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- 421: George Patton
- ... notches which he would later show to the King and Queen of Great Britain during World War II while recounting to them his adventures as a young officer. After the United States declared war on Germany, Gen. Pershing, who had been impressed with Patton in Mexico, promoted him to captain and asked him to command his headquarters troop. When Pershing and his staff arrived in England, Patton and his cavalrymen became ... willingness of the 3rd Army to perform the impossible for their leader paid off. By 5 February 1945, the 3rd Army was back on the offensive all along the Saar front as Patton drove into Germany. Patton's oft-quoted dictum, "Grab 'em by the nose and kick 'em in the ass" was in full play. His tactic was to hit the Germans in the front lines and then drive into ... boggles at the thought of Patton serving under Macarthur! One congressman even proposed that Patton be made Secretary of War, but Patton's lack of diplomacy guaranteed the suggestion was never taken seriously. Back in Germany, while on occupation duty after a visit to the States during which he was welcomed with parades as a conquering hero, Patton's outspokenness got him into trouble yet again when he tried justifying ...
- 422: Immigration
- ... June 30 until July 1 half of the German and Austrian quotas were available exclusively to persons of German ethnic origin who were born in Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, or Yugoslavia and who resided in Germany or Austria. The Immigration and Nationality Act of June 27, 1952 also known as the McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 was passed over the veto of President Harry S. Truman. The Act ... waves of immigration The century following 1820 can be divided into 3 great periods of immigration, or "waves." These three have immigrants coming from primarily three different regions. 1820-1860, Great Britain, Ireland, and Western Germany. 1860-1890, The above countries continued to provide, as well as Scandinavian Nations. 1890-1910, The majority was Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Russia, up until World War 1. From 1905 until 1914, an average of ... as well as new U.S. Laws governing Immigration were established. 1830-1890 In the decade preceding the election of Lincoln, 2,598,214 immigrants came to U.S. mainly from Great Britain, Ireland, and Germany with few from Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands After the panic of 1857 and out break of the Civil War, immigration declined, but after collapse of Confederacy, immigration assumed a huge volume again Not ...
- 423: Floating Exchange Rates: The Only Viable Solution
- ... to coordinate monetary policy between member nations and to have central banks intervene to keep exchange rates within the bands when necessary. The reasons for the collapse were myriad, but, simply put, it happened because Germany, dealing with financial problems in part arising from its reunification, refused to lower its high interest rates. This meant other European countries either had to keep their rates equally high and allow themselves to fall ... it would be counterproductive to perpetuate the inaccuracy. Second, it can also be argued that central banks simply do not have the power to control the market, both because they don't have enough money (Germany spent 44 billion marks to prop up the pound and the lira in 1993 with very little success) and because their short-sighted attempts at circumventing the "invisible hand" fail. In the 1980s, governments joined ... absolute or else pessimistic, self-fulfilling speculation will cause the collapse of the system. Unfortunately, the system isn't perfect. Again and again people write that as soon as this or that crisis passes over (Germany's reunification, for example), we will have economic and political peace and be able to fix exchange rates. But crises in Europe and elsewhere haven't ceased just because Hitler is no longer alive ...
- 424: Airplane Warfare In WWI
- ... warfare. The most famous writer to explore the idea was H.G. Wells. He wrote The War In The Air, a book about the future in which battle is conducted with planes. (Wohl-70). In Germany, literary fiction preceded the actual development of warfare in the air. Rudolph Martin was a writer who predicted that the German's future was not on the sea, but in the air. He also believed ... Wohl-81) Martin's novel helped to prepare the Germans for their use of planes in the war. The fiction soon became scientific fact. (Wohl-71) The United States, ultimately was slower than France and Germany to develop an air force. On March 3, 1911, Congress appropriated $125,000 to start an air force, which consisted of five planes. The first squadron was organized by the Americans on March 5, 1913 ... this and many other German inventions, but failed each time. The Germans started putting up hangers and domes around it's boarders. They introduced more and more types of planes. As the war went on, Germany introduced the BI-planes and Tri-planes which made the use of one winged planes obsolete. The more wings, the more mobility, stability, and speed the plane had. The mobility made it easier to ...
- 425: 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 ...
- 426: Education History
- ... schools, and made them secular? Probably no single movement so greatly affected colonial America as the Protestant Reformation. Most of the Europeans who came to America were Protestants, but there were many denominations. Lutherans from Germany and Scandinavia settled in the middle colonies along with Puritans and Presbyterians. The Reformation was centered upon efforts to capture the minds of men, therefore great emphasis was placed on the written word. Obviously schools ... was not a pleasant place either, physically or psychologically. Great emphasis was placed on the shortness of life and the torments of hell. Like the Protestants of the Reformation, who established vernacular elementary schools in Germany in the 16th century, the Puritans sought to make education universal. They took the first steps toward government-supported universal education in the colonies. In 1647, Puritan Massachusetts passed a law requiring that every child ... collegean even higher form of education instead of preparing them to immediately enter the work force. Americas educational ladder was unique. Where public school systems existed in European countries such as France and Germany, they were dual systems. When a child of the lower and middle class finished his elementary schooling, he could go on to a vocational school. The upper-class child did not attend the elementary ...
- 427: The Rise of the Manchus
- ... Korea. In 1898 the British acquired a ninety-nine-year lease over the so-called New Territories of Kowloon ( or Jiulong in pinyin), which increased the size of their Hong Kong colony. Britain, Japan, Russia, Germany, France, and Belgium each gained spheres of influence in China. The United States, which had not acquired any territorial cessions, proposed in 1899 that there be an "open door" policy in China, whereby all foreign ... also recognized Tokyo's authority over southern Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia. In 1917, in secret communiques, Britain, France, and Italy assented to the Japanese claim in exchange for the Japan's naval action against Germany. In 1917 China declared war on Germany in the hope of recovering its lost province, then under Japanese control. But in 1918 the Beijing government signed a secret deal with Japan accepting the latter's claim to Shandong. When the Paris ...
- 428: Winston Churchill
- ... that Hitler was telling the truth. He was right. In March of 1939, Hitler took over the whole Czechoslovakia. Later that year, after Hitler s troops marched into Poland, England and France declared war on Germany.16 In 1940, after Chamberlain was forced to resign because of the loss of confidence, which he showed in the failure and collapse of Norway, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister.17 In addition to this office Churchill was named Minister of Defense. Things at this time quickly began to heat up. Germany had captured Holland and Belgium and trapped the French army into surrendering. Although countries were collapsing around Churchill, he remained strong and determined. At a speech to the House of Commons, he gave a rallying ... to begin. 18 Britain was now ready to face the German forces, but not without the help of the United States. At this time the USA was called on to aid in the fight against Germany. Churchill had made the British worthy of an elite status. Churchill brought the British this far, and to the end of the war. In 1945 World War Two ended. Churchill had reached the age ...
- 429: Heart Of Darkness
- ... of these happens involuntary on the part of the superior nation or person. In this case Marlow and Kurtz, being the immediate Lords over the African people. I have also learned from the lectures about Germany before, during, and after World War I, that propaganda along with strong radical leaders can persuade and change a man s or even nation s beliefs. This even effects an entire nation, as Germany, to rise up in an attitude of supremacy to conquer another nation or people. Kurtz believed a myth, similar to what happen in Germany. He believed that men with black skin are filled with evil and hatred on the inside. The outside is dark so must the inside is. He also believed that the white, the inherently good ...
- 430: Perfect Day For A Bananafish
- ... of which he cannot escape. The Holocaust defied every sense of reason that Seymour had, and he now questions his beliefs and values. He is confused by all of the horrible experiences he faced in Germany, and is unable to reconnect with anything that he used to cherish and find comfort in. Seymour is married to a typical Jewish American Princess named Muriel, who is more concerned with her own materialistic ... found her so simple and innocent, yet she has become a shallow, self-absorbed woman who completely lacks understanding and compassion. Muriel and Seymour venture to Florida for a second honeymoon upon his return from Germany. The post-war psychological effects Seymour suffers become apparent during a telephone conversation between Muriel and her mother. They discuss Seymour and his habits with complete lack of understanding or compassion for the state of ... images and experiences of World War II. Muriel dismisses the odd behavior of her husband and shows no concern for his inablility to reconnect with society. Seymour tried to reach our to muriel while in Germany, by sending her a book of poems that he treasured. However, Muriel regards that poems are just words on paper not worth her trouble when she speaks with her mother, saying, "He said that ...
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