span>, </span>France<span>, on the afternoon of 14 July 1789. The medieval </span>fortress<span>, </span>armory<span>, and </span>political prison<span> in Paris known as the </span>Bastille<span> represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuses of power; its fall was the </span>flashpoint<span> of the </span>French Revolution<span>.</span>
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was the only slave on the expedition York
was chosen as co-commander of the expedition. Lewis
President Thomas Jefferson chose to lead the expedition. Meriwether Lewis
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The clause “that which was the most sad and lamentable” is build upon the idea of the chapter title “The Starving Time” because one of the reasons why half the population died was because they were starving for not just food but basic comforts like shelter and warmth.
Bradford is referring to the death of half of the pilgrims due to winter, starvation, and diseases.
The mood of the chapter is somber and tragic which is in direct contrast to the energetic mood at the start of Chapter 9. Chapter 9 starts with “In sundry of these storms, the winds were so fierce...but were forced to hull for divers days together”. Although in both the instances they are struggling and refuse to give up, the mood in the latter is less hopeful.
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The Russo-Georgian War was a war between Georgia, Russia and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The war took place in August 2008 following a period of worsening relations between Russia and Georgia, both formerly constituent republics of the Soviet Union.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Georgia
