August Spies

all things with just obedience. The best real world representation of the determination of respect would be Martin Luther King JR. and his mission to make White Americans realize that the African Americans are equal and just as important to them. August, 28,1963 MLK marched on the lawns of Washington D.C for the workplace rights and racial freedom. 250 thousand people all for on cause at the countries capital, those two hundred and fifty thousand people all there for one reason, Their equality,…

year President Eisenhower started up the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (The Space Race). He also created two space oriented programs. Their jobs were to find out about the military potential in space and to use orbiting satellites to spy on the Soviets (The Space…

Although the word “Watergate” directly refers to the Watergate Hotel in Washington D.C., it is an umbrella term used to describe a series of complex political events and scandals between the years 1972 and 1974. These events started when Richard Nixon ran for reelection (“Watergate”). In such a harsh political climate, a forceful presidential campaign seemed essential to the president and some of his key advisers. Their aggressive tactics included what turned out to be illegal espionage. In May…

April 6, 1793, [the revolutionary government established] the Committee of Public Safety…. The purpose was to “protect the public safety” from enemies both inside and outside of France. The Committee soon employed a shadowy network of informers and spies to achieve these ends.” In fact, anyone who spoke negatively about the government was executed. This lead to the deaths of up to about 40,000 people, provoked by “ruthless commissions.” As a matter of fact, the guillotine was an inhumane device…

These are dark days for international jihadists. In Syria, Islamic State (IS) and Al-Qaeda militants are being chased out of their long-held strongholds either by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad or the Kurd-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by Russian and American airpower respectively. Pro-government militias in cooperation with national armies also have them on the run in Libya, Yemen and Iraq. As IS’s grand facade of a “caliphate” crumbles and it devolves into an improvised…

On August 6, 1945, American forces dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Just three days later, on August 9, was Nagasaki’s turn. Instantly, the cities were left in ruins, and death took its toll. It is estimated that about 70.000 people died immediately in each city. What followed was destruction and increasing death rates due to the radiations. Although there may be many reasons for President Harry Truman’s decision to drop the nuclear bombs, the primary one must have been terminating…

again.” He said this because of how fast his troops were pushing into Russia (Reader's Digest Association). World War II ended with a defeat of the Axis powers, but it could have gone entirely differently if Operation Barbarossa never happened. On August 23,1939-shortly before World War II commenced on September…

After World War two began, Germany was on mission to conquer Europe. Germany Invaded and occupied France, early in the month of May, 1940. The United States was dragged into the war by the Japanese at Pearl harbor, on December 7,1941, by 1942 the British were already thinking about a invasion across the English channel. With great planing, and difficulties from many generals and intelligence agencies D-day came about. D-Day, June 6, 1944. United the Departments of, Army, Air Force, and Navy, of…

President Franklin Roosevelt called December 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." On December 7, 1941 Japanese attacked pearl harbor with planes in Hawaii territory bombing the united states naval base that is in pearl harbor, this attacks bombing nearly killed more than 2,300 Americans, in the process destroying the American battle ship U.S.S. over 2,335 military personnel were killed this included 2,008 navy personnel, 109 marines, and 218 army, and 68 civilians. The total of deaths…

Stalin, Elvis Presley, Joe DiMaggio, Malcolm X, and homeless veterans. The first person who will be talked about is Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon was a member of the House of Representatives from California who was accused of being a Communist and a spy. This basically started off Nixon's political career. Nixon became Vice-President under President Dwight Eisenhower. Then a few years later, Richard Nixon Became the thirty seventh…