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    From the Wehrmacht, to the Luftwaffe and the navy all were used for Hitler’s advantage. And Operation Barbarossa is culmination of these tactics put into one directive, as it includes and discusses the roles of each department within the army, with air force, navy, and defence force and their specified roles, but also covers foreign policies by outlining the plan hide the intent of attacking, and strategically focusing the luftwaffe and and ground forces is the implementation of…

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    report to the U.S. Secretary of War, Chief of Staff George C. Marshall inscribed, “In good conscience this Nation can take little credit for its part in staving off disaster in those critical days. It is certain that the refusal of the […] Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization” (107). The resolve of the Russian people was tenacious and unequivocal; undeterred by the callousness, destructiveness, and indomitability…

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    World War II was one of the deadliest wars in history to date. It was initiated by a joint invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. This would be prolonged for six consecutive years until the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany. Germany originally sought to minimize the length of the war by using the Blitzkrieg strategy, or (The Lightning strike strategy) to become a stronghold in the war. This strategy allowed them to enclose enemy armies and force surrender. This tactic,…

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    other killings that had already taken place in the war except for one detail; the killing order came from Wehrmacht Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau, not from an SS official. This essay will explore how General Reichenau’s directive to massacre the Jewish children at Belaya Tserkov was a watershed event in the Final Solution by focusing on the chain of…

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    On the day of September 3rd 1939, two days after the Nazi German army invaded the Polish on the 1st of September, the Allied forces that were Britain and France declared war on their German neighbour (Layton, 1992). In the end, the Allied forces celebrated their victory against their opponents in 1945, but the outcome of the war wasn’t thanks to Allied strategic successes but to the mistakes of the Axis powers that led to their inevitable downfall. The mistakes that caused the result of the…

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    In the mid 1900’s Adolf Hitler had taken control of Germany leading the country through world war 2. His hatred towards Jews was a result of many incidents occurring in his life which he believed was the Jews fault. This influenced how he had controlled Germany and the war, starting up concentration camps and making new laws which ruined lives. Its easy to say Hitler was a murderer of many, and a lot of people realized the wrongful ways of Hitler but were not brave enough to stand up against him…

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    Betrayal: The One Among Us All The days in Germany have changed. the streets have been empty, schools have been empty and Nazi reigned. “Where is everyone?” I asked mutter, while looking out the window. The sun still hadn’t broken through the clouds, but yet we were getting dressed for a formal event. “Aldrik hurry up, your father is waiting for us at the ghettos. Make sure you wear your Nazi uniform. You’ll look like a real kerl!” I looked over to my closet where my Nazi Youth uniform was…

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    The Red Baron Case

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    April 21st, 1918. A day of dogfights, death and controversy. Particularly the death of Manfred von Richthofen, Also known as “The Red Baron”. The death of the famous World War 1 pilot has sparked controversy from the days after his death to even present day. It is not known for sure who shot down Richthofen. The man credited with the kill was Roy Brown of the 209th squadron. Who chased the Baron in a dogfight which ended in the death of the Baron Based on where the Baron was shot and the angle,…

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    Operation Barbarossa On June 22 1941 Russian troops heard rumbling in the distance within a few hours millions of Russian troops were on the run the biggest operation in World War 2 had just been launched.These words paint a clear picture of Operation Barbarossa. According to Historian Sid Moody theses words are as true as could be. Moody states that the lives lost were completely unnecessary to the Operation causing millions of deaths of soldiers and civilians alike. Operation Barbarossa is…

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    Kung Fu, Nazis, explosions, guns, eighties synth pop, and time travel are just some of the many outrageously amazing elements that make up the thirty-one minute film Kung Fury. The film Kung Fury has a crazy plot, B-rated quality, and an abundance of all things that makes up the eighties. Kung Fury has taken the internet by storm especially for those like myself who love the perfect train wreck that was the eighties. David Sandberg, the director of the film and Kung Fury himself, said in an…

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