Bibliography: Hirschfeld Gerhard‚ Nazi Rule and Dutch Collaboartion‚ The Netherlands under German Occupation‚ Hamburg 1988 Jong Louis‚ The Netherlands and Nazi Germany‚ Harvard University Press‚ 1990 Warmbrunn‚ The Dutch under German Occupation 1940-45. Stanford University Press‚ 1963 Brinks Jan Herman‚ The Dutch‚ the Germans and the Jews Woolf‚ Linda M.‚Survival and Resistance: The Netherlands Under Nazi Occupation‚ New York‚ 2000 Hamilton‚ Leslie Ann‚ "Dutch Resistance to the Nazis during World
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Pawan Agrawal Dr. Aranda History 9 3/19/18 The Maginot Line A line of heavy defensive fortifications along France’s East border from Switzerland to Belgium was built constructed from 1929 to 1938 in case if another war broke out. Sergeant André Maginot (1877-1932) was assigned to build forts in the Eastern border. France believed that the fort would be unable to break through as they spent three billion francs‚ underestimating the Nazis. However‚ the Nazi’s eventually break through with a brilliant
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environments‚ and combinations of these reasons put together. There are many things an engineer has to look for when designing a major structure such as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. On July 1‚ 1940 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge was open to traffic and was the third longest suspension bridge in the united state during the 1940 ’s. It had a span of 5939 feet measuring the approaches. It had two towers of 425 feet tall that were connected to the bridge. During the design they picked that it should be a suspension
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noir (1930-1940): The term refers to dark movies from especially the late ’30s‚ e.g. Quai des brumes (1938) and Le jour se lève (1939) by Marcel Carné‚ which gained international reputation at the time. French film noir is characterised by poetic realism and cruel fatalism‚ a down-to-earth doomsday feeling‚ so to speak. In this context‚ the term film noir is used in a more or less frequent manner in many European countries‚ but not necessarily in France. Early American film noir (1930-1940): Many cineastes
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ISS 220 Notes Oct 22 Mexican Revolution Porfirio Diaz (1876-1911) Era known as the Porfiriato Armed Revolution (1910-1920) Post-Revolutionary State (1920-1940) Institutionalized Revolution (1940-2000) What is a “revolution?” -Important leader that helps get the revolution started is Francisco I. Madero from Coahuila (Northern Mexico)-very high education‚ studied in France‚ degree from Berkley in California -Very different leader in Mexico Revolution‚ Emiliano Zapata‚ from central Mexico
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proved to be one of the most successful innovations for building a louder guitar‚ despite the misgivings of some traditionalists about the new technology. Country and jazz guitarists were among the first to champion the electric sound. Then in the 1940s and 1950s‚ players and makers began building Spanish-style electric guitars with solid wooden bodies‚ which led to new designs and new sounds. A Louder Guitar The history of the electric guitar’s development comprises a legacy of invention and
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Chapter 34 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War‚ 1933-1941 Use the following to answer questions 1-9: Identify and state the historical significance of the following: 1. Cordell Hull 2. Joseph Stalin 3. Benito Mussolini 4. Adolf Hitler 5. Josef Goebbels 6. Francisco Franco 7. Winston Churchill 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Wendell Willkie Use the following to answer questions 10-13: Define and state the historical significance of the following: 10. totalitarianism 11. fascism
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it is possible to argue that the policy of collaboration begun in 1940 became progressively more akin to collaborationism by June 1944. This essay will seek to define both collaboration and collaborationism and outline their fundamental differences and growing similarities. Collaboration‚ itself was an official Vichy government policy‚ first mentioned in Article Three of the Armistice and later solidified on the 24th October 1940 at the meeting between Hitler and Maréchal Pétain at Montoire. Apologists
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Hotel rwanda Harold and maude Yeelen In the mouth of madness Keep the river on your right Faust John adams Virgin spring Fausto 5.0 Siam sunset The company of wolves Sien nui yau wan Monkeys shines Toto le héros Braindead Shallow grave Bound Retroactive Beowulf Black Book A Nous la Liberte (1932) Absence of Malice (1981) Adam’s Rib (1949) The Adjuster (1991) The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Affliction (1998) The African
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began in the summer of 1940 and was waged in the skies over Great Britain. When France fell in June 25‚ 1940‚ it triggered a series of miniature events that lead to this battle. Great Britain and France were allies during the Second World War and both declared war on Germany (September 1939). Though despite their declaration of war‚ little to no fighting was seen between Germany and the two countries. This period of silence broke when Germany invaded France in the Spring of 1940. Although France fought
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