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For my second WWII movie, I watched Defiance. I would give Defiance 5 out of 5. It showed the struggles this camp went through while Germany was under control of the Nazis. Defiance in my opinion is a great movie to show the struggles Jew went throug

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Assigned Blog #4

I watched the movie Defiance. It was about these three jewish brothers, that go to the woods to hide from the Nazis. They go through hardships, and collect more jews saving them, from the Nazis. They fight through starvation and sickeness. One of the

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For the next WWII movie to watch, I watched the Modern Marvels episode on The Manhattan Project.

This episode features the creation of the atomic bomb.  It starts out with saying that Germans first started the idea in the mid to late 30's, and the fea

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The movie I watched was "Letters From Iwo Jima". The movie was from the perspective of the Imperial Japanese Army stationed in Iwo Jima to protect the mainland of Japan. In the movie General Tadamichi Kuribayashi was in control of preparing the troop

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Representative of Georgia Yasmin Neal says the abortion laws are not equal. She and a group of Democratic legislators in the House of Reps. in Georgia support a ban on men being able to have vasectomies. Neal states "Thousands of children are deprive

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Tuesday, February 14th

Today we started WWII Presentations.

Before US Involvement

Hitler tried to take over Czechoslovakia, then Austria, then Hitler took over Poland which started the War essentially. Pearl Harbor is what brought the U.S. into the war. Japanese bombed Pearl

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The movie I watched was The Last Escape.

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The movie is about an American officer and a group of British soldiers who are ordered to capture a German scientist. The scientist was in on it and arranged for his colleagues to come along with them. When the

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There were 43 people, including 16 Americans that were put on trial for unlicensed formation of international organizations as well as illegally receiving and distributing funds from the United States. They took 1,000,000 dollars from the U.S. funds

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i watched schindler's list.

the film began in 1939 with the geman-initiated the relocation of Polish  jews. Schindler hires jews poles instead of catholic poles because the cost less. workers in schindlers factory or allowed outside the ghetto,stern f

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WWII in Color

          WWII in Color is an hour documentary of WWII in color. It starts out with the treaty of Laissez Faire. Laissez Faire was a treaty saying that Germany had to reduce their army to 100,000 people and have no tanks, air force, or s

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Assigned Blog #4: Ultrasound Before Abortion Bill

Feb. 20th 2012

This week, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (a possible contender for vice president on the Republican ticket) wrote a bill requiring women to have an ultrasound before having an abortion. Requiring ultrasounds before abortions has becom

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This week’s movie was Saints and Soldiers.

The movie is based on a true story about the Malmedy massacre during the Battle of the Bulge. Americans are kept as POWs by the Germans and there is an escape. Four of about 70 survive. Deacon steals one of t

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Assigned Blog #4 - Defiance

The movie Defiance starts off showing old black and white footage of the Nazis during WW2. Then it starts when the Nazis are killing a people in a village and taking others to concetratiion camps. The main character Zus Bielski and his brother Tuvia 

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Assigned Blog #4 WW2 Movie

Saving Private Ryan


It starts on D Day when the allied forces were invaded Normandy, France. During the war 3 out of 4 brothers die and their mom Mrs. Ryan finds out, so Captin Miller (Tom Hanks) and his group of men are sent out to find her last son

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