IB History Book Review: Hiroshima by John Hersey 1) This story relates to America dropping the A-bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. It tells the story, of six different inhabitants of Hiroshima, 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 religious men. It tells the story from each of their points of view, from the daily...
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 ...
Physicists from 1939 onward conducted much research to find answers to such questions as how many neutrons were emitted in each fission, which elements would not capture the neutrons but would moderate or reduce their velocity, and whether only the lighter and scarcer isotope of uranium (U-235) fissioned or the common isotope (U-238) could be used. ...
To the allies in the First World War, this issue has caused some serious headaches. Sir Archibald Murray was assigned with the task of capturing Palestine. To the British, their primary interest was invested in protecting the Suez Canal. To the Empire, this route was seen as the source of raw materi...
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...
During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S. Truman barely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 194...
