I emerged from the dark, deep waters dripping with sweat and adrenaline. Being second in the swim, I needed to maintain my success in the bike. People exuberantly cheered and the sun beat down on me, but I could make out my mother's silhouette in the distance; how I craved to make her proud of me. Dashing to the transition area, I mentally prepared myself for the next portion of my competition. Buckle my helmet, grab my bike, and make my way to the rest of the course—I knew what to do like a kid
Moscow in December 1941. A pincer offensive planned by Soviet leadership engulfed the Nazi army, thus resulting in the German’s first defeat in World War 2. Although victorious the Nazis continued their push into the southern USSR until the Battle of Stalingrad in August 1942. This would become the largest battle in the history of warfare, which resulted in a Soviet victory and a turning point on the eastern front. The Soviets would go on to liberate the territory lost in the German invasion of 1941. The
“ An air raid alarm sounded as a faint buzzing apporached our class went and ducked under their desks, everyone knew what was about to come. A years earlier my family moved from Nanjing to Sichuan where the attacks, bombings, and explosions lessened but still persisted. The as the airplanes flew over the buzzing became louder and louder then a whistling and a loud boom, a bomb shook the building and later we would have to clean the rubble that flew everywhere.” Zhongzhen Wang, born in Nanjing, China
11 million people that’s a lot right, well this is how many people died due to the brutality of the most brutal dictator known to humankind. This person was Adolf hitler. Hitler was known for his hatred towards jews and people he thought were not perfect. Hitler began the biggest extermination of a race ever. Hitler felt that jews were the reason that germany was in poverty. After world war 1 germany fell into a deep poverty, people were looking for someone to unite time, hitler told them that
great, he had no worry in the world. The book explains one of Elie and his family's day; “Thereafter, life seemed normal once again. London radio, which we listened to every evening, announced encouraging news: the daily bombings of Germany and Stalingrad, the preparation of the Second Front. And so we, the Jews of Sighet, waited for better days that surely were soon to come. I continued to devote myself to my studies, Talmud during the day and Kabbalah at night. My father took care of his business
The collapse of the German war machine Germany was left in a crippled state after World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles. The nation was substantially downsized and lost a significant amount of their capital wealth. When Hitler took power in Germany, his main thrust for war was to rebuild a commanding republic. Hitler used anti-Semitism as a political basis that would turn German citizens on peers and neighboring nations. Hitler also wanted to become more self-sufficient rather than reaching
Cheyanne Sitch Pod Cast 4 “The United States we stand at this moment at the summit of this world” –Winston Churchill. 1940 was the last year before the United States fully engaged themselves into the war. At this time the US was dealing with its 11th year of the depression. 1/7th of the population was unemployed at this time. This meant that nearly 14% of the workforce was unemployed in 1940 compared to the average of 17% in 1930. During this time the federal government did not maintain a poverty
It has now been 53 years since the Cuban missile crisis. Even though disaster was averted, the world came too close to destroying itself to let the lessons of October 1962 played from our memories. In this paper, I will show while the nuclear strategic game between the United States and the Soviet union was so dangerous. Good intelligence is crucial to making good decisions in such a dangerous situation. Acquiring that good intelligence pros to be quite dangerous and the Cuban missile crisis
Stalin also implemented a cult of personality, which is similar to the likes of Hitler and Big Brother in 1984. He renamed sixteen Soviet Union cities after himself. Some examples of these cities names are: Stalino, Imeni Stalina, Stalingrad, Stalinisi, and Stalin. Just like Big Brother in 1984, Stalin appeared to the citizens as all knowing, all powerful, and omnipresent. Stalin made the public perceive him as a father figure, the phrase "Thank You Dear Comrade Stalin for a Happy Childhood
war on Germany two days later (). For example, Hitler’s armies took over Poland in a few weeks. In the spring of 1940, they easily conquered Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France (Hoffmann). Also, during the Battle of Stalingrad, which lasted for five months during 1942 and 1943, the Soviets took out an entire army of 300,000 men (Brown). This German defeat had a major impact in the war (Hoffmann). Next, Hitler directed the storm troopers, Nazi officials, members of the