Up to the end of 1942 Germany was usually successful on the Battlefield and was generally advancing. From the beginning of 1943 Germany was usually unsuccessful and was generally retreating. Explain why this change happened.

Up to the end of 1942 Germany was usually successful on the Battlefield and was generally advancing. From the beginning of 1943 Germany was usually unsuccessful and was generally retreating. Explain why this change happened. In the years 1939 to 1942 Hitler was the supreme power in the world. He had conquered virtually all of Eastern Europe and looked like he was about to do the same to Russia. Hitler had everything that he wanted, while making very few mistakes. Then at the very end of 1942 Hitler started to make bigger mistakes, and his older ones started to catch up with him. Germany had some very good tactics in 1939 - 1942, and she used them very effectively. Germany also had had at least three more years than anyone else had in the world to rearm; this was a huge advantage in the course of things. Another reason that Germany had such a big success was because it had the advantage of surprise in some places and in others just superior tactics and a better-armed army. There was a distinct change in the way that Germany went about the war, at the end of 1942 and the beginning of 1943. After 1942 Germany started to falter. The huge war machine that had taken over Europe and Northern Africa started to run down. In 1943 the Allies had finally realised what Germanys Blitzkrieg tactics were and had found out how to counter them. Also the Allies had then improved all of

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  • Level: AS and A Level
  • Subject: History
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Document Analysis of The Beveridge Report The Beveridge report was a very radical change in British social policy in 1942. The fact that this policy was written in the middle of the Second World War

Document Analysis of The Beveridge Report The Beveridge report was a very radical change in British social policy in 1942. The fact that this policy was written in the middle of the Second World War was an extremely important factor as it addressed a great deal of issues directly affecting the British population in a very difficult time in its history and William Beveridge knew that it was an opportunity to make good from something so bad. William Beveridge was said to have wrote this report for all British citizens 'from the cradle to the grave'.1 The report tackled some very important issues of the day, such as a flat rate of subsistence benefit which meant no matter what any one person may earn, if their employment is interrupted for any reason they would all receive the same amount of benefits from the state. The next provision of the social security reforms meant that all employees irrespective of their means would make the amount of contributions to the state in taxes. These were seen as very radical reforms at the time, but however government believed this was the only was forward in reforming social security. Other provisions of the new social security policy were, adequacy of benefit, comprehensiveness, marriage needs, divorce, and an unmarried person living as a wife. William Beveridge also stated in his report that all of these provisions would be set out on

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  • Level: University Degree
  • Subject: Social studies
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The first story to be discussed is called "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" written by James Thurber in 1942.

English Essay Compare these stories, examining how the writers convey the theme of escapism. Consider why this them might appeal to readers at the time of the writing. The first story to be discussed is called "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" written by James Thurber in 1942. This story is set in America in the 1940's around the time of the Second World War. The story follows the life of an American couple, Walter Mitty, who frequently slips in and out of a fantasy world, and his wife. Walter's pastimes and interests consist of his fantasies. He is interested in the excitement that is usually found in movies. The second story "The Poor Relation's Story" was written by Charles Dickens in 1852. The story was set at Christmas time with a family having gathered for Christmas dinner. Stories were told around the fire. The first story was told by Michael, the 'poor relation'. He slips into a fantasy world a few times in the process of telling his story, Michael's pastimes include walks in the parks and admiring monuments, this was often in the company of 'Little Frank'. It would seem to me that Walter Mitty is of similar age to Michael, who we are told is 59. "That I am at present a bachelor of between fifty-nine and sixty years of age. Of Walter Mitty: 'You're not a young man any longer'. Walter Mitty is a middle class citizen of North America in the 1940's whereas

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Carry out an experiment on participants to investigate proactive interference on memory recall, using McGeoch's 1942 study as the basic format of the experiment. McGeoch's research showed that proactive interference

TITLE An experiment to investigate proactive memory recall in two conditions, the second being a repeat of half the words in the first condition with new words to remember. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Number: Abstract 2 Introduction 3 Aim 4 Null & Alternative Hypotheses 4 Method 5 Results 8 Discussion 10 Conclusion & References 11 Appendix 12 - Brief 12 2- Debrief 12 3- Stimuli sheet for condition 1 13 4- Stimuli sheet for condition 2 13 5- Participant consent form 14 6- Data Table 15 7- Raw Data 16 ABSTRACT The background theory based on research by McGeoch in 1942 which supported proactive interference, the experiment involved two conditions with independent measures, one group had a rest period, one had to learn word list A. then both conditions were given list B to learn, and asked to recall list B. the results showed better accuracy and more correctly recalled words in the first condition, the controlled group. And in the second condition, the experimental group, proactive interference occurred as list A, caused them to forget and make mistakes in list B. The aim of this study is to carry out an experiment to investigate proactive interference on memory recall. The alternative hypothesis is that proactive interference will have a negative effect on memory recall of the word lists, and the null

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  • Subject: Psychology
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Composition with red, yellow and blue, composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942 possesses a sense of simplicity whilst simultaneously comprises of complexity.

Composition with Red, Yellow and Blue. Composition with red, yellow and blue, composed by Piet Mondrian from 1937-1942 possesses a sense of simplicity whilst simultaneously comprises of complexity. Mondrian has used oil on canvas as his materials and has created the artwork to a size of 72.7 cm by 69.2 cm. Composition with red, yellow and blue is currently located at the Tate Gallery. Piet Mondrian was Dutch but spent most of his time in Holland and Paris. The art movement that Composition with red, yellow and blue was created in was Surrealism. Piet Mondrian was associated with the mystique that an artwork could attain. He joined the Theosophical Society in 1909, and hence forward began to produce works, which had an abstract sense and another meaning to them. When Mondrian went to Paris - his inspiration - the Cubists, Mondrian viewed the work there in 1911-1913. After returning to Holland in 1914, Mondrian was fascinated by abstract paintings. With the war outbreak in Holland, Mondrian was forced to stay in Holland, where in 1916-1917, he helped form the Neo-Plasticism movement. Neo-plasticism impacted and brought out the best in a number of people, where it broke down the forms of nature, reducing the form to a pure, abstract design. In the painting, Composition with red, yellow and blue, the overall image somewhat resembles a grid, where two squares have been

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  • Subject: Art
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You would never expect to find the same kinds of characters in Flare Path (1942) as in Charlotte Gray (1996). The public at the time wanted very different things. Discuss

“Although the texts are set at the same time and share some thematic similarities, you would never expect to find the same kinds of characters in Flare Path (1942) as in Charlotte Gray (1996). The public at the time wanted very different things.” With reference to two characters (one from each text) discuss the extent to which you agree with this view. “Charlotte Gray” and “Flare Path” share the same context of WWII however, “Flare Path” was written for the war time audience whilst “Charlotte Gray” was written 50 years after the war for an audience who were greatly relaxed towards the war. Charlotte and Patricia are two characters with similar contexts however as the public was different there are contrasts between them and what they stood for as well as conforming to gender inequality differently. Despite the different public there are similarities such as the fact that they both have selfish motives and the main purpose is love. Moreover, the public has means different ideas are portrayed through the different texts in order to fulfil the desire of the audience and make sure that they witness what they want. “Flare Path” was a play written for an audience during WWII which meant that they were experiencing the war first hand and the morale was very low. However, “Charlotte Gray” was for an audience who were far from times of the war and

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  • Subject: English
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Up to about the end of 1942 Germany was usually successful on the battlefield and was generally advancing. From the beginning of 1943 Germany was usually unsuccessful on the battlefield and was generally retreating. Explain why this change happened.

Up to about the end of 1942 Germany was usually successful on the battlefield and was generally advancing. From the beginning of 1943 Germany was usually unsuccessful on the battlefield and was generally retreating. Explain why this change happened. During the start of World War II in September 1939, up until the end of 1942, Germany was generally successful on the battlefield and usually advancing. Reasons for this success include the fact that Germany was better prepared due to re-armament and introducing conscription in 1935, before the Allies. Due to Germany's sheer hatred of the Treaty Of Versailles, they became psychologically prepared for war, where as Britain and France were putting of the idea of war by following appeasement. Britain and France were wary of each other in the early stages, so that made them uncoordinated in their opposition and made them easier targets fighting as individuals and not together. Also Germany hade better tactics, the use of blitzkrieg or 'lightning War' smashed the enemy's defences with a sudden, combined attack of aircraft, tanks and infantry, destroying air forces, railways, factories and power stations. It was so successful because, countries like Poland, with the speed in which they attacked, without their air force or communications she could not defend herself. Defeats of the allies, such as France, left the people completely and

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The play 'The Long, The Short and the Tall', is set in the Malayan Jungle in 1942, it is a War - Drama. The play is about an inexperienced patrol of British soldiers

LST GCSE Coursework English Literature Does war bring out the best and the worst in men? The play 'The Long, The Short and the Tall', is set in the Malayan Jungle in 1942, it is a War - Drama. The play is about an inexperienced patrol of British soldiers who are cut off from their base camp in the Malayan jungle by a Japanese military force. Whilst in the jungle they find a hut where they decide to rest, but a Japanese soldier stumbles upon the hut and is captured and made a POW (Prisoner of War) by the group of British soldiers. The British need to get back to base camp with the soldier but with the advancing Japanese Sergeant Mitchem has a dilemma. As I mentioned before Sergeant Mitchem has a dilemma, he has to decide whether or not to kill the Japanese soldier they have captured. If he kills the POW the he has gone against the Geneva Convention which states that an unarmed captured soldier must not be harmed, if he decides to do this he will commit a war - crime. On the other hand if he decides to take the soldier with him, then with the Japanese surrounding them, he could escape or call out to his platoon and endanger the lives of the patrol, something that Sergeant Mitchem will not do. In the play, there are six members of the patrol, one of which is Private Bamforth. He has a very bad attitude to authority and bullies the other members of the patrol. An example of

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Muhammad Ali. On January 17, 1942 - at about six thirty p.m. - the biggest sporting legend of the twentieth century was born in Louisville, Kentucky.

Muhammad Ali On January 17, 1942 - at about six thirty p.m. - the biggest sporting legend of the twentieth century was born in Louisville, Kentucky. When Odessa Clay and her husband Cassius Marcellus looked proudly at their tiny son on this winter day in Louisville they didn't dare to dream that the six and one half pound human being they held in their arms would one day be the heavyweight champion and one of the most popular men of the world. At a closer look, one can date the first boxing activity of Cassius Marcellus junior to the same year. His mother used to tell people that his first K.o.-punch was aimed at her face when the six-month-old infant hit her so hard that she had to have two teeth pulled out. Cassius grew up in West End Louisville, a black area, together with his younger brother Rudolph who later changed his name into Rahaman. Their father painted religious and commercial plates while Odessa Clay worked as a cleaning woman and cook in white upper-class families. Although the Clays were not wealthy, young Cassius and Rudolph always had something to eat and to wear. Contrary to most of his later foes, Ali had a carefree childhood. At the age of twelve, Cassius got into boxing rather by chance. His new Schwinn bike had been stolen and this way he met police officer Joe Martin who besides ran a boxing gym. The furious lad told Martin that he would whip

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  • Subject: Religious Studies & Philosophy
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What is the Significance of the prisoner in'The Long The Short and The Tall?" "The Long the Short and the Tall" is a play set in the Second World War, 1942, in the humid Malayan tropical jungle.

What is the Significance of the prisoner in 'The Long The Short and The Tall?" "The Long the Short and the Tall" is a play set in the Second World War, 1942, in the humid Malayan tropical jungle. Most of the action takes place in a small, wooden hut, where a British Patrol, consisting of one sergeant, two corporals and four privates, who have been cut off from their base camp because of advancing Japanese soldiers, are trying to make contact with base, which is fifteen miles away, using a radio transmitter/ receiver. A Japanese soldier, who has slipped away from his platoon for a cigarette becomes interested in the hut after seeing the radio transmitter/receiver on the table through the glassless window. As the Japanese soldier advances towards the entrance to the hut, the British Patrol inside prepare to attack him as soon as he walks in. As the soldier marches in, he is pounced on by Johnstone, who restrains him and turns the Japanese soldier into a P.O.W. The British Patrol, have the option of killing the non-English speaking soldier or taking him back with them to base as he could give information about the enemy when interrogated. This is where the resources of the British Patrol are tested as some want to give the Japanese soldier his human rights and follow the laws of the Geneva Convention but others want to break these laws and kill the soldier in cold blood, as

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  • Subject: English
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