Mr. Kern IB ToK II 2 December 2014 Why was Hitler defeated? There were many factors why Hitler was defeated‚ the most important being the entry of the US into war in 1942 and the fact that Germany was fighting a 3 front war. By 1940‚ Germany had already gained control of all of Western Europe and was winning the majority of battles against the Soviey Union in the Eastern front. Only Britain hadn’t been invaded and was fighting against Germany
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trip! Lesson 3 Let’s sing our way out of this! Integration of tenses. (imagen de grupos musicales desde los 40tas a la actualidad) A: Look at the pictures‚ and the sentences in bold: What do you think the reading will be about? Read as you listen‚ circle the words you don’t understand. Then read again and answer the comprehension questions below. Around the years‚ music has matched the society of the time and has evolved with changes in the world. Not only does music change with society‚ the political
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punishments like death. Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon for 42 years and was thought to have gotten his laws from the god of justice Shamash. I believe that Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of the family law‚ property law‚ and the personal injury law. First of all‚ it is unjust because of the family laws. Law 148 states that if a man’s wife wife is severely ill the man can remarry but he cannot divorce the ill wife and still has to take care of her. This is unjust because although he still
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forces against other military forces. In the event of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ “Never before had civilian populations been so ruthlessly targeted.” (Foner‚ 888). While the bombing of Hiroshima may hold very little justification‚ the brutal attack on Nagasaki‚ just 3 days later‚ lacks any moral substance and cannot be defensible. On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan launched an attack on an American Naval base near
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Why Santa Doesn’t Exist Its winter and holiday season is upon us. For most people this means last minute shopping for gifts‚ unless you are a child and believe it’s actually Santa Clause who will deliver the presents to your Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Those of us‚ who know better‚ that Santa doesn’t exist‚ try not to spoil the fun for little kids. The question still arises as to whether Santa still exists or not. A child would definitely say yes‚ but those of us who say no‚ don’t know the
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Why Was There A Revolution In 1905 The Revolution in 1905 happened for many reasons‚ some reasons are long term and some short term. A long-term cause of the 1905 Revolution was the continuing dissatisfaction of both peasants and landowners to the Emancipation Edict of 1861. Although this piece of legislation had brought an end to serfdom‚ peasants still remained tied to the village commune called the mir and were angry at the redemption payments they were expected to pay in return for the land
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History The Haier Group was founded in 1984 as a Chinese government-owned business that produced mainly household refrigerators. Encouraged by the government‚ Haier set their sites on becoming an international brand. Haier’s executives believed that the strong brand recognition that was created domestically could be extending into the Western market by creating and introducing products for the niche consumers and then expand into larger markets. “Globally‚ Haier had gained first place in the
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The 95 Theses is what Martin Luther thought was wrong with the Catholic Church. Luther wrote the Theses and hammered it to the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31‚ 1517. When Luther wrote the 95 Theses‚ he criticized the Pope’s power and the church’s extreme wealth. Luther also used the Printing Press to spread his 95 Theses quicker. Without the Printing Press‚ this phenomenon wouldn’t have happened. The document was written in Latin and posted on the door of a church‚ the 95 Theses became very
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Why Property Damage is Not Good Now what have we learned from our actions? Truth is‚ we all learn from our mistakes. No matter how dumb the mistake is or how little. By every mistake a person makes‚ it makes him a better person the next day. Why? Because it is just the way us humans are. We learn from our mistakes. Damaging other’s property was my lesson. I can see that those actions had gained me nothing. They did not make me any cooler‚ they did not make me feel like a better person. All this
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Aspirations of an Emerging Market Firm Arcelik‚ a Turkish appliance manufacturer controlled by Turkey’s largest conglomerate company named Kroc Group. From the beginning‚ Arcelik products more than half of Turkey’s appliances‚ including air conditioners‚ dishwashers machines‚ cooking appliances‚ and refrigerators. But since trade barriers declined in 1980s and 1990s‚ many competitors such as BSH‚ Haier‚ General Electronic‚ Whirlpool‚ and Electrolux were threatening Arcelik’s market share. In global household
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