Essays Tagged: "Ammunition"

International Business -India.

l in return. This economy hurt India. The people there wanted a revolution. They had no army and no ammunition to fight a war. A man by the name of Mahatma Gandhi started a peaceful revolution. It was ...

(6 pages) 367 0 4.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Australian history.

introducing conscription and censorship. They deprived Australians at home food and soldiers at war ammunition and rations. The term meant by 'Total War' is that not just the people involved in the ac ... 7.3.3). Kokoda was from a soldier's point of view as 'hard work'. 'The troops were outnumbered also ammunitions and food rations were very low with hard biscuits tin bully beef and chocolate rations' ...

(6 pages) 80 2 2.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

"Okinawa" is a research paper from a persoanl interview about a true WWII story.

nt ships, the S.S. Hobbs Victory and the S.S. Logans Victory were sunk while delivering much needed ammunition to the ground troops on the island of Okinawa. The Battle of Okinawa had begun only six d ... the Hobbs Victory this put him 3rd in command on the large vessel which was carrying 6,000 tons of ammunition. This single day had a great impact on Edwards's life and on the battle of Okinawa.On the ...

(3 pages) 35 1 4.5 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

American Slang Collection.

MEANING: after studying all night.ammoThe gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.MEANING: ammunitionantifreezeI really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.MEANING: liquorarmpit ...

(11 pages) 80 0 2.6 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Conditions on the Western Front during world war one. Why did Haig decide to fight in the Somme?

d were underground shelters in the sides of trenches where soldiers were given a plank to sleep on. Ammunition stores, field hospitals and artillery posts were further back, behind the system of trenc ... he perfect opportunity to prepare for the advancement by bringing in reserve troops and supplies of ammunition. As the Germans knew the plans, they were able to pull back their soldiers from the front ...

(22 pages) 55 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

The message of non-violence in Lest Innocent Blood be Shed by Philip Hallie.

affected by this meeting and when he was sent as a young soldier to Morocco he carried no weapon or ammunition (2). Although his stance was clear, the manner by which he executed his stance had yet to ...

(2 pages) 22 0 3.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The long march - chinese history

jiangxi soviet, planned by Otto Braun. Otto Braun's plan was to bring lots and lots of weapons and ammunition, and March in a straight line. He tactics were proven wrong in the first six weeks becaus ...

(1 pages) 40 0 3.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Outline in detail the role and impact of three organisations that women were heavily involved in during world war one.

dren and tend a home. In World War One, women played a vital role in keeping soldiers equipped with ammunition and in many senses they kept the nation moving through their help in manning the transpor ... ome form of political representation.Women found employment in transport, nursing, factories making ammunition, the Women's Royal Air Force where they worked on planes as mechanics, on farms in the Wo ...

(4 pages) 59 0 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Australian History

The Costs Of War

mission requirements, but many soldiers given the option of carrying less rations versus have extra ammunition. The average soldiers would elect the extra ammunition. Despite this fact food is still a ...

(3 pages) 39 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Swiss Family Robinson. How technology has made us lazy and un self-sufficient

. Those guns were called flintlocks, meaning they only sparked some gun powder to set them off. The ammunition for these guns was small steel pellets that were not terribly powerful. Flintlocks also t ...

(6 pages) 21 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Erwin Rommel Bio.

ron Cross Second Class for bravery in the field when he was injured in the leg after running out of ammunition and then attacked three French soldiers in the woods. But his first great strategic trium ...

(6 pages) 47 1 2.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Things They Carried

r. We are constantly told of the things they are carrying in their fight. There are descriptions of ammunition, guns, candy, cigarettes and many other items that are used daily. We are exposed to the ...

(3 pages) 104 0 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

When did the Germans lose the 1939 -45 War

tor, Lister generator, Lewis Gun (WW 1 light machine-gun) and each with a rifle and fifty rounds of ammunition. We waited while the news got worse and worse and the evacuation of the B.E.F. from Dunki ...

(30 pages) 63 0 0.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The battle of lexington

e for a couple of years prior to the French and Indian war. The colonists were storing their ammunition at Concord and in other places in the colony as well. They were also storing cannons, gun ... vernor of Boston at the time. He was going to send about seven hundred troops to Concord to get the ammunition so the militia would not be able to use it. The colonists needed a way to be alert ...

(3 pages) 30 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Assualt Weapons Ban Expires

nton signed the bill into law in 1994, and banned the sale of 19 specific semiautomatic weapons and ammunition clips of ten rounds or more. At that time, former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, a ... st noticeable changes in the market will be the ability for manufacturers to market higher capacity ammunition magazines. The ten round limit is now gone, so the companies can bring the prices down an ...

(3 pages) 23 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Assault Weapons Ban Expires

nton signed the bill into law in 1994, and banned the sale of 19 specific semiautomatic weapons and ammunition clips of ten rounds or more. At that time, former Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, a ... st noticeable changes in the market will be the ability for manufacturers to market higher capacity ammunition magazines. The ten round limit is now gone, so the companies can bring the prices down an ...

(3 pages) 15 0 3.7 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The American Revolution was more sucessful than the British and French Revolution.

national way, and had small amount weapons that were handmade by the individual and low amounts of ammunition and gun powder. In the short term, the war was fought in a very different way than ...

(2 pages) 46 0 3.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Sepoy Mutiny

t Muslims believe that the pig is a filthy beast. Inevitably, some of the Sepoys refused to use the ammunition, and as a consequence were shackled in chains and imprisoned. Incensed by this move their ...

(1 pages) 21 1 2.5 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Civil War Generals.

er strategy made by the north was to stop all imports to their enemy so they couldn't have a lot of ammunition or supplies. General Lee, however, wanted to conserve his troops and make sure that the l ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Gun control.

e dream. Guns, in their basic form, are not very complex. Anyone with basic tools can make them and ammunition for them. Moreover, roughly 500 million functional firearms already exist. Guns, properly ...

(2 pages) 80 2 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Gun and Weapon Control