Essays Tagged: "Czechoslovakia"

The Sudetenland

diplomacy was the plight of the 3.5 million ethnic Germans the Treaty of Versailles had left inside Czechoslovakia. The main land that Hitler wanted to annex to Germany was that of the Sudetenland, wh ... er of 1914. This may have been largely due to the possibility that new plans for a German attack on Czechoslovakia called 'Case Green' which were drawn up for him, got leaked out. Hitler had begun to ...

(7 pages) 71 3 4.8 Mar/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Gregor Johann Mendel

the history of science todiscover genetics. He independently discovered his work and lived in Brunn,Czechoslovakia. In Brunn he was a monk and later the Abbot of the church inBrunn. While he was in Br ...

(1 pages) 88 0 3.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

An Exploration of Milan Kundera's book The Unbearable Lightness of Being.This essay explores the atmosphere that existed just before and after the 'Prague Spring' uprising of 1968.

People living in Czechoslovakia during the 1960's experienced many problems that affected their lives in various ways ... Dubček, leader of the Slovak section of the Communist Party, reassured the Soviet leaders that Czechoslovakia would remain faithful to the Communist principles, however, he continued to implement ... r woman different from all the others he encountered (pg. 200).During the Communist domination over Czechoslovakia, there was a heightened sense of suspicion and general distrust of others. Kundera il ...

(7 pages) 85 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Immigration

a person's freedom being taken away just because of where they lived. This was wrong.October 1968, Czechoslovakia was invaded by the Soviet Empire (Russians) and had Eastern Europe shaken and stirred ... itical troubles. As "Prague's Spring", which was a democracy being established in a communist ruled Czechoslovakia, began to form, the Russians were quite unhappy with this and consequently invaded th ...

(4 pages) 185 3 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Why did the US enter World War II late?

s had arisen with Germany's annexation of Austria in March of 1938, along with the German crisis in Czechoslovakia. Further, Japan had invaded China in 1937, after overtaking Manchuria in 1931. In Aug ...

(11 pages) 148 1 4.6 Mar/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

This essay is about the history of the russian and bosnian people.

v people as theyare known, were separated from the Northern Slavs, that is, relatedSlavs in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Russia, by the non-slavic tribesthat settled the lands of Austria and Hungary. T ...

(3 pages) 50 0 2.2 Jul/2003

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The History of Sudenteland and Hitler.

diplomacy was the plight of the 3.5 million ethnic Germans the Treaty of Versailles had left inside Czechoslovakia. The main land that Hitler wanted to annex to Germany was that of the Sudetenland, wh ... also bordered Germany to the South East, and Germany was prepared to conquer this land at all cost.Czechoslovakia had been created in 1919. The new nation was created out of the old Austro-Hungarian ...

(6 pages) 31 0 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

This is a research paper on Gregor Mendel and his contributions to science.

Gregor Johann Mendel was born on July 22, 1822 to peasant parents in a small agrarian town in Czechoslovakia. During his childhood he worked as a gardener, and as a young man attended the Olmutz ... an attended the Olmutz Philosophical Institute. In 1843 he entered a Augustinian monastery in Brno, Czechoslovakia.He was later sent to the University of Vienna to study. By both his professors at Uni ...

(4 pages) 79 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

After WWII and the Berlin Blockade --- 'War and Peace' Cold War and Dètente

risk of a nuclear war, but rather they jockeyed for power using countries as puppets.An example is Czechoslovakia, which was liberated by the Russians in 1945. The Russians set up political parties w ...

(3 pages) 63 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

Judaism in Australia

h community received 8000 more Jews in the 1930's and 1940's, due to the war in Poland, Austria and Czechoslovakia. Another 35000 East European Survivors of the holocaust arrived in the late 1940's an ...

(2 pages) 31 1 4.8 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Postwar SETTLEMT Points

POSTWAR SETTLEMTEuropeA.The Soviet Union expands westward1.1The Soviet Union annexed a province of Czechoslovakia and the northern half of East Prussia.2.Retain after the war world IIB.The Germany to ...

(5 pages) 27 0 2.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Middle Eastern History

Dissolution of Yugoslavia. How might one account of the violence between people who have lived together for decades.

The peaceful dissolutions of Finland and Sweden and Czechoslovakia into what we now know to be The Czech Republic and Slovakia should have been a model ...

(11 pages) 101 0 3.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Czech Republic. Transitional Success: from USSR to EU

IntroductionIn 1989, after nearly 40 years of Soviet control, Czechoslovakia once again became an independent nation, the Czech and Slovak Federalist Republic. Th ... trikes in Poland. The student and worker protests in Prague and Budapest were no less important.The Czechoslovakian revolution took place peacefully and over a much longer period of time than events i ... d of time than events in other former Soviet Union or Warsaw Pact nations. Hints of major reform in Czechoslovakia began as early as 1968. Czechoslovakian officials, under Soviet power, moved incremen ...

(27 pages) 161 0 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science

Rabbi Hirsh: A Hero? || Book: Snow in August || Author: Pete Hamill

when trouble is near or when help is needed. Rabbi Hirsch sees that the Germans are about to invade Czechoslovakia. However, unlike his wife, he is against doing anything for his people that would sep ...

(2 pages) 47 1 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Elizabeth Bathory: The Blood Countess

Who Was Elizabeth Bathory? Elizabeth Bathory was a nobelwoman from Transylvannia, now known as Czechoslovakia. Her parents belonged to one of the most prominent and wealthiest families in Yransyl ...

(4 pages) 36 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Is Hitler to blame for the Second World War?

", the space in which Germans lived. There were thousands of German speaking Germans in Austria and Czechoslovakia and he claimed they should belong to Germany.The embarrassing defeat of the First Wor ... andable since there were millions of Germans being withheld from their own country. His invasion on Czechoslovakia is debatable though since the space he invaded contained over 1 million non-Germans.F ...

(4 pages) 57 1 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Extermination Camp, Treblinka: An Overview

rom the Warsaw ghetto. From that day onwards, Jews were delivered to the camp from occupied Poland, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Yugoslavia and the USSR, as well as from Germany and Austria. Polish ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

WHAT JUDGEMENT SHOULD BE MADE ABOUT THE SUCCESS OF POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC TRANSITION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE?

dia was also controlled. So were the books. Only someone could study university or do some jobs. In Czechoslovakia, after 1968 many professors were kicked from universities and were given jobs in fact ... ficials. Most countries made a mistake by doing everything at once .The extreme example of this was Czechoslovakia with its big privatization ( I mentioned earlier) of 1992.Citizens were entitled to b ...

(11 pages) 189 0 4.7 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

What Factors Contributed To the British Government Deciding To undertake The Policy Of Appeasement During The 1930S

to avoid war. The policy ended in March 1939 when Hitler invaded the non-German speaking section of Czechoslovakia. People such as Winston Churchill and the cartoonist David Low were opposed to the po ... voided. These assumptions seemed to be reasonable until March 1939, when Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia, a non-German state that went against his claim.There are many examples of appeasemen ...

(9 pages) 65 1 3.8 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Case study - rebranding of SKODA

th of 34% in 2000.How has this been achieved?BackgroundSkoda had a monopoly in car manufacturing in Czechoslovakia until the 1989 'Velvet Revolution'. After this the Czech government started looking f ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies