|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 1641 - 1650 of 8016 matching essays
- 1641: Theresienstadt
- 1939, Theresienstadt, A gift from Hitler. A place of hope and happiness for Jews and Jewesses alike. Theresienstadt was somewhere they could wait the war out without fear until the shadow of Nazism passed. It was a place filled with the most prosperous artists and musicians, daily shows and operas, lectures and seminars, gardens and coffee shops. A place with ... well-known scholars. All of these sudden disappearances of these famous people would raise questions among the countries in which they disappeared. Hitler’s solution was Theresienstadt. Also among the Jews sent to Theresienstadt, were war veterans or any Jew whom had worn a German uniform. Hitler felt he needed to appease the German army and respect even a Jew who had honorably served Germany. Theresienstadt became a ghetto where most of the well-known Jews of Europe would reside happily for the remainder of the war. Theresiensadt, now a beautiful town filled with the most prosperous Jews of Europe became the set for a well-planned propaganda film that the Nazi’s used to deny the final solution. The ghetto ...
- 1642: Oleg Vladmirovich Penkovsky
- ... small town on the 23rd of April in 1919. By 1939 he had graduated from a Soviet military school and had been part of a group called Komosomol, meaning "young communists." He also went to war serving as a unit commander of an artillery unit. Penkovsky was decorated four times during his 1939-1940 tour of duty. After that tour he was injured and spent most of his time doing various assignments that took him between Moscow and the Ukrainian front for the rest of the Second World War. When the war was over, Penkovsky attended two military academies. One of the academies was the Frunze Military Academy and the other was the Military Diplomatic Academy. By 1950 he had married a woman who was the ...
- 1643: Manhattan Project
- ... The Manhattan Project". On Monday July 16th, 1945, a countdown for the detonation of the first atomic bomb took place near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This atomic bomb testing would forever change the meaning of war. As the atomic bomb was detonated it sent shock-waves all over the world. There was endless research done on the bomb in the United States. The research was called "The Manhattan Engineer District Project ... atomic research. 3The research would then help construct an atomic weapon of mass destruction. Roosevelt was not especially concerned about investing in atomic weapon research because he didn't plan on getting involved in the War. When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, Roosevelt entered the war and sent significant funds to the construction of the atomic weapon. Roosevelt speeded up the process of research by having General Groves setup a committee of the brightest minds from all around the world. ...
- 1644: How Did Athens Take Over The L
- During the period of Greek history from the last years of the Persian Wars tillthe beginning of the First Peloponnesian War, the primacy of Sparta declined while Athens was gaining increased influence in Greece. The Athenian, Thucydides(460-400 BC), one among few contemporary historians, left behind the mostcreditable records about this period. Although he did ... Persians was still present. In the battle of Plataea (479 BC), the Greeks, under the Spartan regent and general Pausanians, obliterated the Persian army. The Greeks also won a naval victory at Mycale. Although the war drugged on for many years, these two victories marked the end of the Persian threat to Europe and the beginning of the period of Greek greatness. The idea of panhellenism - the awareness of Greek unity ... Athens and Sparta that was to have a profound effect on later Greek history. Soon after the end of the Persian Wars, the Athenians started rebuilding the walls around their city previously destroyed in the war. According to Thucydides, when Sparta heard about rebuilding, she immediately sent an embassy to the Athens to ascertain the truth. Sparta maintained that no city-state should have the walls, for it could be ...
- 1645: R.I.C.O
- ... a criminal”. Under Title 18 section 1963 & 1964 of the United States Code RICO took aim to eliminate organized crime by concentrating on illegal monies made from crime through the use of new criminal and civil forfeitures, rather than the old means of attempting to dismantle the mob by imprisoning gang bosses. It turned out that they could too easily simply be replaced. RICO’s maximum criminal penalties include a $25,000 fine and imprisonment for 20 years. In addition, violations shall be punished by forfeiture to the U.S. of all properties and interests, as broadly as described, which are related to the violations. Civil penalties under RICO include awarding of treble damages and attorney’s fees to the successful plaintiff. The Public perception of the intent of RICO was that the statutes would be used to prosecute traditional crime families; particularly those that had infiltrated legitimate businesses or labor unions, or were involved in international drug smuggling. However, both Civil and Criminal RICO have been used in a number of other ways (Greek, 1991). While a complete list is impossible, RICO defendants include: white-collar criminals, terrorists, Wall Street insider traders, video store owners, ...
- 1646: Dulce Et Decorum Est 3
- ... Decorum Est All exceptional poetry displays a good use of figurative language, imagery, and diction. Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et Decorum Est" is a powerful antiwar poem which takes place on a battlefield during World War I. Through dramatic use of imagery, metaphors, and diction, he clearly states his theme that war is terrible and horrific. The use of compelling figurative language helps to reveal the reality of war. In the first line, "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,"(1) shows us that the troops are so tired that they can be compared to old beggars. Another great use of simile, "His ...
- 1647: American Revolution - Causes
- The haphazard and disorganized British rule of the American colonies in the decade prior to the outbreak led to the Revolutionary War. The mismanagement of the colonies, the taxation policies that violated the colonist right's, the distractions of foreign wars and politics in England and mercantilist policies that benefited the English to a much greater degree then the colonists all show the British incompetence in their rule over the colonies. These policies and distractions were some of the causes of the Revolutionary War. The interests of England within the colonies were self-centered. The English were exploiting were trying to govern the colonies by using the mercantilist system. Mercantilism is when the state directs all the economic activities ... before the American Revolution, the relationship between Great Britain and her colonies in North America continued to deteriorate. Relations began to worsen with the great victory over the French and Indians in the Seven Years War. Unwelcome British troops had remained in the colonies. Debts from this war caused the Prime Minister at the time, Lord Grenville, to enforce Mercantilism in an effort to get the colonists to pay their ...
- 1648: The War On Tobacco
- The War on Tobacco Each day, millions of Americans of all ages light up a cigarette distributed by the tobacco companies. Smoking is a habit that, in the long run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with ... state governments money, but also the individual Americans that are enduring painful, inevitable deaths due to the tobacco companies. Works Cited Kelly Simonson February 18, 1999 UWRP 1250 First paper draft 1 Group C The War on Tobacco Each day, millions of Americans of all ages light up a cigarette distributed by the tobacco companies. Smoking is a habit that, in the long run, causes cancer and other diseases associated with ...
- 1649: The French and Indian War
- The French and Indian War The French and Indian War was fought on July 9, 1755. This battle took place at Fort Duquesne, in western Pennsylvania, which was one of the many French forts in the Ohio Valley. The fight was between the English army ...
- 1650: Black Women and Their Push For Equality For African Americans
- Black Women and Their Push For Equality For African Americans Both attitudinal and institutional racism grossly intertwined in U.S. society and government finally led to the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960’s. Depicted above is just one of the many organized forces demanding equality and respect for Blacks in America and world-wide. This particular group, the Black Panther Party for ... to POLICE BRUTALITY and MURDER of black people"(67). The organized agenda of the Panther Party is symbolized by their orderly arrangement and uniform. Much of their platform was comprised of the same goals many civil rights activists and organizations sought during the 1960’s. Each organization and activist had his/her own ideology concerning the correct measures necessary in order to ensure equality for African Americans. Some organizations adhered to ... women who struggled for equality can be quite long. However, it is obvious that the picture of the Panthers lack the presence of women. This failure to acknowledge women in the Panther picture represents the Civil Rights Movement as a whole. With a few exceptions, African American women generally do not receive the credit they deserve for their impact in the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement. When thinking about the ...
Search results 1641 - 1650 of 8016 matching essays
|
