Month: November 2016

Since the Revolutionary War, African American soldiers were able to fight the enemies of America as lower enlisted soldiers.  During the Civil War, African soldiers were able to form their own companies under caucasian command, however, they were able to rise higher in rank then previously.  In World War II African American soldiers were able … Continue reading “War: Countries Together Win Wars”

Today we all look back at WWII as a huge lesson in life. Hitler was an evil dictator whop took away some of the most basic human rights from innocent people. It’s common place in our culture. We have all… Continue Reading →

During WWII, Japan took over vital European colonies in Asia such as Dutch Indonesia, French Indochina, British Malaya, and Burma so that they could have resources if they were cut off by other majors powers at the time. When the allies won the war and Japan surrendered, its newly claimed territories could not be won back […]

The dishwasher and washing machine were objects of status and modernization in France in the post World War Two era. They represented the modernization of France in the time after the Nazi Occupation and represented status, wealth and security for the individual citizens of France. The mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s was the era … Continue reading “Imperial Displacement- The Modernization of French Culture in Post World War Two”

It is easy, or perhaps far more comforting, to look back at the histories of the First and Second World Wars and see that good triumphed over evil, that the righteous were able to overcome and smite the wicked, but the reality is rarely so black and white.  Obviously, the Second World War was one…