Parallel Roots of Evil World War II was an essential part of history, great leaders emerged from it. Unfortunately, bad leaders arose from it, too, creating great damage. Two villainous leaders in that time period were Joseph Stalin, dictator of the Soviet Union, and Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany. These archenemies murdered millions of people during the time of their ruling. They fought to expand their territory along with their political beliefs. Both found themselves continuously fighting for
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did not predict the Cold War finishing at any point in the near future. Then again, the occasions of the 1980's had so debilitated Communism that it would just take moment changes from apparently insignificant pioneers and people to bring the whole Soviet framework down. Hungary had constantly sought after freedom from the USSR. By 1989, its economy was somewhat changed and was the most progressive in Eastern Europe. Hungarian Prime Minister Nemeth went to Moscow and talked about the 1956 uprising
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Joseph Stalin was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 to March 5, the day of his death. During Stalin’s reign he not only killed many of his enemies ,but many of his own people as well. Stalin's dictatorship affected millions of people and transformed Russia from a backward country into a superpower. Before Stalin was in power he was studying to become a priest in the capital of Georgia (now Tbilisi). Stalin never finished his studies instead getting involved with the cities revolutionary
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Our project is about the invading and retaliation of countries during World War II. This fits well with this year's theme of “ Conflict and Compromise” because of the turmoil that happened during the invasion and after, and how the Allied Forces freed the countries in the end. We interviewed my grandparents, who were in The Netherlands during the five-year period they were under Nazi control. Savannah Pennington dug up an old interview from her Great Uncle, as well; Lt. Colonel Frank Bird, who served
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related to Adolf Hitler in several ways. Germany and the Soviet Union had each signed a pact to split Europe’s land evenly, but Hitler ignored their agreement. Hitler wanted to take back Germany’s land from the Soviet Union, so in World War II he formed Directive 21, also known as Operation Barbarossa. The operation started on June 2, 1941, and is known as the crucial turning point during this war. Because the Germans underestimated the Soviet Union, the Germans strategies were not effective in defeating
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Jan Zizka was born in 1370 and is known as the commander of the Bohemian military as well as the spearhead leader behind the forces that led against Hussite forces during the anti-crusades of Roman Emperor Sigismund. Before Jan Zizka became a commander and conquer, though, he served under many other lords. For example, in 1410 he fought with the winning Polish in the battle of Tannerburg, having defeated the Teutonic Knights there. It wasn’t until the Hussite Wars, however, that Zizka’s military
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Parallels can be drawn between the harsh conditions of the labor camp in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and the state of the Soviet Union while under Stalinist rule. Stalin managed to transform Russia into a major military and industrial power, however, he faced significant civil unrest, economic instability, and massive peasant casualties. Stalinist rule stripped the Russian people of their freedoms, punished transgressions harshly in order to keep people in line, and sacrificed the lives
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Weston Tkac Mr. Montey World Lit P.6 21 March 2017 Atrocities of Stalins Reign Joseph Stalin savagely starved millions of people until they slowly dropped dead like flies. Joseph Stalin’s motives for his genocidal tendencies came from the Country’s need to be strong and unified. In order to put forward a plan of being strong and unified Stalin starts a mass genocidal famine that killed many people and nearly destroyed Russia. Stalins collectivized farms and the famines that were caused by it created
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economic and executive unit, while Russia controlled the eastern part of Germany and East Berlin (Berlin Crisis). However, in 1948, tensions were rising as to who would gain control over the capital; the democratic western powers or the communist Soviets. The Soviet Union took offense to the Allied creation of a new German state with its own currency, the Deutschmark, and viewed this as an act of defiance against them (Office). They feared that new currency would devalue their
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After reading the book “Between Shades of Gray” I continuously thought about the barbaric events that Joseph Stalin unleashed on the Lithuanians. Later on, after finishing the book, the inhumanity of Joseph actions was still confined in my head. Clearly, I couldn't let these ideas go to waste. However, how could I portray Joseph Stalin's absurdity and his lack of knowledge of others? Immediately I thought of someone that is analogous to Stalin, Donald Trump. Hence I had finally found the perfect
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