The painting is painted with receding perspective lines in the near edge of the canvas protruding thoroughly balanced towards the left center. ... The giant warship takes up ¼ of the painting on the far left front but its light cool colors offset it to balance with the group embarking on the canal ride. ... And the perspective lines point right to the rich group. ... Especially right in front of the boat where the steps from the palace lead to the banks of the canal. ...

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People and Ideas In the summer of 1942, German forces pushed through the south-western front pushing back soviet troops. ... On the 23rd of August German tanks supported by motorised infantry broke through Russian lines and reached the Volga River north of Stalingrad. ... The offensive was a success due to its power and concentration, and carefully synchronised action by the Russian fronts. On November 23rd three Soviet army fronts led by Marshal Georgi K Zhukov broke through an Axis held line; joined up with those on the Don and Stalingrad fronts at a point some 70km from Stalingrad. ...

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How much different would life be today if Nazi Germany would have one the Second World War? Victory was anything but out of reach for the Germans at the time The Battle of Stalingrad took place. It is possible had the Germans defeated Russia, Europe would today be flying a Nazi flag. The...

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At this time the German high command began thinking of attacking Russia to protect its resources and ordered the build up of forces along the Eastern Front. ... This led to much confusion with divisions being constantly shuffled around the front line. ... The German line on the Eastern Front was never broken again after Stalingrad; they simply made an orderly retreat. ... Their third mistake being their stretched supply lines, like the Japanese in Papa New Guinea, meant the desperately needed winter clothing, as well as ammo, fuel and food could not reach the troops. ...

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Before August 1939 he had acquired 550 front line aircraft, 500 state-of-the-art T34 tanks, twenty cavalry squadrons and thirty-five infantry battalions. ... Phillis' description of the attack properly identifies the ingredients of a momentous, but largely forgotten, battle: He launched concentrated air, artillery and armor assaults along the enemy's whole front with the main armored thrust going to the flank. ... Moved to a higher command, he led the Western Front-Army in the defense of Moscow, holding back the Germans once again. ...

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Fixing Blame for World War I As with all international conflicts, there can be no easy answer to questions of blame or guilt. Historians continue to debate the causes of World War I nearly a century after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand; the event that most agree was the spark wh...

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Was Russia a Prosperous Country During the Rule of Nicholas II? For centuries Tsars ruled Russia. This period came to an end during the Russian revolution of 1917. The events changed Russia completely and brought the people a new form of government. The age of the Romanov's abruptly ended with the ...

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Analysis of the Ukraine Crisis through the Theories of International Relations On February 18th, the Ukrainian Parliament voted against limiting the powers of President Yanukoych who was a strong supporter of keeping ties with the Russian government1. This vote came after months of protests within Ukraine's capital of Kiev to limit the presidential powers and give amnesty to captive protestors. These protests in Kiev started peacefully, but eventually started to become more chaotic leading to violent clashes between protesters and police and, in late January, two people were shot and k...

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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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