Category Archives: Interesting Homo sapiens
Dwight D.Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman (Jan 20, 1953)
“Custom decreed that the outgoing and incoming Presidents ride down Pennsylvania Avenue together.” The incoming Eisenhower asked the outgoing Truman who had ordered his son, John Eisenhower, back from Korea for the Inauguration, “I did,” said the President. And a … Continue reading
Stalin Solidifies His Grip (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler)
“….(Stalin) frightened his inner circle and those who were were close to the center of power. The balled fist was covered with a silk glove for the public, who were shown pictures and statues of him in state buoildings. He was held … Continue reading
Stalin Solidifies His Grip (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler)
“The emaciated survivors were weakedn by hunger and mistreatment. They were thebn left on an island in the middle of nowhere, with no tools, no grain, no food. It began to snow, and hundreds died of exposure or malnutrition on the first … Continue reading
FDR and American Interests (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler)
“FDR preferred to pay for victory in money, not lives, a policy that Stalin fully recognized and resented. But the Soviet ruler needed American aid.”……”By late 1942 the United States had revised plans for the troops it would need: instead of … Continue reading
Stamping Out Civil Liberties (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler)
“The first civil liberty to be excised like a diseased limb was freedom of expression. Not forty-eight hours into the revolution under Lenin’s signature…” (Gellately, Robert, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler).
The Creation of a One Party State (Lenin, Stalin, Hitler)
“The victor in the election, he said, had to “revitalize” the nation, for only out of a “healthy people” would it be possible for a “healthy economy” to grow (Gellately, Robert, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler). “….on July 14, 1933, the Hitler … Continue reading
Civil Wars in the Soviet Union (Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler)
“Herbert Hoover, secretary of commerce and later president of the United States and usually identified with the Great Depression responded positively; and the American Relief Administration (ARA), created to hlep postwar Europe, began supplying tons of food and other essentials to … Continue reading
