Bombing of Dresden in World War II

There are millions of books written about the Second World War and Nazi Germany, but not one has the storyline like “The Book Thief.” Just looking at the book cover it gives you such deep meaning to what the story is gonna tell inside. The dominoes lined up on the cover of the book resemble the falling bodies of the jews during this time. The title “The Book Thief” also hase a very strong meaning throughout the book. The main character Liesel stealing behavior represent the struggles she has…

The Korean War, though has been in the dark for a while, had a significant impact on modern warfare and strategy. Allen Millett touches on the historical significance of the Korean War in “Introduction to the Korean War.” The Korean War brought new challenges and strategies for the Americans. This war was a different from some of the others that America has been involved in. This was what Millett describes as a “People’s War of revolutionary national liberation.” This conflict was surrounded…

American naval base located in Hawaii. This attack changed America’s position in the war from a bystander to a full participant in the second World War. Before the bombing of Pearl Harbor lied Japan 's thirst for expansion. Being the pre modernized nation they were in the years prior. Japan being the weaker unmodernized country they had been felt it was time to get on the same level as the other nations. World War I was just the beginning of the expansion Japan had desired. With the massive…

When the Treaty of Versailles was fully executed on June 28, 1919, five years to the date of Austria- Hungary’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination, a collective sigh of relief could be felt by the world’s populace, however, this War to End All Wars, turned out to be anything but. From the very moment the peace talks began, political promises began to fall to the wayside causing tension between countries, some of which still exist today, and former allies began to have discord with one…

Self-determination was the reaction of Woodrow Wilson towards the global trend of nationalism in the early twentieth century and the centre of his liberal world view as well as the most fundamental source of foreign policies of the United States in the twentieth century. Self-determination could trace its origins to liberal nationalism before First World War and can be explained in many different ways. This essay mainly focuses on the principle and concept of ‘national self-determination’…

defined by world thinkers as the Universal Declaration of human rights. The Universal Declaration of Human rights was not developed out of nothing, it was heralded by idealistic people who saw the world of the early twentieth century, and wanted to define the rights that should be universal to the world. The rights that they wrote had already existed in a multitude of world governments constitutions or laws; the United Nations coalition only defined them in a universal sense. The world in the…

America engaged in the most deadliest and effecting war known to history- World War II. Throughout this time period, more lives had been lost on and off the battlefield than any other war. In the beginning, the United States had hoped to be like a ghost, unseen as a part of the war and it was not until tragic struck the people of America until Roosevelt chose to join in. On December 7, 1941 -the attack on Pearl Harbor forced America to partake in the war. After this attack, over 100,000 lives…

The Cold War was a rivalry between the United States and Soviet Union, as events swept the nation with their thirst of beating the other. Although this mainly took place between the two, major effects dominated over the rest of the world as their rivalry affected other Nations around them. Many countries had been affected by the Cold War and some had serious consequences. Knowing what was going on during the Cold War will perhaps give an explanation to how this played out for the rest of the…

Even though the women’s team has bought in a profit of around 20 million dollars, they are being paid very poorly compared to the men in the Federation. They are being paid about a fourth of the amount the men make; this even forced some of these world champion soccer players to get a second job in order to make ends meet. As outlandish as this confrontation sounds, this is just one example of the sad reality that women all over the U.S. face daily. Women are being paid less for doing the exact…

Resolving Conflict: War Versus Peace Throughout history, mankind has struggled to maintain a balance between war and peace. Individuals are continuously attempting to maintain peace, yet they struggle with the prominent reality of conflict and war. Historically, English thinkers have surmised that conflict is an inert quality, yet some think otherwise. Additionally, many people question whether peace or war is more effective in dealing with conflict. More recently, the Modernists—especially…