By late 1943 the Germans war efforts in Russia where looking more and more bleak. With a large number of German forces still entrenched in the Russian heartland problems that they faced where surmounting quickly. One would have to look back at 1942 to see the beginning of the difficulties the German...

The Harsh Treatment of the Jews in the Nazi Concentration Camps The worst treatment to one single race during World War II was towards the Jewish race. These people were stripped of all their rights and then they were not even treated like human beings. The German's forced the J...

In this ambitious study, Uta G. Poiger attempts to trace the developments of Post-WWII popular culture in East and West Germany, paying close attention to reaction and politicization that framed each side's discussions. The picture that emerges seems to be extremely accurate, but it is at the s...

There were a few components that led to the unification of the GDR and the Federal Republic. Most of them began in 1989. In the summer of that year, thousands of East German \"vacationers\" in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and other eastern bloc states escaped through holes in the iron curtain or pushed ...

During WW2, Stalingrad was a strategically located industrial center. In the second year of operations, in Russia the German army main objective was to capture Stalingrad, doing so they would capture the carcass region which was full of oil and industries. A large German force mounted an assault on ...

The Soviet-German War is the most brutal episode of the most vicious war that mankind has ever seen (Clark 1). During the "Great Patriotic War", as Joseph Stalin coins it, the Soviet Union emerges through pure tenacity as one of the world's great superpowers. Although Stalin and the USSR emerge vi...

"Death seemed to guard all exits." This motto defined the fate of the millions of Europeans between 1941 and 1945. As the Nazi Germany gained control of one country after another in World War 2, the killing of Jews, Gypsies, Slaves, Poles, Homosexuals, and more began. The Nazi's built...

Siege of Berlin By Christmas 1944, Berlin was in ruins, and still being bombed around the clock. The Nazis still talked about wonder weapons and the Führer's genius turning the tables, but in the city canny and cynical Berliners made grim jokes about giving each other coffins as C...

WORLD CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY 1 The 20th century was the bloodiest 100 years in human history. Based on numbers killed, in warfare, the 20th century exceeds all other centuries combined. The three major conflicts between 1901 and 200 were World War I, World War II, an...

There are many factors that contributed to the German successes in WWII. One crucial factor is their sudden massive attacks, a.k.a. blitzkrieg, which they used to capture territory such as Poland. The German Luftwaffe attacked Norway, which fell to the Germans within two days. Next, Hitler aimed for...

Modern European Economics German Reunification- On October 1989 the East German government was in crisis. President Honecker resigned, and his successor, Egon Krenz, promised to give Germany a reform. November 9, it was decided that the Berlin wall no longer served as a function, and east and we...

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...

Greg Nasca American Politics Propaganda is a major political tool used by the United States, especially in its foreign policy. Politics on a global scale can be defined as the competition, which occurs among nations, due to the scarcity of the world's resources. The political agenda of a...

The only successful attempt to conquer Russia was by the Mongolian army under the leadership of the great Genghis Khan in the 1200s. Many other historical figures have tried to repeat his accomplishments, which somehow eventually led to their downfall. Adolf Hitler was the most recent to try to dupl...

Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg gate has served as an entrance to the famous avenue Unter den Linden that led to the Prussian royal palace. It was commissioned by the Prussian prince Frederick William II during the late 19th century and was constructed between 1788-1791. It is a neoclassic...

Following the war in 1945, the United States of America, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union divided the city of Berlin into sectors. Each sector was under the control of a different country. The United States, Britain, and France joined their sections together to form a democratic state on May 24...

The shocking fall of communism in Eastern and Central Europe in the late eighties was remarkable for both its rapidity and its scope. None more than for East and West Germany. "The unification of Germany has been one of the most significant and moving events of the 20th century. Yet the ...

The Cold War laid its effects on many countries and nations, however, for some parts of the world the end of the cold war had a much greater effect. Of all the countries and nations that were left with an everlasting impression of the Cold War, Germany was left with much more. The rise and fall of t...

Enemy at the Gate The Enemy at the Gates takes the story of a young Russian soldier who was catapulted into history because of his heroism during the World War II battle at Stalingrad. Vasili Zaitzev was a true to life person who learned at a young age of being a sharpsho...

Economic Transitions for the European States After 1945The greatest challenge for Germany after World War II was economics. Nothing remained of Germany except rubble and graves. It was impossible for the Germans go get food and clean drinking water. It was even more impossible for the Germans to ...

Communism Communism is a term that has several meanings. According to Frederick Engels, communism is the doctrine of the conditions of the liberation of the proletariat(Engels). It can be a form of government, an economic system, a revolutionary movement, or a way of life. Communism is also a ...

World War II was a huge, colossal conflict between several powerful nations. Everything in its path was ravaged and destroyed. World War II was the single handedly the harshest battle the world had seen, and people will forever remember the toll it took on everyone and everything. It was declared ...

cold war Major Sources of Discord between the Bolsheviks and European States: 1917 to 1921 There were several major sources that created discord between the Bolsheviks and western states in Europe from 1917 to 1921. Conflicting ideologies that each attacked the very fabric of the other's respective ...

Major Sources of Discord between the Bolsheviks and European States: 1917 to 1921There were several major sources that created discord between the Bolsheviks and western states in Europe from 1917 to 1921. Conflicting ideologies that each attacked the very fabric of the other's respective society le...

THE BEGGININGS OF THE COLD WAR The Cold War is not just one single war taking place in one area, but a large conflict between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union (USSR) and its allies. In this report, I am going to tell you about the happenings of the Cold War between the pe...