Immense as it seems, we foundVFtightly knit with a clear story arc (grasped in all 4 serial TV productions): after the above setting forth into the world of Becky ans Amelia (exposition), we watch our pair of heroines manage to marry, and with young male protagonists in tow, go to Br...
including the kidnapping and raping of women or the mistreatment of POWs. In relation to the war crime trials after 1945 these perpetrators were interviewed by the Allied powers and could reflect on their acts during the war. How they perceived their own role for the named eruptions of violenc...
And they will probably remain deeply sore points until the last survivors — which includes children born during WW2 and any who associate the post-WW2 rationing systems they experienced with things they heard their parents say about Germany — have died. “Never let the Germans forget for a mi...
imperialism overtaking the country. Their foreign policy changed so that they believed they would best be protecting their national interests. But the internment camps were a severe action, and the image of internationalism that America had created after World War I disappeared. The United States put...
This documentary looks into the lives of women in Afghanistan after the 2021 Taliban takeover of Kabul. It focuses on three women, and is a story of repression and resilience. As any follower of the news knows, there’s no overarching happy ending coming in this one, but it’s an import...
drank in public unless she was a prostitute. The “Speakeasys” changed that because women were welcomed there),Las Vegas, Broadway(Arnold “The Brain” Rothstein, who is credited for turning organized crime into big business, financed several Broadway venues, such as the famous Selwyn Theater,...
Amazon- have abruptly changed the political and social dynamics of macro-economics. We now live in a world where human behaviour has become a commodity to be traded for commercial and political gain. Some of the applications are not much more than mild irritants for individuals, but others are...
What was the role of Anschluss in WW2? What industry changed Indian Territory the most during the 1800s? What was the Royal African Company? What was the function of the Council of Indies? What was the New Sweden Company? What was the primary accomplishment of the Virginia Company? What co...
(My mom later commented on not just his command of English for a boy of probably 9 or 10 but also on his familiarity with how the kids talk these days.) But then the real story came out. His tone changed as he told us, “Things have been hard,… since my parents broke up. You...
Cut the crap, you Gerries got better deal than you deserved after WW2, If not the cold war, you could still be divided into occupation zones today. Poland received Silesian, Pomeranian or Prussian treasures instead And there are still many items stolen in Poland in German hands. ...