Wednesday, January 25, 2017

What country would I visit

 Everyone has a love for visiting countries, whether it is just for fun or just for understanding the history and the culture of other countries, it is different throughout the world. I love the history if other countries and its unique views and areas that intrigue the mind and make us feel like this is a once in a lifetime event. So what exactly is my favorite country personally and why do I like it?


  Honestly, my favorite country that I would love to visit is Japan, I have never been there personally but the pictures I have seen are one of kind, the architecture is appealing and intriguing to me. It is so beautiful, the people there are so nice and respect you for coming and experiencing their way of life. Their way of life is so interesting, the food they eat seems delightful and unique. I've always wanted to see how they have developed as a country, and understand how government affects the people, is it a worthwhile experience to live there. I always ask what is Japan like, because that is where I have always wanted to go. Recently my parents and I have always wanted to go to another country to visit, we want to get out and explore differences is foods and cultures by going deeper into their understanding and to experience it personally. Until then, I will dream, when will the dream come true? That is an answer for later in life.

Monday, January 23, 2017

The Holy Roman Empire


    In the pictures shown above is the HRE or the Holy Roman Empire. As you can see in the picture, the nation of Prussia and the empire of Austria have small states wedged between them. Before 1870 ( The formation of Germany), Austria and Prussia are locked in a cold stare. Both are wanting to annex the small stated in between them and many of those states want unification with both countries. Northern Germany wanted to unite with Prussia, while Southern Germany wanted to join Austria, as many didn't have faith in the rising empire. In the years of 700-1000 A.D All of modern day Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Northern Italy, Netherlands, and half of modern day Poland. This country always had disputes with the new nation of France, both were fighting for more land. France was often beaten, but would always retaliate and win, this ultimately led to breaking up into small nations. Now in the 1960's the HRE would be unified again, either under Austria and Prussia. Thus, began the Seven Days War Prussia surprisingly beat the Austrian Empire, during the first day. Austria surrendered and was kicked out of the HRE, and during this Prussia united Northern Germany, and now Southern Germany was now the newly formed North German Federation. The Franco-Prussian War, resulting in a victory for now the united Germany, colonies were now set up for the German Empire, and they seemed to be the new superpower. World War One would happen, Germany nearly won the war, until America got involved.

Friday, January 20, 2017

The Third Political Superpower No One Ever Talked About (Post-WWII Era)

                   The Third Political Superpower No One Ever Talked About (Post-WWII Era)

  When people think of the Cold War, many will say it was a war between Democracy and Communism. They will also say it was between the United States of America and the United Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Not many people however realize there was actually a third political superpower during that time, but only for a short time. During September 1st, 1939, Great Britain took action against the invasion of Poland by the Third German Reich. By 1940 France, a empire who was said to be one of the most feared of nations was beaten in less than 2 months. This broke the French and the colonies they had acquired through the centuries. Great Britain though held firm and would "Never Surrender", and they did exactly that. After WWII officially ended, peace officially rose over the horizon, but tensions rose again.
  The Soviet Union occupied Almost all of Eastern Europe (all but the Greek Republic), and a "Iron Curtain" was set upon Europe. The U.S. became a political superpower and so did the USSR and they battled to see who was the true superpower. Great Britain although in debt and weakened by the war, they were still meant to be feared. They were, for awhile the biggest empire in history but, this time they would crumble. Great Britain until 1953 was still a world power because it had enough industry and resources to compete with both the US and USSR. Due to a series of events and the "Decolonization" policy that took place in the empire, the empire was rapidly losing land in Africa, as well as Australia and North America. In 1947 India gained independence from the empire and the British suffered heavily for it and lost many resources from that event. One can only wonder what it would of been like if Great Britain managed took keep most if not some of the land it had before WWII, but in any case it would of happened regardless.
Great Britain still being a superpower would have been beneficial to the US, but many can't speculate what tension would have rose because of Great Britain still being involved. Regardless, the sun had finally set on the British Empire.

Friday, January 13, 2017

Who should of won World War 1? My Opinion With Information.

 World War 1 is the first global war fought with modern equipment and many people feel like the United States shouldn't have gotten involved. Many people who agree the United States should of joined the war, always say we would have never been the "superpower" we are today, and the Germans used Unrestricted Submarine Warfare. There are a lot of examples of why we shouldn't have gotten involved, we joined the war mainly because of favoritism. So lets dig in deeper about this lightly touched subject.
 A news article in the United States talked about the British denying the U.S to trade with Germany, and the U.S. obeyed those orders by the British. When the Germans circled around the British Isles, the Germans told them to stop, the United States disobeyed the Germans orders and lives were lost. The United States now had a reason for a declaration for war. So in Spring of 1917, the U.S declared war on the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria.). The Russian Empire surrendered before the U.S could join the war, because of the Revolution that was about to take place. Germany now had 1 front...the Western Front. Germany was able to send hundreds of thousands of troops to the Western Front, American troops arrived just in time to repel the "Kaiserschlatt"(Kaiser's Battle) Offensive. Germany and the Central powers surrendered around the time of October 4th-November 11th, 1918. So let's go into why I believe the German Empire should have won the war for the Central Powers.
 The Central Powers were vastly outnumbered it was 4 countries against almost everyone else. The Allied Powers were threatening Greece for not being involved in the war by refusing to trade with them until they would give land where Allied troops could station themselves. By 1916, the Central Powers were winning the "War to end all Wars". Great Britain was considering surrender because of the 1 week food supply to its citizens, and food was running dry from the German blockade. The Central Powers worked hard to protect its citizens but even they suffered food shortages. The point is later on the "Zimmerman Telegram" was "sent" to Mexico to join the Central Powers, if the U.S got involved. This can be proven wrong, Mexico was having serious internal problems with its government. This event was quite known for those problems. Regardless, The U.S was threatening Germany for what Great Britain did to the Germans. The U.S wanted a declaration of war in order to "preserve peace"-Woodrow Wilson.
 We will never know what the outcome would've been if the Central Powers won WW1. There is a video on plans the Central Powers planned to take, and they weren't that bad as the Treaty of Versailles. This is the present day now, WW1 has long past and that is history. Even though it was brutal and sad during those times. I still feel bad about the Germans working hard and trying their best to win the war, but when the did what the British did to them, it's just sad. Regardless, I believe everyone is happy that the war just lasted 4 years and not longer, I agree with that assumption I just don't like the outcome.

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Skyrim: The Elder Scrolls IV

 Video games throughout its time has been developing into a more open world experience for the individuals who play them, and Skyrim is a pivotal moment in that experience. Skyrim is a video game made from Bethesda Softworks, who have made this game the fourth edition to this style of gameplay. Bethesda is notorious for making video games such as this, another example of this is Fallout. The main point of this is about Skyrim, so I will go in depth about what I think about it, and how I feel about it.
 Skyrim is unique in its own way, it has its own history, heavenly bodies and demonic entities. What makes this game stand out to me, is that it was the first open world game I have played. It has its own story, where an unlikely hero forges a destiny for himself to end the "World Eater" Alduin, a dragon said to destroy Tamriel in a prophecy. There is so much lore in the game and it takes days to learn the whole concept of it, which also shows that the developers of this game are really devoted to the game and makes it more interesting. You can explore basically an entire country and it takes a long time to gain armor and weapons for your hero, and in a way you feel connected to them. I really enjoy the game and its aspects of gameplay for that very reason. Time has passed and I have grown weary of it. That is until the remastered edition came out, now I continue to have adventures in this game.