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Offline PolandsLeftTesticle

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« on: August 19, 2006, 01:01:06 AM »
I got a little project I gotta do for World History, mainly involving reading a (auto)biography about someone who influenced the outcome of some historical event. I figured I should go with someone out of WWII. Are there any (auto)biographies about someone in Big Red One or the 101st Airborne?
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« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2006, 01:13:35 AM »
You should do it on King Leonidas.
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« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2006, 01:47:55 AM »
These are more known people... but you could do one hell of a report on any of them, as there is a lot more information out there.  I never slacked off in history, I went all out :D

Book:
Mein Kampf
People:
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Charles DeGaulle
George S. Patton
Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov
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« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2006, 01:50:28 AM »
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You should do it on King Leonidas.


It's interesting, but I need a 100-page min. biography to read and then a five-page essay to write. And I'd rather do something more modern 1700's--today.
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« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2006, 01:53:00 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2006, 01:54:47 AM »
Jey-zus. All right, now I just have to figure out which one of these guys I find interesting and I'm good to go.
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« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2006, 02:01:04 AM »
You'll probably get a good grade if you pick someone a bit less known... Your teacher has probably read hundreds of reports on Eisenhower, Patton, Montgomery, etc.

Here's one for you, guarantee there are biographies... Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, who was the force commander at the Battle of Midway, which was "instrumental in the U.S. Navy winning an important victory that turned the tide in the war against Japan".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spruance
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« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2006, 02:01:45 AM »
Oh man, WWII is so tired. If I was your teacher and I saw a fifteen year old turn a paper in on, say, the Battle of the Falklands, or maybe the Seven Days War (that's a badass war) or perhaps the French/Indian War, that'd be something. Everybody in your class is going to turn a paper on WWII in. Honest.
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« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2006, 02:25:09 AM »
You could do an amazing paper on the Crusades.  That would be impressive.
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« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2006, 07:26:55 AM »
I will sell you a paper on Hitler. Seriously though, do him. Everyone pulls the heroes on those kind of things, go with an anti-hero, Stalin is also a good pick. Mein Kampf is freaking scary as shit, but it is neat to get into the mind of a crazy person :P.
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« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2006, 07:34:04 AM »
I'm going to write a book,
meine Scheiße.  :D  

Yeah, anti-hero would be cool...  If you stick to WWII you could also do conspriacies.  Hell, that'd be a good 10 page paper on Pearl Harbor alone.
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« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2006, 08:12:32 AM »
Joseph Stalin
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« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2006, 11:48:02 AM »
you can try these people
maximilien robespierre
arial sharon
mao zedong
Ho Chi Minh
Charles de Gaulle
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« Reply #13 on: August 19, 2006, 11:50:40 AM »
Stalin... lol jk... :twisted:
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« Reply #14 on: August 19, 2006, 12:28:18 PM »
I wonder if there is enough credible information out there to write a paper on Vasilli Zaitsev..
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