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- 4201: Imperialism
- ... charm was legendary. He was also politically lucky. Though to Nazis his work was the epitome of "degenerate art," his fame protected him during the German occupation of Paris, where he lived; and after the war, when artists and writers were thought disgraced by the slightest affiliation with Nazism or fascism, Picasso gave enthusiastic endorsement to Joseph Stalin, a mass murderer on a scale far beyond Hitler's, and scarcely received a word of criticism for it, even in cold war America. No painter, not even Michelangelo, had been as famous as this in his own lifetime. And it is quite possible that none ever will be again, now that the mandate to set forth social ...
- 4202: D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy
- D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on the northwestern coast of France, possibly the one most critical event of World War II happened; for upon the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving Britain ... on the coast of northwestern France. An important point to the deception was Ultra, code name for intelligence obtained from intercepts of German radio traffic. This was made possible by the British early in the war having broken the code of the standard German radio enciphering machine, the Enigma. Through Ultra the Allied high command knew what the Germans expected the Allies to do and thus could plant information either to ...
- 4203: The Odessey Paper
- ... times. One example of Athena helping Odysseus throughout his journey back to Ithaca would be her plea to her father, Zeus where she states: my own heart is broken for Odysseus, the master mind of war, so long a castaway upon an island in the running sea; But such desire is in him merely to see the hearthsmoke leaping upward from his own island, that he longs to die. Are you ... to Odysseus. What testosterone driven man in 900 B.C. would not dream of captaining a ship full of warriors to the ends of the earth? Which man would not want to reap riches through war and leave behind a long trail of broken hearted beautiful women all over the globe? This was the Terminator 2 of Western Europe in 900 B.C. With all of the powerful visual images this ...
- 4204: The Mystery That Was Gatsby, T
- ... five years of his life in pursuit of a woman as superficial as Daisy? Unfortunately he just didn't have enough money to keep her while he was overseas. When Gatsby got back from the war, she was married to someone else but that didn't dissuade him in the least. Gatsby's whole efforts in this book are focused on trying to bring him and Daisy back to the point ... manner of being swept away by the volume of shirts owned by Gatsby is clear evidence of her primary character flaw. Tom Buchannan is the antagonist in this novel. While Gatsby was fighting in World War I Tom was using his wealth to sweep Daisy off her feet. Tom is a yuppie and clearly in the way of Gatsby's love for Daisy. He is having an affair, which he makes ...
- 4205: The Journey Of Odysseus And Te
- ... way the story is set up, stemming from the purpose of each character s journey, their personal challenges, and the difficulties that surround them. The story commences when Odysseus, a valiant hero of the Trojan war, journeys back home. Together with his courageous comrades, and a several vessels, he set sail for his homeland Ithaca. Fated to wander for a full ten years, Odysseus s ships were immediately blown to Thrace ... may also presume that Homer had not intended for the Telemachos to be as great a hero as his father. This may be due to the fact that, for example, he never had a Trojan War to fight, his setting is in a time of peace unlike his father s, and more notably- although matured, Telemachus never really learned true leadership or chivalry as did his father. Homer has presented the ...
- 4206: William Mackenzie King
- ... a settlement or published a report. King was defeated in the 1911 for the federal election and in 1917 the Conscription election, but he still maintained his connections with the Liberal party, but during the war acted as a labour consultant and was employed by the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1919 at the Liberal convention King was appointed Laurier s Successor. Two years later the Liberals won a bare majority in the ... industrial production to wartime footing. The remarkable industrial expansion involved special Financial arrangements with the US and economic planning on a continental scale. To Placate Canadians who feared the return of the Depression after the war and who looked To the government for greater social security, King introduced Unemployment Insurance In 1940, and his reconstruction program. The Liberals narrowly won the 1945 election. King did not play a decisive role in ...
- 4207: Ancient Greece: A Time Of Great Cities And Lives
- ... there was always a plan of attack, just like in today's armies. Today's armies might have even adapted some of their strategies from the Greeks. It is also fascinating on how they praised war heros like Hector and Achilles both from the Trojan War. Ancient Greece, a place with markets in which people could sell items of every kind, strict laws with even stricter penalties if broken, a place where women were did not have as many rights as ...
- 4208: William Wells Brown
- ... the American Rebellion. In this book, Brown goes over things, such as when the first blacks arrived in the colonies, Crispus Attucks, the mulatto slave who some say was the first victim of the Revolutionary War, he also discusses the role that blacks played in the War of 1812. Later in the book, Brown goes in depth over the Nat Turner insurrection and what came about from that. Overall, this book was just a list of chronological events that the blacks went ...
- 4209: HITLER, MUSSOLINI, STALIN
- ... the unrestrained, lighthearted days he enjoyed up to now had come to an end. Hitler had entered a primary school. The second occurrence was that his father retired on a annual support from the Austrian civil service. This meant that young Adolf had been under the watchful eyes of both his teacher at school and his father at home. His father, Alois, was used to giving orders and having them obeyed from his kids because of his occupation in the civil service. Therefore, he was very strict. Alois Hitler never had a pleasant relationship with any of his children. Hitler was said to have a really good singing voice and took part in his school's ...
- 4210: Summer Of My German Soldier
- Summer of my German Soldier Summer of my German Soldier takes place in Jenkinsville, Arkansas during World War II. The story is told in first person point of view. The mood for the story is depressing. The main character is Patty Bergen. She is an intelligent, questioning twelve-year-old girl. Patty is ... friends. Charlene Madlee is a journalist that becomes great friends with Patty. Charlene teaches Patty all the basic journalism skills and also supports Patty when no one else will. Anton Reiker was a prisoner of war. After he escapes the POW camp he hides in the room above Patty's garage. Patty feeds and clothes Anton. Anton is kind and generous to others, but more than anything he wants to protect ...
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