the Lockheed Martin U-2 was created in 1955 and was labeled U-2A. It was developed to allow the U.S. a glimpse into the Soviet Union. It was in direct response to the Soviet’s development of the Myasishchev M-4 bomber (“Hammer”) and the alleged bomber gap. President Eisenhower called for designs of a stealth aircraft that could fly near and over Soviet airspace without the risk of being shot down. It was developed by a team of Lockheed Martin employees called Skunk Works. The U-2A was revolutionary
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the Spanish Civil War as a dress rehearsal for WWII D. by 1939 Spain became a Fascist dictatorship German Aggression A. Germany annexes Austria B. Hitler wanted the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to be given Autonomy C. Munich Conference 1. was a meeting held to decide what to do about the sudetenland 2. the western democracies forced czechoslavakia to give up the Sudetenland in return for Hitler’s promise of no more s invasions D. Hitler broke his agreement and
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honor of the United States and could not be tolerated. The creation and deployment that Germany made of the submarines caused great havoc in the Atlantic Ocean. Germany was attempting to try and blockade Britain just as Britain had done to them. German U-boats‚ however‚ would attack any ship they believed to carry war supplies. As a result‚ many innocent ships were sunk without warning‚ regardless of the flag they carried. Officials in Berlin simply labeled these instances as "mistakes" (American Pageant
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Great Depression and the failure of collective security that undermined world peace in the long period of late 1920s to 1930s‚ the appeasement policy is rather an immediate cause that sparkled off the outbreak of WWII. On one hand‚ the appeasement policy indeed caused the outbreak of WWII by encouraging the growth of aggressors‚ which increased the possibility of war. For example‚ regarding the expansion of Fascist Italy‚ after the Abyssinian crisis in 1935‚ there was the Hoare-Laval pact which
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CHAPTER ONE REVENUE MOBILIZATION IN DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES CASE STUDY: AKUAPEM NORTH DISTRICT ASSEMBLY 1.0 INTRODUCTION The study is on the revenue mobilization of District Assemblies in Ghana‚ with a case study of Akuapem North District Assembly. This study seeks to know the effectiveness and challenges being faced in the mobilization of these revenues and its impact on the development of the entire districts. District Assemblies were established in the PNDC era in 1988 as local governing institutions
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Effects on Same Sex School Does anyone think about what is same sex school? Why any students want to go there? Both single sex school and co-ed school have advantages and disadvantages. If we were parents‚ we would think that which school is better to let children go. Some of them do not care about the issue‚ but it may happen some problems to their children. In other word‚ if parents think about it carefully‚ their children will be successful. Going to same sex schools have had several positive
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The Role of the S.S. in the Holocaust All along people have said that Hitler did the Holocaust. This statement is not entirely true‚ and it was his soldiers did. They marched under the Nazi orders‚ and exterminated men‚ women‚ and children alike. The SS started out with humble beginnings. They were founded and started by Adolf Hitler himself. They were started with no intent to harm or kill‚ but to protect Hitler and his fellow party members. They had 300 members in the beginning. They
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Japanese immigrants first came to the Pacific Northwest in the 1880s‚ when federal legislation that excluded further Chinese immigration created demands for new immigrant labor. Railroads in particular recruited Issei. Before the War the Japanese were able to get mainly manual labor jobs such as this‚ no matter what their educational status was. This discrimination only increased during the war. Initially the U.S was unwilling to enter the war (and who could blame them after the disasters of the
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Sports have always been an important part of people’s lives and a way for them to relax. The 90’s was a decade of unbelievably talented athletes and major icons. Michael Jordan started his fame in basketball and is now known as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. In 1995‚ at age fourteen Serena Williams became a top competitor and became a pro in the game of tennis. Tiger Woods became the first golfer in history to win the U.S. Amateur title for three consecutive years. The 1992 Dream
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