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- 821: American Attack On Omaha And Utah Beaches During D Day
- American Attack On Omaha And Utah Beaches During D Day It was 1944, and the United States had now been an active participant in the war against Nazi Germany for almost three and a half years, nearly six years for the British. During that period occurred a string of engagements fought with ferocious determination and intensity on both sides. There is however, one day ...
- 822: Causes of the Great Depression
- ... I the U.S. government lent its European allies $7 billion, and then another $3.3 billion by 1920(end note 30). By the Dawes Plan of 1924 the U.S.started lending to Axis Germany. American foreign lending continued in the 1920's climbing to $900 million in 1924, and $1.25 billion in 1927 and 1928(end note 31). Of these funds, more than 90% were used by the ...
- 823: World War I and Bringing People Together
- ... they were Germans. Robert Prager a German born immigrant was hung by a angry mob consisting of 500 men. Robert Pragers only crime was that he was a German and we were at war with Germany. The leaders of the mob were later exonerated. Many immigrants were locked up cause of fear that they may be loyal to their country. George Creed was correct on one statement about World War I ...
- 824: The U.S. Entering World War II
- ... of Naval Operations, to create a war plan based on the contingency of the United States having to fight a two-ocean war. In the Pacific, against Japan, and in the Atlantic, against Italy and Germany. Why would Roosevelt have a war plan drawn up if he said he wasn't going to enter the war? It seems a bit odd, unless, of course, if he was planning on entering the ...
- 825: The Persian Gulf War
- ... massive air and sealift. The United States established a broad-based international coalition to confront Iraq militarily and diplomatically. The military coalition consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy, Kuwait, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Korea, Spain, Syria, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United ...
- 826: A Portrayal of Honor
- ... to die for the Union was Captain Constatin Blandowski, one of many immigrants who earlier had fought for freedom in Europe and then joined Lincoln's army. Born in Upper Silesia and trained at Dresden, Germany, he was a veteran of democratic struggles - a Polish revolt at Krakow, the Polish Legion's battles against Austria, and the Hungarian fight for independence. Some nationalities contributed more than their share of Union soldiers ...
- 827: The Battle Of Salerno
- The Battle Of Salerno American and British strategies for defeating the Germans differed. Americans thought an attack across the English Channel, through France and into Germany was the quickest way to victory; however, the British thought that an attack on the Mediterranean was the best. The British and Americans both agreed that the best way to defeat the Germans in Italy ...
- 828: World War I Propaganda
- ... Other movies showed a big mean looking German man ripping up a copy of the Constitution and burning American flags. This made some people very mad and made them glad we were at war with Germany. Music was also a very influential part of World War One propaganda. For some people they didnt get interested in the war until they heard some of the catchy new tunes like Over There ...
- 829: The War in Vietnam
- ... levels immediately jumped beyond 300,000 and by 1968 the number exceeded 500,000. Supporting these ground troops was a tremendous air bombardment of North Vietnam that by 1967 surpassed the total tonnage dropped on Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II. Gen. William Westmoreland, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, pursued an attrition strategy designed to inflict such heavy losses on the enemy that its will to continue will ...
- 830: Labor In America
- ... scarcity of labor would keep wages high. But events that took place in Europe were already threatening labor's gains. In 1917, a communist revolution overthrew the government of Russia. Communists also attempted revolutions in Germany, Hungary and Finland. Immigrants entering the United States at this time were primarily from southern and eastern Europe. Many of them, in response to the economic hardship and social inequality which they found in America ...
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