The reasons the actual soldiers who were African Americans fought for the Confederacy. Some were forced to do so by their owners, either because extra manpower was needed or because the owner could no longer fight and needed the slave to fight on his behalf. Others fought because they genuine...
I think it's just fascinating that someone can make up a sport or their own rules and have it become an official sport. Anyone can do this with any sport. Certainly you've had ideas in the past where you make up rules to a new game using whatever you have laying around. I supposed...
The German’s weren’t under any obligation to join the fight because according to the Tripartite pact, Germany wouldn’t have to come to Japan’s aid if Japan was the aggressor. The German ambassadors tried to convince Hitler not join the war effort and declare war on the United States....
Americans protesting, need to examine their motives. The women screaming about the poor immigrants need to go to Saudi Arabia in a bikini and see how that works out for them. “But,” you say, “They want to be free of all that, too!” That’s why they’re HERE! Then I say, tak...
Suppose Germany had developed two bombs before we had any bombs. And suppose Germany had dropped one bomb, say, on Rochester and the other on Buffalo, and then having run out of bombs she would have lost the war. Can anyone doubt that we would then have defined the dropping of atomic ...
Moreover, because Germany never managed to invade Britain, the Americans had a way to attack German economic targets. Hitler could have just done nothing. Even if war with the Americans was inevitable, not declaring war immediately might have held it off for a year or two. ...
Time’s editors told millions of Americans thatOppenheimer, a founding father of the atomic age, was an “authenticcontemporary hero.” When interviewed by Time’s reporters, he did not tryto hide his radical background. He unabashedly explained that until 1936 hehad been “certainly one of ...
Every single country wanted to be more powerful than any other country and that led to power struggles. Nationalism didn’t only cause the assassination of the Archduke, but Germany wasn’t completely recognized as a threat or tough competitor, but the German people wanted to be known which ...
What impact did Mexico?s fight for independence from Spain have on Americans? How did the Mexican Revolution affect Anglo-Tejano relations? How has Mixtec culture affected Mexican culture? How did the Mexican Revolution influence the Chicano movement?
The USA and the USSR became suspicious of each otherbecause they had different beliefs. The Soviet Union was a Communist country, ruled by a dictator, who cared little about human rights. ... Stalin wanted huge reparations from Germany, and a 'buffer' of friendly states to protect the USSR...