During the 1930's, the Nazis were in power. They seemed to be in total control of the population, but was this actually the case? This essay will show you that although there seemed to be no chinks in the Nazi armour, there were actually a few loopholes that escaped Hitler's grasp, such ...

He was one of the greatest leaders in history. Yet by the end of World War II (1945), tens of millions of humans had been slaughtered, on his command. He was a moving force that affected the entire globe. And although he didn't succeed in his ambition to dominate the world, who will ever forget...

War is not always a good thing. In fact, it is in no way good to anyone except for the people who are not fighting in it. War can completely ruin someone's sense of logical thinking and distort there concept of reality. When you are dead you cant think anymore. Kurt Vonnegut Jr., a soldier ...

Throughout Europe, democracy had prevailed by 1919. But by 1939, Europe's countries were split in their ways of government. Eastern countries went authoritarian, while Western countries stayed democratic. Dictatorship in Europe was by far not something new, but this new, modern form of total...

Adolf Hitler: The Final Solution During the summer of 1941, Chancellor Adolf Hitler initialized "The Final Solution" to the "Jewish Question". Hitler started this program because he wanted to create a highly centralized state and one for the master race, Germans. Exterminating J...

Imagine a life without being able to see or hear and not knowing how to communicate with anyone around you. That world of darkness is what Helen Keller lived in for six years. Helen Keller has been an inspiration to people ever since she turned six. From 1886-1960, she proved herself to be a crea...

Imagine a life without being able to see or hear and not knowing how to communicate with anyone around you. That world of darkness is what Helen Keller lived in for six years. Helen Keller has been an inspiration to people ever since she turned six. From 1886-1960, she proved herself to be a crea...

How did the terms of Germany's surrender in World War I lay the groundwork for Hitler's rise to power and ultimately World War II? The terms of Germany's surrender in World War I laid the groundwork for Hitler's rise to power and ultimately World War II because of the controvers...

War, pestilence, and disease just to name a few of the problems facing Germany in 1919. The Germans had been forced to submit to the Treaty of Versailles and surrender after experiencing heavy casualties. Also, the economic downturn post- World War I caused inflation rates to skyrocket thus devastat...

The Rise and Fall of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler. The simple mention of his name conjures up memories of total war, death, and destruction on an unprecedented scale, and always the deaths of millions of Jews and other "undesirables" in the Holocaust. How ...

A Description of Life in the German Trenches during WWIIn an age driven by technology, the face of war has changed so dramatically that wars can now be fought on digital battle fields from ships that volley missiles capable of devastating entire armies at distances measured in hundreds of miles. It...