African Independence

The battle for independence is a battle, not fully written in history, as it is oongoing even today. The battles all over Africa to achieve a free and fair country. Some are being disputed politically, others are nothing more than bloody massacres of their own people. This battle may continue for many generations to come, there will be other leaders with good intentions and bad plans, who knows how long it'll take for them to settle their disputes peacefully. Afterall, they're spending more money to fight a war which will have no winner, than to use the money to build schools to teach the young children.

Film Lesson: Schindler's list

The Film "Schindler's List" was interesting beyond belief! Honestly, most historically based films are usually very uninteresting to me. This movie, however, caught my attention and kept me very intrigued. Though the events may have ahd a bit of dramatization to the actual events, it still portrayed the occurances around Oscar Schindler extremely well. The scene that stuck to me the most was the scene when all the children were, unknowingly, being driven off to their doom with their familes watching them knowing of their fate to be.

Film Lesson: night and fog

The film "Night and Fog" was extremely interesting. It was a new experience to see the cruelties of the Nazi Party first hand. Seeing a basket full of dismembered heads, along with the crater of bodies. The film itself was fairly different from the movie "Shindler's List" due to the fact that, "Shindler's list" was a hollywood dramatization of the occurences that occured around the man Oscar Shindler. "Night and Fog" however, was a documentary using actual clips from the death camp Aushwitz, during and after it was in operation.

The treaty of Versailles(Ended WW I)

The treaty of Versailles was, as its name states, a treaty signed at the Versailles building in France. In the most basic of terms the treaty stated that the start, damages, and causualties of and during WW I were all the fault of Germany. This treaty was conpletely unfair in the way that it simply beat down germany to the point where the country was insignificant. It limited the number of troops the country could have, so that it'd be unable to fight sucessfully in a war. The unfair treaty also forced Germany to give up all its colonies effectively cutting off a huge source of their cash flow and trading sources. Lastly and importantly, the treaty forced Germany to pay reparations; a huge sum of money to the British and french nations for the costs of the war, money the country did not have.

Looking at all these cruel and unfair rules against the German nation, it's not unexpected to find displeased man willing to change it. This man was Adolf Hitler. Though he is known for WWII before that he brought Germany, like a phoenix, back from its ashes and even more powerful than ever before. This single man brought forth due to the unrest caused by the unfair treaty. This, as believed by many historians, is, logically, the cause of the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Mustafa Kemal(ataturk) and the Modernization of Turkey

Mustafa Kemal - "The Father of Turkey" - was president of the country for about 15 years. He modernized the country by using European ideas; such as a dress code, a revised legal system, along with an industrial and agricultural advancement. His dress code required the muslims to throw away their robes and fez to replace them with shirts, pants, and ties. Mustafa's revised legal system said that everyone in the country was equal regardless of position of power. Mustafa was guided by his six principles he attempted to instill on this new, modern, Turkey; Nationalism, Republicanism, Populism, Statism, Secularism, and Revolutionism.

Film Lesson - "Gandhi"

Gandhi was faithful follower of his nonviolent "attack" on the British government. His method was known as Civil Disobedience; the act of disobeying a law or rule but in an orderly manner. This civil disobedience was used to make the British rule look unjust and cruel. In one instance of when Gandhi and his followers were marching toward the Salt works, a factory meant to break down the salt into a usable form, which was collecting indian salt and placing a british tax on them. The men who simply marched into the line of soldiers waiting to attack them with the butt of their rifles. The indians fell by the dozens without even raising a finger in resistance from the british attack.

Though Gandhi aided India in achieving it's independance, in time they would've won their independance through war. Right after the events of WWII the British wouldn't have been ready for another attack, especially one that of which couldn't recieve reinforcements. The British soldiers in India would have eventually lost, though it would've been a bloody revolution, like most, the indian people would still have won their freedom.

The Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution is a set of events leading to the their czar being overthrown and being replaced by a communist society. It began with the end of WWI, the Russians were suffered such a great blow that the entire country was in a state of famine. The workers demanded food from their government, which was being hoarded by their czar. Soon the people became fed up with the czar erupting strikes and revolts. The people captured the czar and killed him a year later. For the time being the government was being controlled as best as they could be doing. During this time a powerful and ruthless man rose to claim this throne, not in a literal sense. Lenin and the bolshlevik, using the communist manifesto as a guideline, took complete control over the government promising the people "Peace, Land, and Bread!"