Were there endemic weaknesses which explain the defeat of the Third Reich? In the aftermath of the Second War‚ historians- their judgement clearer with the benefit of hindsight- have clamoured to give their accounts of why Hitler’s Third Reich was defeated‚ often pointing to structural failings within the state. Nazi Germany’s downfall was not inevitable‚ though‚ and indeed for over two years‚ between the summer of 1940 and autumn of 1942‚ the outcome of the war was far from certain. Yet‚ just
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Defeat is a difficult feeling to cope with. In sports games‚ it is always difficult to lose. All people respond to defeat differently. Most people will give up and go home‚ but very few will refuse to be defeated and keep fighting even after the battle is over. In The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway‚ the character Santiago is an excellent example remaining undefeated and enduring to the end. For eighty-four days‚ Santiago had set out to sea and returned empty-handed. On the eighty-fifth day
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How Nice Guys Can Succeed The traditional business philosophy holds the opinion that the nice guy won’t get as far up as the cold competitor in the corporate ladder. Nevertheless Russ C. Edelman‚ coauthor of “Nice Guys Can Get the Corner Office” believes otherwise. He gets several strategies for how nice employees and their companies can finish first based on his survey. They surveyed about 350 nice guys to discuss how they felt about themselves and their performance and get their viewpoints
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Fail to Succeed Hello‚ I would like to introduce you to a different way of thinking about failure. Most of us know or see successful people in our daily lives. Some of us wonder if we will ever be successful. Some of us think that the successful person has always been this way. I have even heard people comment that success was given to that successful person. Either way you look at it or whatever you think about success. I can assure you most of the successful people you see became successful
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defeated Messenia during the First Messenian War. They were unable to keep control over the Messenians by making them Helots. Due to the Helot’s outnumbering the Spartan’s they rebelled and almost took down the entire Spartan Empire during the Second Messenian War. After their almost defeat‚ the Spartans decided to turn their empire into basically a military school. The people they conquered‚ had to abide by Spartan laws and rules. The Athens were ruled by a council of only nobles. They did not have
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How far were divisions among its opponents responsible for the survival of tsarist rule in the years 1881 to 1905? The divisions of its opponents were a major factor in the survival of tsarist state however; it is not the only factor as there are others. The divisions are big in helping survival but the ruthless use of repression by Alexander the third and Nicolas the second were also very helpful to the autocracy in ensuring continuance. Another major factor involved is the support of the Tsar
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7-8 million deaths of his own country’s citizens. There were social‚ economic‚ and cultural influences on Stalin which affected his lifetime achievements. Even though Stalin ruled in terror‚ his rule turned his country into a world power. Stalin was born on December 18‚ 1879 as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the peasant village of Gori‚ Georgia. He was the frail child of a cobbler and a washerwoman‚ born into poverty. His father was an alcoholic who beat him. At age 7‚ his face was scarred by
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from a capitalist economy‚ and changed the socio-economic classes. Before the Russian Revolution Russia had a Monarch named Tsar Nicholas the II‚ but after the Russian Revolution‚ Russia turned into a communist state. Tsar Nicholas the II admits defeat and agrees to abdicate. Giving the Bolsheviks the chance to claim the government and morph Russia into a communist state. The monarch granted the creation of
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How far were divisions amongst opponents responsible for the survival of Tsarist rule‚ 1881 - 1905? Divisions of opposing groups of the Tsar were important to the survival of Tsarist Russia. However‚ other factors such as the church‚ the belief of the divine right‚ the army and the Okhrana were also effective in keeping the Tsar in a state of power. Firstly‚ the opposition groups of the Tsar were known as the Populists‚ the Liberals and the Marxists. Each group had its own ideas on what was needed
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socialists and Lenin but failed. Unconsciously‚ Kornilov brought back the Bolshevicks on the scene of the Russian Revolution. The picture of Kornilov‚ shows him in front of his army ready to attack Petrograde as the photograph was taken in summer 1917. He looks determined but his army looks small and quite weak compared to the Bolshevik’s troops and the Kerensky’s troops. The fact that the Bolsheviks helped Kerensky only restored the Bolsheviks as patriots in the eyes of the Russians and enabled
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