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- 231: History of the Marshall Islands
- ... first people to "discover" the islands. In the nineteenth century the dried meat of the coconut called copra became an important trade items for European powers. Since there was much money in the copra trade Germany, Spain, and Great Britain started to argue over the control of Micronesia. In 1885 Germany gained control of the Marshalls while Spain kept control of the Carolines and the Marianas. In 1886 the English and the Spanish were unhappy with Germany's claims, but the dispute was settled by Pope Leo XIII in Rome. The Pope gave all right to trade with these islands to Germany. Then shortly after that in 1898 the Spanish- American ...
- 232: Benito Mussolini
- ... when he concluded the Lateran Treaty between Italy and the Holy See. This settled the 60-year controversy concerning the power of the Pope within the Italian State. In 1933 Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany and was greeted cautiously by the Italians. Hitler in turn expressed friendship for the Italian Fascist government. During Germanys annexation of Austria, Italy improved her French relations when she rushed 75,000 troops to the Italo-Austrian frontier announcing that she would intervene if Germany took overt action. Italy drew closer to he WWI allies in 1935 when she protested Germanys violations of the Treaty of Versailles. Adopting an aggressive foreign policy Italy defied the League of Nations ...
- 233: Daddy 2
- ... a great feeling of hatred toward the author s father. She begins by expressing her fears of her father and how he treated her. Subsequently she conveys her outlook on the wars being fought in Germany. She continues by explaining her life since her father and how it has related to him. In the first stanza the reader realizes that Sylvia Plath is scared of her father. It is quite clear ... background is because there are many towns with the same name. Therefore, she is unable to understand his upbringing, which developed his coldhearted character. As Sylvia gets older and begins to understand the wars in Germany, she relates her life to the many conflicts they bring with them. The tongue stuck in my jaw. It stuck in a barbwire snare. Ich, ich, ich, ich, I could hardly speak. Again this describes ... and finally managed to leave the life that she knew behind. It is apparent that Sylvia wishes to introduce her readers to what life would have been like for the women and children within Nazi Germany. The upbringing and treatment was often harsh and mentally destructive. Being raised in a militarily based home, she was treated as if she were a burden to her father. She often relates her own ...
- 234: Hitler
- ... leader and one of the 20th century most powerful dictators. Making anti-Semitism a keystone of his propaganda and policies, he built up the Nazi party into a mass movement. Once in power, he converted Germany into a fully militarized society and launched WWII. For a time he dominated Europe and North Africa. He caused the slaughter of millions of Jews, and others considered inferior human being. Hitler was born in ... without interference from that whose government had tried to overthrow. When the great depression struck in 1929, Hitler's explanation of it as a Jewish- Communist plot was accepted by many Germans. Promising a strong Germany, jobs, and national glory, he attracted millions of voters. Nazis representation in the Reichstag rose from 12 seats in 1928 to 107 in 1930. During the following two years the party kept expanding, benefiting from ... of human equality and believed Germans were superior race. As the superior race, they were told they had Dominance over every other race. The persecution of Jews was to insure this. Hitler started to remilitarize Germany, and sent troops to the Rhineland. Hitler realized that any further movement would create European conflict. After Neutralizing Soviet Union, he attacked Poland and conquered it. In spring of 1940 Hitlers forces had ...
- 235: Canada At War
- ... army command stationed in one city for years. On August 1st, 1914 Sir Robert Borden, the Prime Minister of Canada, offered the Black Watchs of Canada to help Great Britain in a war against Germany, Great Britain accepted the offer. 300 of the men volunteered. During World War I, three more Black Watch armies were formed. By the end of the month the Black Watch has over 1,000 men ... men that Canada had to offer. Dawn of September 1, 1939 the Second World War began. The Germans armies began to attack Poland. Britain and France honoured their pledge to Poland and declared war on Germany few days later. This time however, the Canadian Troops did not automatically enter into the war. The Canadian Armies very much had support for the British. So Canada instead showed their support as they sent ... Highlanders fought for 20 long months in Italy. After the fighting in Italy they were part of the front lines during D-Day on June 6, 1944. From June 6, 1944, until the defeat of Germany, 11 months later, Canadians fought steadily. They took part in almost 30 battles across France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany. Perhaps the greatest battle ever took place in Canadian history was D-Day, at ...
- 236: Homosexual Persecution In The
- ... them perished. According to a recent study, at least 500,000 gays died in the Holocaust. As Stefan Lorant observed in 1935, the homosexuals "lived in a dream", hoping that the heyday of gays in Germany of the 1920's would last forever. Their awakening was terrible. Yet, the few survivors among them did not qualify for postwar restitution as the Jews or the politicians, because as homosexuals they were outside ... after six months, but instead they were shipped to Auschwitz. Himmler, who had also once defended Roehm, assumed leadership of the SS, and in the process, also assumed the role of ridding the movement and Germany of homosexuals. In the wake of the Roehm execution, Hitler ordered the registration of homosexuals and the Gestapo was charged with the responsibility of creating dossiers on homosexuals and other "asocials" in the Third Reich ... though castration, extremely intimidation, or both. For a fascinating empirical sociological examination of this idea, the reader is referred to the work of Reudiger Lautmann. Nor does it does appear that their efforts extended beyond Germany itself to the occupied territories. However, the numerous testimonies by homosexuals who survived the camp experience suggest that the SS had a much less tolerant view. Those who wore the pink triangle were brutally ...
- 237: Immigrants In 17th Century United States
- ... quarter of the population in New York city and Boston as early as 1860. The same was true of many members of the second most numerous immigrant group; the Germans. The influx of refugees from Germany between 1830 and 1860 was hardly spectacular than that from Ireland. During these troubled years, over a million and a half Germans stepped onto American soil. They prospered with astonishing ease, building towns in Wisconsin ... a decidedly Germanic flavor to the heady brew of reform and community building that so animated antebellum America. These "Germans" actually hailed from many different Old World lands, because there was no unified nation of Germany until 1871, when the ruthless and crafty Prussian Otto von Bismarck assembled the German state out of a mosaic of independent Principalities, Kingdom, and duchies. Until that time, "Germans" came to America as Prussians, Bavarians ... They arrived at different times and for many different reasons. Some, particularly the so-called Forty-Eighters-the refugees from the failed democratic revolution of 1848-hungered for democracy they had failed to win in Germany. Others, Particularly Jew, Pietists, and Anabaptist groups like the Amish and the Mennonites, coveted religious freedom. And they came not only to America. Like the Italians later, many Germans sought a new life in ...
- 238: Hitler
- ... moratorium on the reparations payments that they were required to pay according to the Versailles Treaty (from World War I). The French government refused the request and occupied the Ruhr, the integral industrial area of Germany, when the Germans defaulted on their payments. The French occupation united the German people to act against the occupation by staging a general strike. The German government supported the workers by giving them financial support. Inflation increased exponentially within Germany creating a growing concern over the Weimar Republic's capability to govern Germany. In August 1923, Gustav Stresemann became Chancellor of Germany. On September 26, Stresemann ordered the end of the general strike in the Ruhr and decided to pay reparations. Rightfully believing that there would be ...
- 239: The Volkswagen Beetle
- The people s car generically, Volkswagen in German is almost as old as the automobile, and the type was familiar in Germany long before the advent of the Volkswagen. Usually these popular cars were minimal cars, though size and simplicity did not necessarily bring them within the reach of the ordinary man in the street. Henry Ford ... T with its 2.9-litre engine was by no means a small car, nor was the Model A that followed it. When it was in production in the late 1920s, small proper cars in Germany ranged from the 700-cc DKW to the 1-litre Opel, with small Adlers, the BMW Dixi (a license-built Austin Seven) and the NSU-Fiats to come. These stimulated desire rather than a year ... to go up hills and through snow and other obstacles. So they decided to put the source of the power where they needed it most. (Beetle) By the end of WWII the Volkswagen factory in Germany was destroyed. At that time Americans were going to buy Volkswagen but they didn t because of all the damage that was made by the war. It took a while but the factory was ...
- 240: Politics Of Western Europe: Bl
- ... are specifically chosen for the clarity which nationalism is expressed in society. Nationalism is a factor contributing toward both present possible future instability in these areas. These areas are former Yugoslavia (specifically Croatia and Serbia), Germany, Ukraine, Quebec, Kurdistan and Northern Ireland. According to Ignatieff, in Croatia and Serbia there is a desire for a separate identity between the two nations. The fear of losing one's national identity has caused ... A Croat, thus, is someone who is not a Serb. A Serb is someone who is not a Croat." This quotation profoundly expresses the short-sighted mentality present in their conflict. In his travels in Germany, the author points out an important question. Does the nation make the state, or the state the nation? This question by far does not stop here, especially when Germany is the subject. The essence of the German people is seen by some as aggressive and offensive, thus the existence of the German problem. If the nation makes the state then Germany will always ...
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