Normandy Landings

Not everyone served their country by fighting the Axis Powers on the front line. Many did their part in their hometown and Dorothy Haener was one of them. She contributed to the war effort by working in a plant and inspecting B-24 parts. Even growing up, Dorothy was exposed to the expectation that women were to aspire to marriage and raise a family while their husbands worked. She also noticed that many men thought women were inferior to them and were even lower in their eyes if they were…

Peace for Our Time 1. When Chamberlain said this, he meant there was no short answer he could give about England and Germany. It would require an in depth discussion. 2. Primarily, I believe Chamberlain found nationalism was the biggest difference among all European nations. 3. I think Chamberlain was being overly optimistic. He failed to see what kind of man Adolf Hitler was, and what actions he would take to achieve his goals. British Parliamentary Debate on Munich Agreement 4. I think…

Alonso Diez Mrs. Miller English 12 March 24, 2016 Steven Spielberg and his influence in the film industry According to statistics, the Steven Spielberg blockbuster Jaws was one of the most watched movies in the 1970’s with a little production budget of $12 million and an incredible worldwide box office of almost $500 million. This, however, is not the only blockbuster movie from this American director and producer. In 1993, Universal published Schindler’s List based on a novel from the author…

On August 25, 1944 Paris was liberated by Allied forces just seven weeks after the Normandy landings. Hitler’s order to have the city razed to the ground, an order executed in the cultural capitals of Warsaw and later by the Allied forces in Berlin, was not realized and French troops loyal to the resistance fought off German forces and reclaimed the city without the use of urban warfare. On the same day that Paris was liberated General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French resistance…

What comes to mind when you hear the name Adolf Hitler? Is it hatred, pure evil, mass killings? What Hitler did in his 56 years of life will forever be embedded in our history. He created the Nazi Party and masterminded the execution of more than six million Jews. But, what made a young boy with dreams of becoming a famous artist responsible for such atrocities. Born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau Am Inn, Austria Adolf was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and Klara Hitler. As a…

and grape products for grain. Since they were located on the coast, Greece had a strategic point for trade and cultural diffusion. Athens became a rich commercial center and Greeks had a money system. They had city-states with identities and cultures. They were considerably independent and were always competing with each other. Sparta was militaristic and agricultural while Athens was cultural, political, and commercial. In Sparta, women had more rights than in other areas. They had adult male…

19, 1942, the allies landed on the beaches of the French town of Dieppe * the raid was doomed from the start—a chance encounter with a German convoy on the English Channel alerted the Germans to the impending raid * as a result, the landing was delayed until daylight—they lost the element of surprise and cover of…