Letter home

Hello family, I hope all has been well in the last six months. I really miss you. I just thought that I'd let you all know that I'm doing ok. I'm not hurt. I will tell you, it's rough out here. I've been assigned to ambulance driver. I've seen a lot of awful things since i've been gone. Things that i'll never forget. Terrible things, that no matter what I do, will scar my brain till the day I die. It's a scary place. I've had to drive my bleeding out friends to the base, i've had to frantically escape a bombing in an ambulance with as many people as we could pack in. I nearly got crushed by a collapsing wall. You never know what to expect out here. You must be on your toes at all times or you will get hurt. I've been praying every night. Sometimes a couple times throughout the day. I'm always thinking about you guys. Everything reminds me of you guys. I just cant stop. Soon enough though. I'll be walking through that front door of ours as if I just attended a business trip. I love you guys. I'll see you soon. Take care

Causes of WW1

One of the main causes of World War 1, was mutual defense alliances. If a country was attacked, their allies would step in and help them out. These alliances included Russia and Serbia, Germany and Austria- Hungary, France and Russia, Britain, France, and Russia and Japan and Britain.
Another major cause of WW1 was Imperialism. The increasing competition for greater empires led to an increase in confrontation which eventually pushed the world into World War 1. ANother great cause of WW1 would be Militarism. All countries were constantly battling to have a better, stronger military. This as well led the world into WW1. Nationalism also played a huge role in starting WW1. Countries were always battling on which country is better. The immediate cause of World War 1 was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. This assassination led to Austria- Hungary declaring war on Serbia. When Russia began to mobilize due to its alliance with Serbia, Germany declared war on Russia. This is how World War 1 started. The Zimmerman note declared that we as a country would start submarine warfare on Fe 1st

T.E. Lawrence

Rickey Havern

Us history

T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence

T.E. Lawrence was a British archeological scholar, adventurist, military strategist and was the writer of “ The Seven Pillars of Wisdom”. T.E. Lawrence was born in 1888, and lived till 1935. Many people over the years have attempted to discredit his accomplishments, but his legend has remained very strong.

T.E. Lawrence was better known as “ The Lawrence of Arabia”. He achieved this name by the astonishing role he played in helping the Arabs against the Turks in World War One. By the age of 31, Lawrence was an international celebrity. Sadly his life came to an abrupt stop when he fatally crashed his motorcycle in 1935 at the age of 46.

T.E. Lawrence became an extremely influential figure in the Arab forces. In particular his Guerrilla warfare proved successful in undermining Germany’s ottoman ally. Lawrence was injured several times during his campaigns. He suffered many bullet and shrapnel wounds.

In 1917 Lawrence took the port of Akaba and led his Arab forces to the dessert, distracting the Turks when the British army began its invasion of Palestine and Syria. Lawrence acquired the knowledge of the language and the customs of the Arab people. Soon after the outbreak of WW1, Lawrence was assigned to intelligence as an Arabian expert. in 1916, Lawrence joined forces with Arabian Sheik Feisal al Husayn. In "Seven Pillars", (a book written by Lawrence", he describes his first meeting with Feisal." I felt at first glance that this was the man I came to Arabia to seek- The leader who would bring the full arab revolt to a full glory. Feisal looked very tall and pillar like, very slender, in his long white silk robe and his brown head cloth… His eyelids were dropped; and his black beard and colorless face were like a mask against the strange, still watchfulness of his body…
In 1916, Lawrence was captured and subjected to beatings and homosexual rape by the Turkish Governor of Daraa. Though he escaped, he was shattered by the experience.
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