The Bombers and the Bombed by Richard Overy, is a recap of the allies to attempt to attack the axis powers and to cripple their logistic and economic divisions The book goes on to tell the different ways the British went on to set out their goals of stopping and crushing the Nazi power. He goes on to use primary sources from different places as reports by different agencies and firsthand account of pilots and civilians. Using different reports from different agencies shows us the actual results…
any time. In addition to this, they were also allowed to own private property. This system was different than the Soviet Union’s economic system, which was based on public ownership of property and the non-consumption of individual goods at any time. ii. The second reason why Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union collapsed was because of the changes that Gorbachev had made. Gorbachev thought that the only way the Soviet Union could be fixed was if certain changes were made and these changes…
Usually, it is not until many years later that specific actions and events in history become essential and highly influential pieces of the larger picture. Then it is possible to evaluate the causes of these crucial moments. It is the same with World War II. Looking back generally, it is easy to pinpoint key moments as Hitler initially swept through Europe with little resistance from European powers Britain and France. Similarly, it is possible to identify an increase in Japanese aggression as…
The Inevitability of War on Humans Many people, countries, and nations claim to wish for world peace, but have they really done anything in order to achieve that wish? All throughout history war has gone on. Overtime, technology has improved making war even more lethal. Although everyone knows that war only leads to debt, death, and disaster, people still support war efforts and want to rise to power over other countries and nations. People feel that in order to be powerful, they must destroy…
The Dream “We American Negros should know…until Africa is free, the descendants of Africa the world over cannot escape their chains… the NAACP should therefore put in the forefront of its program the freedom of Africa in work and wage, education and health, and the complete abolition of the colonial system” W.E.B Du Bois, a prominent Civil rights advocacy figure in the NAACP said this after returning to the United States after the fifth Pan-African Congress conference. The Great Migration…
Violence and exploitation mar colonial history as empirical powers justified their use as an inherent aspect of colonization. Foreign powers used brute force as a means to maintain and expand control over their realm. King Leopold II of Belgium wanted to expand his own power and secure resources by having Belgium become an empire nation like other European countries. To recognize this goal Leopold created the Congo Free State (CFS) in what is presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While…
In 1933, the first of Hitler 's anti-semitic laws were passed. These discriminatory laws stripped all "non-Aryans" of their teaching posts. With the laws came hatred towards the Jewish people as a whole, including members of the scientific community. When it became difficult to continue their research, or even live safely, many scientists chose to flee to institutions of higher learning in either the United States or Great Britain. Albert Einstein and Hungarian born Leo Szilard were two such…
The war I decided to do research on is World War 2. This World War was very important period in the 20th century because new technology, weapons, women’s rights, and programs to explore outer space were all developed because of the war. Many historians have different opinions of when WW2 started because right after WW1 the battles continued on between nations. The years between the first and second World Wars were a time of instability because throughout the world there was a Great Depression…
Across the twentieth century historians have interpreted Australian national identity in a variety of ways, often promoting their own specific views. Here, I shall delineate and give a brief overview of how Australian national identity has been interpreted by some historians. Over the twentieth century, Australian national identity can, in general, be separated into three time periods. Firstly, during the pre-second world war period, national identity was overwhelmingly based on being British.…
What was more damaging to the interests of Great Britain and France, the remilitarization of the Rhineland or the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War? When looking upon the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and the Remilitarisation of the Rhineland through the perspective of a 1940’s British or French politician, you can see clearly how the former was to be prioritised. This was a war that had gripped a whole nation and the rapid military intervention by Germany and Italy soon meant that a…