Backgound The treaty was very humiliating to Germany‚ it was a dictate (they were forced to sign) as the British blockade remained in force and they had had to surrender masses of equipment to the allies. Not only there entire fleet but also 30‚000 machine guns‚ 3000 trench mortars‚ 2000 aircraft and 5000 heavy artillery pieces. This would have made the war totally impossible to carry on. The allies instead of providing a peace settlement based on the 14 point plan as Germany had though instead
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Research Paper Rough Draft In the years leading up to World War II‚ Germany was a struggling nation. The Treaty of Versailles and the failure from World War I left the country in pieces. Germany’s cities were destroyed‚ they had low job employment‚ and they were in heavy debt (historynet.com). Adolf Hitler‚ a German leader‚ used the idea of nationalism to unite the country as one. As part of his agenda‚ he blamed Jewish people‚ communists‚ England‚ and France for their problems (worldwar-two.net)
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ultimately lead to his tragic downfall. One example of Oedipus’s flaw that caused his downfall is his hot temper. Because of Oedipus’s hot temper‚ he acts before he thinks. One example of his quick temper occurs when Oedipus killed Laius where three highways meet. Laius‚ who was in a rush to get to the Oracle of Delphi to save Thebes‚ tried to run Oedipus off of the rode with his colt-drawn chariot. Enraged‚ Oedipus attacked and killed Laius and all but one of his guards. “The groom jostled me and
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War is expensive. When World War One was over‚ Germany had sunk over 37 billion US dollars (estimated) . Only 6% of this was paid for by taxes ; borrowing covered the rest. This act of borrowing put Germany in a precarious spot before the war was even underway. By the time the war was over‚ Germany was even worse off. Not only was their national debt at record highs‚ but also they were forced to pay immense war reparations‚ and national pride was at an all time low. Together‚ this caused the perfect
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Causes World War One (WWI) is a war that we all know of. Perhaps because it was the first war in which armies used modern technology such as machine guns and chemical warfare. WWI began in 1914 with the assassination of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ and ended four years later with 10 million soldiers dead and another 20 million wounded. Many people know that WWI began with the assassination of of the archduke of Austria-Hungary‚ but many don’t know what really caused this epic war‚ the underlying
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I picked the short story "In Cuba I was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menéndez because I was able to connect with the protagonist (Maximo) and feel his pain over how his life had changed after fleeing from Cuba. The story is about Maximo‚ one of four older men who gather in Domino Park in Little Havana in Miami to play dominoes. As a result of the Cuban revolution‚ Maximo‚ then a university professor‚ fled from Cuba with his wife and two daughters. He struggled to start a new life in Miami and ended
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I have picked the “In Cuba I was a German Shepherd” by Ana Menendez. I chose this story because it is the first option from the reading assignment and perhaps I don’t have much knowledge about Cuba and haven’t read any Cuban short stories before. This story is about a group of four aged men‚ who meet every morning at Domino Park in Miami to play domino‚ where sometimes there are also tourists stop by and stare at them while playing. One of these four men is fond of throwing jokes anything about
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Second World War World War II was one of the greatest struggles humanity has ever seen. This Second World War caused many lives to be lost‚ damaged personal properties and was expensive‚ for a great deal of money was required to maintain a country’s military strength. The numbers for those that have passed‚ been wounded or gone missing during the war could never be calculated precisely; though it has been estimated that more than 55 million lives perished. Many historians have traced the causes of
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World war 2: Assignment The World War 2 was lasted from 1939 to 1945; it was very brutal and destructive. There were two groups Russia‚ England‚ France‚ United States on the other hand there was Germany Italy‚ Japan. These groups were led by many leaders most of them were very famous because of several federal and democratic reasons. The leaders were joseph Stalin‚ Winston Churchill‚ Eduard Daladier‚ Franklin d‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Hirohito‚ respectively as the countries are written
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Brutus’ Demise Throughout The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ Brutus was one of the most important and influential characters in the play. He involved himself in many of the scandals entailing the conspirators‚ in hopes of fulfilling his duty as an honorable man. However‚ his impressionable personality would lead him to a fatal outcome‚ suicide. There were many different causes and factors that led to his death‚ along with the death of the other central characters. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar resulted
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