-
Soviet Union Red Army
1,008 wordsPoland In The Second World War Jozef Garlinski The Macmillan Press LTD, 1985 Poland had gained independence after the First World War but unification of Poland, which was apart for such a long time, created many problems. Weak economy, disrupted government, and the population being mostly minorities group. Also the Poland had to deal with two aggressive countries by her side, Germany and Russia. Hitler had known the situation Poland was under. He knew that Poland would not agree to his demands b...
Free research essays on topics related to: soviet union, polish government, red army, poland, polish -
U S Troops Concentration Camps
1,488 wordsFrom the beginning the Nazis who were being faithful to Hitler had specifically targeted the Jews. The Nazis relentless hatred for the Jews rested on the view they had of the world, which saw history as of racial struggle. They thought the Jews goal was world domination. This made the Nazis think that the Jews were an obstruction to Aryan dominance. They considered it their duty to eliminate the Jews, whom they regarded as a threat. Other factors also contributed toward the Nazi hatred of the Je...
Free research essays on topics related to: european jews, anti semitism, concentration camps, u s troops, gas chambers -
Red Army Working Class
356 wordsIt is now the 50 th anniversary of the terror bombing and burning of the non-military cultural center of Dresden, Germany. Somewhere between 35, 000 and 135, 000 civilians were killed in the Feb. 13 - 14, 1945 attack. The Bonn government is attempting to use the commemoration of the Dresden bombing to expand German imperialism's diplomatic and military reach. Working-class and progressive German groups are protesting this misuse of a great tragedy. They correctly point out the responsibility of ...
Free research essays on topics related to: dresden, red army, aims, bombing, working class -
Mei Ling Red Army
2,165 words"Ouch, je je I'm telling mamma!" I yelled in agony, rubbing the imprint her book left on my head. "No you " re not, she won't believe you; I'm older, " snickered my sister, and with that she ran up the crowded walkway; which in the morning hour, looked much like a stampede of bulls. As I walked toward school, I listened to the distinctive chatter of my fellow civilians, smelled the exhaust fume filled air and listened to the bells and whistles of another pristine day. This was Beijing, China on ...
Free research essays on topics related to: red army, mamma, mei, yao, mei ling -
Mei Ling Red Army
2,256 wordsGateway to heaven"Ouch, je je I'm telling mamma!" I yelled in agony, rubbing the imprint her book left on my head. "No you " re not, she won't believe you; I'm older, " snickered my sister, and with that she ran up the crowded walkway; which in the morning hour, looked much like a stampede of bulls. As I walked toward school, I listened to the distinctive chatter of my fellow civilians, smelled the exhaust fume filled air and listened to the bells and whistles of another pristine day. This was B...
Free research essays on topics related to: yao, ling, red army, mei ling, mamma -
Role Of Women Italian Government
1,514 words... in late August and slowly took most of the city. Speaking to an assembly of war veterans in November 1942, Hitler told them, I wished to reach the Volga at a certain point, near a certain city. That city happens to bear the name of Stalin himself But Stalin ordered that the city be defended at all cost, the city which bore his name. Two very powerful Soviet armies were then assembled, one in the north and the other in the south of Stalingrad. As another Russian winter set in, Hitler was stil...
Free research essays on topics related to: final solution, north africa, red army, role of women, italian government -
Soviet Socialist Republics Soviet Union
724 wordsThe Soviet Union was a communist country with a totalitarian regime that existed from 1917 until 1991. The official name was The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U. S. S. R. ). The country stretched from the Baltic and Black Seas to the Pacific Ocean. In its final years it consisted of 15 Soviet Socialist Republics. Russia was by far the largest Republic in the Soviet Union in terms of both land area and population, and also dominated it politically and economically. The first leader of the ...
Free research essays on topics related to: sentenced, soviet socialist republics, soviet union, red army, secret police -
Fall Of The Soviet Soviet Union
1,876 words... mostly under his control. He had regained all of the power that he had lost due to the revolution of 1905. 6) The March Revolution: Food riots broke out in Petrograd, and when the Czar ordered the Duma to dissolve and they did not obey. Soldiers were not able to stop rioting in the cities. Workers and soldiers in Petrograd organized radical legislative bodies called Soviets. The rebellion spread throughout the country and to the troops, who deserted by tens of thousands. On March 14, the Pet...
Free research essays on topics related to: communist countries, fall of the soviet, soviet union, cold war, provisional government -
Eastern European Countries World War Ii
2,031 wordsCold War is the term used to describe the intense rivalry that developed after World War II between the groups of Communist and non-Communist nations. On one side were the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U. S. S. R. ) and its communist allies that referred to as the Eastern bloc. On the other side were the United States of America and its democratic allies, usually referred to as the Western bloc. The Cold War was characterized by mutual distrust, suspicion, and misunderstandings by both th...
Free research essays on topics related to: u s s r, eastern european countries, world war ii, bomb was dropped, truman doctrine -
World War Ii Bomb Was Dropped
2,339 wordsIn Cold War Cold War In the post World War II era, a war arose between the Soviet Union and the United States, but in reality there was never really any documented fighting between the two nations, thus spawning the catch phrase Cold War. Even though both countries were ready to go to war at the blink of an eye and almost did, the powers-that-be never got the nerve to authorize a nuclear war that would have made World War II look like child s play. This was a war fought in the political ring, an...
Free research essays on topics related to: world war ii, cold war, harry truman, bomb was dropped, truman doctrine -
Chinese Communist Party Mei Ling
4,557 wordsGateway to heaven Ouch, je je Im telling mamma! I yelled in agony, rubbing the imprint her book left on my head. No youre not, she wont believe you; Im older, snickered my sister, and with that she ran up the crowded walkway; which in the morning hour, looked much like a stampede of bulls. As I walked toward school, I listened to the distinctive chatter of my fellow civilians, smelled the exhaust fume filled air and listened to the bells and whistles of another pristine day. This was Beijing, Ch...
Free research essays on topics related to: front door, mei ling, tiananmen square, china , chinese communist party -
Beer Hall Putsch German Workers Party
1,215 wordsNational Socialism between 1920 and 1945 can best be described as an era of constant change. Hitlers enrollment in the German Workers Party provided him the foundation needed to propel his idealistic views of anti-Semitism and Aryan superiority. Soon after Hitlers enrollment the partys name was changed to the National Socialist German Workers Party and in the summer of 1921 his talents as an orator and propagandist enabled him to take over the leadership of the Nazi Party. Hitlers initial follow...
Free research essays on topics related to: beer hall putsch, aggression pact, versailles treaty, great britain and france, german workers party -
U S Troops Concentration Camps
1,630 wordsFrom the beginning the Nazis who were being faithful to Hitler had specifically targeted the Jews. The Nazis relentless hatred for the Jews rested on the view they had of the world, which saw history as of a racial struggle. They thought the Jews goal was world domination. This made the Nazis think that the Jews were an obstruction to Aryan dominance. They considered it their duty to eliminate the Jews, whom they regarded as a threat. Other factors also contributed toward the Nazi hatred of the ...
Free research essays on topics related to: anti semitism, gas chambers, u s troops, european jews, concentration camps -
Economic And Social War Communism
780 wordsLenin and Problems After the October Revolution What were the problems facing Lenin after the October Revolution and how successfully did he deal with them? The initial difficulties faced by the new Soviet Union were so severe that its survival seemed almost miraculous? . The remains of the czarist regime left Lenin to face a country wrought with war, devastated economically. Russias involvement in World War I, followed by its Civil War, wide spread famine and a change in political and social id...
Free research essays on topics related to: economic and social, october revolution, civil war, soviet union, war communism -
Russian Social Democratic Czar Nicholas Ii
2,743 wordsLenin? s political finesse, his understanding of the strength of the peasantry and his rewriting of the communist thought are the characteristics which made Lenin one of the greatest leaders of Russia. Vladimir Ilich Ulyanov, was born on April 22, 1870, in Simbirsk, on the bank of the Volga river. Ilya Nikolayevich Ulyanov, a man with high cheek bones, a dark complexion and dark brown eyes, all of which Lenin inherited, was Lenin? s father, and was the director of schools in Simbirsk province. L...
Free research essays on topics related to: parts of the country, father, czar nicholas ii, lenin , russian social democratic -
York Oxford University Brest Litovsk
2,948 words(1879 - 1940) Leon Leon Trotsky Leon Trotsky (1879 - 1940) Leon Davidovich Trotsky (Bronstein) is one of the most contradictory characters in the history of Russian and international revolution movement-he was well known as a loyal leader of the masses and the Party, but on the other hand, his own ambitions often conflicted with interests of the Party members and other Communist leaders. Trotsky was born in 1879. His real name was Lev Davidovich Bronstein. His father was a well-to-do Jewish farm...
Free research essays on topics related to: leon trotsky, york oxford university, russian revolution, war communism, brest litovsk -
Great Leap Forward Republic Of China
1,326 words+Mao 2 History + October 1, 1949 The People s Republic of China was formed with its nationalist capital at Beijing. + 4 social classes: Workers, Peasants, the petite bourgeoisie, and the National-Capitalist, which were led by CCP. + In February 1950, after months of hard bargaining, China and the Soviet Union signed the Treaty of Friendship, Alliance, and Mutual Assistance, valid until 1980. The pact also was intended to counter Japan or any powers joining Japan for the purpose of aggression. + ...
Free research essays on topics related to: republic of china, communist party, great leap forward, peoples republic, hundred flowers -
Treaty Of Versailles Nazi Regime
1,049 wordsThroughout Europe around the time of World War II, there were many countries who became totalitarian. Specifically, Italy, Germany, and Russia evolved new government systems as a result of many factors, some from World War I. Italy converted to their government of Fascism for many reasons. During World War I, the Italian army and other Italians were beginning to see different cultures and different lifestyles from the countries they were fighting with or against. Becoming exposed, they witnessed...
Free research essays on topics related to: nazi party, treaty of versailles, nazi germany, german army, nazi regime -
War Against Japan United States Government
712 wordsThe United States? decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was more of a diplomatic measure calculated to intimidate the Soviet Union in the post-Second-World-War era rather than a strictly military measure designed to force Japan? s unconditional surrender. The United States Government? s decision was influenced somewhat by popular sentiment of the war. Japan had an army of an estimated 5 million people. In his memoirs, Secretary of War, Henry L. Stimson wrote: ? I was informed that such o...
Free research essays on topics related to: united states government, war against japan, decision, win the war, atomic bomb -
Soviet Union Secret Police
2,736 wordsHow far was Stalinism the outcome of Leninist political practice? The political system which existed in the Soviet Union under Stalin was a system of terror. The purges of the 1930 s sent millions of Russians to their deaths or to the Gulags, the population was scared of the secret police, the NKVD, the forced collectivization of agriculture had wiped out a part of Russian society, the Kulaks. The show trials of the thirties had firmly established Stalin as the leader of the Soviet Union. What r...
Free research essays on topics related to: soviet union, lenin death, secret police, civil war, political opposition
Customer center
