I am a Caucasian with French and German background who has lived in the United States for my entire life. Growing up as a child it has been very easy for me to deal with my racial background. This is because I have never had to worry about someone mistreating me because of my skin color. I do not...

Marc Bloch's Strange Defeat: A Statement of Evidence Written in 1940, was the result of his experiences during the Nazi invasion of France during World War Two. As the title describes, this Memoir was written in 1940 but was not published until after the war in 1946. This work was written while...

Nationalism is the devotion of people to the interests of its nation or the love of one\'s country to stay independent. Nationalism played a major role in the downfall of Napoleon in that he wanted an empire and his opponent\'s wanted independence. As Napoleon was conquering lands and creating a va...

The treaty of Versailles could accurately be described as an armistice for twenty years; not a peace treaty. The Big Four met at the Paris Peace Conference and they were: Lloyd George, Wilson, Clemenceau, and Orlando. Lloyd George was from Great Britain, Wilson was from the United States, Clemenceau...

One of the main themes in the film Casablanca is the personal transformation of the movie's main character Rick Blaine played by Humphrey Bogart. In the beginning of the movie, Rick Blaine is shown as a selfish, bitter American exile who claims to have no emotional or political loyalties. By the en...

In the late 1920's a German dictator and War veteran called Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany. In his campaign he promised the people of Germany that he would make their country great again. German voters loved Hitler's optimism, all of Europe was caught up in the depression and the ...

During the 1930's Italy and Germany followed a policy of aggressive territorial expansion; they invaded weak lands that could be taken over easily. The dictatorships (led by Hitler in Germany, and Mussolini in Italy) knew exactly what their goals were, to form the empire they didn't achie...

The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand in June of 1914 ignited an immediate tightening of European alliances that resulted in a bloody World War. The people of Germany welcomed the news of the war, and the following frenzy of enlistment in the German army became known as August Madne...

Paul Joseph GoebblesPaul Joseph Goebbles was born on the 29th October 1897, in Rheydt, in the Rhineland. His father was a pheasant farmer, and his mother was a French woman. Both of his parents were strict Roman Catholics. Goebbles was extremely academically successful throughout his life. This comp...

International peace collapsed by 1939 due to the tension between a number of countries when the tension rose dramatically in the 1930's. This tension was caused by Hitler rearming Germany and openly defying the Treaty of Versailles. Dictatorships in other countries became more powerful and the ...

Since the beginning of history, human life has been afflicted with compromises. It is an agreement of differences in which each side makes mutual concessions and strive towards settlement. The contributors of an argument may not always attain a final compromise. This is because one side of the contr...

The Treaty of Versailles: Prelude to WWII The Treaty of Versailles was not a justified treaty, which created German feelings of revenge and dislike towards the victorious countries. This feeling of revenge felt by Germany, in addition with the social atmosphere of Europe, led to a Second World Wa...

Germany was treated harshly by terms of the treaty of Versailles. In my opinion, the terms of reparation create more future problems than others. According to the Treaty of Versailles signed in 1919.Germany was divided into two parts, he had to return territory to France and give up all its colon...

Was European War inevitable in 1939? In order to answer that question, one must consider the causes of the war and the circumstances that led to the tremendous success of the Nationalist-Socialist party in the first place. Also, had Hitler planned a European War or at least considered it? Facts...

In a time of war, it is oftentimes hard to think about anything but the problem at hand. People don\'t even stop to think if resorting to war is the right thing to do or not. However, two Christian leaders who were known as, Ambrose of Milan and Augustine of Hippo came up with the idea of the just w...

World War II in Europe Before dawn on September 1, 1939, German forces crossed into Poland in an attack so fast and brutal, they called it blitzkrieg, meaning lightning war. This time Britain and France decided to fight, and on September 3 they declared war on Germany. Roosevelt declared the Uni...

After Germany signed the Armistice, the Great four: United States' president Woodrow Wilson, France's prime minister Georges Clemenceau, England's prime minister Lloyd George and Italy's Orlando met in Paris in January 1919 and worked out the Treaty of Versailles. The armistice ...

D-Day, Success or DisasterD-Day, Success or Disaster Twenty years after the end of the First World War a man named Adolph Hitler of Germany began a Second World War. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, which had a treaty with France and England to protect them. The English, French and Polis...

D-Day, Success or DisasterTwenty years after the end of the First World War a man named Adolph Hitler of Germany began a Second World War. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland, which had a treaty with France and England to protect them. The English, French and Polish were all unprepared to ...

During the mid 1900's there was a war, World War II, also known as the Holocaust. At this time many Jews had been tortured and killed by the Nazis. A few years ago a man by the name of Maurice Papon had been trailed and arrested for being racist against Jews in France. He had tried to deport ma...

Information: Should the Western Allies have pushed through Germany to Berlin in the final days of the war instead of deliberately allowing Soviet troops to come in from the East, thus ensuring Soviet domination not only of East Germany but also of all Eastern Europe? Research the various positions ...

Night By Elie WieselElie Wiesel was known as a French American author, whose work directed Jewish themes, dealing with the experiences of Jews who suffered in Nazi Concentration Camps during World War 2. Wiesel writes about his own experiences from his childhood through his time spent in concentrat...

Night Night is an autobiographical novel by Elie Wiesel. During the holocaust he was a fourteen-year old Jewish child that was put into Auschwitz (a Nazi concentration camp). Wiesel is one of the most well known authors and survivors of the Holocaust. Wiesel decided to write this novel becaus...

The Trial at Nuremberg During World War II the Allies were determined that both Hitler and the men around him should be punished for starting World War II and the crimes they had committed while they were waging it. These crimes included the extermination of the Jewish people of Europe known as the...

World War two was the most diverse conflict ever to take place. From its starting point in central Europe it then escalated to North Africa, Russia and the Pacific. Due to advances in military technology, such as tanks, submarines and improved aircraft, battles were no longer stagnant and drawn -o...