"A hospital alone shows what war is."
This sentence lets the reader be witness of the war cruelty and its consequences regarding human casualties. While being at hospitals you become aware of the war atrocities. It helps us to reflect that any war leads societies to suffering from death and destruction. No matter what the victims' race, sex, origin or religion are, what should be really important is that human beings are being devastated for those acts of cruelty, despotism and barbarism.
"Connotation of words implies a happy time". "And people were anxious to get the lottery started."
This describes that people were anxious about the lottery and met in the square at 10 o'clock. it also describes the weather conditions of the day but does give us a context of it.
They must allow Hitler to believe he has defeated them, and then attack.
They had to reform the Red Army and the Russian air force.
They used camouflage, surprise and misinformation to keep the German army in the dark about their intentions. The retreated Soviets were ordered by Stalin to leave nothing the Germans could use, this was called a scorched-earth policy.
Every fall, the oak tree in the garden sheds <u>its</u> leaves.
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