Michael Carter-SinclairMichael.carter-sinclair@kcl..ac.uk
pay steep restitutions and had it’s military might cut down. The combination of these clauses, quickly angered the German people who believed they were being treated unfairly by not only Europe, but also by their government who signed the treaty. This anger stayed with many Germans, and ...
Lenin cut a deal with Germany. If the Germans could transport him home, he would get Russia to back out of World War I. The Germans agreed and snuck him back into Petrograd through a railway car.
When he heard of the uprising, Lenin cut a deal with Germany. If the Germans could transport him home, he would get Russia to back out of World War I. The Germans agreed and snuck him back into Petrograd through a railway car. The Communist Party was about to gather more steam. Leon...
Dr. Hudson: Well, as I mentioned, the way that the popes were able to conquer other non-Roman Christian areas was to recruit warlords to take over. But even William the Conqueror and his successors in England, they all needed financing for the wars against the Germans and the Cathars, as...
Some weeks later, I discovered that George Valley, the physicist who had led the H2X design team at the Rad Lab, was living in the town next to me. This highly opinionated, cocky character agreed to talk to me, and his story was even better than I’d imagined. Over the next 20 year...
with an attack on a British light cruiser off the coast of Scotland that killed more than 250 sailors. Seventeen days later,U-9sank three British battle cruisers with an hour, killing nearly 1,500. Despite these strikes, the Germans lost more U-boats than they sank during the first month...
On the other hand, many among those Germans who were not formal members of the party could fall into two categories: those ballsy enough not to fall for Nazi ideology and propaganda; and those who had applied for membership but had been rejected! Interestingly, the former were equally not ke...
The Depression’s pain was felt worldwide, leading to World War II. Germans were already burdened with financial reparations from World War I. That caused hyperinflation. This added to the pressures that ultimately led the German people to elect Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party to a majority in 193...
- How many days would it take to bring Paulus to Nuremberg, if the Soviet Union agreed to? It was time to show the trump card. Rudenko replied nonchalantly: - About thirty minutes. Paulus is now in the Soviet delegation’s residence here in Nuremberg. ...