Rhine-Ruhr Essays

Joachim Georg Kroll, or also known as the Ruhr Cannibal or Ruhr Hunter, was born on the 17th of April 1933 in Hindenburg, Nazi Germany and died on the 1st of July 1991 in Rheinbach, Germany. He was a serial killer, child molester and cannibal and killed from the 8th of February 1955 to the 3rd of July 1976 and confessed 14 murders all around the Ruhr metropolitan region in the west of Germany. Kroll died of a heart attack at the age of 58 in the prison of Rheinbach. Kroll was the youngest of eight

empire into strengthening their culture through intimidation. Germania was the Roman and Greek word for the region in northern Europe inhabited mainly by Teutonic Suebians or Gothic peoples. It stretches from the Danube to the Baltic Sea, and from the Rhine in the west to the Vistula. The term Germanic originated in the classical era by Roman scribes. The Roman’s were originally referring to the tribe, not a nation, but the name was later adopted as the name of the region. Germanic tribes were

We start with Krebs, a soldier returning from Rhine in Ernest hemingway’s Soldier’s Home and Henry returning from Vietnam from Louise Erdrich. Surprisingly these protagonists and their stories have a lot in common. In both stories the internal conflict causes maladaptive behavior within the soldiers returning from war. Both of these stories have heavy emphasis on how war changes people, on the environment in which soldiers return to and protagonist’s main conflict of internal acceptance, more so

turned against Rome. The legionnaires were too focused on himself, salaries, control of throne, that they lost focus on what there job was. The Germanic tribes invaded Rome, they ruined the aqueducts meaning not much fresh water was available. When the Rhine and Danube Rivers froze over it was very easy access into Rome. In 410 CE Germanic Chief Alaric and Germanic tribes invaded Rome. There are some reasons why foreign invaders were a big problem in

Operation Market Garden became the first operation where the airborne troops would be put to use. The goal was to get the British Second Army and the British Guards to cross over into the lower part of the Rhine River area. The Rhine River was located in the Netherlands. The general of this operation was Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery. After securing this area in the Netherlands, the force of northern Germany would weaken, which would allow Allied units to begin to

Operation Market-Garden: How Intelligence Could Have Changed the Battle Kerry W. Clark, SSG, USA Senior Leader Course, Class 18-01 Military Intelligence Noncommissioned Officers Academy Fort Huachuca, Arizona Operation Market-Garden: How Intelligence Could Have Changed the Battle The purpose of this paper is to investigate how intelligence from the Ultra program could have influenced Operations Market-Garden had the intelligence agencies disseminated it to lower levels. The Ultra program

each other since the twinning. Both cities have attributes they share and some they don’t. Dortmund is located in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of Germany in the west of the country. Leeds is located in the region of West Yorkshire which is located north of the centre of England. Both Dortmund and Leeds are the largest cities in respective region, Dortmund’s being the Ruhr Valley and Leeds being the largest city in Yorkshire. Leeds also has the River Aire that runs through the city centre, Dortmund

‘German Revolution’ or ‘November Revolution’ was the beginning of economic hardship and civil conflict within the German Empire. The Revolution beginning in November of 1918, saw Germany forced to replace their federal constitutional monarchy with a democratic parliamentary republic, resulting from defeat in World War 1 and a requirement from the Treaty Of Versailles. The democratic republic later became known as the Weimar Republic. The Great Depression shadowed these events until 1939, displaying

Connor Maguire THE WAR ON TWO FRONTS (summary) Western Front In 1942, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt issued a statement that the western allies would work as quickly as possible to open a second front to relieve pressure on the Soviets. (summary) Eastern Front When Operation Barbarossa began, Russia looked to the Western Allies for help. As the German forces rolled across the Russian borders, initially the Russian troops fell

Germany had challenges after the Napoleonic War ended in 1815. Only the major ports of Bremen and Hamburg had clear and secure access to the North Sea. But even so, it did not had any clear access to the vibrant trade routes in the Atlantic. In addition, many medievalist economic institution remained in place, hampering the growth of agriculture and industries. Feudalism returned and continued, leading to the continuation of serfdom of many people and their obligation to provide a share of their

Berlin, it was the Russians who hoisted their flag over the ruins of the Reichstag building in May 1945. It signaled that World War Two in Europe was effectively over. If the events around a small town in Holland had turned out differently, the troops who captured Berlin could easily have been British or American. If Operation Market Garden, in Holland, had succeeded, the western allies could have penetrated their way across one of the last great natural barriers between them and Germany. Operation

APHG Chapter 11 Notes Maquiladoras in Mexico -Maquiladora -> maquilar: To receive payment for grinding or processing corn -Usually paid minimum wage • Live in shacks or huts near their company’s factory -More than 1,000 U.S. companies have Maquiladora’s in Mexico I. Where Did Industry Originate? -Originated in northern England in the 18th century. -Diffused to Europe and North America in the 19th century and the rest of the world in the 20th century A. The Industrial Revolution -Industrial

The Battle of Arnhem in September of 1944 was a seminal event in the development of mission command within the ranks of the British Army. It also serves as a unique learning point for leaders of all Armies today in how mission command must be dynamic and commanders must adapt their leadership styles for each new challenge. This paper will explore the shortcomings of MG Roy Urquhart, the British 1st Airborne Division commander, during the battle. Specifically it will address the failure to build

Bernard Montgomery, which took place September 1944 between the border between Belgium and Holland, through Holland towards the German border at the Rhine River at the town of Arnhem. The operation’s aims were to capture a series of bridges that would be used to carve a highway for the allies into the industrial haert of Germany in the west known as the Ruhr district in West Germany, thus bringing Germany’s industries aiding the war effort to an end in west Germany and cutting of the road for the last

As known, factory system and manufacturing were most important technological improvements, innovations of the Industrial Revolution. However, in nineteenth century, Victorian Period of Britain, major innovations were in infrastructure, such as railways, steam ships, transport systems. Those were some of the most important innovations of Victorian Britons. While in this period horses are still used as a power, steam power was the power of the period. Electricity discovered before the Victorian period