Bourbon‚ the Huguenot king of Navarre. All the notable leaders of the land were invited to the wedding including Gaspard de Coligny the foremost Huguenot. The stage was for one of the most horrible crimes in recorded history: Saint Bartholomew’s day Massacre. On August 24‚ 1572‚ Catherine went to her son with a fabricated story of a plot to assassinate the royal family and catholic leaders‚ bringing with her a document warranting the slaughter of all the Huguenots in Paris. The king initially refused
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My Lai Massacre How Important was the My Lai Massacre in Generating Support for the Peace Protest Movement? The Peace Protest Movement was a time in the Vietnam war when people disagreed with it. This was because of a number of things. The amount of money it was costing‚ The amount of people killed‚ but it originated largely from the massacre at My Lai. The reason that the happenings in My Lai‚ 1968 were so unpopular is because it was the first time that people back home‚ in USA and
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The Columbine Massacre‚ the most gruesome school shooting in U.S. history‚ plagued the town of Littleton‚ Colorado. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold‚ the shooters‚ have very diverse backgrounds. Eric was intelligent while being cool at the same time. He manages to get superior grades‚ while doing shameful things. However‚ “Dylan Klebold was a meek‚ self-conscious‚ and authentically shy. He could barely speak in front of a stranger‚ especially a girl” (Columbine 6). Judgment Day‚ the most tragic
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in the city of Littleton‚ Colorado. The media coverage of the Columbine High School massacre made this event have a tremendous impact on the people of the United States‚ inducing fear of all outcasts in schools‚ and creating an insatiable thirst for answers. Soon‚ there was a large amount of misinformation‚ but it took years before people knew why it happened. The events leading to the Columbine High School massacre have become important clues to look for in order to
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The Rape of Nanking On December 13‚ 1937 in order to break the spirit of Chinese resistance‚ Japanese General Matsui Iwane ordered that the city of Nanking be destroyed. Much of the city was burned‚ and Japanese troops launched a campaign of atrocities against civilians. In what became known as the "Rape of Nanking‚" the Japanese butchered an estimated 150‚000 male "war prisoners‚" massacred an additional 50‚000 male civilians‚ and raped at least 20‚000 women and girls of all ages‚ many of whom
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Lieutenant William Calley and the My Lai Massacre Very few things in our world bring about resentment‚ bewilderment‚ and anger as easily as the massacre of innocent civilians. It seems that the history of the Vietnam War includes some well known instances that involved the massacre of innocent people. This could be for many reasons‚ stress‚ anger‚ U.S. sentiments towards the war‚ and even plain hatred of the massacred people. The most infamous account of the slaughtering of civilians took
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two important sources used for this investigation were 1. Death in the Forest‚ The story of Katyn Massacre by J. K. Zawodny (1971‚ Macmillan and Co Ltd) This book was first published in 1962 in California. The author J.K. Zawodny was an associate professor at University Of Pennysylvania and is of Polish origin. As stated by him in the preface‚ his aim was to reconstruct the details of the Massacre and establish who killed the men. The book makes extensive use of primary and secondary sources
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre Sherman Alexie has lost his faith in humanity. His poem “Texas Chainsaw Massacre” illustrates a despondent mind that has been shattered by the horror of his reflection upon contemporary and historical events. Alexie explores his feelings about Sand Creek and American history and ultimately realizes that he cannot pretend to be surprised by the past violent crimes directed against Native Americans. Alexie is inconsolable because he believes that the blood‚ violence
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there are repercussions that the litter the battle field. These repercussions can take the shape of many horrific ideals such as a mass massacre of a population. During World War II‚ the most notable massacre was that of Hitler and the genocide of the Jewish population. While this massacre was consider one of the worst‚ the blood bath that filled the streets of Nanking was considered one of the worst in the history of the world. Jean-Paul Sartre‚ a French philosopher and politician‚ said‚ “When the rich
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By 1938‚ the massacre had stopped with over millions of dollars in damage along with human flesh decorated everywhere (Chang‚ 159). Chang described in Chapter seven the damage Japan had done not only in Nanking but also along the villages outside of it. Slowly the city came back to life also the Japanese had not yet finished. Just like described in The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich‚ the Japanese opened medical experiments on the Nanking citizens. While the Japanese called the human guinea pigs
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