of it being a superior tactic‚ but because the Polish were unprepared. To what extent is this statement an accurate assessment of the success of ‘Blitzkrieg’ in Poland in WW2? Introduction Under the leadership of Adolf Hitler (18889-1945)‚ the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ or Nazi Party‚ grew into a mass movement and ruled Germany through totalitarianism‚ from 1933-1945. It was founded in 1919 as the German workers party‚ the party promoted German Pride and Anti-Semitism (Source 6). Adolf
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What were the successes and failures of the League of Nations in the 1920s? The League of Nations could stop small wars and improved some people’s lives. But it could not defend the Treaty of Versailles‚ get disarmament‚ or stop powerful countries. It stopped some wars – e.g. it arbitrated between Sweden and Finland over the Aaland Islands (1921) and stopped the invasion of Bulgaria by Greece (1925). In 1928‚ the League arranged the Kellogg-Briand Pact‚ which outlawed war. The
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In what ways and with what success did Nehru deal with the economic and social problems facing India? Jawaharlal Nehru‚ leader of the Indian National Congress and later India’s first prime minister‚ led the Congress Party to victory in India’s first three general elections. Nehru was born in 1889‚ educated in England and then returned back to India. In the 1920´s he travelled around India and was alarmed by the Indian people suffering from poverty and oppression. Inspired by his travelling around
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How successful were Stalin’s economic policies in the 1930s? Although it is unarguable to deny that there was certain economic progress in Stalinist Russia throughout the 1930s‚ it is understandable to postulate that the policies implicated under Stalin’s regime were merely introduced primarily to consolidate his political hold on the USSR. During this period‚ Stalin placed particular emphasis on Industrialisation and the abolition of older methods of peasant-controlled farming to be replaced with
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of technology allowed them to fight against nature‚ provided food for the people‚ and control a population. They took knowledge that came with success and failure‚ and grew a successful Empire. The technology created by the Egyptian like‚ hieroglyphic‚ dams and the civilization’s application of the Nile played a role in the success of the Empire. The Egyptian using hieroglyphic
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What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? Describe why. Apple Successes Three of Apple’s biggest successes are the iPod‚ iTunes‚ and iPhone. Introduced in 2001 the iPod offered consumers and easy interface to house up to 1000 “on the go” songs. For Apple‚ the iPod offered a monopoly type product with high margins. The iTunes application also rolled out in 2001 and offered users and easy interface to search and download music and movies. In 2002‚ Apple released the Windows
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Indochinese Communist Party Heads the Independence Movement in 1940’s Communism in Vietnam in the 1940’s was coming to the forefront. Not only that‚ the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP) was making headway‚ as one of the largest parties in Vietnam‚ on Vietnams fight for independence. There are many reasons why the ICP were at the forefront; among those is France’s Downfall in 1939 followed by the revitalization of the ICP‚ the debate over “person-hood‚” Famine during the late part of WWII which
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1975‚ the tensions that had been building up as a result of the Zionist destabilization of the region ignited on Lebanese soil when 30 unarmed Palestinians on board a bus got slaughtered in the Ain El Remaneh region‚ buy supporters of the Phalange party. The Lebanese civil war is the result of a conflict between one mentality that refuses to share Lebanon‚ willing to partition it if sharing was forced upon it‚ and another that claims its own right to defend the Palestinian cause in its own country
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was one of the longest lasting and most successful in history. Although the exact date isn’t known it’s widely believed that the Roman Empire began around 27 BC and lasted‚ at least the eastern part‚ until 1453 AD. That’s practically 1‚500 years of running a successful regime. For a little comparison the United States has been around for a paltry 240 years‚ less than one-sixth of the time. So if Rome was so incredibly successful‚ why isn’t it still around? What happened that caused the downfall of such
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managed to be successful in her quest of changing the standards for hospitals with sound judgment‚ calm and strong authority‚ and fixed determination. Nightingale had to have sound judgement to be successful. She was able to make sensible decisions about what she needed to do and what had to be changed immediately. She used her own knowledge about the human anatomy to decide that cleanliness was important. She also studied the history of hospitals and analyzed sanitary reports. “Not only were basic surgical
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