with the bulk of their population in Germany and the countries Germany would occupy in World War II. By the end of the war‚ almost two-thirds of their population had been executed by the Nazi’s so-called ‘Final Solution’. 2. Why did it happen? There were multiple reasons as to why the Holocaust happened. One reason being Hitler deranged goals and his intent to create the ‘Aryan Race’. He wanted a race of pure Germans with blue eyes and blond hair. He believed that Germans were superior and therefore
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and caused the extinction of dinosaurs (Than). But is it really possible that one meteor could kill over 700 different species of dinosaurs? Could the asteroid really have been so big that it devastated the entire world? Is there any explanation to why the asteroid hit in the first place? There is no way that scientists could truly find the answer to any of these questions‚ meaning that there are hundreds of other theories that people have come up with. This essay will explain other theories on how
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Congress and President Eisenhower had both received briefings from Vanguard’s director John P. Hagan and Defense Department’s director of guided missiles William Holaday on Vanguard’s progress. During the briefings the two emphasized that Vanguard’s launch vehicle was still being tested and the project’s engineers were close‚ but not quite ready for launch. However‚ soon after Eisenhower’s briefing the White
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The Battle of Stalingrad is undoubtedly a huge event and turning point of the war and is incredibly significant‚ arguably more than D-Day. Stalingrad is the bloodiest battle in the entirety of WW2 with 841‚000 axis casualties and 1‚971‚000 Soviet casualties with the sheer numbers alone Stalingrad has three Rs of significance‚ (Remembered‚ Results and Remarkable). Stalingrad was the first major loss of the Wehrmacht and a massive turning point of the war. Stalingrad was the furthest east the Germans
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1. What was the Renaissance and why did it begin in Italy? The Renaissance is the era of rebirth. It took play around 1300 to 1600 and in Europe‚ this era is known as a rebirth of art and learning. The Renaissance first began in Italy because in Europe‚ both England and France were at war with each other (The Hundred Years’ War) which prevented them into the age of the Renaissance. Italy‚ on the other hand‚ wasn’t at war and allowed the Renaissance to start. Three advantages that started the Renaissance
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Each of the four articles portrayed a different explanation for why Reconstruction did not work out as planned by the United States Government. Thomas W. Wilson’s article reveals that the government preyed upon the South. Carter Woodson asserts that former slaves were not given a fair chance to make Reconstruction work‚ while Thomas Bailey blames the Radicals for pushing it on clueless‚ former slaves. Finally‚ Mary Beth Norton takes issue with the resistance of Reconstruction that the South held
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At the Battle of Chancellorsville‚ the Army of Northern Virginia was faced with a serious threat by the Army of the Potomac and its new commanding general‚ Major General Joseph Hooker. General Lee decided to employ a risky tactic to take the initiative and offensive away from Hooker’s new southern thrust – he decided to divide his forces. Jackson and his entire corps went on an aggressive flanking maneuver to the right of the Union lines: this flanking movement would be one of the most successful
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what the others need‚ from a camera to clothes and identity cards. Australian Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick‚ "the manufacturer‚" makes tools such as picks for digging and bellows for pumping air into the tunnels. Flight Lieutenant Danny Velinski and William "Willie" Dickes are "the tunnel kings" in charge of making the tunnels. Eric Ashley-Pitt of the Royal Navy devises a method of hiding bags in the prisoners’ trousers and spread dirt from the tunnels over the camp‚ under the guards’ noses. Forgery
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prove dangerous. Were they justified for doing this? In my opinion no way. I think those are selfish reasons to leave the country. We need to stick together as a whole since the North and the South aren’t the only battles. You still have foreign countries and we need the Union as a whole to win those
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The Battle of Shiloh History 217 Dr. Tew 4/24/2014 Dr. Tew Important Event in History April 21‚ 2014 The Battle of Shiloh Early in the morning of April 6 to 7‚ 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh took place. This was in the early‚ middle of the Civil war. The battle took place in Hardin County‚ Tennessee. This war was fought between Americans. The North side was the Union who believed in keeping the Union intact. The Union was the twenty Free states and five border slave states
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