enforced a surrender. In all this the League played no part despite the fact that it had just been set up with the specific task of maintaining peace. The next crisis the League faced was at Teschen‚ which was a small town between Poland and Czechoslovakia. Its main importance was that it had valuable coalmines there‚ which both the Poles and the Czechs wanted. As both were newly created nations‚ both wanted to make their respective economies as strong as possible and the acquisition of rich coal
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Adolf Hitler is very important to history because he was responsible for starting World War II and also for the European jew massacre and jew genocide in 1933. He reminds us how not to act. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the National Socialist Nazi Party and Chancellor of Germany. He was born on April 20‚ 1889 in Austria‚ and he died on April 30‚ 1945 in Berlin‚ Germany. He led the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1939. As a child‚ he lived in upper Austia where both his mother and father died. He never
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Kitsch in Kundera’s Unbearable Lightness of Being Milan Kundera touches on several philosophical ideas in his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being. One of these ideas is the idea of kitsch. The term “kitsch” is associated with works of art that are popular but have no real value. The images are saturated in emotion and include many themes that people can easily identify. Kitsch is a simple concept that takes away individuality and creativity. However‚ it is the sentiments and emotions behind
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prime minister Neville Chamberlain agreed to defend Poland if they were attacked by Germany‚ Hitler was infuriated‚ saying‚ “I’ll cook them a stew they’ll choke on.” Apparently‚ Hitler has been busy making his “stew” since Germany has seized Czechoslovakia and has now taken over Poland. The Munich Pact‚ an attempt at appeasement‚ has obviously failed as Hitler continues to take over European countries one at a time using a new military strategy that the Germans call “blitzkrieg.” Two days after
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MUSSOLINI’S FOREIGN POLICY In the early days of Mussolini’s regime (he came to power in 1922)‚ Italian foreign policy seemed rather confused: Mussolini knew what he wanted‚ which was ‘to make Italy great‚ respected and feared.’ But he was not sure how to achieve this‚ apart from agitating for a revision of the 1919 peace settlement in Italy’s favour. At first he seemed to think an adventurous foreign policy was his best line of action‚ hence the Corfu Incident and the occupation of Fiume in 1923
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Oskar Schindler A Story of Life Humanitarian Terry Prachett said‚ “Most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally evil‚ but by people being fundamentally people. Oskar Schindler was an ordinary person who despite his faults‚ managed to accomplish extraordinary things. Despite Schindler’s early ambitions to use World War II to make a profit for himself‚ something changed within him and he soon began to have doubts about
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During World War II‚ German military forces rushed across Europe at an alarming rate. They were determined to gain complete global control and to extend their racist‚ and supremacist ideals to the entire world which they believed was inherently theirs’. They were cruel in their methods of accomplishing that goal. Though they did not succeed‚ their tyranny left a stain on the world. Their means for world domination were‚ racist propaganda‚ modern weapons‚ and the world’s largest military force. Before
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Hitler happened‚ the mass executions and the millions murdered all happened. So now the question is‚ how? After World War I Germany was in ruins. They were humiliated and broke‚ the economy was getting worse every day. The people needed someone to blame it on. Hitler and the Nazis made use of these perfect conditions and slowly made their way into the Reichstag (German parliament). President Hindenburg believed he could control the Nazis while using their supporters‚ but that all came to an abrupt
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because Germany wanted to avenge its loss in the first World War. Fascism became popular in Italy and Germany during this time. In Germany‚ Hitler wanted to take over German speaking countries surrounding Germany‚ such as Austria‚ and parts of Czechoslovakia. Although‚ he was offered an appeasement‚ Hitler broke his promise and he demanded to get those countries back. Hitler and the German army started spreading across Europe‚ killing thousands of civiians. At this time‚ Hitler refused to directly
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Let there be no doubt about their strength‚ power and capability. Their counterparts have changed the govern¬ments in their own countries. It was the youth of Indonesia who overthrew President Soekarno. The massive youth movement in Czechoslovakia succeeded against the military invasion on their country. The recent history of Cambodia‚ Cuba‚ France and Pakistan provide evidences of their invincible force. Even in our own country before partition the youth played a very inspiring role in
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