The Warsaw Uprising began in August 1944 and lasted until October 1944,meaning it lasted for 60 days. It took place in Warsaw, Poland. The Armia Krajowa, also known as the Home Army was the rebellion group in this rebellion, consisting of 40,000 fighters, but only 2,500 weapons. General “Bor” Komorowski led the army faithfully. These noble 40,000 men were up against 15,000 men, which grows to 30,000, armed with planes, tanks, and other
Mark Twain’s “ The Celebrated Jumps Frog of Calaveras County” created a lot of figurative language using his details that structured the folktale. The author Mark Twain gots the readers a real feel of the 1800’s with the figurative language he used in the story, it really gives the readers a visual of the setting and the events that are occurring throughout the whole story. Twain was incorporating the imagery using the figurative language he was using which keeps the readers engaged in his folktale. An good example of him painting a image in the reader's mind using figurative language is from his story “ The celebrated Jumps Frog” is the line when he says “ He was a different dog; his underjaw’d begin to stick out like to castle of a stream boat and his teeth would uncover, and shine savage like the furnaces.” Twain used this figurative language to describe the way the character Jim Smiley's dog main features of the dog so the reader can have more details and be more knowledgeable of the features the dog has instead of just saying “ it was an ugly dog”. Using the figurative language made it more interesting for the reader to read by incorporating the figurative language really gives the readers great imagery.
During the course of summer I read two books, Alas Babylon and The Color of Water. My initial response to hearing about these books isn’t one that would please the author or anyone who enjoyed reading them. But once I began to read and actually imagine my life as the main protagonist in the books my opinion about them began to change by the time I finished the first page.
To understand the significance of Stalingrad to the Second World War and to Germany and Russia, one has to understand the series of events that led up to the fateful battle.
For 462 days during 1948 and 1949 the city of Berlin was kept alive by an airlift of Allied aircraft bring food and other essentials from the west. By the end of the relief action, 77 people lost their lives in service of the airlift, paying the ultimate price for the freedom of others, which contain41English, 31 Americans and five Berliners. Even before the end of the airlift, discussions over creating a memorial to the victims of the blockade were taking place in West Berlin.
William Shakespeare, one of the most prolific playwrights of all time, has a select number of elite plays. One such play, Macbeth, tells the story of a brutal, 11th Century, Scottish power struggle. Towards the beginning of the theatrical, a legendary battle occurs, and subsequently, a military captain tells the king, Duncan, how the campaign transpired. The Captain's’ monologue, recounting to Duncan the timeline of the bloodshed is vital to the play as a whole, due to it setting a bloody precedent for the rest of the theatrical to follow.
Imagine a prisoner waking up one night. The guards shout and yell for them to get up and form rank with the other prisoners. Then, the guards simply tell the prisoners to march in the cold and unforgiving snow. They do this having no idea of where the journey will take them or how long it will be. This is was the reality for many of the prisoners that remained in the concentration camps.
From the beginning of the 19th century to the first two decades of the 20th century the world faced hardships, prosperity, and tremendous advancements. It started with a Great War that dealt with Communism and it ended with revolutions and revolts trying to end Communism forever. The century basically had come full circle. During the late 1980s and early 1990s uneasiness was growing in Eastern Europe. There were revolutions and revolts all over Eastern Europe trying to get rid of Communism forever. Instead of Monarchs and leaders bringing war to this situation, Hungary and East Germany were in revolt and brought revolution to their land to fight back against their Communist government.
Such as Draconian laws were introduced which means that the Poles were forbidden from helping Jews on the pain of death. The Poles living in a one apartment complex would all be murdered. The Germans were trying to destroy the Polish foot mark. With Poland being attacked from both ends it led to the formation of resistance against the SS which consisted of; the Home army, the Underground state, and also the climax of the Polish resistance movement was the Warsaw Uprising in the summer of 1944.
1917: February Revolution was when protesting demonstrators in Petrograd, (now St. Petersburg) Russia led a mass uprising on March 8th which led Czar Nicholas II to abdicate from Russia’s throne and brought an end to the czarist rule in Russia. This uprising was caused by shortages of food and fuel, and opposition to WWI which angered common Russian people. The czar’s army opened fire onto all the mini uprisings everywhere on March 11th. On March 12th the revolutionaries finally defeated the soldiers. The Duma formed a Provisional government that took over ruling Russia. Czar Nicholas II abdicated his throne on March 15th.
917 were hard and trying times for Russians all over the country. Russia had a horrible leader consequently when they needed a good one, with the war in progress etc. Times were changing, for the better and they needed a suitable person for the occasion. But they were stuck With Tsar Nicholas II. Its only reasonable to say that if they didn't have a rather pathetic Emperor then people wouldn't have wanted to change, meaning they wouldn't of revolutionized their country, themselves, the government and their attitudes. People evolve.
The northern part of Poland was founded by Meiszko I in 966. The southern part of Poland was founded by Tribes. Casimir, I the Restorer reunited all of Poland and was Duke of Poland. In 1025 Poland established their first king to be Boleslaw the Brave. In 1386 to 1795 Poland and Lithuania formed The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. On July 15, 1410 the Battle of Grunwald began. It was against the Teutonic knights, Poland and Lithuania who formed an alliance to defeat the Teutonic Knights it was one of the greatest battles of the Middle Ages. The first partition of Poland was founded on August 5, 1772 controlled by the Austrians. On January 23, 1793 the second Partition of Poland was created and was given to Prussia. The third Partition of Poland
Seeing Through the Eyes of the Polish Revolution: Solidarity and the Struggle against Communism in Poland, social scientist Jack M Bloom’s 2013 book, argues that the formation and history of Solidarność provides useful information on social processes in historical events and how those influence historical understanding. Like Ost, Bloom comes at his subject with an interest in social movements, but relies primarily on interviews to examine the social side of Solidarność’s formation. These subjects are not a random selection; Bloom purposefully interviewed activists, journalists, and military members among others. Unsurprisingly, this social science approach still discusses the political side of the movement, but Bloom focuses more on the people involved in Solidarność as opposed to the policies of the state. While Bloom’s analysis is more social and less historical, he touches on the topic of Solidarność’s ideological formation, a highly debated issue. Bloom states that some historians, like Ost, argue that workers formed the union on their own while others believe Polish intellectual activists from the 1970s dominated the formation. Bloom argues that the formation of Solidarność was actually through a combined effort of both workers and intellectuals. This challenges Ost’s assumption that the Polish trade union was forced to become political solely as a response to communist Poland. Interestingly, Bloom is the first author to give attention to Anna Walentynowicz, one of
The Nazi Movement was at its apogee between the two world wars, during this short time the Nazi used their power to prompt World War II and bring chaos. The Nazi government growth was intimately with the growth of Adolf Hitler’s power. In 1914, Hitler enrolled the German armed force, and earned the iron cross for its courage as a message-transporter, which helped him to move up in the hierarchy. Hitler was very upset by the German debacle in World War I, and accused the communists and Jews for it, which he said had abandoned the
If there’s one thing that I have learned about the Russian Revolution so far, it is that the Russian people were hard to please. In just about a year, they managed to overthrow 3 different government systems. Russia shifted their government drastically in just one year. First, getting rid of the Romanovs and with that ending the monarchy, and then ruining the Duma’s attempts at a provisional government under the Bolsheviks, and then being dissatisfied with the leader they had appointed after overthrowing that and then going back to the Bolsheviks at the end of it all. Even after the revolution ended, Russia continued to shift, first going to the Soviet Union under Lenin, and then Communism under Stalin, and then doing away with Communism
Eastern Europe is a region of treasure-filled resources and a rich history that dates back to many centuries. The enthusiasm for a new lifestyle in the post-Communist era has found a new reflection with a reconnection of music and arts festivals. Today, this region of Europe is celebrating their culture with a new identity, eagerly welcoming visitors from all parts of the world. Traveling around Eastern Europe can be a gratifying experience for those searching to learn more insight into the most important moments in the region's history. It can also be the ideal place to leave your worries behind while absorbing the mystical landscape as well as the genuine hospitality of a region slowly beginning