Winston Churchill

World War II was a global event with many different events that shaped it and left an abundance of effects on the world. The start of World War II began with Germany and Russia attacking Poland. This teaming up and attacking of Poland started the World War because Britain and France were supposed to be allied with Poland and provide help. This resulted in declaring war on Germany. There were many other events that brought in other countries, but this event in Poland was the start of it all that…

“Some people dream of success, while others wake up and work hard at it,” said Winston Churchill. I believe this sums up my life perfectly. While others only dream of being successful, I work hard to become successful. I consider myself to be a perfect fit for the Honors College at UIC. I reckon certain things about myself would help enhance the Honors College community. When I think of the Honors College, I think of leaders, dedicated students, and role models. All those traits describe me. I…

Flies¨ the events on the island are a direct reflection as to how Britain perceived the World War II. The Germans initial offensive (blitzcrieg) unified Britain as a nation, just like as the fires on the island brought everyone together. As Winston Churchill said after the initial German strike “Everyone feels now that, come what will, we are top dogs; the past week has shown that we shall win no matter what slight doubts there were before.” There was a fire that started to burn in the United…

By 1914, the Progressive Era had instilled a healthy dose of positive liberty into American domestic policy, resulting in many important educational, labor, and economic reforms that continue to affect American legislature today. But following WWI, President Woodrow Wilson took the concept of positive liberty to an even more influential level by proposing a new approach to foreign policy that essentially advocated for internationalism. In doing so, he was challenging the American tradition of…

just the Soviet Union, and not throughout Western Europe. Some people blame the containment policy for starting the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States. There are three different standpoints, represented by “Walter Lippmann, Winston Churchill, and Henry Wallace.”(Kissinger). The standpoints were that containment would work, it wouldn’t, and that we should stay out of other countries issues. George Kennan was all for the containment policy, he was one of the biggest…

The United Kingdom was founded on May 1, 1707. It is believed that the Celtics were the first to inhibit Great Britain. They arrived in the country around 500 to 100 BC. The Greek navigator Pytheas was the first to mention the Island. He explored the coastline in 325 BCE. Great Britain was a very strong country, but like everyone else they had problems and events that helped structure the count. One event was the strife between Whigs and Tories it lasted from 1707-1721. Great Britain was under…

On December 7, 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. There were three-hundred fifty-three Japanese planes. Japan’s attack was a surprise. The Japanese’s main target where the aircraft carriers, but they were not at base. They only attacked the ships and planes, but left places like oil storages unharmed. They also attacked on Sunday because they thought it would be a relaxed and less alert day. They were correct. It happened that the facilities at Pearl Harbor were undefended before and during the…

The attack on the Pacific Fleet (Pearl Harbor) was taking care of properly and the reaction from the US was rightful and justified. The lingering question is if the attack that US had on Japan was too far and did not fit the “crime”. Well indeed the answer to this question is that the US reacted properly and by entering WWII just to defeat and destroy Japan and its leaders was nothing but right. Even by defeating Japan, this was not enough to pay back the emotional toll the soldiers and families…

The Cold War was a tenses time between two types of government’s capitalists and Communisms. The Cold War stated after World war 11 when the Soviet Union turn many eastern European counties to communisms. The Cold War was also between the two superpowers that derived from World War 11 the United States and the USSR. The Cold War official started at the meeting of Yalta. The tensions of the Cold War started when the Soviets sent troops to berlin and block all roads to berlin. There might…

Why should in state colleges be free? In today’s society going to college is not something everyone can do nor afford. Students with a GPA of 2.5 or above have no problem with getting a chance to get their tuition wavered. The average person pays a total of $9,139 for a four-year college and that is only for an In-state. For everyone else trying to get that 2.5 GPA will drive us into becoming stressed which can affect not only our physical health but mental health as well. One in 8 colleges say…