World War II spawned the creation of many new inventions‚ inventions that were greatly needed in order for whole countries to survive the war‚ and one such creation was introduced by the Germans‚ the Blitzkrieg. The word "Blitzkrieg" is German for "lightning war‚" and it describes the military tactic used by the Germans and was coined by Western newspapermen in 1939 to convey the immense speed and powerful destruction caused by the three week German campaign against Poland. The term Blitzkrieg
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Allies: blockade‚ open trade routes‚ transport military‚ convoy systemCentral: mines‚ submarines (u-boat)‚ unrestricted submarine warfarePractices:Navy‚ submarines‚ trench warfare‚ poison gas‚ tanks | Phase I (1939~1940): invasion of Poland‚ Phony War‚ Dunkirk GB fight alonePhase II (1941~1942): Hitler and Mussolini drive B from Libya & Egypt‚ Greece‚ Operation Barbarossa‚ Pearl HarborPhase III (1942~1943): Battle of Midway & Coral Sea‚ El Alamein‚ Battle of Stalingrad‚ “Final Solution” Phase IV
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Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599. Cromwell Died on 3 September 1658. He rose from fairly humble beginnings to become the most victorious military and political leader of the Civil Wars‚ who was part of the joint republican‚ military and parliamentarian effort that caused the downfall of the Stuart monarchy as a result of the English Civil War‚ and was consequently invited by his associate leaders to assume a head of state role in 1653. As such‚ Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" for a five-year
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Fascism in Europe Fascism is a militant political movement that emphasizes on loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader. Promises to restore economy‚ punish those who created the problems and return national pride!! ▪ Often held mass rallies‚ uniforms and special salutes ▪ Limited personal rights ▪ State was supreme ▪ Conservative‚ right wing party that grows from the middle class Italy- Benito Mussolini Post WWI problems: ▪ Rising inflation (prices) ▪
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The office of Prime Minister‚ which walpole had created‚ was not understood by the politicians of the time. Indeed‚ the concept of a “sole” or “overgrown” minister was thoroughly disliked and was indignantly repudiated by those in power. The “outs”‚ those who were unimportant‚ came to resent the PM but nevertheless‚ such position was proving to be essential for the administration of government. The new administration formed in 1742 consisted of Walpole’s followers with the addition of some new Whigs
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The United Kingdom was in a state of disarray in 1940: the economy was down‚ Europe was a battleground‚ and most importantly‚ the spirits of the people were downtrodden. The United Kingdom’s military was losing more troops than they could produce. The newly appointed Prime Minister of England‚ Winston Churchill‚ delivered a speech on June‚ 4 1940 that became one of his most poignant and memorable moments while in office. Popularly recognized as “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” this speech greatly
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Metafictional Elements in Ian McEwan’s Atonement At first reading‚ Ian McEwan’s Atonement seems to be a modernist novel that owes much of its stylistic techniques to classic novels by authors such as Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen. That is‚ until the first-time reader turns a page to discover the epilogue entitled “London‚ 1999” and has this illusion shattered by the revelation that in fact Parts One‚ Two‚ and Three were penned by none other than the 77-year-old Briony Tallis. This epilogue‚ and
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promises that he could not keep. This tells us a lot about Mackenzie and his contribution to the war. By 1943 Canadians were forced to fight the desperate battles in Italy‚ they pushed into France and casualties were high. After the evacuation in Dunkirk France surrendered to Nazi
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WW II Torture tactics Some of the World war II torture tactics may have been the cruelest of all time. Stories from prisoners of war are horrifying‚ an example of one by Ian Cobain is‚ The German SS officer was fighting to save himself from the gallows for a terrible war crime and might say anything to escape the noose. But Fritz Knöchlein was not lying in 1946 when he claimed that‚ in captivity in London‚ he had been tortured by British soldiers to force a confession out of him Torturing them in
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irresponsible and in love with Mary Garth‚ she works for Mr. Featherstone until his death. Nicholas Bulstrode: Is a rich banker‚ married to Walter Vincy’s sister‚ Harriot Bulstrode‚ he married Will Ladislaw’s grandmother and had a daughter Sarah Dunkirk‚ that ran away‚ he has a dark past: he made many money by selling stolen goods. John Raffles:
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