David Desperito History 311 Section 2 Research Paper 13 November 2014 Srebrenica Massacre The Srebrenica Massacre was the deadliest genocide on European soil since the Second World War. It was a brutal, senseless mass murder that occurred in Srebrenica, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, in July of 1995. The killing was perpetrated by the Bosnian Serb Army, also known as the Army of Republika Srpska (VRS). Their goal was to cleanse the area of all Muslims, also known as Bosniaks in this region. They were under the command of General Ratko Mladić and killed around 8,000 Muslims in the summer of 1995.
WHY WAS THERE AN UPRISING IN HUNGARY DURING 1956? (12 MARKS) There was an uprising in Hungary during 1956 due to several factors, starting with the appointment of the Hungarian dictator Martyas Rakoski. He ruled from 1949 – 1956 and described himself as ‘Stalin’s best pupil’, whereas the public nicknamed him ‘the bald butcher’. He was known for developing tactics that were oppressive and brutal, resulting in 2,000 deaths of Hungarian people and 387,000 being imprisoned. Some of the features from his regime included the banning of all other Non-Communist parties, Cominform beginning a reign of terror having executed many political leaders and their supporters and having Russian officials control the government.
The First World War initiated a long line of violence and corruption in the world. It began with the killing of Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Hungarian throne which resulted in many countries declaring war on each other, turning into a world war. Information gathered from the given sources encourages the idea that during World War one, men witnessed thousands of killings and faced traumatic changes when returning home from battle. The four sources will be dissected to distinguish the historical insight to the history of combat in the twentieth century. ‘Male Sexuality and Psychological Trauma: Soldiers and Sexual Disorder in World War One and Weimar Germany’ discusses how a man’s sexually was challenged during wartime.
At the age of only seventeen years old, with the help of the Turks, Vlad was given the throne of Wallachia. Without knowing it, he was the Sultan’s puppet ruler. This ruling period did not last long. Only after two months, Tepes was overthrown and fled to Moldavia to be put under protection of his uncle Bogdan II. He lived in exile for several years until 1456 when, with the help of Hunyadi and the Kingdom of Hungary, he succeed in killing Vladislov II.
By reading both Grendel and Beowulf you are able to perceive how Beowulf and the humans see Grendel against how Grendel sees himself. In Beowulf, Grendel was a bloodthirsty force of destruction, and a ruthless beast. Constantly attracting Hrothgars mead hall and killing innocent for fun, Grendel's attack is described as "Suddenly then/ the God-cursed brute was creating havoc:/ greedy and grim, he grabbed thirty men/ from their resting places and rushed to his lair,/ flushed up and inflamed from the raid,/ blundering back with the butchered corpses" (Beowulf 120-125). Until Beowulf is called into take the place of the hero and put things back in order. Due to the fact that Beowulf is telling the story, were only able to see what he and the other humans see about Grendel and thus can only find a way to relate to those characters and only know what they and the author tell us.
Compare and contrast the effects of World War 1 on Africa and Middle East. Although the causes for the Great War were laid down years before, but the immediate spark was the Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an Austrian hungry prince. Due to the alliances amongst the countries, the Great war which had initially started between Serbia and Austria had engulfed the whole world into the War. The main causes of the Great War were imperialism, race for arms, nationalism and the alliance system. Typically, when one thinks of Great War, they think of extensive fighting in Europe but in reality the Great War had numerous battles in the colonized states where there were clashes between Triple Alliance and the Allies.
The Tutsi's were given power while under Belgium occupation. However, once the Belgium's left, power was given to the Hutu's creating civil unrest. The civil war that led to this genocide began with a peace treaty between Tutsi rebels and the Hutu president. The treaty was signed but the president was then murdered and the Hutu's responded by killing over a million Tutsi civilians. During this time Paul was the manager of the Sabena Hotel des Mille Collines.
The presidential guards recruited a mass amount of Hutu citizens to join them in the killing spree. The Hutu citizens were given money or food and sometimes were able to take the land of the Tutsis they killed. The next day RPF declared war on the government forces once again. The result of this was an estimated 800,000 deaths in total for both sides (PPU "Genocide Rwanda”). This civil war finally ended in July when the RPF took control of Kigali the capital of Rwanda.
This plan of persecution and discrimination was carried out in multiple stages. First, various laws, were enacted in Nazi Germany before World War II broke out, in order to remove the Jews from civil society. Next, concentration camps were established. In concentration camps, inmates were forced to perform slave labor until they died of exhaustion or illness from a disease. Third, wherever Germany in Eastern Europe, specialized units called Einsatzgruppen were created to murder Jews and political opponents in mass shootings.
North West Company men and half-breeds now resorted to violence on a large scale, killing 22 in the massacre of Seven Oaks (June 19, 1816). Upon hearing of the violence the earl went to the fighting with a group of Swiss soldiers. Not only did they win the battle but also captured the Nor’westers trading post of Fort William. Other attacks followed. The result of these moves was a series of court charges and counter charges that ruined Selkirk.