Red Army

In the late 1970’s there was a hot bed of political activity throughout the world, which fed into the Cold War. The Soviet-Afghanistan War was a battlefield in which the Cold War super powers never faced each other but fought each other through different avenues like many other conflicts. Years earlier, the American military fought a counterinsurgency in Vietnam in which the Soviets helped the North Vietnamese fight the Americans. Even though the Americans won the major battles within the war…

Assignment: Medal of Honor Webquest Tasks: Find an article from the Army’s Medal of Honor website that tells about another recipient of the Medal of Honor. CORPORAL TIBOR RUBIN 1. Copy and paste the URL and then summarize the information you read. http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/rubin/citation/index.html This source was an official citation about the brave actions of Corporal Tibor Rubin, and the overall situation on his mission. The article was not completely focused on Corporal Rubin’s…

When comparing these two communities you can see that many of the previous actions that the Ancient Greeks took influenced the behavior of the Red Army. These militaries share similarities as well differences. One similarity is that both settlements only have men in their military. From both primary sources, there is only men pictured on them. Furthermore, the women in these settlements had less rights and worth. Even though both settlements started with women having limited rights, over time…

The Red Army Faction and the German Autumn 1977: A Failed Example of Urban Guerrilla Warfare in the Federal Republic of Germany The events that took place in the West German Republic between 5 September and 18 October 1977, when the German terrorist organisation Red Army Faction (RAF) carried out terrorist actions with the purpose of forcing the government of the then Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) to release their imprisoned founding members, are known in contemporary German history as the…

The word terrorism does not often call to mind the image a young woman or a wife or a mother. Yet, that is exactly what comes to mind when one mentions the name Ulrike Meinhof, a German left-wing militant, who co-founded the Red Army Faction in 1970. This militant group was responsible for a series of bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, and bank robberies throughout the 1970s, and many people harbor feelings of anger and hatred for the group. Therefore, it was a bold decision for Franca Rame…

The first kind of old soldiers mostly enjoy tranquil lives now, with abundant pension and supplement every month. But the later kind of veterans now mostly live with poverty and solitary because of their “taints”of once being the enemy army. They don’t obtain basic supplement, and for most of occasions during my interview, they even cannot offer their heating fee in the winter. Two old citizens just curl up on the bed silently because of famine. I was again and again paralyzed and vexed…

During the 1960s and 1970s in Germany, there was a new era beginning. This era started with student’s movement. During those years, the younger generation start asking questions. They believed that their parents didn’t do the right thing, and instead of fighting Hitler and not letting him do whatever he wants, they just stayed quiet and so he did whatever he wanted. One of the groups that were fighting the government and generally older generation, and were hoping for a change, were Lefties. But…

“Red Sorghum (1987)” directed by Yimou Zhang, the movie centers on Jiuer who is forced to marry an ill and old man, her marriage is forcedly arranged by her father. As during the ancient Chinese culture, most women did not have the freedom to choose their own marriage, and women 's marriage seemed to be a tool for a family to exchange money. So marriage was a tragedy to women. In the movie, Jiuer’s husband is dead because of the infectious disease, so she takes control over her husband’s…

short story titled ‘The Red Convertible’ by Louise Erdrich. Erdrich uses various stylist devices to bring this short story to life. In order to vividly describe events in the story, the author has incorporated significant similes to describe events that occur. The story is one of a bond of friendship between two brothers who purchase a red convertible, “… the first one in the reservation” (Erdrich 1). Their friendship is described as an adventure which starts by buying the red convertible.…

the colors that dominate all the other colors in a supreme fashion. Colors like red and blue which we see just about everyday our always in the back of our minds, Humanity has come to naturally associate these colors with objects to the point where some people can hear a word and immediately associate a color with it. If I had asked someone to picture an apple in their head the majority would most likely picture a red apple, even though there are varying colors like golden yellow and light…