Military Police: Enemy Prisoners of War

time of control, he had envisioned an area free of all German enemies, in which he called “The Garden of Eden” (Spangenburg, 28). In this perfect area, he sees an ideal society without Jews, Gypsies, and the Soviet Communist party. However, he mainly focused on eliminating the Jewish community (USHMM). In doing so, he established action groups called Einsatzgruppen. “Einsatzgruppen is a German term that was first used for Nazi police intelligence units working with the German army after the…

able to bring a malicious murder in to face justice, where the court may sentence them to the Death Penalty. Law enforcement’s more intensive cousin, the military, works in a similar way. They deal with threats to the nation and its interest, whereas police forces deal with civilian law breakers. Since the Armed forces are typically reserved for war, they tend to experience much more death than their civilian counterpart. However, the general public does not condemn the soldiers for their…

Since television personality and real estate developer, Donald Trump, announced his candidacy for the 2016 Presidential Election on June 16, 2015 at Trump Towers in New York City, using the slogan “Make America Great Again”, he has made racist comments about Asians and African Americans and has expressed an Islamophobic attitude. He even went so far as to mock New York Times reporter, Serge Kovaleski, who suffers from arthrogryposis, which limits the movement of his arms. Trump claimed to have…

recycled within Japanese society, but a general emphasis on loyalty to country and family, and a downplaying of individualism have remained characteristic (Holmes). Bushido was used as the Japanese definition of a just war, used to strengthen centralization during the Sino War and World War II, and is a way of life that was misconceptualized and then reinvented with a brand new…

ruling the SA which had no command over SS units. The SS were altered into a professional and disciplinary parliamentary force. Later on, both Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Muller were introduced and given significant responsibilities in the SS. 7. Pre-war Himmler introduced a 5-year enrolment procedure and signed up men of the Aryan race and tested on their stand on moral, racial and physical grounds. If you were racially and physically ready for the SS, they would be sworn in with an oath of…

Nearing the end of the war there was an influx of killing frenzies, manic death throes, and hundreds of thousands dead, all occurring between 1944-1945. In the beginning of 1944 many Germans still expected to win the war, however, by the end of the year that opinion had changed. Hitler was under assault from the air, from the Red Army in the east, and, after D-day in June, from the Allies in the west. German defeat was looming, yet killing went on in many varied settings; from the extreme death…

“All wars have unintended consequences. No matter how cautious generals and political leaders are, war sets in motion waves of change that can alter the currents of history” (Tirman 45). The United States involved itself in an ongoing conflict that has spanned from Crusades to the colonization by the European powers. When the United States pulled out of Iraq in December 2011, a splinter group of Al qaeda headed by Abu Musab al Zarqawi attacked major Shia communities to ignite a sectarian war.…

especially in China. They also treated Allied prisoners of war horribly. On January 7, 1989, Hirohito died of cancer at the place of his birth and his son Akihito succeeded him to the throne. Kim Jong-Un (North Korea) 2011-???? Kim Jong-Un was born January 8, 1983, in Pyongyang, North Korea as the youngest son of Kim Jong-il. Kim Jong-Un became the leader of North Korea in 2011, having inherited his position from his father Kim Jong-Il. He is also the Military Leader of North Korea. Pyung-yang…

The trials of war are never simple; in fact, they are a very complicated concoction of humanitarian aid, military campaigns, and politics. The United States of America was on the outside of the European conflict of World War II clinging to their beliefs of isolation. However, our government officials knew this would not and could not last. In 1941, the United States entered World War II. Its allies would be Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union. By the war’s end, it became common…

Reign was using propaganda. Even before 1933, propagandas were used to gain support. Propagandas effects were not immediate but it was built on subconscious fears and envies. Crim writes how the propaganda of Judeo-Bolshevism was used during post World War I era (1919). This propaganda subconsciously created fear towards Judaism and Communism within the German community. This propaganda had segregated the Germany community, easing political leaders’ efforts to manipulate the citizens. While…