The Atomic Bombing Of Hiroshima And Nagasaki
.... 10-14). Roosevelt authorized
scientists to find out if an atomic bomb could be built. On December 2,
1942, scientists working in a secret laboratory under the bleachers of a
football field in Chicago achieved the first man-made nuclear reaction. An
atomic bomb could now be developed. Many scientists and other skilled
workers participated in the making of the first atomic bomb. However, only
few knew what they were making. In 1944, after D-Day, the Alsos (a troop
sent to find how far the Germans .....
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Germany's Role In World War One
.... and Germany's quest for power all contributed
to the firing of the ultimate war engine.
Considering that Austria-Hungary was responding in a retaliatory way, she
nevertheless was a significant factor in ensuring that war was inevitable.
On June 28, 1914, a Serbian terrorist group killed Archduke Francis
Ferdinand, future ruler of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophia while
visiting Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina which was a
former Serbian state recently annexed by Austria-Hungary. Grav .....
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The Influence Of The French Revolution On Romanticism
.... was divided into privileged and
unprivileged classes, (Leinward 452) with Eighteenth- century writers
focusing on the lives of the upper class. (Thompson 857) These writers
followed "formal rules"(Thorlby 282), and based their works on scientific
observations and logic (Thompson 895).
The Revolution gave the common people and writers more freedom to
express feelings and stimulated them to use reason. According to Thompson,
The Revolution "had a major impact on Nineteenth- Century European .....
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The Nazis And Their Rise To Power And Downfall
.... and younger then the Old
Fighters, who had been the backbone of the party during its first decade.
The Nazis now presented themselves as the party of the young, the strong,
and the pure, in opposition to an establishment populated by the elderly,
the weak, and the dissolute.
Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy,
he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to
Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy
of .....
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The Egyptian And Mesopotamian Empires
.... Egyptian history, up
to the conquest of Alexander the Great, into Old, Middle, and New kingdoms
with intermediate periods , followed by the late and Ptolemaic periods, but
chronology and genealogy are continually being refined in light of new
evidence and by the use of increasingly sophisticated dating techniques.
Some 60,000 years ago the Nile River began its yearly inundation of
the land along the banks, leaving behind silt ( a very rich deposit of dirt
left from over flooding. Areas close to the floodp .....
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The Five Institutions Of The Middle Ages
.... of safety among the upper class. The feudal system involved
the granting of land or a fief by a lord to his vassal. The lords and
vassals were exclusively the very wealthy and powerful with the king as the
highest lord and the knight as the lowest vassal. The main purpose of the
feudal system was to provide fighting men who could ensure protection.
Feudalism was the first emergence of organized government in the Dark Ages.
Charlemagne was a born leader and a talented general, but also a
man so conv .....
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The Greeks' Contribution To Western Civilization
.... Slavery in Athens was based on war or debts owed. Even though
slavery is not permitted now it used to be. It was then based on race,
which was totally unfair to the African Americans. This is just one
country effected by Greek democracy.
Many great philosophers that influenced European philosophers were
from Greece. One example is Socrates. Socrates was one of the strongest
critics of the Sophists. One reason is because he believed that definite
standards did exist for truth and justice. Howeve .....
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The Nuclear Arms Race
.... Russia agreed to withdraw the missiles placed
in Cuba, fearing U.S. retaliation.
In order to better understand the Arms Race, a brief history must
be given. The Arms Race probably began in August of 1949, when Russia
detonated its own nuclear weapon, thus ending the U.S. monopoly. In
response, president Truman ordered the development of the hydrogen bomb in
January of 1950. However, the Soviet Union made the first H-bomb in August
of 1953. Then, the race escalated when the Inter-Continental Ballist .....
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The Use Of Planes And Tanks In WWI
.... would
shoot his enemy and take the enemy down but he would also take himself down
by shooting off his propeller.
Garros invention was a good idea, but it still needed to be
perfected. Anthony Fokkers was the person who would improve this invention.
Anthony perfected Garros system of firing through the arc of the propeller.
In less than forty-eight hours, the Dutch aeronautical engineer and
manufacturer of that great line of German fighter planes improved
considerably on Garros Invention. Now that .....
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Trench Warfare On The Western Front
.... of a trench
was to be captured, the “zig-zag” prevented enemy soldiers from firing down
the length of the trench. Despite it's name, “front-line trenches” were
not the most forward defensive position. Narrow passages called “saps”
were dug at 90º to the main trench and were on average 30 yards long.
These saps led to isolated positions only large enough for two men and were
designed to listen for enemy movement. The sounds of shovels and picks
underground were listened for extremely closely because .....
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The Roman Legions
.... armies. Most victors
killed or, if they were lucky, enslaved the entire city they conquered.
Sometimes, the Legions even allowed the conquered enemies to keep their
original government, provided they give Rome ships or soldiers to help them
win the war. The Legionaries gave some foes partial rights or possibly
even allowed them to regain citizenship.
The Legions setup well designed fortresses or marching camps to
keep enemies from easily gaining an advantage on them when in combat. The
whole army .....
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World Wars Of The 20th Century
.... to 2,600,000 and in 1918 the American Army in France numbered
1,200,000. It was the addition of troops from the United States that made
it possible to defeat German forces numbering about 2.5 million.
Army organization for all the belligerents remained the same as it had been
throughout the 19th century. They all had similar infantry and cavalry
divisions, artillery brigades, engineering companies, supply units, and
medical units.
The advances in technology that had been made since the American Civil Wa .....
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Hitler, Nazis, And The National Socialist German Workers' Party
.... and younger then the Old
Fighters, who had been the backbone of the party during its first decade.
The Nazis now presented themselves as the party of the young, the strong,
and the pure, in opposition to an establishment populated by the elderly,
the weak, and the dissolute.
Hitler was born in a small town in Austria in 1889. As a young boy,
he showed little ambition. After dropping out of high school, he moved to
Vienna to study art, but he was denied the chance to join Vienna academy
of .....
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Megellan's Voyage
.... it began
to get colder and colder, for they were moving south. The ships were in
terrible shape, and some attempted mutinies even occured. The Santiago,
which was set out on a different route, sank, and with it the crew and many
provisions. They finally arrived at Puerto San Julian, where, according to
Winchester, they found "patagones" which means big feet. They captured
several "patagones" and named the land Patagonia. On October 21, 1520,
Magellan finally sighted Cabo Virjenes, the eastern end of the .....
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The Hundred Years War
.... was the grandson of Philip IV. An assembly of French
notables was brought together to form the first royal election since 987.
Philip of Valois was chosen as King Philip VI. The French overlooked
Edward the III for three reasons. One he was still a minor, two, his
mother was said to have disgusting character and a scandalous life, and
three the French declared, “It should never be seen or known that the
kingdom of France should be subject to the government of the king of
England.” At first Edward agr .....
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