“I must admit‚ maybe I am a piece of history after all” -Alan Shepard. Alan Shepard‚ whether he knew it or not‚ really was a piece of history. Alan Shepard was born on November 18th‚ 1923 in New Hampshire. Alan was a good student through school‚ and after that he joined the US Naval Academy. He served in World War II. Then‚ exactly 23 days after Russia went to space‚ Alan Shepard got into space and back. Alan Shepard was the first American astronaut who used persistence to innovate ways to pave the
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For three long months‚ 14 countries from Western Europe and the United States attended the Berlin Conference. This important conference is also known as Congo Conference or Berlin West Africa Conference. The countries that attended include Austria-Hungary‚ Belgium‚ Denmark‚ France‚ Germany‚ Great Britain‚ Italy‚ Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ Russia‚ Spain‚ Sweden-Norway‚ Turkey‚ and US. Interesting enough‚ not a single country of Africa attended even though the conference was entirely about the division
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The Berlin Airlift MGMT 410‚ Management of Air Cargo Professor Walter Ginn January 23‚ 2006 The Air Force can deliver anything (Glines‚ 1998)! That was the response given by Lt. General Curtis E. Lemay‚ then commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)‚ when asked by General Lucius Clay‚ the U.S. Military Governor of Germany‚ could he haul supplies to Berlin. Little did General Lemay know that he was about to embark on one of the most massive and dynamic airlift operations
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Christopher Isherwood’s aim when writing A Berlin Diary? When writing A Berlin Diary Christopher Isherwood’s main aim was to subtly portray his thoughts of unfolding events at that time. Isherwood weaves together his observations of life in nineteen-thirties Berlin‚ capturing the spirit of the city and the people within it. The main character Christopher Isherwood is painted as an observer‚ recording the occurrences around him in the city of Berlin. He says at the beginning of the story‚ “I
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Assess the importance of the Berlin Blockade as a cause of the Cold War. The Berlin Blockade was not as important in the causing of the Cold War as compared to more significant events like that of the overarching German Question‚ instances of Soviet aggression in Manchuria and Iran‚ Kennan’s Long Telegram of February 1946‚ the Marshall Plan of June 1947 and the entry of West Germany into NATO in 1955. The Berlin Blockade is merely seen as a subset of the umbrella German Question and a mere reflection
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The Congress of Berlin was an international peace conference convened by the European great powers in Berlin‚ Germany in June and July 1878. Following the recent conclusion of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877‚ the Congress of Berlin aimed to divide the perennial no-man’s-land of Europe‚ the Balkans‚ along lines more reflective of the then-current balance of power. The ultimate effect of the Congress was effectively to reverse Russia’s territorial gains during the war‚ returning some seized territory
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Hate Crimes: Matthew Sheppard On 6 October 1998‚ Matthew Shepard‚ a student at the University of Wyoming‚ met Aaron James McKinney and Russel Arthur Henderson in a bar. The two men‚ claiming to also be gay‚ offered to drive Matthew home‚ but instead brought him to an isolated area‚ where they took his wallet (containing $20 and a credit card) and his leather shoes. But that was not the end. McKinney and Henderson tied Shepard to a fence‚ and proceeded to beat him to the point of unconsciousness
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Battle of Berlin After having driven their troops across Poland and into Germany‚ Soviet forces began planning an offensive attack against Berlin. The campaign would be entirely conducted by the Red Army on the ground. The Red Army massed Marshal Georgy Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front to the east of Berlin with Marshal Konstantin Rokossovky’s 2nd Belorussian Front to the north and Marshal Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukrainian Front to the south. Going against the Soviets was General Gotthard Heinrici’s Army
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“Help stop torture from spreading” Do you know Matthew Shepard? He was ranked number 33 on the saddest deaths. Matthew was a normal 21 year old going to university of Wyoming. He was “he was a young man that could relate to everyone‚ also was the type of person that was very approachable and always looked to new challenges. Matthew had a great passion for equality and always stood up for the acceptance of people’s differences.” Says his father. During a High School trip in February 1995 were he was
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Kriefels is cycling in a remote rural area when he sees what at first he believes to be a scarecrow tied to a fence. He looks closer and sees not a scarecrow‚ but a young man badly beaten and close to death. The victims name was Matthew Shepard. On Dec. 1st 1976‚ Matthew Shepard was born in Casper‚ Wyoming. He attended elementary school in the states‚ but after his first year in high school his family moved to Saudi Arabia. He then attended the American School in Switzerland where he was elected as a peer
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