...upper hand in some way. Whether it is through technological advances, new weapons, or supplies. After any war has ended, there continues to be some impact, such as new borders, technologies, consequences for the losing side, and the rise of a new leader. World War 1 impacted the world in various ways, such as new technology, weapons, and economical and political problems. During the first war, a new type of weapon that is still used today was first introduced. The first tank to be introduced was the British Mark I, which was designed in 1915 (Mental Floss). The British Mark I intended to cross no man’s land and avoid being shredded by the power of the machines guns from the opposing side. These new armored vehicles proved successful and were improved and used more frequently throughout history. Another form of technology and weapon in the first World War was called the interrupter gear. The interrupter gear was used during air combat and allowed machine guns to be fired without the damaging the aircrafts propeller. This invention allowed for the pilots to fire between the blades of a spinning propeller (Mental Floss). These inventions were later updated or improved upon and used in future wars. The final outcome of the first World War was the defeat of Germany. This would in turn impact the world once again years later. After the defeat of Germany, the allies, consisting Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States, blamed Germany for the causing the war and the damages that...
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...became the leader of the German Nazi Party. Hitler was ruler of the party from August 2, 1934 to April 30,1945. Hitler served in the Bavarian Army, a part of the German military, during WW1. Rising through the ranks, Hitler was awarded the Iron Cross First Class. Hitler was wounded and blinded for a temporary amount of time by a British gas attack. In 1919, Hitler became part of the German Worker's Party, dubbed later as the Nazi Party, soon becoming one of it's leaders. In 1923, he tried an overthrow in Munich to seize power in Bavaria, a step necessary to the control of Germany. The revolt was terminated quickly; sending Hitler to prison for nine months. Hitler used his trial to gain national political notoriety and used his time in prison to write his memoir, Mein Kampf. The sales of the book/memoir made him a very wealthy man, though he hid that fact from the German people. After being released, Hitler restructured the Nazi Party, making it a new political force. By June of 1932, it had grown to being the biggest political party in German Parliament, the Reichstag. Though Hitler lost the 1932 presidential election to war hero Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg, he was able to use the power of the Nazi Party and its popularity among conservative voters to negotiate an appointment for himself as Chancellor of Germany in January 1933. His ideas of antisemitism, anti-communism and a purity-of-the-Germanic-race ideology found widespread acceptance in Germany and elsewhere. Motives ...
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...and France into declaring war on Germany; but there were many happenings before this that led to such a tragic conclusion. After the devastating effects of World War 1, government officials from the US, France, and England wanted to take matters into their own hands. They wanted to ensure that Germany would never start another war again, so together they constructed a treaty that practically rendered Germany powerless, and that contract was the ‘treaty of Versailles’. The treaty, which the Germans had but no choice to sign, held them accountable for World War 1, and the nation was to pay an excruciating fee of 6,600 million pounds in previous damages, in addition to this, the German army was to be shriveled to a small amount of men and only 6 navel ships (“World War Two – Causes”). The people of Germany were clearly unhappy by these decisions and Hitler quickly rose to power in response to the “abuse”. Ironically, the treaty would but only instigate yet another screeching war, initiated by the exact same people. When Hitler travelled from Austria to Germany as a young student he aspired to become an artist. Despite his greatest efforts he was rejected from his selective choices of art schools, this eventually led him to join the German army, and he transformed into the symbolic Hitler that tried to conquer the world. If only he was accepted, the lives of 80 million souls could have been spared. The moment Hitler became the chancellor of Germany he began secretly expanding the...
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...competition. The Cold War was ‘fought’ between the Communist Soviet Union, and the Capitalist West, mainly the United States. As opposed to a hot war, wherein two nations or faction conflict in an armed battle, in a Cold War, the major military forces never engage in physical warfare with each other. Instead, the conflict is expressed via military occupations of various nations, propaganda, strategic conventional force deployments, for example the Berlin Airlift, and providing aid to vulnerable nations, like the Marshal and Molotov Plans. The two superpowers also competed against each other in terms of technological and military advancements; the Space Race and Arms Races respectively. The main reason for this tension was the opposing systems of government and their ideologies, with each seeing a threat in the other. Though the two nations acted as allies in the war against Nazi Germany, their conflicting beliefs and ideologies soon left them as enemies. The Soviet Union soon occupied Eastern Europe, while the Western Allies occupied West Europe. Unsurprisingly, tension began to rise. The US’ Marshall Plan was put into effect to provide financial aid in the rebuilding of nations ravaged by the war in Europe. However, the Soviets denied their nations they occupied to participate. The USSR also funded and aided in communist revolutions in countries occupied by the West, mainly South America and South East Asia. The fundamental cause of the Cold War was the difference in the ideologies...
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...Aaron Lightsey Dr. Riggs History 1013 9 April 2012 From the Middle Class to Murderers Throughout the course of human history there have always been senseless acts of atrocities committed for one reason or another, whether it was the massacre of the Armenian Christians during and after World War I by the Ottoman Empire or the murders of some twenty million people by Joseph Stalin in Russia. It seems that mankind has a natural knack for the killing of each other. Evidence of this can be seen in some of the greatest technological advancements that have originally stemmed from inventions meant for devastation. What causes these acts of violence towards one another? History indicates that these actions may be caused by a sense of religious justification, economic factors, or aspirations for strengthening of an empire. However there can be more reasons than those of a political or religious nature. In many ways personal bias, environmental and psychological factors play heavily into some of the worst atrocities ever envisioned by mankind. This is the case argued in Christopher R. Browning’s book Ordinary Men. Christopher Browning’s book focuses on a key part of World War II that took place behind the scenes of the war, The Holocaust. The Holocaust led to the systematic death of millions of people. These innocent people were only guilty of being labeled as “undesirable” by a supposedly “superior race.” These people consisted of not only Jewish people, who were the majority,...
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...advancing in technology with Computers, Vehicles, Medical advancements, Weapons, Information, Education and Social connection, we need to brace ourselves for a world change that will make way for a new life that we have only read or seen in Science Fiction. i. What are the benefits of a high Technological society? ii. What may happen if we are no longer co-dependent? iii. What if machines make their own decisions? b. Will mankind survive the technology they build, or bring life to our own demise? II. Advancing the technology for the benefit of our needs and wants. a. What are the benefits of a high technological society? i. Moore’s Law. ii. Ending disability, disease, and time waiting. III. How far is too far? a. What may happen if we are no longer co-dependent? i. Laziness of the mind and body. ii. A.I. iii. Losing our humanity. IV. Is the science fiction a warning? Or, just a coincidence? a. What if machines make their own decisions? i. The Ghost in the Machine. ii. Literature and Music. iii. Conspiracy theory. V. Will our decisions of which direction we take our creativity of technology to, take us towards a brighter future we can only dream about? Or, will it take us down a nightmarish path of our own destruction and eventual extinction? Over usage and reliability of technology The world of technology is becoming close to spiraling out of control. With the Moore’s law in place for technological advances, we are aiming high for our own needs. From health...
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...position of the entire article: solely focusing on factors that point to the Germans. More in depth, the author Michael Lind is involved in adopting worldly perspectives and developing his opinions from a variety of historical references. When reviewing the entirety of the website, the information may be skewed when analyzing German faults. The limitations of the source include few resources of other perspectives and perhaps faulty assumptions. However, Michael Lind references the book Germany’s Aims in the First World War (1961) by Fritz Fischer as an influential source for his opinions, which validates the credibility of his information. Fischer concluded that “ Imperial Germany had deliberately provoked a general war as part of a policy of conquest much like that undertaken by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany 20 years later.” The next article, sponsored by BBC News, presented ten different perspectives of “who was to blame” for the start of World War I. All credible sources have backgrounds linked to the study of World War I events. The credentials of these professors define the years of knowledge that each individual obtains. According to the article, the majority of the historians had agreed that the Germans were at fault for the start of World War I, but others had recognized different situations that had the possibility of being more impactful. For example, Serbian nationalism and expansionism was another disruptive force that had encouraged the outbreak of World War I. Austria-Hungary...
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...World War II Research Report The Soviet Union Danny Buck History 114 Dr. Murphy November 24, 2014 World War II Research Report The Soviet Union Totalitarianism came about in Russia during the time of Stalin. Before doing research I had thought that it would have started with Lenin, but it did not. “Why did Russia, in its enlarged incarnation as the Soviet Union under Stalin, become one of the three most repressive and brutal totalitarian states of the 20th century (the other two being Nazi Germany and China under Mao)? The urge to modernize rapidly is often put forward to explain the character of the Soviet Union. But what equally needs to be explained is the very backwardness that created such an urge. And the Russian intelligentsia had long been preoccupied both with modernization and resistance to it.” (Hollander, 2006). It was a brutal way of life where the people existed to serve the state. The Rise of Totalitarianism In the late 1910’s the czar was over thrown and he and his family were murdered. Lenin came to power and communism took over the country, but it was not totally repressive until Stalin came into power. Stalin’s goal was to modernize the Soviet Union. He wanted to industrialize the Soviet Union and increase the production of products. He thought that if he could make the Soviet Union a manufacturing giant that it could be a super power. He also wanted to maintain complete and absolute control and to not allow any interference from anyone...
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...Volkswagen), March 28, 1937, Ferdinand Porsche, with the support of Mercedes-Benzes created public development company, the same year in September to VW co., LTD. Volkswagen is Germany's biggest and most young car company, is an international group co., LTD., based in Wolfsburg, Germany Volkswagen group, is one of the world's leading automobile manufacturers, is also the largest car manufacturer in Europe. In the world's largest car market Western Europe, about one in every five new car from the Volkswagen group. The development of the nationalization and internationalization is a striking feature in the development of Volkswagen Ag. Volkswagen is because history has uniqueness, always shoulder the responsibility, state and society and the nationality of the background, and makes the public company obtained the support in the start-up and growth stage. Due to the implementation of enterprise internationalization strategy, the public company eventually grow into a multinational company, the product production on four continents, and implement a global sales and service. Public company was founded in the 1930 s. After the German Nazi party to power, the so-called "national socialism" in 1933, the Nazis set up "the German Labor front (DAF, Deutschen Arbeitsfront)" group, the group is forced to take over the assets of the former "German business alliance", assets reached 539 million mark by 1939. "German Labor front" holds the almost all German companies and business groups, economic...
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..."I find your lack of faith disturbing." Is an infamous quote from the villain Darth Vader in the epic saga of Star Wars. Star Wars IV: A New Hope was released in 1977 and changed the science fiction world forever. At first glance, this was just a heroic tale of a young Jedi trying to overthrow evil, otherwise known as the Galactic Empire. Being the focal point of futuristic fantasies and technological advancement, Star Wars paved a new path for what was to be expected from movies. After several years of research based on the Star Wars films, there is speculation that there could be several metaphors hidden beneath the surface. The Star Wars saga contains numerous references to biblical ideology, recent government platforms, and the relation...
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...quick to conform, is fearful of annihilation, feels safe with rules, and humanizes everything. Technology has significantly taken over our lives. Radios, MP3 players, ovens, refrigerators, cars, computers, cell phones, technology is everywhere. The average human being cannot go through a day without coming in contact with some type of technology. Not only do we enjoy the technology we have, but we want more. That’s why in I, Robot the future is pictured as a technological universe where robots are made to do whatever we want them to. The robots aren’t the only technology witnessed throughout the movie though. There are also hand scanners, laser strip surveillance cameras, demolition robots, futuristic autopilot cars, high-tech parking garages, and tons of new technology (I, Robot). This portrays society perfectly. As I said earlier, we come in contact on a day-to-day basis with all types of technology. It’s to the point now where everything is becoming electronic and computer based. In our modern day history, advancements of machine and technology have been growing exponentially. 30 years ago only the rich could have a home computer. Today it is estimated there are two per home. I, Robot is a classical example of how we see our future as technologically...
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...Popular Culture of Europe Throughout the Ages Popular culture always has, and will remain, a telling aspect of the mindset of the masses throughout history. It is best defined by PhilosophyNow as the vernacular or people’s culture that predominates in a society at a point in time. The popular culture of Early Modern Europe can largely be classified as a shift from rowdy and vulgar celebrations to a more educated form of enjoying oneself. In the 1800’s, the formation of a mass society accompanied the growing literary movement, while post-WWI Europe experienced the gradual growth of mass media after numerous technological advancements, and later, a global movement towards rapid Americanization. In the mid-1300’s, the disease known as the Black Death was progressing rapidly throughout Europe. As more and more bodies were infected, the European masses began to live each day as if it were their last. This took place in the form of “sex crazed and alcoholic orgies” (Spielvogel 307). In Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron, a description of the popular reaction to the plague is featured: “Others maintained free living to be a better preservative, and would baulk no passion or appetite they wished to gratify, drinking and reveling incessantly from tavern to tavern” (Boccaccio 3). Although the most prominent scares of the Black Death began to fade away in the later years of the 14th century, the need for a rowdy form of enjoyment was still prevalent. Europe experienced a so-called...
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...REPORT ON “EUROPE – CULTURE, HISTORY & ECONOMICS” “Based on Seminar delivered by Prof. Dr. De Meuter” Submitted To: Submitted By: PROF. DR. DE MEUTER GROUP 7 NIDHI SHARMA RICHARD SUMAN HIMANSHU SAHNI MAHESH DILIP REDDY European culture & history LESSONS OF HISTORY: * Historical truth & historical books doesn’t always actually say or what it meant in the books. * They books are changed from time to time according to the situations and conditions. Example of Christopher Columbus who discovered America has been discussed in the class, where the actual evil intentions of Columbus were discussed who started his journey in search of India and discovered America. Here the myth is said as a history but the factual reality is left behind. Perennial philosophy: The perennial philosophy says about the whole world’s religious traditions as sharing a single, universal truth on which the foundation of all religious knowledge and doctrine has grown. In the perennial philosophy the several representations of different countries such as kundalini of India where the seven chakras represents seven energies present around the spine, Greece and the Caduceus / Homer and the Odyssey, Egypt and the Uraeus-Cobra & vulture, South America’s the oroburos, Chinese Dragon and the European alchemy which representation has different meaning has been discussed. Europe and Christianity: ...
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...U.S.-Japanese relations began as economic, geopolitical, and trade tensions, but eventually evolved to include cultural and military aspects. U.S.-Japanese relations has continuously been tense ever since the landing of Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s ships on Tokyo Bay on July 8th, 1853. In order to understand the tense relationship between the U.S. and Japan, there needs to be a historical background. Using Walter LaFeber’s “The Clash” as a basis to this historical background until America’s entrance into World War II. Before jumping into the 1990s, a discussion about Japan’s economy after 1945 and Shintaro Ishihara’s argument that Japan will be first among equals. Shintaro Ishihara argues that Japan’s technological advancement should be used to control over...
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...THE RISE OF IBM 1900-1970 To meet the needs of measuring population the US Census Bureau sponsored a contest to find the most efficient means of tabulating census data. The contest was won by German immigrant and Census Bureau statistician, Herman Hollerith. Hollerith formed the Punch Card Tabulating Machine Co. in 1896. In 1911 Hollerith’s company merged with Computing Scale Co. of America and International Time Recording Co. to form Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. During the period between 1910 and 1960, it developed products from punch-card tabulating machines to room-sized calculators to mainframe computing systems for large enterprises and changed the nature of accounting, calculation and basic back-office business processes. In the 1970s and 80s, IBM product lines expanded from its traditional mainframes to minicomputer and personal computers and applications moved from backend operations to departmental operation. In 1981, the company introduced the IBM Personal Computer or PC, allowing the use of computers in schools, homes and businesses. Components for the computer were sourced from outside the company. It developed products from punch-card tabulating machines to room sized calculators and main frame computers. The company manufactured and sold products ranging from commercial scales and industrial time recorder to meat and cheese slicers, tabulators and punch cards. In the beginning the company operated in New York City only. Within a short period...
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