during World War One. Germany was left in a bitter position and gave them a desire for dictatorship. One of the most controversial battles was the firebombing of Dresden. On February 13-14‚ 1945 the British Royal Air Force gave the final authorization to commence what was known as the attack towards Germany’s “Florence of Elbe” (DW.DE). The presence of rail yards and important hubs made an ideal target for the Allies to attack the city. The strategic and industrial base for Germany needed to be destroyed
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Fighting Fascism: J.F.K.’s Speech to the Citizens of West Berlin On June 26‚ 1963‚ shortly after visiting the Berlin Wall‚ former President‚ John Fitzgerald Kennedy gave a speech to the citizens of West Berlin. The speech‚ titled “Ich bin ein Berliner”‚ was meant to ensure the citizens that he and the United States stand in solidarity with them in combating the communism that had imprisoned them‚ and in a sense‚ their democratic political system. Throughout the entire speech‚ Kennedy remains sympathetic
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Germany had just lost the war and was being blamed for everything. They needed a strong‚ powerful leader. That’s when Hitler came into the picture. Adolf Hitler became Germany’s dictator for over 10 years‚ broke the Treaty of Versailles multiple times‚ and caused the deaths of millions of poor and innocent people during the Holocaust. War conquest is what Adolf Hitler was aiming to do. He started war with Europe and then proceeded to majority of the world‚ leading to the most aggressive war of all
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The West Memphis Three Trial is a Trial that involved three eight year old boys that were murder. These boys names were Christopher Byers‚ Stevie Branch‚ and Michael Moore. The murders of the three boys are suspected to be by three teenage boys. The suspected teens that supposedly committed the murders were Damien Echols‚ Jason Baldwin‚ and Jessie Misskelley. All three of these boys fit the description of who murdered the three boys.(1) Later the three teenaged boys were arrested by police for murdering
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dominance becomes most nations initial motivation. After the first World War‚ countries were abandoned‚ hopeless‚ and in need to reshape. Instead‚ a result of fear‚ desperation‚ and desire to rule over other nations became many countries obligation. Germany and Italy suffered the most from the first World War and the new selected leaders of these two cultures started a new trend. Hitler and Mussolini both used fascism to rise in power‚ Hitler succeeded for a longer period of time. Thus‚ creating a Second
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Nazi Germany was resplendent with many forms of propaganda that were vivid to all German audiences including films‚ music‚ radio and newspapers. As the minister of propaganda‚ Joseph Goebbels believed in the power of film as a form of Anti-Jewish propaganda‚ which could assist in growing popular support. Moreover‚ propaganda films were used to exclude Jews but also other groups such as homosexuals‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses and gypsies. In the Nazi era‚ Germany was at the cutting edge of movie production
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Effects of The Cold War on Germany When looking at the Cold War most everyone begins to think about the United States and the Soviet Union. Even though these were the major countries that brought it up there are also other countries that people sometimes leave out of the picture. Take Germany for example during the Cold War period Germany was dealing with positive and negative effects that it was producing. The negative effects can be seen in the division of Germany itself and the construction
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allies forced the Germans to pay unfair war damages. Inflation made money almost worthless. People became desperate. Adolf Hitler gained favor with the German people by telling them of a glorified image of Germany and he gave them an excuse for loosing the war. He told them that the Jews stabbed Germany in the back. He said that it was all the Jews fault for World War I. The Holocaust took place in World War II. Its killed millions jews‚ gypsy‚ disable‚ polish‚ the ill‚ and ect. It was an effort by Adolph
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Between June and December in 1941‚ German judgement inhibited achievement in Operational Barbarossa. Strategic indecision in a wider and more specific context was exacerbated by climatic conditions and a widening rift between the reality and the theory of the battle. The Blitzkrieg strategy that had defined German military capacity was inapplicable to the Russian situation in several contexts. Blitzkrieg was intended to avoid stagnant trench and linear warfare‚ it was intended to prevent enemy
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Genocide Paper I personally think genocide is wrong in every way you can think of. Why would anyone want to deliberately kill a group of people based on race or ethnicity? There have been much genocide to take place around the world‚ but some are better known than others. Some people have different theories on why genocide takes place. I think that genocide occurs for a couple reasons. The leaders of the genocide may feel that the group they are eliminating could be a potential threat somehow.
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