Congress of Soviets

The battle of Verdun occured in Verdun, France. The Germans code-named this battle ‘Judgment’. The forces involved in the battle were the Germans fighting against the French armies. This is the longest single battle during the entire World War I. It lasted for ten months. On February 21, 1916 a German Krupp gun was set off. This thirty eight-centimeter long-barreled gun hit a cathedral in Verdun, France. This caused the firing of many guns around an eight-mile perimeter. This shot from Germany…

Ben Pollizi Mrs. Kimmich English 10 Advanced 15 April 2017 Sacco and Vanzetti Shortly after World War 1, the United States was soon gripped with a massive fear of communists, foreigners, and anything that wasn’t American. This fear was taken out on anyone who was in America that wasn’t American. One key example of this was the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti. These two men moved to America before World War 1 had begun. Due to the fact that Sacco and Vanzetti were both Italian immigrants, and…

How the revolution in Russia affected its foreign policies over the years till its collapse in 1991. Will China’s policy be peaceful or will it be a war between two major powers? Mearsheimer feels that the peace attained after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991may not remain for long and there will be a battle to control different regions across the world as strongholds for major powers. Examples for this could be China in Asia, India in South Asia, Russia in Northern Europe and Northern…

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov also known as Lenin was a Russian communist revolutionary and politician. Lenin asserted that socialism corresponds to Marx’s first phase of communist society and communism proper to the second. He was heavily linked with communism therefore I think ‘Good Bye Lenin’ is an appropriate title for the movie. The named Lenin is used a reference to communism. And with the unification of East and West Germany in 1989 communism was leaving East Germany where Alex and his family…

Gracelyn L. Angalao 2012-69864 SA 153 Shock Doctrine and Disaster Capitalism Naomi Klein’s book entitled “The shock doctrine: The rise of disaster capitalism,” served as an eye-opener towards the unfortunate events that happened between various countries in the past. Klein also coined the term “disaster capitalism” to furthermore illustrate and describe the hidden truth behind the shock that spread throughout Chile, Iraq, Russia and many more. This paper shall focus on the two cases of Chile…

The fall of the British Empire Every empire will fall eventually, caused by for instance, uprisings, economic difficulties, coups or polarization within the empire. In the midst of the 20th century, the British Empire would soon overextend itself, just as every other empire throughout history have. Yet, there are still signs of the greatest empire in today’s societies. Furthermore, one could interpret that there were five major reasons for the fall of the empire. Firstly, the Indian…

Nuking North Korea A young man is at his house watching T.V. when an emergency broadcast comes to informing him that North Korea has launched nuclear warheads that are to land in several big cities. That is what many people imagine when they hear “North Korea” and “Nuclear Strike”. When North Korea first launched its missile in February the rest of the world went on red alert, many people now believe they are a serious threat to the United States, because of how quickly they are advancing their…

I chose to analyse the speech that Hitler gave on December 10th, 1940 to the workers of Berlin. It had been a few months since Germany had failed to defeat the RAF in the battle of Britain, which was the first time in the Second World War that war had brought destruction to German cities. The reason I believe Hitler made this speech in Berlin was because it was one of the largest cities that was targeted. It was made clear in the speech that Hitler was communicating with armament workers who…

In this essay it will be explained how Alfred Hitchock used influences of Soviet Cinema, German Expressionism and Classical Hollywood and how this is evident through the production of the film Rebecca (Hitchock, 1940). Alfred Hitchock believed that everything within a film should be less important than the technique used to film. In his quote “I am against virtuosity for its own sake. Technique should enrich the action...The beauty of image and movement, the rhythm, and the effects- everything…

From 1945 – 1989, America and Russia were locked into the “Cold War.” (Cold War) This wasn’t like a normal war were two countries directly pitted their military strengths against each other. Instead, the Cold War was fought with politics, fear, spies, and proxy wars. This was extremely scary for the American public, creating national hatred for communism and any countries affected by it. Vietnam was one of these countries, having been divided into a southern, democratic half and a northern,…