Author: rdpedro166
Totalitarian Martyrs
The Nanjing Massacre was a mass killing and rape of the citizens of Nanjing, China by Japanese soldiers during the Second Sino-Japanese War. The photo above is a memorial in Nanjing that pays tribute to all the victims of the massacre. What really stuck out to me in The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten …
Reconstruction of Africa
I found the articles both interesting and informative. The one that stuck out to me the most was Reconstructing Empire in British and French Africa by Frederick Cooper. The photo below shows African colonialism in 1945, right after World War II. Africa proved to be a challenge for the British and French government to have an imperialist influence …
Holocaust and Homelands
The picture above is modern day Jerusalem, this picture looked very different for a period of time. For twelve years, starting in 1933, instead of an Israel flag, a Nazi flag huge high above the city of Jerusalem. Many of the survivors from the Holocaust believe in Zionist ideology. Zionism was a political organization that …
Labor
World War II left a war-torn Europe in shambles. Buildings, roads, and homes were all destroyed from the constant bombardment. On top of all the infrastructure dismantlement, there was the problem of displaced persons. European economies were heavily struggling which lead to the creation of the Marshall Plan to ease some of the burden …
Reconstruction Europe
During World War II, the constant bombardment of war time power had negatively effected the groups of Europe. Many citizens had no choice but to leave their homes, resulting in the displaced persons problem that I discussed in my first post on the blog. According to the Rebuilding the world after the second world war …
Human Rights
In Fred Turner’s article, The Family of Man and the Politics of Attention in Cold War America he attempts to explain the significance of one museum exhibit, how it came about, and what kind of impact it had on the world. There is a old saying that a photo can be worth a thousand words. That statement rings …
The Wages of Destruction
World War II was the bloodiest war ever to happen throughout the course of history. Technology that was created during the time period aloud for more destruction than every before. The atomic bomb that was drop on Hiroshima was a great example of how technology played a major factor in helping World War II to …
Veterans
Good evening everyone, I have been reading through articles that have to do with the treatment of veterans post WWII. I found the articles to be intriguing and informational in regards to the treatment of veterans coming back from war. Soldiers put everything on the line for their nation, which is why I think that …
Displaced Persons
Good evening everyone, I just finished up reading several articles about displaced persons post WWII. It really opened my eyes to the fact that there was still a lot of hardship left to deal with after the horrific effects of the war. I was able to gain a broader perspective on how the post war …
Post WWII Introduction
Hello,
My name is Richard Pedro and I am a student in HIST 3914 and Virginia Tech. I am a History major and am set to graduate in May of 2018. A little bit about myself is that I love to golf, hike, and camp.
