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When you look back on life you will have traveled to many places, seen many things, and met many people, however there are some places you go along the way that will impact you forever, and leave you with many stories to tell for all your friends, and family to hear. I know I am still young and have not experienced nearly half of the journey’s that I will go on later in life, nonetheless there is one place that I will truly remember for eternity, and most certainly tell my children about. That place is Lyon, France. I may have only lived there for a year, but the maturity, and independence I gained from it is that of a decade. I am truly grateful for the opportunity I was presented with, and would gladly take it again if offered the chance to. My trip to France has allowed me to look at life from a different lens, I appreciate and respect my great life much more now than I did before. I was only fifteen at the time, not quite sure what I was getting myself into. The idea came so quick, I just woke up one morning and said this is what I want to do. I have been playing soccer for about eleven years at this point but never in my wildest dreams did I think I would end up halfway across the world for it. Before the summer even seemingly started I found myself giving my mom a last hug and kiss goodbye before embarking on a new adventure. It was hard to see my Mom crying, but I was on a mission and there was no turning back now. Four months of preparation for a new life and a new…

importance of the Vichy regime and its impact on French society, including its most negative aspects.” One of the aspects the French wanted to repress was the boost of anti-Semitism in France during the nineteenth century. A myth that exemplifies this was the myth that Alfred Dreyfus, of the Dreyfus Affair was guilty of treason. In reality the reason that Dreyfus was picked to be a scapegoat was because he was Jewish. In the opinion of the courts and especially Charles Maurras,“Dreyfus was…

Like little pieces to a puzzle, different aspects of World War Two connect to make a much larger picture. These pieces could be simply be a person or an event. Combined, they fit together in a way never imagined before, to prevail the entire story. Like laying down the first piece, the United State’s inevitable entrance into the second world war began with the attack on Pearl Harbor. Charles De Gaulle worked to save French troops and assist the British in defeating Germany during the war.…

year is 1940, and as of the 5th of June Adolf Hitler’s German forces had invaded, conquered, and now occupied France. At the mercy of the Germans, France was on their knees and all chances of taking their country back were doubtful. On June 18th, French General Charles de Gaulle’s voice broadcasted on the radios nationwide as he delivered the “Appeal of June 18”, a call for France to not secede in the fight against Nazi Germany. I believe Charles de Gaulle’s ability to present an effective…

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens scrutinizes the aristocracy by telling tales of injustice during the French Revolution. Dickens employs this notion through a few quintessential events such as, the death of Gaspard’s son, Foulon’s escape and through the French treatment of the impecunious. In the second book, “A Golden Thread,” the Marquis St. Evrémonde runs over a peasant child when racing his carriage through a town. To absolve himself of his own crime, he throws out a few coins to…

rights” , but you cannot have political freedom unless you are a white man of property. This shows the lack of intention to be all inclusive in The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizens. The Jewish Population The next argument revolved around the Jewish problem in France. The assumption by some was all non-Catholic were included in the Declaration, the reality was there was a clear distinction on what was considered non-Catholic. Many Calvinist in France were wealthy land owners,…

France desired cultural and economic independence. In order to achieve sovereignty, General De Gaulle, who was the French president from 1958-69, began to manipulate international organizations to suit French interests. For instance, De Gaulle withdrew France from NATO in 1966 and testified Great Britain’s entry into the EC. Furthermore, at the summer Paris conference of 1946, French leaders requested that the Ruhr Valley region be treated, the article states, “as a political entity independent…

as semi-presidentialism) is a system of government in which a popularly elected fixed term president and along with a prime minister and that is responsible to the government of a state. The current president and prime minister is Francois Hollande and Manuel Valls. The French parliament is the government building. France’s first inhabitants are the French people that are the descendants of Gauls and Belgae, western European Celtic peoples, as well as Bretons, Aquitanians, Iranian Alans and to a…

For the purpose of this paper I will be explaining the reasons for the rapid fall of France in 1940. Some, if not most, of the attention is given to Hitler’s blitzkrieg style of invasion as a main reason for France’s crushing defeat, but there were many other factors that compounded the devastation that was associated with Hitler’s war on France. As I will highlight, the German advance via the “all new” tank tactics of the time was an extremely devastating driving force that was the tip of the…

refugees informs the Americans of their struggles and how they are looking to America for help and safety. I will not argue against the total fictional nature of the plot often brought up as points against it. It is a trivial task to poke holes in the background, that the city of Casablanca was not on any refugee railroad, the Germans were not occupying it. No “Rick’s Café American” existed (although there are lots now ). Victor Laszlo did not exist and even if he did, the resistance he…