...speeches such as; We Shall Fight on the Beaches; Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat and Their Finest Hour are some of his more well-known speeches given in 1940. In this essay, how Winston Churchill kept Great Britain’s morale afloat during the dim times of World War II will be examined with the use of some of his more famous speeches. Poland, France and the majority of Europe had fallen to Hitler and Germany and Churchill was vastly responsible for keeping his nation calm. Winston Churchill’s first speech as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom came on May 13th, 1940. When speaking for the first time to the house of commons he had this to say regarding his entrance; "I would say to the House, as I said to those who have joined this Government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many long months of toil and struggle.” Churchill reveals that his takeover of the British government will not solve the massive struggle they have ahead, however they must act now or the struggle will get worse. In the same speech that day he makes sure to let it be well known to the public that he has only one goal and that is victory; "You ask what is our aim? I can answer in one word: Victory. Victory at all costs. Victory in spite of all terror. Victory however long and hard the road may be. For without victory there is no survival." In his first...
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...What significance did The Great Patriotic War have on Russia in the period of 1941-1945? On June 22 1941, Germany launched Operation Barbarossa; an full scale military invasion against Russia; forcing her entry into The World War causing devastating consequences in all of Russian society, as well as her domestic economic and political affairs throughout 1941-1945. The war featured social effects; the ‘war of annihilation’ of the Russian citizens by Germany in pursuit of Moscow and the increased need of unity and patriotism domestically, economic effects; the complete transition to Russian war time economy to fuel the war and the devastation of Russian industries, however it was the consolidation of Stalin’s communist leadership that was to reign the most significant in terms of its domestic impact but also its lasting effect. The Great Patriotic war forced the Russian economy to transition into a war time economy to fuel the war effort. The final one and a half years of the 3rd five year plan saw a shift into a wartime economy as the Germany invaded Russia; increasing economic mobilisation and increased its PPP usage towards supplying the front with more resources, even more efficiently than Germany due to the war economy. By 1943 60% of Russian output was devoted to its war effort, keeping Soviet army and navy adequately supplied with rearmaments, food, and fuel throughout the war. Through propaganda, Russian labour production shifted importance from developing the economy...
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...against his fascist views to praise communism or democracy. The Axis Powers, composing of Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria shadowed in the number of countries in the Allied Powers, which was embodied by seventeen countries including Great Britain, France, and eventually the United States. At this point in the war, the Axis Powers seemed...
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...England during the months leading up to WWII saw herself as threatened from across the channel. Germany, contrary to the treaty of Versailles, rearmed her people; Italy succumbed to fascist forces, and Japan made disturbing advances ever closer to Hong Kong. Winston Churchill from his seat in the House of Commons watched the developments with dismay. In his thinking, a Britain disarmed by her government cowered before tyrannies from across the waters, and since the aid of time slipped through her grasp, the only possible help would come from America. And so he addressed the United States in the early summer of 1939. Mr. Churchill appealed to the United States by contrasting recent developments with the comfort of the summer holidays, by mocking the spun stories of the aggressive powers, and by pointing out the hypocrisy of supporting “democracy” and at the same time supporting Hitler and Mussolini. After describing the world situation in light of history, he concludes by saying “That is how we are spending our holiday over here, in poor weather, in a lot of clouds. We hope it is better with you.”...
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...Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States. He served two terms from 1981 to 1989. Before he became, President, Reagan served two terms as governor of California. During his presidency, Reagan revitalized the military, created an efficient economic system and ended the Cold War. His impact on the country during his term makes him one of the best presidents the United States has ever had. As a result of the previous president, Jimmy Carter, the U.S military was at its worst. Soldiers were underpaid and weaponry was outdated and worn out from the events that occurred in Vietnam. When Reagan came into office, improving the military was one of his first priorities. The first change he made was increasing military pay. By increasing...
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...Due to its enforcement and terms, it caused the ideological fascist movement after WWI, German’s patriotism, and the violent expansion of Germany’s economy which violated terms of the treaty, ultimately resulting to World War II. After WWI the ideology of the Fascist movement became influential in Germany in reaction to the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty. Fascistic views of political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation were appealed to the citizens (Wikipedia, 2014). This was in response to the Treaty of Versailles. After WWI, Germany was on a road to repair, but they were handicapped, and weakened by the terms of the treaty (History Learning Site, 2000). They had no major military or strong industry to support the growth of the country (Hikman, n.d.). The people were angered and infuriated by the ruinous effect of the Treaty. Hence, the nation realised that in order to regain the national strength, Germany would need to take on board a new form of political system that was iron-fisted and disregard anything but the restoration of pride (English Online, n.d.). This brought the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party and Fascism. Adolf Hitler was a radical advocate who fought to overturn the harsh Treaty and restore Germany to her former glory (English Online, n.d.). They proclaimed him Chancellor; and with this power he transformed Germany into a fascist state (English Online, n.d.). Fascism is a political system which allowed the leader...
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...some historians recount the events from World War II from a general perspective and focus on the different military strategies and government policies, others discuss the individuals involved in the war and their influence on the causes and outcome of the war. Further on, historians tend to focus on the major leaders during the world: Churchill, Hitler, Roosevelt and De Gaulle. Nevertheless, some historians have paid close attention to those around these great leaders and discussed their influence over them and their respective government policies. Before the beginning of World War II, Adolf Hitler guided the Nazi party into power in Germany during the 1930’s. Hitler did not led Germany into war on its own, but with the help of a few close associates one of them being Joseph Goebbels. As one of the main directors of the Nazi Propaganda in Germany and other parts of Europe, Joseph Goebbels led Germany’s internal affairs during the war especially during the completion of most of Hitler’s objectives during his leadership. It is difficult to imagine Germany’s actions during the war without looking a Goebbels. He definitely changed the outcome of World War II by implementing public enlightenment policies to drive Germans against the Jews and other minorities as well as to encourage the German population to fight the Allies. Goebbels involvement in the war as Hitler’s most intimate allies made him one of the most important figures during the war, especially when discussing domestic...
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...THE IRON CURTAIN The Second World War lasted for a period of six years starting from September 1939 and ending in the year 1945. Being a war of large scale involving belligerent super powers with their own sphere of interests, it ended with the surrender of Germany, Japan and the liberation of Western Europe. The Yalta conference in February 1945 was attended by Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt. Apart from other settlements was a Memorandum of Understanding between the three allied powers to divide Germany into British, American and Russian zones in addition to further bifurcation of Berlin. The war struck European society’s agitation against the old order came in the shape of supporting ideologies having moderate, socialist, and communist views. Stalin being the staunch supporter of communism had by 1946 succeeded in establishing pro-communist coalition governments in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. The surge of communism in Eastern Europe was augmented by the fact that the local administrative setups of different governments were bent on cleansing their social lives from anarchic ideologies formed previously in the garb of patriotism. Non adherence to paying taxes was one of the practices prevalent in those times. Spread of communism in Eastern Europe began with taking control of the Police and using it for economic and social reforms. The pace of reform and development on the Eastern side was fast and visible. The logical and possible fallback of this advancement...
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...The Film Industry and the Homefront In the center of American isolationism and the era of cultural growth within the early 1900’s, the establishment of film revolutionized popular opinion in encouragement of the war effort. To a certain extent, the film industry during WWI aided in increasing productivity, rationalizing supplies, and building a strong war morale in the homefront; necessary for a victory. Under Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, isolation was more or less implemented along with a few other imperialistic endeavours; focusing mainly on the Spanish American War. As for the rising conflict in Europe, Wilson initially proposed to be the “counselor of peace” in his speech to Congress. Venturing off upon the Monroe Doctrine, American involvement...
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...The construction of the Berlin Wall was designed because, the East Germans were told to build this wall to stop the East Germans escaping to the West. East Germany was owned by the Soviet Union and was a communist based government, however the West side of Germany was owned by the United States and was a democracy. The role that the communist government illustrated was security, they wanted to protect their own government. The East was concerned about the West because the Soviets thought their people would enjoy democracy due to human rights, political rights, and economic rights, which East Germans did not receive. In President Kennedy’s speech in 1963, he emphasized on how the United States is supporting West Germany. Due to the pro-democracy movements in 1989 forced the East Germanys communist leader out of power and causing the Soviet Union government to collapse, which later on opening up the Berlin Wall in 1989. In 1991 the Soviet Union had broken separately into independent countries. The Unites States expressed security for West German as well fighting for East Germany, to demolition...
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...manipulates features and functions of spoken language to achieve specific outcomes in different situations and how speech and interaction patterns vary with his different contexts. In Churchill’s speeches, he uses language to create a sense of unity and motivation while subtly adding some words of wisdom and witty phrases. Churchill’s short quotes have a very contrasting tone to his public speeches. His short quotes mainly have witty catchphrases and are said in a jokingly manner while his public speeches are more formal. Churchill’s public speeches present him as a sophisticated and motivational character. During wartime, the ability to show passion and to boost the morale of an audience is of great importance. Churchill shows throughout his speeches that he has this ability when he uses inclusive language to create a rapport with his audience. ‘We have before us’ indicates a situation, but that ‘we’ have not yet got there. The situation may be overpowering for any single man, but because of Churchill’s use of inclusive language it is a situation that can be handled together. The more people who join the war effort the lesser the burden has to be for each man, woman and child. ‘Our cause’, once again reiterates the feeling of an equally shared burden. Most noticeably in Churchill’s Finest Hour speech he uses an immense amount of inclusive language. The patriotism shown by Churchill in all of his speeches is strong and motivational and satisfying for his audience. ‘Superior quality...
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...Brave Heart and Kings Speech, might be centuries apart but for me are the most historic and state mental movies ever produced. The characters have all done justice to their roles; the storyline is a tremendous piece of art that cannot be replaced by any other movie. Both have their own stands and relate to situations in different times and conditions. The two have many common grounds and share themes that are portrayed in different scenes through different perspectives. The movies mostly revolve around the idea of standing up for oneself and not giving up, whoever the enemy might be. Patriotism is portrayed in Brave Heart when Mel Gibson's character William Wallas refers to the cavilary as "sons of Scotland." They agree to fight against an army almost double in size, armor and men. This battle is won. In Kings Speech the King, is coping with a stammer to deliver a speech which is his first wartime radio broadcast on Britain's declaration of war on Germany. The struggle required to overcome the fear of stammering and of rejection is calmed down by the support of his friends and family. In Brave Heart love is a key theme, the movie beautifully portrays that intense love can make you go lengths you never wanted to go, change decisions like William decides to fight and rebel once his love, wife is killed for abstaining the soldiers from raping her. He starts a revolt against the most powerful men and dies trying. Love, an emotion that can help you through any stage of life...
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...these are just extremely basic, simple thoughts. There continue to be quite a few thoughts on being American, a portion from citizens themselves, and rather strange ones from people of other countries. To quite a few people from America, “being American” signifies to receive government benefits and have laws that never seem to please people. To “outsiders”, it includes exceedingly rude, though strangely true stereotypes. Numerous people at one point or another have denounced the politicians that write America’s laws. People are never satisfied. Arguments such as abortion, gun control, and gay marriage will never be resolved, owing to the fact that unfortunately, the hard-fought-for freedom of speech lets them complain as much as they please. No group seems to...
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...Propaganda in Nazi Germany The Nazi party emerged in the late 20s and early 30s, led by a charismatic right wing leader, Hitler led the Nazis to power as the Nazis offered many ideals that were attractive to the German people who were ready to accept any help after the disaster the Treaty of Versailles and Weimar Republic brought onto them. By 1932 the Nazis had around 200 seats in the Reichstag (parliament) and their power kept on growing until Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of German in 1933 giving him and the Nazis virtually complete control over Germany as Germany became a single party state, meaning that the Nazis had no opposing parties that could challenge their power. The Nazi’s strong grip over Germany was a product of their vigorous and effective use of propaganda that was able to alter the opinions of the German public and eliminating any potential threat to their power. Hitler was very concerned with propaganda; he made sure every citizens was exposed to it from children to the workers. He even hired individuals to take care of these matters such as Joseph Goebbels who was Minister for “enlightenment” and propaganda, Goebbels was a fanatic of Hitler believing he was the “savior” of Germany, the book describes Goebbels saying “Goebbels constantly kept his finger on the pulse of public opinion and decided what the German public should and should not hear” though the book might not be very reliable as it is a western book who may hold very exaggerated views on...
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...(such as the rights of habeas corpus, the rights of free speech, the right to bear arms, and so on) as well as political responsibilities (such as the duty to participate in elections, to serve as a member of a jury, and the like). On the face of it, citizenship is rather straightforward, uncomplicated, and not all that interesting. But citizenship is more than a legal designation. It is also a cultural ideal. It is infused with moral meaning, encompassed by normative principles, values, and expectations that all derive from the social, historical, and cultural context of the times. How, for example, does one’s identity as a citizen relate to other sources of identity—be they religious, ethnic, social class, familial, or professional? Do any of these rise in significance over citizenship, or does membership in a political community trump all others? And how might citizenship help to navigate these conflicts? What is the meaning of citizenship in light of the power of the market? We are acutely aware of the role of money among special interest groups, lobbies, and political consultants. We are also sensitive to the effects of money on the political process itself, as in endorsements and advertising. Do these factors eclipse the historic place and role of the citizen in politics? Do citizens become extraneous to the workings of democracy? And what did President Bush mean when he declared that citizens demonstrate their patriotism in part by shopping? Does the involvement of “big money”...
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