Nanking Massacre

Fact or Fiction: The Effects of Misrepresentation Literature appears in many forms from fiction to non-fiction to memoirs with each providing a different purpose for the intended reader. Often, authors will write their memoirs in order to give the reader new knowledge of events through personal experience rather than to entertain them as a folk tale might. Consequently, those in search of gaining knowledge through personal experience on a particular event will most likely choose to evaluate the…

fire” is what Crispus Attucks said and what led up to him dying, and starting the revolutionary war. This was just the beginning of a huge revolution. Crispus Attucks played an important role in the American Revolution by his role in the Boston Massacre. On the night of March 5, 1770, Private Hugh White, a guard on duty outside Boston’s customs house,was surrounded by a jeering crowd.He reacted by hitting one of them his musket. The crowd grew larger, and eight redcoats came to rescue White. A…

figures of the Massacres at Chios along with the “Greek Families Awaiting Death or Slavery”. The bodies are painted in a traditional style, their magnitudes close to real life but slightly romanticized. The theme of the painting is based on the real life event that had occurred two years earlier to the conclusion of this works. For almost four centuries the Greeks has been under occupation by the Turks but it wasn't until 1822 that the Greeks decided to fight for freedom. The Massacres was…

In the early hours of September 5, 1972, an awful event occurred in the most unimaginable place. The Olympic Games in Munich, dubbed “The Games of Peace and Joy” quickly became known as the “Munich Massacre”. At 4 o’clock in the morning, a group of eight Palestinian terrorists, disguised as athletes, climbed over the fence into the Olympic Village in Munich. Meanwhile, the Olympic team from Israel was asleep in their apartments in 31 Connollystrasse. The terrorists walked straight to 31…

enforcement professionals should be ready to learn from their mistakes. The 1972 Munich Olympics became one of the greatest human tragedies in the history of counter terrorism. The paper reviews the principal aspects of the security response to the Munich massacre in 1972. Some of the issues considered include Germany's response to the incident, pre-attack warnings, the level of security preparedness during the Olympics, as well as the role of fusion centers in counter-terrorist operations. The…

The Boston Massacre shouldn’t have been called a massacre since only a total of five people killed in the event. The word “massacre” indicates the brutal slaughtering of a large numbers of people. The Boston Massacre was more like a riot than a massacre, but it was called a massacre by the use of propaganda. The Boston Massacre Historical Society clarifies that “Paul Revere wasted no time in capitalizing on the Massacre to highlight British tyranny and stir up anti-British…

I followed the historical Freedom Trail to the Old State House built in 1713 and also where the site of the Boston Massacre took place that was just outside the building. It was a vital and key location for the formation of our city where several great Patriots gathered to start what we now have today. Arriving at this historical landmark, I grew interest to want to go…

you would be terrified imagine it happening in front of you, but. So Today we’re going to be going into a historic event to see what sparked it all , what happened during the Boston Massacre? And what was the aftermath of the event? Today we’re taking a look back in history To Learn about , The Boston Massacre.…

documentary of what happened to the Israelis who were assonated in the hands of Palestinians. The film Munich directed by Steven Spielberg discusses how the Israeli government came up with the ideal counter-terrorism plan against the Palestinians after the massacre in Munich. The film’s plots are in the same ballpark which is the discussion on the fatal Olympics but in Munich, Spielberg uses scenes from One Day in September to show the audience what really happened. In the documentary One…

Last Night, March 5, 1770, 5 colonists were either brutally murdered, or killed to contain the crowd. Were the soldiers guilty of manslaughter, or rightfully killing? Restraining the colonists, or trigger-happy? Or the bigger question; Guilty or Innocent? The answer to that question is innocent.The soldiers are innocent of murder because the colonists were armed, dangerous, and angry at new taxes imposed on them. Theodore Bliss has proof that the soldiers were innocent. He stated that the…