They came back home to a society where jobs were more and more scarce with the ending of the war, and America's lower and middle had become stagnant and poverty stricken. ... When GI"S returned home from WW2, housing opportunities were scarce as well. ...
Analysis of Sharon Olds, "Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941" In the poem, "Leningrad Cemetery, Winter of 1941," Sharon Olds describes a cemetery during World War II. The 900-day siege on Leningrad began in September of 1941 and there were countless casualties to be buried during that winter. ...
Joseph Stalin was one of the most infamous leaders of all time. His cruel policies got the attention and fear of the entire world. Stalin was one of the first totalitarian rulers. He had the power to control every aspect of life in the Soviet Union, and he took advantage of it. He obviously did ...
The German Holocaust The German holocaust was a bad part of German history but its and important part also. The holocaust was the biggest reason that World War II started. Many people died for no reason. The holocaust refers to the period of time between January 30, 1933 went Adolf Hitler b...
Roaring into Trouble During America in the twenties lifestyles were very fun and exciting. As we rolled into the next decade of the thirties things started to change drastically. Life in the twenties was very different social, economically, and politically. The era of the twenties was very free. P...
The events that occurred before and during the time of Adolf Hitler's political career played a huge role in his rise to power. There are speculations as to whether or not he would have come into power without these particular circumstances. The economics and sentiments that were brewing during the ...
December 6 Attn: President Roosevelt Sir, In light of the meeting scheduled to take place tomorrow between Secretary of State Hull, representative Kurusu Saburo and Admiral Nomura Kochisaburo, I felt it urgent to dispatch my thoughts to you immediately. It has now been eleven da...
The world was going through several important changes by the time "If" was written. Pounds were rolling around when economic changes into play in England. New technologies were sprouting up all over the world that would change the lives of every family in the modern world. Politically England was...
In 1939 Germany and the Soviet Union had signed a non-aggression pact, which secretly promised Russia half of Poland, Bessarabia and the Baltic States. Germany had promised this because they were afraid of an alliance between Britain, France and the USSR. During 1940 the Soviets invaded the Baltic S...
During World War II, the U.S. Navy's main concern was planning for any attacks from Japan in the Pacific. Ever since the open door policy, the relationship between the U.S. and Japan had been tense as Japan continued expanding its territory in the Pacific. Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931 to further ...
History of Weyerhaeuser Weyerhaeuser Paper Company began in Frederick Weyerhaeuser came to America from Germany at the age of 18. He worked hard and saved money. He was hired as night watchman at a sawmill in Rock Island, Illinois. Fredrick slowly climbed within the company learning about what ...
The setting was perfect because the people of Germany were itching for any leader that would tell them just what they wanted to hear. World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. The German mark had lost so much value that it took a wheelba...
As if from nowhere, in 1933, a black cloud of hate began to rise over Europe and quickly darkened the sky. Before the storm was over, twenty years later, some forty million people lay dead in its wake. As a result, the map of the world had been reshaped. The only way to explain how such a thing coul...
The Cold War Tensions with the United States and Russia have been around for quite some time. Russia and the United States were allies during World War II, but soon after they became enemies. After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile capitalist governments and felt that if communism was to remain strong, it needed to form an alliance with other communist countries. Also after the war, Germany was divided right through the middle of Berlin, Germany. West Germany was democratic and East Germany was communist. ...
