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- 2401: America And The Normandy Invasion
- The year 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. During this time, numerous battles had occurred which were fought with determination and intensity on both sides. Amongst the many invasions of World War II, there is one day which stands out more in the minds of many American soldiers than the others. That day was June 6, 1944, more commonly known as D Day, part of the ...
- 2402: Andy Warhol and Pop Art
- Andy Warhol and Pop Art Pop Art The pop art movement began in London during the 1950's and then quickly spread throughout nearly all of the industrialized world. Although the artists did have some overlapping styles, pop art focuses more on the subject and less on style, which was left up to each individual artist. The main themes that is evident in all ... was recognized as the Pop Art capital of the west coast (Bourdon, 1989, 12) Subject The subject of Warhol's work revolved around various American social issues of the mid-century. As America exited from World War II and entered the Baby Boom era, the culture had become decidedly sanitized. Some of this could be attributed to the Cold War and fear of the "enemy". The flight to suburbia, mass production, ...
- 2403: Castro Rise The Power
- ... Hood for Cuba and many flocked to his banner. The final blow to the Batista regime came when the United States withdrew its support as Batista was falling from power. Seeing that a full scale war against him was inevitable, Batista fled the country with his family and close friends to the Dominican Republic. On January 8, 1959, the revolutionary forces marched into Havana unopposed. Tension between Cuba and the United ... 1,000 miles and they were capable of carrying nuclear warheads. With a nuclear threat only 90 miles off the coast of Florida, President John F. Kennedy warned Americans of the danger of a nuclear war. He further demanded that the Soviet Union dismantle the missile installations or risk retaliation from the United States. Two days later, on October 26, Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the USSR stepped back and accepted the demands, effectively bring the world back from the brink of nuclear destruction. The hostility between the two counties continuous today. U.S. citizens are not permitted to travel to Cuba. The unilateral trade embargo of Cuba is still effective. ...
- 2404: All My Sons: Summary
- ... he did it for his family. He realizes that for Chris there is something bigger than family. Joe seems to prefer Larry over Chris. Chris plans to leave home for good. He knows that the world is corrupt. Chris is still angry of his father because he thought he was better than the others. Ann shows Kate Larry's last letter, which says that Larry killed himself because he couldn't ... He is very dangerous for George because he is a lawyer and he might open up the case again. That's why he gets thrown out of the house. Problems: The first problem is the war itself. Many persons died because their superiors told them to. Many soldiers died in irrelevant missions. Many of them died of illnesses they got in the unhygienic camps. The second and larger problem of the play are the war profiteers like Joe. People made much money during the war, some with regular methods some with illegal activities. Joe did it incorrectly. He told his partner to cover the cracks. In fact 21 pilots ...
- 2405: America At D-day:a Day Of Reme
- AMERICA AT D-DAY: A DAY OF REMEMBRANCE I am very interested in World War II. So I choose a book that was written about the Normandy Invasion. More commonly know as D-Day or Deliverance day. The title of the book is America at D-Day. It was written ... author starts off by describing the preparation for D-Day in great detail. The code name given to the Normandy Invasion was Operation Overlord. It was planned mainly by General Dwight David Eisenhower. Prior to World War II Eisenhower never had any actual combat experience. Eisenhower was a training officer during World War I. Then in 1942 Eisenhower was given command of the Allied invasion of North Africa. Eisenhower is ...
- 2406: Berlin Wall
- ... most of Eastern Germany to Poland and the USSR, and then divide the rest into four zones of occupation. However, they could not agree of whether or how to reunite the four zones. "As Cold War tensions grew, stimulated in part by the German situation itself, the temporary dividing line between the Soviet zone in the East and the British, French, and U.S. zones in the West hardened into a ... and work on the East side of the boundary, for the benefit of Communism and the prosperity of the German Democratic Republic."(Galante, p.3) Gelb (1986, p.3) states, "Berlin was where the Cold War began with a Soviet blockade, where Soviet and American tanks faced each other virtually snout-to-snout for the first time, and where the grisly game of nuclear brinkmanship was introduced." The Wall was constructed of concrete and steel and barbed wire. It was 28 miles long, if straightened it would measure 103 miles long, dividing on of the greatest cities in the world. On side was painted white and one side was covered with graffiti. "But there is more to the Wall than just this wall. Behind it, one hundred yards deeper into Communist territory, is another ...
- 2407: George Washington
- ... Journal of Major George Washington. It made the young officer well-known at home and away. Returning to the Ohio in April with 150 men to remove the intruders, Washington got his first taste of war in a fight with a French scouting party. He wrote to his brother Jack, "I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound." A second fight quickly followed and ... French force. He surrendered and, in his ignorance of French, signed an embarrassing surrender agreement. But he had opportunities to get revenge for his defeat. The whistling bullets heralded the start of the Seven Years' War, as it was called in Europe. In America it was called the French and Indian War or, sometimes, Virginia's War. Horace Walpole wrote, "The volley fired by a young Virginian in the backwoods of America set the world on fire." Washington returned to the field as an friend to ...
- 2408: Battle Of Gettysburg 2
- There is a lot of controversy as to why the U.S. Civil War started. Historians believe it was merely a difference in the two cultures. The U.S. Civil War was mainly started because of a difference in these two cultures. The South had an agricultural economy, and the North had a manufacturing economy. Because of such different ideals, both areas were fighting for different reasons. The North was fighting to abolish slavery, while the South was fighting to sustain slavery. The Battle of Gettysburg was a very important battle during the Civil War. The Confederate General, Robert E. Lee had proven to be invincible after his victories at Chancellorsville and Fredricksberg, and was finally defeated at Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg turned the tide of the war ...
- 2409: Julius Ceasar Comparsion
- Many of the problems that Julius Caesar faced during his rule are still problems that the world still faces today. In William Shakespeares Julius Caesar the problems are clearly evident. The main problem is the inherit distrust in people of government that is caused by unstable governments. One relationship between the ... way the government is functioning now. Brutus will turn it upside down I a second to try and make it they way he wants. When Brutus killed Caesar it disorganized the government until the war over and Mark Anthony took over. When a country has a civil war it creates a real vonerable time for the country, when Mark Anthony and Brutus split up the Roman Empire for a civil war it left Rome extremely defenseless. Any big county could reek havoc ...
- 2410: Octavian Augustus
- ... crumbling republican government to a great and mighty empire. Octavian's government was strong enough to withstand weak emperors who mishandled the Empire. His changes proved to be the cornerstone of the greatest empire the world has ever seen. During the Conflict of Orders, the lower class Romans, or plebeian, forced the upper class Romans, known as patricians, to give them more rights and liberties (Hadas 1969). The Republican government in ... The allies were angry that they were not considered citizens of Rome. They had benefitted little from Roman expansion even though their citizens had served in the military. After a very bloody campaign, the Social War, as it was called, eventually ended when the allies were defeated. The Senate, however, decided to grant citizenship to the allies (Hanes 1997). This move expanded the Roman state to all of Italy. As the ... success, Sulla was elected consul in 88 B.C.E. After completing his term, Marius tried to stop Sulla from taking any military command. Sulla countered by marching his troops on Rome (Hanes 1997). Civil war broke out. Sulla led his troops to victory and became dictator. After killing many of his opponents, Sulla tried to change Rome back to its days of Republican government. When he felt he had ...
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