World War II

back then before Hitler would rise as the ‘Boss of the Universe’. At the end of World War I, peace between the involving countries (27 victorious Allied powers; US, Britain, France) was set by signing the Treaty of Versailles. But especially Germany suffered because they were almost forced to take over full responsibility for the previous events; They had to pay the reparation costs for the damage caused by the war, their army was limited to 100’000 men with no air force and limited naval forces

QUEEN ELIZABETH II {draw:frame} {draw:frame} Elizabeth II (born Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, London, April 21, 1926) is the Queen of sixteen independent states: the Australia, the Canada, the New-Zealand, the Bahamas, the Jamaique… and head of the Commonwealth since February 6, 1952, of the Admiralty, Supreme Governor of England’s Church, Man’s seigneuress, Normandy’s Duchess and the Supreme Leader of Fiji Island. As head of state, she is also the commander in chief of the armies in

Can the use of violence and terrorism ever be justified? I-When a message must to passed, it’s must to be radical. II-the terrorism it’s the new style of war. In the History, a lot of people must resist to an aggressive idea, an aggressive organisation or state. As an example, during the World War Two, according to the French government of Vichy, the Resistance fighters were terrorists. In order to oppose to the oppression, they sabotaged rails, destroyed building, killed people, …

serving during World War I, he reached the rank of captain but was wounded several times. In 1916, he was captured by the German Army at Douaumont in the Battle of Verdun. He was released after the Armistice. He received in July 1919 “la Croix de Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur”. After the war,he continued to serve in the army. He participated in the war between Poland and Communist Russia. He married Yvonne Vendroux on 7th April 1921.They had three children. When World War II broke out, de Gaulle

earlier authoritarian and militaristic 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

les défenses françaises. Les allemands devaient mettre fin à la menace française dans un délai de six semaines avant que la Russie mobilise son armée sur le front Est et qu’ils soient forcés de se battre sur deux fronts. L’empereur allemand Guillaume II a envoyé un ultimatum à la Belgique qui demandait le droit de passage gratuit pour ses troupes à travers leur territoire. Le rejet de l’ultimatum a fait en sorte que l’Allemagne devait envahir la Belgique pour poursuivre l’offensive. La recherche portera

The rise and characteristics of totalitarianism in Nazi Germany in the inter-war period Come to power thanks to the support of the Germans and to the context of crisis, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party quickly set up a dictatorial regime turned towards the preparation of a new European war and the implementation of the theories exposed in Mein Kampf. To realize these objectives, the Nazis create a State at the same time totalitarian and racist. How did Hitler succeed in making of Germany a totalitarian

of 19th century American realism • William Dean Howells (critic)豪威尔斯 • Henry James 詹姆斯 • Mark Twain 马克• 吐温 Background • The Civil War marked a deterioration of American moral values. • Increasing industrialization and mechanization produced extremes of wealth and poverty. • The romantic view of man in the New World began to lose its hold on the imagination of the people. • By the 1870s New England Renaissance had waned. The age of Romanticism and Transcendentalism

Management. The general situation in May 1940 It is, of course, impossible to detail the implacable process which led to WWII and the situation of each country in this document alone. Please refer to your history books, or search on Google: WWII, “Pre-War”, etc. Only a few essential facts will be mentioned here. In 1919, France was considered as the undisputed winner of WWI by all European nations. An intransigent Clemenceau imposed drastic conditions on Germany with the Versailles Treaty, and with

.............................56 A COMPARISON WITH SILVER ....................................61 APPENDIX 1 APPENDIX 2 The views expressed in this study are those of the author and not necessarily the views of the World Gold Council. While every care has been taken, the World Gold Council cannot guarantee the accuracy of any statement or representation made. 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY q Gold has maintained its value in terms of real purchasing power in the very long run in the US, Britain