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- 1291: George S. Patton
- GEORGE S. PATTON, Old blood and Guts George Smith Patton is a very famous American because of his contributions in both World War I and II. He was considered one of the greatest U.S. generals of World War II. This war started in 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Hitler. Then, Italy, under the leadership of Benito el duce Mussolini, unites with Germany. The United States wouldnt enter this war until Japan declared ...
- 1292: Explain the U.S. & Russian Positions In The Cold War
- Explain the U.S. & Russian Positions In The Cold War Introduction The Cold War between the superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union was a clash of distant ideologies in a changing world. Friction developed between the two on many occasions as either side tried to expand ... Soviet Union began to tense their relations during this era as it became evident to all that the cord of discontent could snap at any given moment. Nasser and the Aswan Dam Throughout the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union attempted to acquire more and more territories into their spheres of influence. It was on one such occasion that Egypt became their center of attention as ...
- 1293: Nathan Bedford Forrest
- ... He became a self-made millionaire. In June of 1861, Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army. He raised and equipped a mounted battalion at his own expense. Just before the war ended, he was promoted to Lieutenant General. Forrest was the most feared cavalry commander of the Civil War. He was wounded four times in battle, killed 30 Union Soldiers hand to hand, and had 29 Horses shot out from under him. His famous saying was, "War means fightin,' and fightin' means killin'." ...
- 1294: Reasons For The Fall Of Socialism/Communism In Russia
- ... the state subsidize all of the production. This system, aptly named collectivization, reprimanded all of the average worker's liberties and created great suffering during the Stalin regime. Such suffering was magnified during an anti-war treaty that Stalin had signed with Hitler's Germany in an effort to avoid a confrontation with the Nazi military. However, Hitler violated this treaty in an effort to dominate all of Europe and was ... but the majority of industry was made property of the people, which meant the majority of the means of production was controlled by the government. Lenin's government made many achievements. It ended a long civil war against the remnants of the old Czarist military system and established institutions in government. During this period, and in fact throughout the majority of the Communist rule, censorship and the subordination of interest groups ...
- 1295: The Devastation of World War One
- The Devastation of World War One World War one is one of the most devastating wars in history. The war was caused by nationalistic tension between countries. After the war a treaty was to be drawn up between the Allies and Germany. This treaty was supposed to be based on Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen ...
- 1296: Louis XIV, The Sun King
- ... nearly drowned because no one was watching him as he played near a pond. This began to shape in his young mind an early fear of God. Louis' character was also shaped by the French Civil War. In this, the Paris Parlement rose against the crown. For five years, Louis would suffer fear, cold, hunger and other spirit-breaking events. He would never forgive Paris, the nobles, or the common people. Finally ... as king. Even though Louis XIV was now of age, the Cardinal remained the dominant authority in French politics. French kings gained respect as a soldier; Louis served with the French army during France's war with Spain. His biggest battle, however, was sacrificing his love for Mazarin's niece for politics. In 1660 he married the daughter of the king of Spain to bring peace between the two countries. ...
- 1297: The End of World War Two
- The End of World War Two As the war with Germany drew closer to the end, the Allies waged an increasingly effective war against Japan. After the fall of the Mariana Islands, including Saipan, to the U.S. in July of 1944, the impending defeat of Japan became increasingly apparent to many Allied and Japanese leaders. The ...
- 1298: World War II in Europe
- Before dawn on September 1, 1939, German forces crossed into Poland in an attack so fast and brutal, they called it blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war. This time Britain and France decided to fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the United States' neutrality, but within weeks asked Congress to lift the Neutrality Acts' arms embargo that prevented Britain and France form buying American weapons. After weeks of debate, it agreed ... and French troops were evacuated across the English Channel in a heroic nine day rescue effort aided by 600 private boats, known as Operation Sea Lion. In June 1940, Italy suddenly invaded France and declared war on Great Britain. France surrendered and Britain faced Hitler alone. As the German air force bombed British airfields, factories, and cities to prepare the way for German armies to cross the English Channel, Britain ...
- 1299: Nova Scotia
- ... came under Protestant British rule. In order to awe their new subjects, the British founded the town of Halifax as naval base and capital in 1749. Distrusting the Acadians' loyalty in the French and Indian War, however, in 1755 the British deported them. This ruthless action was described by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in Evangeline (1847). The British replaced the Acadians with settlers from New England and, later, from ... separate. The remaining Nova Scotians, augmented by some returned Acadians and many Scots and Irish immigrants, lived by fishing, lumbering, shipbuilding, and trade. Some attained great wealth as privateers during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. After prolonged political struggle, Britain granted Nova Scotia (which included Cape Breton after 1820) local autonomy, or responsible government, in 1848. Economic uncertainty and political unease at the time of the American Civil War stimulated some interest in associating with the other British North American provinces, but many tradition-minded Nova Scotians distrusted the Canadians of Ontario and Q๚ebec. In 1867, without consulting the electorate, the Nova ...
- 1300: NATO Airstrikes in Kosovo
- ... more serious violent clashes in Kosovo, Yugoslavia sent troops, tanks, warplanes and 2000 police to Kosovo. In July, ethnic Albanian legislators in the province declared independence. Milosevic dissolved Kosovo's assembly. In 1991 the Bosnian War broke out. Neighbouring Albania's parliament recoginzed Kosovo as an independent republic which encouraged Abanian separatists . The violence between Albanians and the police and army became more and more serious. In 1996 the secret separatist ... factories and roads were destroyed by NATO's bombing? In fact the bombing has destroyed this country's economy. Thanks to NATO's humanitarian action, Yugoslav people have to rebuild their country again.(After World WAR II Yugoslav people suffered that.) NATO wanted to punish a thug but in fact it punished all people in this country, including the ethnic Albanians who it wanted to save. Thirdly based on my knowledge, NATO is a defence organization. Did Yugoslavia attack its members? NATO has violated its own charter as none of its members was attacked. The Cold War has already finished. NATO is a unique super power in the world. I'm really worried that the Kosovo war may set a bad model for future wars. Different countries have different historical background ...
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