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Wanted To Make Von Papen
1,740 wordsAfter WWI, Germany was in a exceedingly unpleasant state. It had been forced, by the Treaty of Versailles, to take full blame for the war. This meant that Germany would have to pay reparations for all of the other countries. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst stagflation epidemics in history. Not to mention a brand new government, one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty, had taken over power. All of the people of this once su...
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The Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal
1,254 wordsIn early October 1945, the four powers victorious after the Second World War issued an indictment against 24 men and six organizations. Fifty years ago the Prosecutions opening statement was read by Associate United States Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson. Just eight months prior to that reading, the very building in which the historical trial took place was "an enemy fortress in the hands of German troops" The Nuremberg Trials are historically significant because they represent the first ti...
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Mozart Composed G Minor
903 wordsProbably the greatest genius in Western musical history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, Jan. 27, 1756, the son of Leopold Mozart and his wife, Anna Maria Part. Leopold was a successful composer, violinist and assistant concertmaster at the Salzburg court. Wolfgang began composing minuets at the age of 5 and symphonies at 9. When he was 6, he and his older sister, Maria Anna, performed a series of concerts to Europe's courts and major cities. Both children played the keybo...
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Archbishop Of Salzburg Leopold Mozart
1,755 wordsthe son of Leopold Mozart, Kapellmeister to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg, and much the reason behind's Wolfgang's education. By the age of three he could play the piano, and he was composing by the time he was five. Mozart's elder sister Maria Anna was also a gifted keyboard player, and in 1762 their father took the two prodigies on a short performing tour, of the courts at Vienna and Munich. Encouraged by their reception, they embarked the next year on a longer tour, including two weeks at...
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Nervous Breakdown Emotional Problems
1,343 wordsPyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is in my opinion one of the greatest classical music composers of all time. He also had one of the most interesting lives I have ever read about. Although he suffered through a large enormity of emotional problems and nervous breakdowns, along with having to deal with harsh instances of love and death, his music reflects these emotions in a very beautiful way. Tchaikovsky (also spelled Tchaikovsky or Tchaikovsky, and often referred to as Peter), was born on May seventh, ...
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Space Ship Years Ago
1,340 words... ng that the temple was built thousands of years before the estimated time. His calculations proved that the temple was properly aligned when the earth axis was on a tilt of 23 degrees, 8 minutes, 48 seconds whereas it is currently tilted 23 degrees and 27 minutes (Posnansky, 1945). This difference indicated that the temple was built in approximately 15 000 bce, which would also explain the change in sea levels that occurred during the Pleistocene Extinction around 12 000 years ago. These mas...
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Second World War World War Ii
1,459 wordsThe date was June 6, 1944; the time, 6: 30 A. M. , designated as H-Hour (Oliver). The Allied invasion of the French province of Normandy was beginning, under the campaign Operation Overlord (Hanson). Within minutes, thousands of troops stormed the beaches, facing heavy German resistance resonating from Adolph Hitlers Atlantic Wall (Ambrose). Although the attack was coordinated and planned to every minor detail, the pre-invasion measures the Allies had taken to ensure a safe landing of infantry h...
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Aspects Leading To The Fall Of Roman Empire
1,634 wordsPersonally I think that all these reasons are linked and headed by the decline of the Roman emperor. The deficient Emperor role led to the lacking military response to invasions, civil war and peasant uprisings. ROMAN EMPIRE AND ITS EMPEROR Ever since the adoptive system which was installed by Marcus Aurelius was never reinstalled after his death, effective leadership in governing Rome was lacking. It was clearly visible that the Roman Emperor was the backbone of Roman stability and therefore th...
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Influence Of British Romanticism On Literature
1,151 wordsCharacterized by freedom of the mind and an idealistic view of human nature, Romanticism slowly crept out of Neoclassicism to become one of the most influential periods of British literature. It is the emergence of this new literary period called Romanticism that stirred an interest in those who were hungry for a new form of writing and thought. This idea, although relatively short-lived and lasting only from 1798 - 1832, had enormous effects on the philosophy and literature of the time while le...
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Princeton Princeton University Art Of War
2,691 wordsStrategic works of Clausewitz and Jomini shaped the development of maritime strategy. Clausewitz and Jomini developed general strategic principles that were later applied by naval strategists developing modern maritime tactics. Before considering modern maritime strategy, the paper must set the stage for the intellectual, technological, and social developments. Outline Introduction Discussion Jomini's ideas and background Clausewitz ideas and background Jomini's and Clausewitz's Influence on Mah...
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Decision Making February 2007
683 wordsWorkplace Ethics An old Chinese proverb claims that the man, who removes a mountain, begins by carrying away small stones. Ethics at the workplace and ethical communication can be examined as small stones aimed to improve the companys performance. It has a positive impact on the company as far as it benefits the employee quality and efficiency, and is acknowledged as an important way to assure the long-term efficiency of the companys business (Dilenschneider, 2003). Besides, the customers also e...
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Socio Cultural Reader Response
1,871 words... novel as a genre is. The book by Luise von Flotow's k is meant to popularize the achievements of a relatively young discipline situated on the intersection translation studies. The author manages to unfold a complex argument about the impact of gender on translation practice, history, and theory over the last thirty years. The gender was brought into academic discussions and redefined language as a powerful political tool. The writings of feminists add the translators politicizing and initia...
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Nuclear Arms Race World War Ii
1,876 wordsDr. Strangelove vs. WWII The truth is bad enough - but nowhere near as bad as you probably think. The truth will do away with a lot of silly ideas, a lot of completely wrong notions, which millions of people now believe about the atomic bomb. These ideas could easily cause great panic. And right now the possibility of panic is one of the best weapons any enemy could use against us. " (Gerstell, How to Survive an Atomic Bomb, p. 1) The World War II has taken lives of millions of people. It produc...
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Ups And Downs One Of The Greatest
2,245 wordsThe Desert Fox General Erwin Rommel, The Desert Fox, Field Marshall, Hero, Traitor, Enemy, Father, Husband, Instructor. Though he held many titles in his life and was thought of in many different lights, he was and shall be remembered as, a true soldier, a man who men followed fearlessly and enemies dreaded facing. A soldier who remembered and adhered to the chivalrous side of war. A man who was committed to Germany and her people to the end. During peacetime or war, he was always a soldier, the...
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Piano Concertos Chamber Music
1,058 wordsWeber, Carl Maria von (1786 1826) Carl Maria von Weber, a cousin of Mozart's wife Constant, was trained as a musician from his childhood, the son of a versatile musician who had founded his own travelling theatre company. He made a favourable impression as a pianist and then as a music director, notably in the opera-houses of Prague and Dresden. Here he introduced various reforms and was a pioneer of the craft of conducting without the use of violin or keyboard instrument. As a composer he won a...
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World War Ii Northern And Southern
2,853 wordsThe historical impact of Operation Barbarosa cannot be denied. The Soviet victory over the Nazi German invaders set up the Soviets as a world superpower and set the stage for the Cold War. Had the Germans not attacked, the Russians may not have gained their dominance in Eastern Europe, and the Warsaw Pact may not have ever been. The war effort forced the Soviets to industrialize faster than ever, particularly in Siberia. Additionally, defeating the Nazis let all the countries of the world know t...
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Part Of American Racial Intolerance
2,614 wordsDoes Amis Present A Picture Of America Does Amis Present A Picture Of America In Decay In The Moronic Inferno? Amis himself describes the phrase the moronic inferno as a metaphor for human infamy, and this appears to be a remarkably apt title for a collection of essays which recount views on an America often portrayed as being infamous. Americas preoccupation with money is world-renowned and this theme continuously emerges during Amiss writings. With one of the highest murder rates in the world,...
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Nineteenth Century Gold Rush
1,357 wordsOne moment the California creek beds glimmered with gold; the next, the same creeks ran red with the blood of men and women defending their claims or ceding their bags of gold dust to bandits. The " West" was a ruthless territory during the nineteenth century. With more than enough gold dust to go around early in the Gold Rush, crime was rare, but as the stakes rose and the easily panned gold dwindled, robbery and murder became a part of life on the frontier. The " West" cons...
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1,044 words&# 9; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who lived to the age of eighty-two and produced more than 130 volumes of poetry, plays, letters, and science, is acknowledged to be one of the giants of world literature. His writing ranged from fairy tales, to psychological novels, to political and historical novels, and to something completely unique and different such as Faust. &# 9; Goethe was born shortly after the death of the Pope, on August 28, 1749 in Frankfurt am Main to a middle class family. His moth...
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Holy Roman Empire Foreign Policy Goals
2,816 wordsAdolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Guided by concepts of elitism and racism, he established a brutal totalitarian regime under the ideological banner of National Socialism, or Nazism. His drive for empire resulted in the devastation of World War II, culminating in Germany's defeat and the reordering of world power relationships. Hitler was born on Apr. 20, 1889, in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn, the son of Alois, a customs official, and Klara Hitler. Alois, who was il...
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