Having wasted enormous resources on recapturing Allied prisoners of war (POWs)‚ the Germans move the most determined to a new‚ high-security prisoner of war camp. The commandant‚ Luftwaffe Colonel von Luger‚ tells the senior British officer‚ Group Capt Ramsey‚ "There will be no escapes from this camp." Ramsey replies that it is their duty to try to escape. After several failed escape attempts on the first day‚ the POWs settle into the prison camp. Gestapo and SS agents bring Squadron Leader Roger
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Sputnik Launch Background: Sputnik was a Russian satellite‚ which also happened to be the first satellite to ever make it to space. Sputnik was 285cm long (112inches) it was 58cm (23 inches) in diameter and weighed 83.6kg (184lb). Sputnik circled the earth every 96.2 minutes until early 1958‚ when it had blown up in the atmosphere. Event: The Soviets launched Sputnik on October 5‚ 1957‚ showing the Americans that they were serious about launching a satellite to orbit around the Earth. In addition
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There have been thousands of civilizations recorded throughout history‚ some have sustained‚ others have collapsed. The civilizations that sustained have learned from the ones that have collapsed. They learn not to make the mistakes those that have collapsed have made‚ they improve and adapt. Some use the mistakes of others to make them collapse so they can sustain. By knowing what they need to do to improve‚ they can make sure that they don’t collapse. Civilizations sustain with a social structure
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In the early 1900’s the mandate system was created and it was signed in Germany. The intentions for this system was for the Allies in Germany and Turkish colonist and their pre-Armistice declaration to compromise. Around 1919 there was no ottoman empire that was still existent‚ the Britain and French had the authority of the land for the time remaining. Overall the British owned Iraq‚ Transjordan‚ and Palestine. The French had owned Syria and Lebanon. This soon caused many conflicts throughout the
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Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. (www.history.com) “The assassination set off a chain of events that would lead to the start of World War I barely one month later.” (www.history.com) The war began in 1914 and lasted until 1918. The Allies included Britain‚
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be house mothers * In the late 19th century universities started excepting women – opening jobs: teaching‚ nursing‚ science‚ architecture. * Unequal pay (men and women) * World war 1 = female jobs in manufacturing * Upper class women DID NOT WORK * The majority of women in 1990’s = Domestic servants‚ nurses and teachers * School and Education * Working Class Education * The government started educating working class to reduce crime * School was
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distrust that Joseph Stalin had between Winston Churchill and Harry Truman. The hostile relationship between the countries began when the Soviet Union would not open invade the Eastern part of Europe pushing Germany back and helping out the rest of the allies (Crash Course #39). The Cold War was a time that no one wanted to blink because they were afraid they might miss something important. The biggest hardening that started the war would have to be Capitalism versus Marxism (Communism). It was the biggest
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two front war which is a country fights on both sides at the same time which later comes back to get them at the end of the war because the germans end up getting blamed for the whole war and get a big fine that germany refuses to pay because they did not start the
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The next big failure of the League of Nations was over disarmament. The League had not had any success in this area in the 1920s either‚ but at that stage‚ when the international climate was better‚ it had not seemed to matter as much. In the 1930s however‚ there was increased pressure for the League to do something about disarmament. The Germans had long been angry about the fact that they had been forced to disarm after the First World War while other nations had not done the same. Many countries
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Harry S. Truman (Democratic Party)‚ Thomas E. Dewey (Republican Party)‚ and Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat Party). Harry S. Truman directed his campaign towards 4 groups: laborers‚ farmers‚ Negroes‚ and consumers. Thomas E. Dewey decided the best way to win the election would be to avoid addressing controversial issues‚ and he wasn’t very specific in what he planned on doing as president. Strom Thurmond criticized and opposed Truman’s ideas for civil rights. The election of 1948 was considered a dramatic
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