U-boat crews inhaled a foul cocktail of bilge water, sweat and diesel fumes. Mildew blossomed on their shoes, and charts even rotted from the oppressive heat and dampness. “I feel like Jonah inside some huge shellfish whose vulnerable parts are sheathed in armor,”wroteGerman war correspondent...
How were Japanese Americans treated during World War II? How did America impact the result of World War I? How did the Treaty of 1818 promote nationalism? How did the Austro-Prussian War lead to German unification? How did the Anglo-Japanese Al...
How were First Nations treated after World War I? How was Austria-Hungary responsible for WW1? How did WWI end the labor movement? How were the Americans drawn into World War II? How does the Scramble for Africa relate to WWI? How did the consequences of World War I produce World War ...
However, this affection for German Americans dramatically ended at America’s declaration of war on Germany during WWI. Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare against American civilian ships infamously let the public hold grudge against German Americans. Abruptly, German curricula were revoked, German ...
But Ribeiro argues that there is nuance; we can understand precognitive dreams in a neurobiological manner rather than a metaphysical one. He notes how throughout history and across the world, dreams have been treated as tools for the exploration of the future. They were gateways for people to...
An adaptation of the novel of the same name, the film follows a group of German schoolboys who have been talked into enlisting in the army at the beginning of the first World War, showing the tragedy of their experiences. In 2023, another adaptation of All Quiet on the Western Front is...
. One of the big causes of WWI was the race between the British and German empires to control Iraq (they’d both recently switched their major railroads over from coal to oil). That’s another story… suffice it to say that the first British regiments in 1914 were sent to Basra and,...
The amount was the same, but treated differently for taxation. I don’t know if the system has changed, but those retirement benefits were huge. If you managed to retire after say 30 years at the school and were a full professor, your received a retirement lump sum payment from the ...
He promoted Italian nationalism, invaded Ethiopia in 1936, and joined Hitler during World War II. After he was deposed in 1943 he was rescued by German paratroopers and became the leader of a German puppet state in north Italy. He was executed in 1945 by Italian communists and is regarded ...