The Katyn Massacre

History is a phenomenon that has the propensity to repeat itself. Genocides have been committed throughout history, even before the term was assembled in 1944 and accepted by the United Nations in 1946 as a crime under international law. According to the United Nations, genocide is defined as “intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group.” A minimum of twenty-seven genocides have been documented across the world. During the 20th century, the Armenian Genocide and the Ukrainian genocide (Holodomor) transpired. Currently, in the 21st century, the world is witnessing another brutal genocide occurring in Myanmar. A kindred pattern of events is perceived throughout the duration of genocides along with

Between the years of 1915 and 1918 the Ottoman Empire, under the Young Turks began a deliberate program of removing and exterminating the Armenian population; a population already dismantled through previous massacres. The Armenians were a minority in both population and religion. Because most Armenians were Christians, they were made an easy scapegoat in an empire that was mostly Islamic. With the world’s eyes on the First World War, the Armenian Genocide went mostly unnoticed and there were no punishments such as ones received by Germany after the Holocaust. The United States has deliberately avoided the recognition of the Armenian Genocide of 1915 in order to maintain an ally in the Middle East and to avoid American genocidal policies,

The Goliad Massacre was a horrific battle that took place on March 27, 1836. In the battle of Goliad, the alamo fought against the Mexicans, losing and being destroyed completely by the mexicans. The alamo was a fighting group full of Texas rebels trying to seek independence from Mexico. The alamo were settled with all of their supplies and out of nowhere, a sneak attack of the mexicans took place. Mexicans charged at the alamo smart and with strategy. The alamo were stuck and was set up to be in a defensive position, receiving much damage. After long fight, the alamo surrendered and were all taken prisoners. The texans pleaded for mercy and begged for their lives, thinking they would get out alive. But Santa

A genocide is a horrible kind of war. It is a mass killing and torturing of innocent people who do not deserve any of it. There are many stages of genocides, which may or may not go in the same order. The Holocaust, being the largest genocide and a horrible point in history, is similar and different to the Bosnian/Croatian genocide. Although many aspects lead up to these genocides and other similar wars, there are possible measures that could have been taken to prevent all of this. No human should have to endure the pain of a genocide, especially as horrible as the Holocaust, or Croatian/Bosnian war. The Holocaust and the Bosnian genocide both consisted of many stages that led to a variety of horrible events, both similar and different, which could have been prevented if certain actions were taken into consideration.

The Armenian massacres of the 1890 's are an important marker in the history of humanitarian aid by the United States. Before this point, American humanitarian aid had been up to small committee efforts thrown together for an individual international crisis. During the 1890 's humanitarian reformers became more organized and elected officials began to look at the role the United States federal government could play in international humanitarian aid. (Wilson 27) At this time Protestant missionaries and Armenian nationals joined forces with former abolitionists, woman suffragists, and newspapermen to bring the condition of the Armenians to the attention of the citizens of the United States.

(Sciway.net). This act of racism would spark the beginning of one of the most disgusting

The 1972 Olympics were supposed to show that Germany had changed as a country. They were supposed to be “The Happy Games” but instead are remembered for the massacre of the Israeli athletes. The Munich Massacre has changed how terrorism is dealt with in different countries and in the Olympics as a whole.

Hated has always been part of human nature, it is an inevitable emotion that can consumes the souls of men. The genocide in Ukraine during the early 1900s caused incredible suffering. Referred to as Holodomor which translates to killing by hunger, the Ukrainian starvation was a man made famine in the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Ukraine and the traditional Cossack territories starved to death due to Stalin’s government seizing of crops resulting in the countries denial of the genocide and even cannibalism.

Sanctioned massacres are massacres in which the targets of the mission have not threated the perpetrators of the violence, "The My Lai Massacre: A Military Crime of Obedience" written by Herbert C. Kelman and V. Lee Hamilton explains how this sanctioned massacre, resulting in over one hundred lost lives of unarmed citizens by US soldiers in the village of Son My (Kelman & Hamilton 131-132). The orders were traced back to a Lt. William Calley who was originally charged with most of the murdered in the village (Kelman & Hamilton 134). As Kelman and Hamilton wrote about a military crime of obedience, Stanley Milgram, a social psychologist, author of "The Perils of Obedience", performed an experiment showing a frightening truth. The truth of how

European settlers had arrived on the shores of Port Phillip Bay in 1835 and preceded to settle in Melbourne. Many massacres occurred in the Kulin nation periodically after the settler’s arrival (https://c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassacres/map.php) forcing many of the Kulin clans to flee their land as an act of survival. There was also no spare land that was available for them that wasn’t occupied by settlers or squatters, Aboriginals only took up 1% of the land they once fully inhabited(video) Furthermore, the lieutenant-governor Charles La Trobe issued a ban on the Aboriginal people in 1840 from living in Melbourne (http://coranderrk.com/wordpress/?page_id=768). These ancestors who were separated from their land which had begun to replicate a European city must have suffered from terrible effects on their identity and their spirituality, understanding the

On September 26, 2014, in Iguala, Guerreo, Mexico the bodies of 43 male students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College went missing after being intercepted by the local police on the way of a trip to Mexico City to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre. Today we are commemorating those 43 student that have been missing for two years. The parents of these victims have been unable to find answers and the bodies of their loved ones.

The Battle of the Bulge started with a surprise on December 16th when the German Army launched one of the largest Artillery bombardments the world has ever seen. Part of the Germans plan was to infiltrate the United States forces with Germans Soldiers with near perfect English in order to disrupt and cause confusions during the initial attacks. The German Soldiers were unable to maintain their disguise and were later executed. The initial surprise attack seemed at first like forward progress, however the United States 2nd and 99th Divisions maintain a strong hold at Elsenberg and Mamedy. Unfortunately for the American Soldiers December 16th also brought on another surprise, bad weather set in at the Ardennes region, limiting any air support

The Sabra and Shatila Massacre that happened in 1982 was a mass execution of Palestinians in Lebanese refugee camps that was carried out by Phalangist militia with the assistance of the Israeli army. This massacre was a result of the relationship between Israeli Defense minister, Ariel Sharon and the Lebanese Christian Phalange group and their plans to rid Lebanon of the PLO, and change the country from Arab to Christian. The massacre left both Palestinians and Israelis broken.

To begin, the Munich Massacre occurred primarily due to lack of preparation, collaboration, and oversight. After reading the article, this lack of preparation and collaboration ultimately led to the deaths of nine innocent individuals. If I were the commander, more emphasis would have been placed on the teamwork aspects of the command center. To be fair, this incident was unprecedented in Olympic history. To expect a flawless and mistake free operation would, in my opinion, be unrealistic. However, realizing the scope of the overall Olympic event, the commander should have set up the command structure in an entirely different manner.

The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was a significant event in the history of New Zealand. It was the first ever act of terrorism in New Zealand. On July the 10th 1985 two French spies planted 2 bombs on Greenpeace’s the Rainbow Warrior. At 11:38pm the first bomb went off blasting a hole about the size of a car. Then at 11:45pm the second bomb went off. Photographer Fernando Pereira drowned when the vessel sunk as after the first blast went off he went a tried to retrieve his camera equipment. This tragic event had a lot of consequences as not only did it kill Fernando it also put fear in the minds of New Zealanders because it was the first ever act of terrorism in the country. This report will describe what was happening leading up to the event with the nuclear free legislation starting to take effect in New Zealand at the time and also the cold war was starting to heat up again. It will also describe what the Rainbow Warrior was used for before the sinking of it when it was with Greenpeace and when it was with UK ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. The report will also explain what happen on the day of the bombing and the trial of the two French spies. It will also describes in the report the consequences of this act of terrorism to the relationship of ANZUS and the nuclear free legislation. The report will also analyse the significance of the bombing to New Zealand with the many people affected by this act of terrorism.