http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?http://blogs.nature.com/thescepticalchymist/2008/07/whos_the_greatest_russian_scie.html Who was the greatest Russian?http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1970/solzhenitsyn-autobio.html Solzhenitsyn the great Russian author
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=HK&hl=zh-TW&v=Xglby1gdDwM How Hitler lost the War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_qeCNg8fO0&feature=related - Check this 8th Grade Project out. Does he make any errors?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgJQUXr2Ws Hitler Speech - Triumph of the Will
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVP3KU-qOzchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58N73cAF97Yhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQIJkgpP1hg Munich Agreement
http://www.ukemonde.com/genocide/margolisholocaust.html Gulag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQIJkgpP1hg Munich Agreement
http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mdzikovs/golod.html Ukraine Holocaust
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1920keynes.html Keynes Saw It Coming
http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/guernica/glevel_1/1_bombing.html Guernica
https://mail-server-2.sau48.org/owa/redir.aspx?C=39a013af6f6d43b4a794fc6d2138ceca&URL=http%3a%2f%2fincredibleimages4u.blogspot.com%2f2010%2f01%2fdefending-leningrad-ww2.htmlCheck out the film clips on
http://incredibleimages4u.blogspot.com/2010/01/defending-leningrad-ww2.html Leningrad
http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/franco.html Franco Site
7 comments:
Modern History Sourcebook: John Maynard Keynes: The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920 reestablished that the Treaty of Versailles was one of the greatest contributors to the start of World War II. It said that the Council of Four were did the treaty for their own gain instead of preventing a second world war. Clemenceau wanted to crush the economic life of his enemy, Lloyd George wanted to do a deal and bring home something for his people, and the President did not want to do something that was not just and right. It also spoke about how Germany being an industrial country allowed it to feed 62 million people, but now the Council of Four wanted to make Germany an agricultural country that could only feed 40 million people. This meant that revolts would happen and eventually a second world war would happen.
The blog with the incredible history pictures were also very interesting. The picture of the women being trained to be firefighters in Russia was able to show the increase in women rights. The pictures in a way showed that the Russian victory over the Germans increased the Russian people’s hopes for at least a little while. The pictures showed hope for the Russians while it showed despair for the Germans.
The Ukraine Holocaust site was crazy just from the fact that it was an actual account of what someone's grandmother and family had to go through. I could not imagine walking close to 900 km for anything let alone for flour. The major theme of this horrifying time was that every one was dying slow deaths through starvation. On one account, a man hadn't eaten in so long that when he finally did, he got sick and died quickly.
Probably one of my favorite links on the page is the one that is regarding Guernica. Guernica is very interesting to me mainly because of the painting by Picasso. There is so much symbolism in that painting that it can sometimes be difficult to grasp all of it in one sitting of looking at it. http://web.org.uk/picasso/secret_guernica.html. The other aspect that I find gut wrenching is how these bombers would fly over many times, spraying thousands of bullets and dropping tons of bombs, so they could get their formations and tactics down.
I found the website about Franco interesting. Starting off with the number of noncombatants his army had killed, the website established that it wasn't formed by nationalistic Spaniards. The timeline went on to emphasis his military training, which was a substantial part of his career and ability to take control of Spain as he did. I found it interesting that it wasn't until 1950 that Spain was admitted into the UN. It showed just how ruthless nationalism can get, but inevitably be subdued for the sake of foreign relations and safety in a modern world.
I also looked into the story about the mystery crossword puzzle that had many words key to the invasion at Normandy. Some of the words that were in it, including Utah and Mulberry – the name of a floating craft used, and Neptune – a codename for the naval operations of the attack, were among the vocabulary found in the puzzle. The irony of the situation is that the author had no idea of the planned attack. After interrogations and the like, the author was released and the attack continued as planned. Leonard Dawe was the author of the puzzle and a fifty four year old teacher in Surrey. M15 tracked him down out of fear he was attempting to tip of the Germans – what would have been a silly move considering many British officers read the paper and attempted Dawe’s puzzles.
Fordham Modern History Sourcebook: Despite the fact that John Maynard Keynes was a commie, he did have a got point when it comes to the Treaty of Versailles in his The Economic Consequences of the Peace. His ability to make predictions about Europe's economic future was eerie. "This is the danger against which all our resources and courage and idealism must now co-operate." Facism brewing anyone?
I also found the Franco site misleading. Francisco Franco made some mistakes, his regime was corrupted like many military dictatorships, but I believe both sides in the Spanish Civil War (Republicans and Nationalists) committed grave travesties and war crimes. Also, who do you suppose was funding the Leftists during the Civil War? Winston Churchill? The American government? Try Comrade Stalin! Isn't the Left's criticism of Franco's regime a little like the pot calling the kettle black (only Franco "killed" .5-2 million people while Stalin killed 20 million at the very least)? Franco, I think, probably did a lot of terrible things, that's war, but he saved Spain from Fascism and he restored the Church's rightful place in Spanish society. The Leftist government he replaced wanted prostitution and abortion legalized. When he died he gave the throne back to the monarchy (he had ruled as regent from the end of the war until his death). I won’t go so far as to call Generalissimo Franco the “Catholic Savior” of Spain (like Pat Buchanan did in a 1996 presidential primary). But he’s no Comrade Stalin!
“We just came back from Walt Disney World. We participated in the 'Goofy Challenge'.” -Rev. Jim Jones of the People's Temple
In the ukraine stalin killed any where between 4-7 million people. People didnt want to give up their personal property because of misuse by the government. With the destruction of most succecful farms and collectivization, millions of people died. Why is it that the German holocaust is widely knwon while masacres like this are just side notes in the history books?
In the race for "Greatest Russian" I probabbly would vote for stalin due to the massive impact he had not only on politics but enforcing communism to the point of absolute destruction of his own people.
I read about Francisco and the Spanish Civil War. Could have been seen as a ending for a war with Russia and Axis powers in the future since they were sending goods to the sides they supported. It is amazing how much supplies Stalin sent to Spain to help the fight against Francisco. I also watched the YouTube video of Germans approaching Leningrad. I shows Germans moving in every at once to the city. It showed Germans in ditches outside the city probably to confined the city into submission.
Post a Comment