... would of listened to his knowledgeable generals instead of just going ahead with his own egotistical goals. In the process of telling the story, Alexander describes a number of bad moves made by the allies as well. The problem with wondering what "could have been," is that other situations ... he gives great detailed explanations of strategy, battles, and politics. He also illustrates this book with maps, showing where the allies advanced and retreated. Alexander points out Hitler's biggest error, being his attack of the Soviet Union before conquering the rest of Europe. He explains the...

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Weak Tsar Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov II assumed power upon the death of his father, a strong Tsar, Tsar Alexander III. Alexander was the latest in a line that had held reign over the Russian empire for nearly 300 years. A reign that began with a Tsar that leaves little to doubt in his methods ... of Romanov crest. Nicholas was raised under a very strong, determined man, not only in mentality, but also in physical stature. The Russian did not love Alexander III anymore than other Tsars, but he commanded their loyalty. Alexander III ruled by fear. He epitomized the Russian ideal of what a ...

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... only trouble in their family. Fourteen month later tragedy struck again. In March of 1887 the police in St. Petersburg discovered that a group of dissident students were plotting to assassinate Alexander III: Aleksandr Ulyanov was on of the students arrested in the roundup that followed. He had been using his knowledge of chemistry to manufacture bombs intended for the assassination of ... Alexander III. The same fate that Alexander II had suffered in 1887. They also arrested Aleksandr's sister Anna, who was also studying in St. Petersburg at that time. On May 20, 1887 Aleksandr and ......

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... major tragedies occurred which had a small effect on the young Lenin (then Ulyanov). In 1886 his father died from a cerebral hemorrhage, the following year his brother, Alexander, was hung for plotting to assassinate Tsar Alexander III. Lenin renounced religion and the political system. Adding to this he was the brother of dead revolutionary and found many doors closed to him. He finally ... in this year. In March steelworkers in St. Petersburg went on strike. It grew until thousands of people lined the streets. The Tsar's power collapsed and the Duma, led by Alexander Kerensky, took po...

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... they finally meet again when Konrad arrives as part of an East German scientific delegation. They are now both married and have children, though Konrad has never met his son Alexander. The film concludes with the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989. Margarethe Von Trotta's primary objective in this film was to tell an almost classic love story. A love story ... of Konrad and Sophie's relationship and lives. It is they, not the symbol of the wall, that keeps the couple apart and later on keeps Konrad from seeing his son Alexander after he has failed to convince his sister to join Harald in t...

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... Battle of Tannenberg was an engagement of the German and Russian armies, resulting in an almost complete destruction of the Russian army and also the suicide of their commanding General, Alexander Samsonov. Russia exited from the war because of economic unrest throughout the country and figured better to focus on them instead of fighting in the war which was coming to ... ...

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... after it. In 1956 one of them was told to the writer S.S. Smirnov in the letter by the platoon commander of ammunition supply of the 84th rifle regiment, the foreman Alexander Ivanovich Durasov. One of the defenders of the fortress A.I. Durasov was taken prisoner. Being in captivity, prisoners of the war were made to work in Brest, the Jews from ghetto ... ...

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... of the Soviet Union has made smuggling radioactive materials from Russia and its former territories frightingly easy. In September 1997, a former Russian general, and top security advisor to Boris Yeltsin, Alexander Lebed, told CBS program 60 Minutes that ten suitcase sized nuclear bombs were missing from the nuclear arsenal. Each is a one-kiloton bomb, capable of killing 100,000 people. (1) Many ... ...

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... the Provisional Government. A huge armed demonstration was held against the Provisional Government in Petrograd, on July 17, 1917. Prime Minister George Lvov was forced to resign. He was succeeded by Alexander Kerensky as the new Prime Minister. However Kerensky's new coalition Government soon grew unpopular. At the same time, the masses became attracted towards the Bolsheviks, whom they regarded as the ... ...

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... , Lenin's solutions were simple explanations to the complex problems and uncertainties surrounding them in these times. It was at this time that circumstances for the Provisional government worsened. Pri-minister Alexander Kerensky launched a major attack on the Germans, which proved to be a fatal error and a massive defeat. Demonstrations against the new government sparked and those rioting turned to the Bolshevik's for ... ...

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... loss of people to their enemy. Although the March Revolution was successful in bringing down the czar, it failed to set up a strong government to replace his regime. Headed by Alexander Kerensky, the provisional government decided to continue fighting in the war. His decision was a big mistake, which cost the government support of the soldiers and citizens. As the war continued ... ...

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... about between the Bolsheviks; who were titled the reds, and a group of parties such as Social Revolutionaries/Cadets/ and the Old Privileged Class; this group was titled the whites. Stage 5 Alexander II was to feel the hurt of this stage. On November 6 it was voted that it was a good idea to strike and overthrow the Government. The Bolsheviks then came together ... ...

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The primary theme in the novel One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is the fight for survival. Survival is a fight every human must take part in, although ones fight is much easier than another's. The prisoners fight for survival is tough ... ...

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... together and keep NSWP countries from being in complete control of their armies (Appendix C: The Warsaw Pact, online). A new threat to the Warsaw Pact arose in Czechoslovakia, in 1968, when Alexander Dubeck, the Communist leader, attempted to run a liberation program. But this time, instead of just the Soviets taking action, the new joint exercises paid off and it was a joint effort ... ...

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... meant colossal destruction of each other and everyone else on Earth. Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign policy, in particular the aims of westward expansion and European dominance, which greatly angered the Western ... ...

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... known to war, oil. As Hitler's mistakes are pointed out by Robert Cowley, Robert Cowley could also show how Hitler could have won World War II. If he had taken Alexander the Great's path through the Middle East, he could cut off Britain from its most precious jewel, (an interesting pun,) India by capturing the Suez Canal. By deciding to destroy ... ...

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... were not permitted to eat during their long and hard 12 hours daily work. At the camps during the winter temperatures sometimes dropped to a fatal bone shattering of -60 degrees. Alexander Solzhenitsyn a survivor of the worst labor camp Kolyma said, " The death rate in all camps was high a zek stood very little change of coming out alive at the end of ... ...

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... this matter. The Watergate investigation eventually exposed a long series of illegal activities in the Nixon Administration. For years Nixon was carrying on the crimes and they weren't noticed until 1972. Alexander Butterfield, a former White House official, testified in July 1973 that Nixon had taped conversations in his office. Prosecutor Cox subpoenaed tapes relevant to the investigation. Nixon refused to release them ... ...

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... meant colossal destruction of each other and everyone else on Earth. Tensions between Russia and the West have been high throughout history. In 1815, at the Congress of Vienna, Tsar Alexander was quite prepared to use the congress to pursue the traditional aims of foreign policy, in particular the aims of westward expansion and European dominance, which greatly angered the Western ... ...

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... especially highlighted by the fact that Serfdom still existed. The Serfs were little more than slaves of the Tsars and had no rights. They were also refered to as peasants. Alexander II was the first to recognise this and in 1861 he granted Emancipation to the Serfs. He felt it "better to abolish Serfdom from above than to wait for the ... ...

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