1944

The Ardennes Battle of the Bulge involved combatants from United States, Nazi Germany and United Kingdom. From 16 December 1944 through 25 January 1945, was a secretly led German attack through the Ardennes region of France which was a heavenly forest area, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II. The element of total surprise was effective to a degree because of the United States Army and the British Command were confident in their plans they had and were working on,…

Born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, Missouri, Harry S. Truman was the son of a livestock trader. In high school he was a very strong student and always wanted to play sport; he even hoped that one day could join the U.S. Military, but due to his poor vision, the doctors didn’t allow him. Because his family couldn’t afford to send him to collage, after graduating high school he started his first job as a bank clerk. When America entered the World War I in 1917, Truman joined the National Guard and was…

beliefs at the same time. Often, people who were considered Nazis, since they were not Jewish and pretended to support Hitler, made assassination plans and attempts towards Hitler. One example of an assassination attempt that occurred was “In July 1944 a group of German army officers and diplomats plotted to kill Hitler. A bomb placed by Colonel von Stauffenberg exploded in a room where Hitler was holding a meeting but he survived without serious injury. the plotters committed suicide or were…

the root of social problems in society and much has changed in the past 50 years with court cases to address these problems. In this piece, we specifically looked at two civil rights initiatives voting rights and desegregation. Between the years of 1944-1986 Southern states used racist tactics to put forth obstacles to prevent African Americans from voting even though it was constitutionally guaranteed to them. Some of the racist strategies used in Southern states right after the civil war…

Next was Old South, New South, or Down South? Florida and the Modern Civil Rights Movement which is a collection of scholarly essays that reassesses Florida's response to the modern civil rights movement. The core argument within these essays is that Florida's answer to the modern civil rights movement was basically no different from that of any other former states of the Confederacy. Contrary to popular opinion, Florida was not more mild on the subject of race relations than its southern…

America: War With Itself The Civil War was a war between two rivals, the South and the North. The South thought the war would last only a couple weeks or months, but it turns out, the war lasted over 4 years. Also, the South thought very little of the North during the war. For example, the South thought the North had very little supplies, small army, and a weak navy but the North proved them wrong. Abraham Lincoln was president at the time and was trying to abolish slavery from the United…

Edith was not allowed to go with the two. The typhus epidemic broke out in 1944-1945, which killed thousands. Unfortunately, Anne and Margot were victims of the infectious disease. Theme Explication: A theme shown in The Diary of A Young Girl is identity and fear. Anne identifies herself as “two Annes.” One Anne is the…

D-Day is the battle of June 6, 1944 when the United States and England stormed the beaches of Normandy, France. The invasion was scheduled for June 5, 1944, but was moved to the day after because of the weather predictions made by J. M. Stagg. Although this battle established a foothold on the European continent, a significant question still stands: What if D-Day had failed? There were many components that could have ruined it, and if it had, Dwight Eisenhower would have lost his job and…

as a correspondent with the Office of War Information. He later resigned in 1944. After moving to Harlem, Parks became a freelance fashion photographer for Vogue. He later followed Stryker to the Standard Oil Photography Project in New Jersey, which assigned photographers to take pictures of small towns and industrial centers. He did this job from 1944-1948. In 1948, Parks became the first black to become a photojournalist for Life magazine. A photographic essay…

During the Holocaust twenty-six year old Lois Gunden, who was an American French teacher from Goshen, Indiana, went to work with the Mennonite Central Committee in southern France. During her time there she has saved over nine women and children. She saved a little girl named Ginette Kalish who was only twelve years at the time by taking her in from her mother and father on a train, Kalish told Yad Vashem in their article (Women of Valor) about Gunden “At the time I was 12 and certainly scared,…