De Boiedieu's refusal to participate in the Christmas performance and assumption of his role as a sacrificial hero in the escape of Marechal and Rosenthal goes to show the aristocratical status that he regards himself of. ... Marechal and Rosenthal were still oblivious to the deceptions of war, as we understand that their intention to escape was to return to the battlefront. ...
February 1945, over the course of three days nearing the end of the war, 800 British RAF and America USAAF bomber planes off-loaded 3,400 tons of explosives obliterating the people of Dresden. The event known as the Bombing of Dresden has always been named as one of the most controversial incidents ...
The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet, all of these, able to reach millions of people. The Introduction to radio cause...
At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean lies a German battleship whose name alone inspired fear in the early days of the Second World War. Bismarck, the most deadly, destructive and most feared German battleship that destroyed the British battle cruiser HMS Hood and severely damaged Prince of Wales, the...
As violence continues in the Middle East, the roots of the conflicts in the area can be seen to originate from World War I. This is important to understanding the modern Arab-Israeli conflict as the culmination of more than a century of hatred on the part of Arabs to compromise with the existence of...
During the early 20th century, Britain began to see the spread of education, across all levels of society, molding the public to be more literate. In the 1930's, Britain saw a boom in literature publications with poets writing about and during the war. The horrors of World War 1 created an immense market allowing British authors, both professionals and amateurs, the leeway to express what they witnessed in the frontline (Das 9). However, only a few are still known and remembered today for their unique and fascinating technique of delivery. Among those: Ivor Gurney, whose development of po...
History Coursework - World War One 1) Sources A, B and C are war recruitment posters published by various governments with the aim of influencing more people to volunteer for armed service in the war. Sources A and B are an earlier type of source, depending on the patriotic fervour that swept Britain at the war's outset, portraying enlistment as a duty to the country and empire. The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" and that they should "Go!", the fighting taking a crusade-like facade in which the only way...
