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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

There are many pros and cons that go with the idea of appeasement, but overall appeasement is a poor method used to resolve situations. To appease means to pacify or conciliate, basically it was a method used by the great powers in Europe to keep Germany from becoming an international threat. Sadly...

The seizure of power in Germany and Italy by fascist movements in the 1920s and 1930s was based on a weak and inexperienced government and the humiliation of both countries by the winning powers (United States, France, and Great Britain) after the Great War. These totalitarian right wing movements f...

Adolf Hitler profoundly affected human history. He was a captivating speaker, and a mighty ruler. Hitler had many visions and tactics to achieve his ongoing struggle for power. His personality, The Treaty of Versailles, and the economic depression helped him to achieve his goals. From an early ag...

NapoleonAdam WalkerNationalism 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 an...

Hitler and Germany Adolf Hitler, one of the 20th century's most powerful dictators, was born on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary. He first became interested in politics after witnessing a large protest by German workers. Finding the outbreak of World War I as an opportu...

Since the beginning of Christ, Jews have been fated from the mainstream of society. They have often been outcaste and therefore marginalized. Germany\'s defeat in World War 1 and a worldwide depression in the 1930s left the German economy in ruins and made many Germans angry and resentful. Adolf Hit...

After years of hostile fighting, the First World War had ended and thrust the United States and the rest of the world in a state of depression. There was no money anywhere, people without jobs, homeless families, and a world just waiting for a turn of events. The anticipation may not have brought pe...

Many protesters of "Operation: Iraqi Freedom" claim that it is pre-emptive and unnecessary. Many of the supporters, on the other hand, are stating the exact opposite of these claims. Many are going so far as to say that Saddam Husein and his regime have been committing such atrocities ag...

Lebensborn was a Nazi program whose goal was to create a master race because the Nazis were planning for a "thousand- year Reich". Lebensborn literally means "spring" or "fountain of life". It was established and controlled by Heinrich Himmler. He created it on Dec...