The signing of the Versailles Treaty on June 28th 1919 and the formation of the League of Nations were thought to be the two ground-breaking events that would idealistically end war and bring an everlasting peace to the world. Even with the covenant of the League in place, war broke out in 1937...
Using a film as a historical source allows us to peer into the perspective of the director or producer that had experienced through the time period that is portrayed in the film. In Renoir's Le Grande Illusion, we are able to sense and understand the sentiments of the European population that were i...
The league of nations was an idea of Woodrow Wilson, the president of America from 1914 to 1921. The league was established in 1920. It was set in Switzerland because it was a neutral country. The main 2 countries of the league were Britain and France. Some people say that the league of nations was ...
This combination of awareness and honesty would render Remarque both praised by many for his literary genius and despised by the ultra-Nationalist Nazi regime - the latter held book burnings of All Quiet on the Western Front after exiling Remarque to Switzerland. ...
Benito Mussolini was a dictator and the leader of the Italian Fascist movement. Mussolini's reign of terror, as he referred to it, failed because numerous mistakes were made on his part during his career. One of these mistakes was his agreement to form an alliance with Adolf Hitler and the German Third Reich. In essence, Italy was a historical follower; the government jumped onto the Allied bandwagon when it was clear they would win World War I and later switched sides in order to join the Axis Powers when World War II began. The division of war reparations and territorial gains at the cu...
Introduction Charlie Chaplin, the English comic actor, filmmaker and composer was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era. Appearing in short films just as the Great War was getting started, he would be one of the world's biggest stars by the time it ended. In the ensuing decades he starred ...
Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...
