The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except finance, to the prevention of global domination by a single power. ... The photograph may also have been staged; there are many other reasons why it does not prove anything in particular to us. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear...

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The first reason this firearm was developed was to defeat the seemingly endless Red Army who came from the Eastern Front, the Soviet Union. In the later stages of the war when Germany tried to invade Russia there was a massive shock to the Germans. ... During the first year the weapon underwent very minor modifications resulting in the designations of MP-43/1 and MP-43/2; but these differed only in aspects such as the front sight and different mounts for attachments. ... Around this time Hitler began hearing the glowing reports coming back from the front lines; so he changed the designation ...

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The bitter struggle for survival of the Soviet Union in its early stage, in particular the Civil War was hindered by the American and Western involvement. ... Stalin urged Churchill and Roosevelt to open a second front. The U.S. did not open a second front in Western Europe early enough; millions of Russian soldiers died fighting the Nazi armies alone until mid-1994. Stalin alleged that the Western allies were deliberately holding back a second front to weaken the Soviet Union. ...

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It is Brecht's influence that explains the relatively bare and unnaturalistic stage design, since Brecht insisted on keeping props and sets to a bare minimum so that the spectator is not lulled into a false sense of realism. ...

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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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