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- 571: Cold War 4
- ... directly fought each other. In this essay Im going to bring forth the following points: Rise of the Cold War, events in and because of the Cold War, and the fall of Russia. Again Germany had been thwarted in its plans of total domination. It had been a combined effort by all the Western powers and a few Eastern powers too. England was devastated, France had been literally burnt to ... Russia in turn brought forth its own funding called the Molotov Plan. Because of that, they were able to spread communism through many countries. Some of these nations were: Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, and numerous countries in Southeastern Asia. But on the US side we had the support from almost the entire Western Europe. So the tension started, between Western Europe or a republic society and Eastern Europe ...
- 572: Beethoven 2
- BEETHOVEN Ludwig van Beethoven was born 1770 in Bonn Germany. His mother was a singer in the service; his father was a court musician that had little motivation and a drinking problem. His father noticed that Beethoven had a gift at a young age, and ... deaf. Although he was deaf he could still write music. He finished his first symphony in 1800. In 1802, Beethoven became depressed and thought a lot about suicide. He went to a small village in Germany where he stayed for a few years. The next couple of years Beethoven created his most impressing masterpieces. In 1812 he had completed over twelve of his best works and he was known worldwide. But ...
- 573: Crusades 4
- ... and regained control of the city. Second Crusade (1147-1149) The Pope, seeing the events that were taking place, declared yet a second crusade to recapture the lost territory once again. Armies from France and Germany set out to meet once again in Jerusalem and join forces. However, the German crusaders were ambushed during their voyage depleting their supplies and cavalry. The few remaining joined the French fleet in Jerusalem, and ... rotted merchant ships provided free transport across to the Holy Land. However, the ships were sunk by a storm, and all aboard the vessels drowned in the icy waters of the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, children in Germany began a march to convert the atheists to Christianity. However, these children also faced tragedy and death, for they were not equipped for the hardships of the Alps to Rome. After the fall of Acre ...
- 574: Cost Of Wwii
- ... Soviet Union, $5 billion to China, and $3 billion to thirty five other countries. Once totals were all added up, the United States was found to have spent the most on the war by far. Germany was next, having spent $272 billion; followed by the Soviet Union spending $192 billion. Next was Britain who spent $120 billion followed by Italy's billion and Japan's $56 billion. Although these are fairly ... in relation to their small population. Economically, World War II cost the World many inner and outer problems. Primarily, the most significant casualty over the long term was the world balance of power. Britain, France, Germany , and Japan ceased to be great powers in the traditional military sense, leaving only two, the United States and the Soviet Union. Also, World War II weakened both Europe's economic power and its claim ...
- 575: Woodrow Wilson
- ... to declare a president disabled from such a history? If Woodrow Wilson's brain had suffered no further damage, the history of the following decades could have been very different. For Wilson in 1916 wanted Germany defeated but not crushed; he wanted Germany to be a viable member of the proposed League of Nations. He was convinced that a dictated peace Uwould be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and that would leave a sting ...
- 576: What Went Wrong: An Examination of Separation of Church and State
- What Went Wrong: An Examination of Separation of Church and State By the middle of the 20th Century, the United States had emerged as a world power. It accomplished this through its leadership in defeating Germany and Japan in World War II. These two countries' main objective was to enslave the world and destroy political, religious, and economic freedom. In Germany or Japan, anyone who disagreed with these goals, or was different was destroyed. This was a common practice in these two fascist countries. Unfortunately, at the same time of its emergence as a world power ...
- 577: Existentialism
- ... known for the "Theatre engage" or Theatre 'committed', which is supposedly committed to social and/or political action. On of the major playwrights during this period was Jean-Paul Sartre. Sartre had been imprisoned in Germany in 1940 but managed to escape, and become one of the leaders of the Existential movement. Other popular playwrights were Albert Camus, and Jean Anouilh. Just like Anouilh, Camus accidentally became the spokesman for the ... popularized a new form of surrealistic theatre called "Theatre of the Absurd". Many historians contribute the sudden popularity of absurdism in France to the gruesome revelations of gas chambers and war atrocities coming out of Germany after the war. The main idea of The Theatre of the Absurd was to point out man's helplessness and pointless existence in a world without purpose. As Richard Coe described it "It is the ...
- 578: Communism
- ... The struggle would end, according to Marx, in the socialist revolution and the attainment of full communism (Groilers Encyclopedia). Socialism, of which Marxism-Leninism is a takeoff, originated in the West. Designed in France and Germany, it was brought into Russia in the middle of the nineteenth century and promptly attracted support among the country's educated, public- minded elite, who at that time were called intelligentsia (Pipes, 21). After Revolution ... including Stalin, were inclined to accept it for the time being on condition that it work for an end to the war. When Lenin reached Russia in April after his famous sealed car trip across Germany, he quickly denounced his Bolshevik colleagues for failing to take a sufficiently revolutionary stand (Daniels, 88). In August of 1917, while Lenin was in hiding and the party had been basically outlawed by the Provisional ...
- 579: The Flute
- ... and how he played the flute in a way that put a spell on the children, so that they couldnt help following him. The story goes that in a town called Hamelin in north Germany the people had a tremendous rat problem. The rats were multiplying beyond control and eating everything but metal. The town had a meeting and begged for the Mayor to do something. Poison did not stop ... hamelin.html). Although this is a childrens story it has some historical background and legend. The story itself goes back to a strange historical event that occurred in the town of Hamelin in north Germany on June 26, 1284. The oldest remaining documentation is a note written in Latin 150 years later (1430-1450) as an addition to a manuscript from a place called Luneburg, telling of the disappearance of ...
- 580: Gold And Its Uses.
- ... hundredth of a millimeter. Japan is the major fabricator of electronics products in the western world, accounting for over 45% of gold consumption, followed by the United States with nearly 30%. The United Kingdom and Germany are the only other significant contributors at about 6 and 7% respectively, although South Korea is growing. Dental gold is the second important sector. Gold has been used in dentistry for almost 3000 years. The ... there has since been a recovery because of its non-allergic properties; demand has revived to 60 tonnes annually. Japan is the leading dental gold fabricator, accounting for roughly 28% of the market, followed by Germany and the United States. There is Significant unrecorded use, however, in Asia and Latin America where it is not unknown for dentists to melt down gold coin to make their own alloy. Other applications for ...
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