Graves' Use of Documents Robert Graves depicts the dramatic and somewhat gruesome memories of his days in World War I in his autobiography, Good-bye to All That. Without ever being involved in a war, it is hard to comprehend the horrific and dramatic events that take place. As with any st...

Elie Wiesel's is a powerful novel that describes the occurrences during the Holocaust. The story takes place in the times of WW II in the concentration camp at Auschwitz. Night can be interpreted as an autobiography of the author's personal experiences during his captivity by the Nazis in the conc...

Born-San Francisco, California-December 3, 1919Died-North Bennington, Vermont- August 8, 1965-45Have published novels, humorous fictionalized autobiographies, and children booksMany have remained uncollected1961, Edgar Allen Poe Reward, "Louisa, Please"1965, Syracuse University Arents Pioneer Medal ...

World War One, despite the enormity and grand scale of the conflict, was ultimately a war of attrition. "Attrition in the end, was the main factor that decided who won the war. The Entente Powers simply had more men and resources than Germany and its allies (though there were some anxious moment...

Susan Griffin\'s project is that she carefully constructs and describes history, particularly World War II, through the lives of several different people. She does not just state the history, she ties each of her topics and shows how they directly effected the other by the actions someone would take...

In the novel, Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, the author writes an autobiography about living in an internment camp during World War II, known as Manzanar. It was written in 1995 with the help of her husband and reflects on her past of growing up in a racial discriminated environ...

Farewell to Manzanar "Farewell to Manzanar", was written by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston ( Wakatsuki's husband) in 1973. It is an autobiography of Jeanne Wakatsuki Houstons life and her family during World War II. The book opens when Pearl Harbor is bombed. Jeanne w...

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 ...

Adolf Hitler was born at 6:30pm on April 20th, 1889 in the small town of Braunau Am Inn, Austria. His father, Alois, was a customs official. Adolf's mother, Klara, was twenty three years younger than Alois. She had six children but only two survived, Adolf and his sister Paula. During his chil...

They sometimes say that people most fear what they don't understand! Past and present warfare conflicts have brought a sense of patriotism and American duty to the United States. But in World War II in brought a sense of fear home with it too. In Chapter 11 of "American Realities,"...

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...

Examine how Heaney's rural upbringing in Ulster has provided an important focus for his poems in the 'Death of a Naturalist' collection. Heaney was born in 1939, on a family farm in Ulster. His father was a traditional farmer, whilst his mother was more sided with the industria...

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 ...

Political Life before World War II Churchill assumed the position of prime minister in 1940, a few daysafter the German army pushed into Belgium and Holland. Though he was onlyappointed after the resignation of Neville Chamberlain, Churchill was by nomeans a newcomer to warfare or public servi...

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...

Sir Winston Spencer ChurchillWinston Churchill was born in 1874 and died, aged ninety, in 1965. He was active in British politics for almost sixty years and was twice Prime Minister. He was a soldier, an artist, a historian, and a journalist, as well as a politician. He was a man of great mental ...

In the Second World War, a man named Adolph Hitler, the leader of the infamous Nazi regime, had a plethora of things on his mind. From guarding the stricken land of Poland against Soviet advancement, to making sure the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean in France were closely guarded, Hitler had ...

In the Second World War, a man named Adolph Hitler, the leader of the infamous Nazi regime, had a plethora of things on his mind. From guarding the stricken land of Poland against Soviet advancement, to making sure the western shores of the Atlantic Ocean in France were closely guarded, Hitler had ...