After the War

THROUGHOUT THE COLD WAR ? A flashpoint is the point at which eruption into significant action,reaction or violence occurs. This definition fitted to Germany during the Cold War, an ideological conflict between the USA and the USSR, from 1945 to 1989. Indeed, Germany has been the centre of the Cold War because of key events occuring there but also in the centre of discussions during the Cold War. This essay will develop the different events which made Germany a flashpoint throughout the Cold War : Yalta

Following its wave of Independence after the World War II, starting with Ghana gaining its independence in 1957, the African continent has had to face several internal and external challenges, to which it has since struggled to respond satisfyingly on its own. Furthermore, the continent has the highest number of Least Developed Countries (LCD) in the world, namely thirty three out of the forty nine currently listed[1]. This means that if we include the island nations and the territory of Western Sahara

Everyone knows the outcome of this authentic case… the disastrous Fall of France in May-June 1940! And, it may seem decidedly odd to make reference to an event that took place 65 years ago when considering how to improve the development process of high-end technology in 2010. But this case really deals with choosing the right strategy to match the technology available. Or should that be choosing the right technology to match the strategy adopted?... Please perform the tasks and answer the questions

History II- Marriages and relationships III- Political activism and drugs I'm going to present you John Lennon, the famous English rock-muscian belonging to the Beatles. I - History a) first, his childhood and adolescence John Lennon was born in the Liverpool Maternity Hospital in 1940, to Julia Lennon and Alfred Lennon. As Alfred was a seaman merchant during the world war II , he was often not at home, but he sent regular pay cheques to his wife. When Alfred discovered that his wife was

BRITAIN With the coming of war in 1939, Bacon was exempt from military service and released by the ARP on account of his asthma. He spent 1941 painting in Hampshire, before returning to London where he met Lucian Freud and was close to Sutherland. From these years emerged the works which he later considered as the beginning of his career, pre-eminently the partial bodies of Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944 (Tate Gallery N06171) which was first shown at the Lefevre Gallery

CIVIL WAR The American Civil War or American Civil War is usually called, in the United States "civil war". It is a civil war which will start on 12 April 1861 and ending on 9 April 1865. It involves the United States of America or "union" and the Confederate States of America. They are managed by Jefferson Davis and collect 11 southern slave states. Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party leading the union which included all states abolitionnist and five border slave states. hostilities

The Easter Rising was an insurrection which took place in Ireland during the Easter Week in 1916. The Rising was organised by the Irish Republicans who wanted to make an end of the British rules in Ireland and establish the Republic. It was the most significant uprising in Ireland since the rebellion of 1798. It took place right in the middle of the very bloody First World War as Britain’s distraction in a European war seemed an ideal opportunity to strike for freedom according to the nationalists

Summary The McCourt family was a poor family who lived in New York, USA in 1930. They were from Ireland. Frank McCourt is the oldest child. He has 4 brothers and one sister. Their names are Malachy as the father, Oliver and Eugene who are twice and Margaret. His parents are poor. His mother was born in the south of Ireland, at Limerick. She went to America because the life was better there. His father is an alcoholic unemployed. He had to escape from Ireland because they were in war and he went

culture is the writings of Romans like Livy, which are considered masterpieces of pro-Roman statist propaganda. The term itself, however, is originated in Europe in 1622, shortly after the start of the Thirty Years' War, which pitted Catholics against Protestants. Catholic Pope Gregory XV founded Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith (sacra congregatio christiano nomini propagando or, briefly, propaganda fide), the department of the pontifical administration charged with the spread of

CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT The history of the civil rights movement in the United States actually begins with the early efforts of the fledgling democracy. 1783 -- Massachusetts outlaws slavery within its borders. 1808 -- Importation of slaves banned; illegal slave trade continues. 1831 -- Nat Turner leads slave rebellion in Virginia; 57 whites killed; U.S. troops kill 100 slaves; Turner caught, tried and hanged. 1833 -- Oberlin College, first U.S. college to adopt co-education, is first to refuse