Matter of France

south. France was declared an open city, when the French government fled from Paris because of the advancing Germans. German forces arrived in Paris on June 14th. Ironically enough, as Hitler insisted, three days later the French government officially surrendered in the same railcar the Germans surrendered in at the conclusion of WWI at Compiègne. “The humiliation of France was complete.” (Sheffield, 2011) Following the successful takeover of Paris and surrender of the French, France was…

INTRODUCTION: India is one of the developing countries in the world. Aviation in India is one of the major economic factors, and aviation industry is enormously growing day by day. Many airlines operate their functions and services in India among them IndiGo is one the best developing carrier which provides it services on-time based and is very particular with its timing and services. IndiGo is a low cost carrier providing low fares and on-time performance. It provides various services with…

British Airways PLC, a British air-transport company, is branded as one of the largest airline in the world carrying approximately 36 million passengers a year. Its headquarters are established near Heathrow Airport in London. In 1935, small UK air transport companies arose together to form British Airways. Later, the British Government joined British Airways with its competing airline firm, Imperial Airways to form British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). British European Airways (BEA), a…

In 1933 one of the most tragic genocides began. The Holocaust is one of the most well known genocide durning World War II. Jews, gays, and disabled people where often the ones placed in the concentration camps in Nazi Germany. Some may try to deny history, saying that the Holocaust never happened, but there is hard evidence, as well as many survivors, that prove its occurrence. The Holocaust was a devastating genocide during Word War II. It took place under Nazi Germany and lasted…

The Founding of New Acadia: The Beginning of Acadian Life In Louisiana, 1765-1803 As a descendant from the Acadians and growing up with the large influence of Cajun culture, discovering a historical work on how the culture of Louisiana derived seemed quite appealing. The author of the novel, Carl A. Brasseaux, is a historian of French Colonial North America, and is known for his many works on the history of the modern-day Acadian culture. The author was born in Opelousas, Louisiana, which…

The practice of scalping, the removal of the scalp from the head often to be used as a trophy, has long been one of the most enigmatic, contentious, and startling elements of early American history. Often distorted by Anglo-Saxon ethnocentrism, understandings of scalping, both past and present, have most commonly presented the practice as the embodiment of Indian savagery and cruelty. Much more than evidence of Indian warfare’s barbarism, however, scalping was a vital part of the nuanced and…

understanding of America; as what is promised, isn’t what is truly given to all. Freedom, in this case, is what the ideals promise, but, it is not what they give, not as long as the institution of slavery survives. In Eliza Harris, a poem written by Frances E.W. Harper, it is exclaimed, “Oh! how shall I speak of my proud country’s shame? / Of the stains on her glory, how give them their name? / How say that her banner in mockery waves - / Her “star spangled banner” - o’er millions of slave?”…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

Strategic Information Systems 1. How does e-Enabled create value for Boeing? Value is defined as the distinction between the opportunity cost of the supplier and the willingness of the customer to pay. Value is defined as the distinction between the opportunity cost of the supplier and the willingness of the customer to pay. Boeing was leading airplane maker in 2004 and for decades it had dominated the global aviation market. However, as the industry reached maturity, European-based…

Even though the new deal was established twenty-five years after the Triangle incident, the New Deal’s purpose was to help with economic recovery, job creation, investment in public works and civic uplift. Frances Perkins is the women behind the New Deal. She stood there and witnessed the madness caused by the fire: the smoke, the screams, the instant deaths. The tragedy impacted her a great deal that it motivated her to make a difference. So, she became an…