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Nomandy And Stolingrad

... Different from the the three pronged attack of the previous year, this one had two attack directions. One from Kharkov to Stalingrad, the other from the Crimea to Caucasus. Though, this push was still very large. It included 78 Axis divisions, almost two million men. It's main purpose was to cut Stalin's supply along the Don and Volga rivers. Therefore, cutting him off from oil in the Caucausus' and "Lend-Lease" aid from the west. This battle would last for more than a year, and could be considered one of the most important battles of t ...

Number of words: 1859 | Number of pages: 7

Air Planes During Ww1

... min 3 sec. All these flights were in open country, the longest involving numerous turns, usually returning to near the starting point. Not until 1906 did anyone else fly in an airplane. In that year short hops were made by a Hungarian, Trajan Vuia, living in Paris, and by Jacob Christian Ellehammer, in Denmark. The first officially witnessed flight in Europe was made in France, by Alberto Santos-Dumont, of Brazil. His longest flight, on November 12, 1906, covered a distance of about 220 m (722 ft) in 22.5 sec. The airplane, the 14- bis, ...

Number of words: 1777 | Number of pages: 7

Admiration Of Anne Bradstreets

... work were unfortunatly on the negative side. To sum his writings up, they were long, boring and not concise. His writing varied heavily. He was known for writing on one topic and then changing to another then skipping to yet another. The following paragragh is an exerpt of his writing’s to show the long, varied writings that changed from subject to subject: “I have been the more particular in this Description of my Journey, and shall be so of my first Entry into that City, that you may in your mind compare such an unlike ...

Number of words: 3455 | Number of pages: 13

Ghanas Economy

... sector is also a major plus because it provides a strong section of the economy and would allow Ghana to trade and export its goods. However, a minus of all this is the unstable government. The country has seen many military coups and never has a controlled body in power. This may change because the country's looking towards a bright future for democracy. Ghana has, in general, good relations with the United States since independence, except for a period of strained relations during the later years of the Nkrumah regime. Ghan ...

Number of words: 555 | Number of pages: 3

The Empire Of Mali

... were still in power. Apparently Sundiata, an heir to the Mandingo throne raised an army and defeated the Sosso in the battle of Kirina. Afterward, Sundiata established the empire of Mali. He converted to Islam for support of the Muslim peoples. When Mansa Musa came into power, in the early 1300s, the empire reached its height. Mansa Musa traveled through Cairo on his pilgrimage to Mecca. It is said that he gave away so much gold that it dropped in value in Cairo for 12 years. Afterward the empire slowly declined, until, in the 1600s ...

Number of words: 620 | Number of pages: 3

Break Stalin

... rule and more orderly processes of government, the terror apparatus was largely dismantled, the economy was notably modernized and foreign policy was conducted with much greater diplomatic initiative and flexibility. There was free political discussion, a standard forty-hour work week where people were free to change jobs, better government planning on production, and eased travel restrictions over the “Iron Curtain”. In the process of de-Stalinization the cities that were once named in honor of Stalin were given new names or retu ...

Number of words: 1664 | Number of pages: 7

Francisco Goya, Life Of An Art

... only one by the name of Xavier made it to become an adult. From 1775 to1792 Goya paints cartoons for a royal tapestry factory, beginning his first genre paintings of everyday life. Later Goya achieves his first successful movement. He became a portrait painter for the Spanish aristocracy. He finally enrolled in the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1780, Francisco and was named painter to King Charles IV in 1786,and Court Painter in 1789. In 1792 he suffered from a serious illness which left him permanently deaf. This began to ...

Number of words: 387 | Number of pages: 2

Atomic Bomb 9

... of thousands of American casualties in the Pacific, including the unprovoked attack on Pearl Harbor. With Japanese forces showing no signs of surrender, American leaders made a decision. This decision essentially changed the history of warfare forever. An atomic bomb is any weapon that gets its destructive power from an atom. This power comes when the matter inside of the atoms is transformed into energy. The process by which this is done is known as fission. The only two atoms suitable for fission are the uranium isotope U-235 an ...

Number of words: 1835 | Number of pages: 7

Britain And Europe In The Seve

... abroad. In cultural and intellectual, as well as political and economic matters, the effect on Britain of foreign influences is for most of this period greater than that of Britain on Europe; one of the main questions that Dr. Jones considered when writing this book was why this relation was later reversed. In looking at this period as a whole there is a clear contrast between Britain’s isolation and unimportance in European affairs at the beginning of the seventeenth century, and Britain’s full involvement as a major influe ...

Number of words: 1580 | Number of pages: 6

History 2

... when one is strong in his or her own beliefs. Lessing says that the young should be taught history because it is essential to educate the young about what has happened in the past and what could reoccur in the future. The younger generation should be aware of the fact that the history that happened in the past could happen again sometime in their lifetime. I believe with Lessing's statement because young people today are not interested in history. I believe that children and young teens think that history is just merely boring facts an ...

Number of words: 1264 | Number of pages: 5

A Comparison Of Early Civiliza

... lived by describing how they believed their civilization was created. All three civilizations believed that the Earth, all the animals, and Man was created by one or several Gods. The Meso- Americans and Mesopotamiams believed in many Gods. On the other hand, the Christians believed that only one God created Man. The Meso-Americans believed that Tepeu, the "Creator' and the Forefathers, a group of great sages and thinkers created their world and everything in it. In the article "Popul Vuh", the Quiche' Indians wrote about how th ...

Number of words: 1170 | Number of pages: 5

War In The Falklands

... where the British government would hold a meeting with the Argentinean government to talk about preventing the war. This was a two-day event in New York, the first day the Argentineans were to host the meeting, but there was a glitch in planning, and the dates were to be changed. The leaders were under so much pressure, that some said they were going to breakdown. What basically happened at the meeting, was that both sides could not come to agreement. This resulted in a war. Nobody really knew who owned the Falkland Islands. ...

Number of words: 711 | Number of pages: 3

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