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- 391: Norman Schwarzkopf
- Norman Schwarzkopf Norman Schwarzkopf and I are alike in many ways. He and I both have family in Germany. His father lives in Germany and my great grandparents live in Germany. He served in Vietnam and so did my grandfather. Norman and I also have many differences. His family has a popular military background and my family does not. He lived his whole life through ...
- 392: Albert Einstein
- ... a humanitarian. Indeed, his 1921 Nobel Prize was awarded not for Relativity, but for his theory of the Photoelectric Effect. Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879, to middle-class Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany. He disliked school because of the mindless drilling. He much preferred to study at home, especially geometry and books on popular science. At the age of 12, these studies came into conflict with his deep ... Theory. Einstein failed to establish this theory, though he spent the last 25 years of his life working on it. In 1933, while Einstein was visiting England and the United States, the Nazi government of Germany took his property and deprived him of his position and his citizenship. Einstein then moved permanently to the United States where he became a member of the newly created Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton ... 1939, the pacifist Einstein -- fearful of a world in which only Hitler would have an atomic bomb -- urged President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a famous letter to start the United States in uranium research. That Germany, after all, had no bomb, and that the first bomb would fall on Japan, could not have been foreseen. After the war, Einstein never stop to work for peace and disarmament. He bore his ...
- 393: Armenian Genocide
- Armenian genocide If you were to overhear the words "extermination of about 50% of a population" in a conversation you would probably think that they were talking about "the" holocaust in Nazi Germany. You probably would not suspect that they were talking about Turkey and the Armenians. During the First World War, the Turks set out to annihilate the entire population of Armenians living within their borders (they ... a short-lived counter-revolution. It was during this time that more than 20,000 Armenians were killed again. The First World War began in August of 1914. Turkey entered the war and sided with Germany and the central powers Nov. 2 of that year. The Turks offered the Armenians a deal; if they would attack Russia, when the war was over they would be rewarded with land. The Armenians refused ... is the fact that very few people know it happened. If you type the word genocide into an online search engine you would probably get a couple of thousand results about the Jewish Holocaust in Germany, and only a couple about the Armenian genocide. This is way out of proportion to the actual deaths that each of theses events has accounted for: The proportion is actually less than 6 to ...
- 394: Airships
- ... southern Ohio on Sept. 3, 1925. The ZR-2 was procured in England but crashed on Aug. 24, 1921, before it could be delivered to the United States. The ZR-3 Los Angeles, built in Germany by Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, made its transatlantic delivery flight during Oct. 11-15, 1924; it was flown successfully until decommissioned in 1931 and was scrapped in early 1940. The ZRS4 and ZRS5 AKRON AND MACON were ... to it by the ship-based helicopters. It will be launched in 1997. HINDENBURG The Hindenburg, originally designated the L. Z. 129, was a rigid airship built by the firm of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Completed and tested in 1936, it was the world's first transatlantic commercial airliner. The airship was 804 ft long, had a maximum diameter of 135 ft, and was kept aloft by 7,000,000 ... cells. Four 1,050-hp Daimler-Benz diesel engines provided a top speed of 82 mph. In May 1936 the Hindenburg inaugurated the first scheduled air service across the North Atlantic, between Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and Lakehurst, N.J. It accommodated more than 70 passengers and had a dining room, a library and lounge with a grand piano, a cocktail lounge, and promenades with large windows. The flight to ...
- 395: Holocoust
- ... of hatred in the heart of a leader and became a blazing inferno consuming the lives of the men, women, and children who crossed its incendiary path. After World War I, the social climate in Germany was dismal. The German people were humiliated by their country's defeat and by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. The economic depression that resulted left millions of individuals out of work. The German ... Nazis forced all Jews to wear the yellow Star of David. The middle name of each male was changed to Israel, and females were called Sara (Bachrach 24). Lare Heuman recalls that for Jews in Germany, "Life went on relatively normal, but more signs went up quickly of what was to come" (Altshuler 117). The flame would turn into a wild fire lashing out violently against both people and property. The ... their nearby property and holdings while the Jews watched in horror (Bachrach 24). The Chicago Tribune headlines blared the "Systematic destruction of Jewish property, looting, arson, and wholesale arrest of Jews without official charges swept Germany today" (Altshuler 98). Violence against the Jewish community intensified. Nazi violence against the world community also escalated. The Nazi invasion of Poland and Russia set the stage for the beginning of mobile killing squads. ...
- 396: The Truman Doctrine
- ... to war if provoked. The Danube, Trieste, Dardanelles, Kiel Canal, and Rhine-Danube waterway should by free to all nations. Manchuria shouldbe Chinese, Dairen should be a free port. Russia should have Kuriles and Sakhalin . . . Germany should be occupied 'according to Yalta.' Austria should not be treated as an enemy country. After these announcements the British disclosed that they could no longer give aid to Turkey and Greece and that the ... Truman Doctrine -- was unprecedented in history (a sum of more than $400 million) and he faced a hostile Republican Congress through which to pass it. However, Truman informed the Congress of the troubles facing Italy, Germany and France. They and small, fragile Middle-eastern states faced direct threats from Communism. In retort, the Congress had problems with Truman's plan that included: The Greek government was corrupt and undemocratic; Turkey, too ... that we have enacted the law I have now signed. It was brought to Truman's attention that Europe was by no means content in their economic recovery. Britain was near bankruptcy, Italy, France, and Germany were plagued by a terrible winter. More aid was needed to keep their democratic governments afloat. Thus, a direct result from the Truman Doctrine was the Marshall Plan. This came about when Truman appointed ...
- 397: Anne Frank
- ... her family in a nice house. Anne and her sister, Margot s childhood was a secure place inhabited by loving parents, relatives and nurses. However, when the Nazis had gained power in some parts of Germany, everything began to change. The Nazis wanted all Jews to be killed. Otto Frank, Anne's father, did not wait for the Nazis to come into full power. In 1933, the Franks left Frankfort. Mrs ... settled in Amsterdam. Anne Frank lived in Amsterdam a happy life, just like she did in Frankfort. She attended Montessori School and had a lot of friends. However her father was still worried, for in Germany the Nazis gained almost complete power. In 1940, the Germans invaded and conquered Holland. Anne's life had changed by the Germans taking control. She could not go to her school, and was to attend ... brought them food and even gifts. The news in the fall of 1942 was terrifying for the Franks. The roundup of Jews from Holland was proceeding according to plan. While the Franks were in hiding, Germany was at the height of conquest. On August 4, 1944, the Gestapo penetrated into the Frank s hiding place. All eight of the Jews, together were taken to Gestapo headquarters in Amsterdam. The Franks, ...
- 398: Albert Einstein from Start to Finish
- Albert Einstein from Start to Finish Albert Einstien was born on March 14, 1879 in Alum, Germany. He was born with extreme deformities, however he out grew them except for his misshapen head. He was a late talker to add to his problems. He was branded as a loner because he had ... the second was called Brownie Notions, and the third was not said. In 1905 Albert received his Ph.D. from University of Zurich. Later he began a career as an academic lecturer. Albert was in Germany when WW I broke out. At this time he was concentrating on the problem of gravity and the theory of relativity. Albert was not at all interested in The War. He hated it. In 1922 ... Albert received the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Photo Electric Law and his work in the field of Theoretical Physics. This was also the year that he came to the United States. In 1934, Germany took away his citizenship, simply because he was in the US and he hated war! Later in his life Albert switched his focus to To Atto Hahn, who discovered what great power an atom ...
- 399: The Industrial Revolution That Shaped The United States Into A Leading Econom
- ... to organize freely and bargain for fair wages was reasserted in the National Labor Relations Act. Electric utilities involved in interstate transmission of power were brought under government supervision. In 1935 Japan had invaded China, Germany had been allowed to violate the Treaty of Versailles, and the United States was about to pass some neutrality legislation. With Europe and Asia ablaze, President Roosevelt started giving special attention to foreign affairs. The ... all peace-keeping nations should "quarantine" from the aggressors. After the War began in Europe, he had Congress modify the Nuetrality Act and permit the sale of war products to other countries at war with Germany, Italy, and Japan. After war starts around the world, the President has Congress pass the Lend-Lease Bill, which empowered the President to supply ammunition and other goods in large amounts to Great Britain and other countries at war with Japan, Germany, and Italy. Although prosperity prevailed in the early part of the 1920’s as an aftermath of world war, the economy started to fall during this time due to a decline in foreign trade.
- 400: Animal Farm: The Danger of Ignorance
- ... wanted to, and the animals did not even realize what was going on. This basic idea of ignorance can be proven in the real world by simply looking back at Hitler. Since the common in Germany was too ignorant to see past Hitler's ideas, he easily became dictator of Germany. Manipulation in government is shown when the animals were forced to build the windmill. The pigs manipulated the animals into thinking that it would be beneficial, when in reality it turned disastrous. This idea is ... fighting for the wealth and welfare of the country. Another example of this is yet again with Hitler. Hitler basically manipulated the German population into thinking that the Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, etc. were responsible for Germany's downfall, while the people themselves were responsible. The third and final idea this book incorporates is corruption. In the beginning of the book, the farm was in reality working an equal society in ...
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