Author: [Emma Whitten]

Interviewer: [Penny Weinstein]

During the German Occupation of France from 1940 to 1944, Paris because a cultural center for German soldiers to relax while simultaneously ruling with strict authority. The underground movement called the Resistance attracted many women to fight the Nazi enemy. However, not all Parisian could resist the German soldiers. This work shows the role of Parisian women in the Resistance and Collaboration during the Occupation of France.

Interviewer: Tony Jenkins Author: Alex Byrd

George S. Patton Jr. was a different breed of leader, while most people focus on him being a tank commander there was much more to him and his achievements. Like any general, Patton had a command structure to support him, but his ideas on it made his command unique. This command structure would help implement the strategies he used in France to gain and keep his momentum moving forward. All of this was influenced by Patton's ideas on leadership and his persona as a leader.

Author: Jacob Daly Interviewer: Caitlin Manning In November of 1939 The Soviet Union launched an unprovoked invasion of Finland. The Red Army fielded three times as many men, thirty times…

The Bedford Boys were a group of National Guard members from Bedford, Virginia who fought during World War II. About thirty soldiers enlisted from this town of Bedford which had a small population at the time. During D-day nineteen of the soldiers were killed in battle, and because of Bedford’s small population this resulted in Bedford being the community that suffered the most losses in the nation. More than just the deaths of these courageous men there was a town that endured their loss as a consequence. Another key concept of these men was the battle itself at Normandy, France that took so many of their lives. The lives of the Bedford Boys is just one story of many, but ultimately shows how just one town can influence and shape a nation.

Author: [Tony Jenkins]

Interviewer: [Alex Byrd]

[During World War II, tank warfare was a frequently used method of combat that took place all across Europe. The US divided its tanks into units in order to have them placed in multiple regions a once. One of those units was the 761st tank battalion. This unit was made in 1942 and was entirely of African American soldiers and because of that they experienced a different type of war with their own fellow soldiers treating them just like the enemy they were facing. However; this racial tension would seem to disappear and reappear during different aspects of war and would affect the battalion’s views of the fact through their campaign. This fact brings up many questions about the unit and their experience in the war. What was basic training like? What obstacles did they have to deal with compared to their white teammates? How did they perform under General Patton during the war? How did they deal with racial tension within the ranks? Though the 761st tank battalion had many things going against them, how did they still leave the war as one of the most effective tank units in the US army? ]

Author: David Sybers

Interviewer: Yasmine Vaughan

The Battle of Stalingrad (August 1942 - February 1943) between Germany and the Soviet Union was one of the bloodiest battles in human history, and it was a major turning point of World War Two on the European Eastern Front. Emerging as the victor was a grueling and unrelenting task for the Soviet Red Army, but they had many advantages over the Nazis that played a part in their victory. These advantages included the use of urban warfare tactics in the streets of Stalingrad, the overwhelming amount of Soviet people committed to the war effort, the effects of the Russian winter on German soldiers, and the strong leadership of the Soviet generals. Contrasting ideologies of Joseph Stalin and his top general, Georgy Chuikov, vs. Hitler and his top general, Friederich Paulus, combined with the advantages that the Soviets had as they fought to preserve their homeland will show why the Russians were able to deal a crippling blow to the Nazi military conquest.

Author: Yasmine Vaughan. Interviewer: David Sybers. Research into women’s part in history tends to ignore the roles that women have played in combat. From Amazons to Joan of Arc, women…

Author Brett Reese Interviewer: David Malinowski The Japanese perceive World War II much differently than the Americans. The primary difference in perceptions lies in the disagreement between who the aggressor was,…

The Taiping Rebellion that provoked at the 1850, and continued until the 1864, marked its historical significance as its unique religious ideology which the regime legitimatized by the particular Taiping Christianity, and its prelude for the future Chinese problematic transformation to modernity.

Author: Blake Pearsall

Interviewer: Gretchen Shahriari

The Civilian Conservation Corps was President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's experimental answer to the nation's impoverished and under-educated youth. The nation's young boys between the ages of 18 and 25 were transported to camps all around the country where they would perform various natural conservation work programs. However these camps true value was not within its conservation efforts, instead it was rebuilding America's next generation.