Blitzkrieg, Blitzkrieg September 1 1939

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On 1 St September 1939 the Germany invaded Poland, World War II broke out. At 04:45 five strong Wehrmacht armed 1 250 000 men, 2 650 tanks and 2 085 Luftwaffe aircraft, invaded Poland with a pincer attack. The tactic employed is the one called Blitzkrieg, the Blitzkrieg. The 2 September, the United Kingdom and France sent an ultimatum to Germany that remained unheeded. The 3 September, respectively at 11:45 and at 17:00, the declared war. The Polish Army had a million men and was equipped with several hundred armored cars and tanks of light or old models, with the support of six hundred aircraft of low quality. The poles though animated by tenacity could not argue with an adequate military organization. The Hetmans by setting the armed struggle as trench warfare, failed to stop l’ advance of German tanks which penetrated the rear acted with perfect outflanking maneuvers. The perfect combination synchronized mechanized infantry, Aviation, artillery and armored vehicles make a breakthrough in the enemy lines using the combination tanks-artillery-aviation. Once made the breakthrough, the wagons would be taken in the direction of logistics centers, aiming to cut their supply lines and encircle the enemy. The mechanized infantry, in the wake of armored columns, He escorted the sides and rear armoured tip. Also to enhance’ effectiveness of their action the Junkers JU87 B-1 were told Stuka, Dive Bomber, to replace the artillery and allow attacks of a certain magnitude also very behind enemy lines. The campaign started on September 1, ended the 6 October with the surrender of the last Polish forces. The term Blitzkrieg appears to have been coined by a correspondent of Time during the invasion of Poland, but according to some sources it was a term already in use in years 30. A definition perhaps more relevant is the one given by German strategy or manuals Bewegungskrieg, war of movement.

Hector Parker

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The Princess of hearts: Lady Diana

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The 31 August 1997 died, Pont de l'alma tunnel in Paris, Princess Diana Spencer.
Former wife of Charles Prince of Wales, It was one of the best known and most admired women in the late twentieth century for its elegance, its simplicity and its history, finished in an attempt to escape the paparazzi who had chased through the streets of the French capital.
Everyone knows the details of the unhappy marriage of Lady Di: the ceremony took place on 29 July 1981 in St Paul's Cathedral in London. It was a wedding "fairytale", followed by hundreds of millions of people worldwide. A year later came the Crown Prince William, While in 1984 He was born Harry.
After giving birth to her children, Diana dedicated himself more and more in social and humanitarian commitments, as battles against AIDS and leprosy, and a campaign against the use of landmines.
From the second half of the 80 's, the relationship between the two Princes of Wales went increasingly deteriorating, and in the early ' 90 were made public some betrayals that irreparably ended their marriage. The divorce was finalized 28 August 1996. After some reports, Diana began seeing Dodi al Fayed, Egyptian businessman.
Was with Dodi on the night of 31 August, and both, together with the driver, died in the terrible crash.
Diana, Despite the scandals, It was a remarkable woman, whose iconic role – characterised by style and social commitment at the same time, has led it to be the embodiment of a timeless myth.

Maria

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Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited

dylanThe 30 August 1965 is published one of the greatest musical masterpieces, by Bob Dylan, of last century, Highway 61 Revisited. Is part of a trilogy begun five months earlier with Bringing It All Back Home and continued with Blonde On Blonde. Recorded in just six days in’ August 1965. The Highway 61 is an American road that runs from Minnesota (State of birth of Dylan) to the mouth of the Mississippi River. This work made of refined lyrics and dell’ use of the electric guitar, before Dylan was usually play that acoustics. Dylan said that nine songs as an overnight journey through l’ America full of beautiful strangers who do not return home. This trilogy of albums winds through of the sumptuous influences. If Bringing It All Back Home is inspired by the Beatles, Highway 61 It's a juxtaposition to Stones and Blonde on Blonde located on the paths of Smokey Robinson. And’ an album that has its own chorus running, There's a real band around Bob Dylan in the construction of this success. The song opens the album is "Like a Rolling Stone, become an anthem for generations. Rolling Stone magazine has chosen as the song of the century. The second track of Highway 61 Revisited is "Tombstone Blues", a frantic blues with verses of the kind “The Sun is not yellow, is a chicken… stop crying, swallow your pride.” "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry and "From a Buick 6 are a lament for an unrequited love set in a blues with piano and harmonica. Closes on side A "Ballad of a Thin Man, a piece that embodies the greatness of the’ Opera, an act of protest. The contrast between Dylan and criticism, where this’ last test, without having the necessary tools, understand what steps into the head of’ author. Attempt which sees Mr. Jones text to measure reality in painting deformed by characters who speak an unknown language. "Queen Jane Approximately It's a languid ballad backed by organ and harmonica that feeds on some references to the love story of Bob with Joan Baez. Highway 61 Revisited is the title track, the song naming all’ album. And’ a trip. A repository of the situations of’ entire human experience into a hypothetical trip on Route 61. "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" is a’ other ballad, that combines all the elements that you could track down in film noir, women of questionable morals, drugs, sex and corruption. Closes l’ album "Desolation Row", a long and powerful immersion in a river of desolation where reality and imagination blend. And this is what, one of the most beautiful album the music of 60 We could deliver.

Hector Parker

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I have a dream

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The 28 August 1963 in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in front of a crowd in March of 200.000 people Martin Luther King delivered his speech symbol. Words still relevant today that resonate among the cries of hope of a movement, the civil rights movement, that still hasn't fully harvest the results you wanted. The media today allow us to learn almost live scenes of intolerance and racial hatred, as if in these fifty years had not made any headway. The risk that our ears are deaf to the cries of hope of MLK and that our eyes normalise violence scenes as if they were a variant of a film is always very high turn pain. Just need the only outrage, gradually also serve these words unless you innervates in our society a culture of respect, Dell’ education, the highlight of every good thing that the other can bring. Deaf and blind prejudice and fear have always pushed the weak to jump in’ abyss of evil. Evil is the son of an inner weakness to which you can escape with the light of knowledge and culture. Culture that Martin Luther King he introduced in his speech drawing on Gandhi and Lincoln and the Bible. Over the years that speech was vivisected by many scholars from different academic disciplines. The rhythm, the choice, repetition of certain key words and l’ using the metrics as were applicable to the rules of music. It would make sense that in every classroom there were writings on the wall next to the Blackboard these words

“I have before me a dream, that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but for the quality of their character. I have a dream, today!

I have a dream, that one day every Valley shall be exalted, every hill and every mountain will be humiliated, the steep places will be made plans and places winding straightened and the glory of the Lord will show and all living beings, together, will see it. This is our hope. This is the faith that I'll take South.

With this faith we will be able to handle the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful Symphony of brotherhood.”

Hector Parker

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An extraordinary woman: Mother Teresa

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More than a century ago,, the 26 August 1910, Ricardo Anjëzë Bojaxhiu, better known as Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Nobel Peace Prize, is one of the most famous women in the world.
Originally from Albania, She was the daughter of a family wealthy enough. However, After his father's death, He found himself in financial straits. Thus began early to attend the parish and associations who helped poor people. In 1928 Decides to become a nun and that the place where would operate would be the India.
At the age of 27 He took his perpetual vows and his name became Mother Teresa. After more than ten years spent in the convents Indians, the nun was able to be accidentally came into contact with the poorest India, in the middle of the war of independence against England. The encounter with the most absolute poverty was fundamental in the life of Mother Teresa, as it was on that occasion that he received "the call" to be at the service of those most in need, the street people.
In 1948 obtained permission to go live among the poorest of Calcutta, where he devoted himself to the care of leprosy. After working for ten years on the outskirts of the Indian metropolis, Mother Teresa received approval from Pope Paul VI to open new houses for refugees abroad. This helped to raise the reputation of the small nun.
In 1979, as I mentioned earlier, Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize. The woman refused the traditional banquet and donated the funds raised to the poor of Calcutta.
The 05 September 1997 Mother Teresa died, at the age of 87 years. His name however was not forgotten: Pope John Paul II opened the beatification process of the woman, which was concluded positively in 2003.
"We will never understand quite how well is capable of making a smile" said Mother Teresa. Fu, albeit small and often helpless, a revolutionary: a woman who has dedicated his entire life to that of the other, marginalized and less fortunate.

Maria

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