Introduction No conflict, neither in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. ... This depth was not apparent to pre-invasion German reconnaissance and was key to their consistent regeneration of units in the early stages of the war. ... In the Steppe Front, troops were concealed whilst in the Voronzeh Front dummy troop concentrations misled German aerial reconnaissance. ... In the early stages of the war, Soviet numerical superiority was deceptive, many divisions were criminally undertrained and under-equipped. ... In Stalin's words the Eastern Front was a "war o...

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Main Fronts or Theatres of War Both WWI and WWII were fought on many fronts: on land, sea and in the air, and both wars affected everybody, including civilians at home, i.e. both wars were "total-. ... However, whereas in WWI the fighting was largely concentrated in Europe (Eastern front=Russia; Western front=France) and the Middle East, the Second World War saw fighting on every continent except the Americas (3 main fronts: Russia, the Pacific and North Africa). 4. ... Moreover, in the last stages of the war, two radically new weapons were introduced: the long-range rocket or V1 and the a...

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Though the early stages of World War II focused on Western Europe, Hitler had diverted his attention to Russia by 1941. ... As Soviet supplies restocked its army's front lines, the Germans became surrounded. ...

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Hitler grabbed the stage and promised jobs to the unemployed and national prosperity. ... All labor unions were replaced by Nazi-controlled German Labor Front and all other labor unions were outlawed. ...

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At Fort Benning, they embarrassed the sergeants with their outstanding physical fitness: " After two days of such abuse, the sergeants told the C.O. that the 506th was in much better physical condition than they were, so all the companies of the 506th started in immediately on B stage". ... After thwarting the Germans' attempt to cut Easy off, they are pulled from the front line in Holland to rest, recover and refit themselves. In Camp Mourmelon, the men drank, gambled, relaxed, but most of all, shook off a little bit of their front-line trauma and stress. ...

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"It refers to the fragments of shattered window glass that littered the sidewalks in front of Jewish shops that had been vandalized during the night.... "In the earlier stages Jews were attacked and beaten. gradually some 15000 arrested Jews were assembled at police station. ...

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It was at this stage, when Heinrich Himmler became head of the Gestapo, that the Gestapo started to unify and consolidate with other organizations within the Reich Central Security Main Office or "RSHA-. ...

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However the next stage of development carries some hope as the baby engages in a complicated negotiation (Fifth slide) as he begins to recognise his mother as a whole person, good and bad all mixed up together. ... (Sixth slide) In this slide we can see a child who seems fairly well adapted to his stage in life having an experience of a parent as a whole person. ...

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The Growth and Implementation of Hitler's Continental Expansionist Foreign Policy Program One of the most interesting historiographical debates about the Second World War concerns the nature of Hitler's foreign policy. Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. The most important issue relates to the question of whether or not Hitler had evolved a clear and coherent foreign policy by the time he assumed office and ...

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There is a shot of Dussander's house, and in front of the house there is a lost animal poster identifying the cat that Dussander tried to kill. ... At this stage, we know Todd has truly become a Machiavellian, and inherited Dussander's evil. ...

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