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History of Vanuatu The history of Vanuatu begins obscurely. The commonly held theory of Vanuatu's prehistory from archaeological evidence supports that peoples speaking Austronesian languages first came to the islands some 4,000 years ago.
History of Victorian Football League The Victorian Football Association (VFA) was the first Australian rules football league, made up of clubs in the State of Victoria, Australia. It was founded in 1877; in 1897 eight clubs broke away to form the Victorian Football League (VFL).
History of Vienna The history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area covered by Vienna's city centre. From that humble beginning, Vienna grew from the Roman settlement known as Vindobona to be an important trading site in the 11th century.
History of Virginia The History of Virginia began with the settlement of the geographic region now known as the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States thousands of years ago by Native Americans. European settlement did not permanently occur until the establishment of Jamestown in 1607, by English colonists.
History of water polo The history of water polo as a team sport began as a demonstration of strength and swimming skill in late 19th century England and Scotland, where water sports and racing exhibitions were a feature of county fairs and festivals.Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 11th Edition (1911): "Water Polo" Retrieved 7 August 2006 Men's water polo was the among the first team sports introduced at the modern Olympic games in 1900.
History of western civilization Western Civilisation is defined in this article as the civilisation that began in Western Europe after the conquest of the westernmost provinces of the Roman Empire by Germanic warlords and is dominant in most of Europe and North America as well as Australia today.
History of western typography Contemporary typographers view typography as craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements of typography are at least as old as civilization and the earliest writing systems—a series of key developments that were eventually drawn together as a systematic craft.
History of women in the military The History of Women in the Military is one that extends over 4000 years into the past, and throughout a vast number of cultures and nations. Women have played many roles in the military, from ancient warrior women, to the women currently serving in the 2003 Iraq conflict.
History of wound care The history of wound care spans from prehistory to modern medicine. As wounds naturally heal by themselves, regardless of whether recovery from the scar or recovery from lost body tissue was a possibility, hunter-gatherers would have noticed several factors and certain herbal remedies would speed up or assist the process, especially if it was grievous.
History of Waldorf schools Waldorf schools, also known as Steiner schools, are schools based upon the approach to education founded by Rudolf Steiner in response to a request by industrialist Emil Molt, who in 1919 wished to start a school for the children of employees of his Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory in Stuttgart, Germany. Now there are more than 900 recognized Waldorf schools and nearly 2,000 Kindergartens in more than fifty countries of the world, making this the world's largest independent and nondenominational school system.
History of Wales The area now known as Wales has been inhabited by modern humans for at least 29,000 years, though continuous human habitation dates from the period after the last Ice age. Wales has many remains from the Neolithic period (mainly chambered tombs), as well as from the Bronze Age and Iron Age.
History of Waterford Waterford city is situated in south eastern Ireland, on the river Suir [pronounced Shure] about seventeen miles from where the river enters the sea. Practically the entire city is built on the south bank of the river.
History of Wayne County, West Virginia Wayne County, West Virginia was originally Wayne County, Virginia, which was created from part of Cabell County, Virginia in 1842. Any references to Wayne County before 1842 in this article refer to the area which would become Wayne County, West Virginia.
History of Wells Fargo This article outlines the History of Wells Fargo company from its origins to its take over by Norwest and beyond. The new company chose to retain the name of "Wells Fargo" and so this article also includes the history after the merger.
History of West Eurasia West Eurasia is an area bounded by the Sahara and the Indian Ocean to the south, the Atlantic to the west, and the Arctic Ocean to the north. Significant movements of people have entered the region from the East across the steppes.
History of West Virginia West Virginia was the only American state formed as a direct result of the American Civil War. It was originally the western part of the state of Virginia, whose population became sharply divided over the issue of secession from the Union.
History of Western philosophy Western philosophy has a long history, which is conventionally divided into three general eras: the Ancient, Medieval and Modern. The Ancient era runs through the fall of Rome and includes the Greek philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
History of Western Philosophy (Russell) A History of Western Philosophy And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1945) by the philosopher Bertrand Russell is a guide to Western philosophy from the pre-Socratic philosophers to the early 20th century.
History of Westinghouse Air Brake Company: Wilmerding, Pennsylvania The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was originally established by George Westinghouse in 1869. Westinghouse had developed many companies during this time of industrial growth at the beginning of the twentieth century.
History of Wikipedia Wikipedia, a project to produce a free content encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone, formally began on 15 January 2001 as a complement to the similar, but expert-written, Nupedia project. It has since replaced Nupedia, growing to become a large global project.
History of Wing Chun The history of Wing Chun, has historically been passed from teacher to student verbally rather than through documentation, making it difficult to confirm or clarify the differing accounts of Wing Chun's creation.
History of Wisconsin Wisconsin became a state on May 29, 1848, but the land that makes up the state has been occupied by humans for thousands of years. The history of Wisconsin encompasses not only the stories of the people who have lived in Wisconsin since it became a state of the U.
History of York The History of York starts when the city of York was founded in 71 by the Romans. Every year, thousands of tourists flock to see the surviving medieval buildings, interspersed with Roman and Viking remains and Georgian architecture.
History of Yorkshire Yorkshire is an historic county of England, centred on the county town of York, and was originally composed of three sections called Thrydings, now referred to as Ridings. The region was first colonised during the first millennium by Romans, Angles and Vikings.
History of ZĂĽrich ZĂĽrich was continuously inhabited since Roman times. Political power lay with the GrossmĂĽnster and FraumĂĽnster abbeys during Medieval times, until the guild revolt in the 14th century which led to the joining of the Swiss Confederacy.
History painter A history painter is not only a painter of historical motifs but depicts, in a "grand" style, man in general, and particularly the great events of Greek and Roman fable and history, the capital subjects of scripture history, a scene from a great literary work, or a famous event in the life of a baroque potentate. The subject commonly ought to be either some eminent instance of heroic action or heroic suffering, with characters painted in classical poses.
History Park at Kelley Park History Park at Kelley Park (or just History Park) in San Jose, California, USA is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s. Since its inauguration in 1971, 29 historic buildings and other landmarks have either been moved from their original San Jose locations or are represented by replicas.
History wars The History wars are an ongoing public debate over the interpretation of the history of the European colonisation of Australia and its influence on responses to the current situation of the original inhabitants of the land. Similar debates have also occurred in the USA (the culture war) and Canada.
History Will Absolve Me History Will Absolve Me (Spanish:"La historia me absolverá") is the concluding sentence and subsequent title of a four hour speech made by Fidel Castro on October 16, 1953. Castro made the speech in his own defense in court against the charges brought against him after leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.
History Workshop Journal The History Workshop is a movement founded by Raphael Samuel. Its main role was to promote the field of historiography known variously as History from below, the history of everyday life, or simply the people's history.
Histosol In both the FAO soil classification and the USA soil taxonomy, a Histosol is a soil comprised primarily of organic materials. They are defined as containing at least 20 percent organic material to a depth of 40 centimetres.
Histotoxic hypoxia Histotoxic hypoxia is the inability of cells to take up or utilize oxygen from the bloodstream, despite physiologically normal delivery of oxygen to such cells and tissues. Histotoxic hypoxia results from tissue poisoning, such as that caused by alcohol, narcotics, cyanide (which acts by inhibiting cytochrome oxidase), and certain other poisons.
Histriomastix Histriomastix: The Player's Scourge, or Actor's Tragedy is a critique of professional theatre and actors, written by the Puritan author and controversialist William Prynne. It was published late in 1632 by the bookseller Michael Sparke, although it had been in preparation by its author for almost ten years prior to its final printing.
Histriomastix (play) Histriomastix, or The Player Whipped is a late Elizabethan play, written by the satirist John Marston and acted in 1599. It was previously thought that the play was likely acted by the Children of Paul's, one of the companies of boy actors active at the time; but more recent research suggests that Histriomastix was performed at the 1598-9 Christmas revels of the Middle Temple.
HiSoft Hisoft Systems was a software company based in the UK, creators of a range of programming tools for microcomputers in 1980s and 1990s. Their first products were Pascal and C implementation for ZX Spectrum computers, as well as BASIC compiler for this platform and C compiler for CP/M.
Hit 'Em Up "Hit 'Em Up" is a song performed and written by Tupac Shakur and his clique, The Outlawz. It is known as a "diss song"; that is, a song which has the purpose of verbally assaulting and insulting a person or a group of people.
Hit 'Em Where It Counts Compilation "Hit 'Em Where It Counts Compilation" featured a previously unreleased song by Jank 1000 entitled "I'm Here, You're There", which was also intended to make the unreleased Bruised But Not Beaten album. "Hit 'Em Where It Counts" was released on Suckapunch Records in August 2002 and featured a total of 26 tracks, the majority by Suckapunch bands.
Hit & Run Music Publishing Hit & Run Music Publishing is a music publishing house in the United Kingdom founded in 1977 by Tony Smith and Jon Crawley. Hit & Run's clients include Phil Collins, Genesis, Mike & the Mechanics and Kula Shaker, among others.
Hit (baseball) In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when the batter safely reaches first base after hitting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielder's choice. To do this, the batter must reach first base before any fielder can either tag him with the ball, throw to another player protecting the base before the batter reaches it, or tag first base while carrying the ball.
Hit and run (baseball) A hit and run is a play in baseball where the baserunners are put in motion before the ball is hit and the batter is required to attempt to make contact with the pitch, whether it is a ball or strike. Usually this is employed when a good contact hitter is at the plate.
Hit and run (vehicular) Hit-and-run is the crime of colliding with a person, their personal property (including their motor vehicle), or a fixture, and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards. In many jurisdictions there may be an additional obligation to exchange information about one's financial responsibility (including any applicable insurance) or to summon emergency services if they are needed.
Hit and Run (band) Hit and Run is a bluegrass band from Boulder, Colorado. Their current lineup consists of Rebecca Hoggan (now Frazier) on guitar, John Frazier on mandolin and occasionally fiddle, Larry Gangi on banjo, Steve Roy on bass, and Ricky Keen on resophonic guitar (Dobro).
Hit by pitch In baseball, being hit by a pitch refers to the batter being hit in some part of the body by a pitch from the pitcher. In baseball statistics, hit by pitch (HBP) records the number of times a batter is awarded first base by virtue of being hit by a pitched ball.
Hit inflation attack Hit Inflation Attack is a kind of fraudulent skill used by some advertisement publishers' to earn unjustified revenue on the traffic they drive to the advertisers’ Web sites. It is more sophisticated and hard to detect than simple Inflation Attack
Hit Machine 13 Hit Machine 13 is an Australian compilation album from 1996 of some of the biggest hits of that year. There is some controversy as to the version of Coolio's "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" included on the album, which is clouded in static that cannot be heard on the original version of the track.
Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors is a book written under the pseudonym Rex Feral and published by Paladin Press in 1983. It has been claimed that the book started life as a detailed crime novel written by somebody described as a Florida housewife, and that the format was later changed to appeal to Paladin's reader base.
Hit Me Hit Me was a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Lasting from November 13, 1980 to October 13, 2006, this blackjack-based game was played for a four-digit prize, worth between $2,500 and $10,000, and used grocery items.
Hit Me Baby One More Time Hit Me Baby One More Time is a 2005 reality show first aired by ITV on British television and a US version was done later for NBC; both presented by Vernon Kay. During each programme, five former pop stars sing their biggest hit along with a cover version of a contemporary hit.
Hit Me Off "Hit Me Off" is a 1996 single by R&B band New Edition released as a single on the MCA label. The song was the first release off the group's reunion album, Home Again, which featured returning band mate Bobby Brown, who rejoined the group after a ten-year absence from the group besides a few guest appearances on all of the original group members' material.
Hit Me with Your Best Shot "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" is a song recorded by Pat Benatar in 1979, but wasn't made a hit until 1980. It is the first single from her 1980 album "Crimes of Passion", and it hit #9 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Hit of the Week Records Hit of the Week Records was a record label based in the United States of America in the early 1930s. Distinctively, "Hit of the Week"s were made not of shellac as was usual for gramophone record of the era, but of a patented blend of paper and resin called Durium.
Hit parade The hit parade is a list of tunes - songs and instrumentals - that are most popular at any given time. The term originated in the late 1930s and has also been used for broadcast programs featuring hit tunes, such as Your Hit Parade, which was broadcast on radio and television in the United States for many years.
Hit point Hit points, also known as health points, life points, HP, damage points, life bar, or just health (and countless other synonyms), are points used to determine a character's health and show how much damage attacks deal in role-playing games, computer and video games and wargames. These terms are usually shortened to two letter acronyms such as HP and DP.
Hit Parade 1 In 1992 The Wedding Present decided to release a limited edition single every month, each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover on the B side. The tracks were compiled as two LPs called Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2 and rereleased as a double CD in 2003 called Hit Parade.
Hit Parade 2 In 1992 The Wedding Present decided to release a limited edition single every month, each featuring an original track on the A side and a cover version on the B side. The tracks were compiled as two LPs called Hit Parade 1 and Hit Parade 2 and rereleased as a double CD in 2003 called Hit Parade.
Hit record A Hit record is a sound recording, usually in the form of a single or album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or well-known, through airplay, club play, inclusion in a film or stage play soundtrack, causing it to have "hit" (appear on) one of the popular chart listings. Despite the current dominance of a few record companies worldwide, for reasons of cultural and political differences, few songs achieve broad international airplay and sales.
Hit Records Hit Records is a record label started by Chrysalis Group (not to be confused with Chrysalis Records) in 1992. This was after the two-year deal with EMI (who had bought Chrysalis Records) not to form a new record label.
Hit single A hit single is a recorded track or single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official music chart through repeated radio airplay and/or significant commercial sales.
Hit Stix Hit Stix is a popular toy electronic musical instrument manufactured by Nasta and Radio Shack in the 1980's. A set of Hit Stix is comprised of 2 drum sticks which are teathered to a small amplifier by audio cables.
Hit the Deck Hit the Deck is a musical theater production first staged at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway on April 25, 1927. It has music by Vincent Youmans, lyrics by Clifford Grey and Leo Robin and book by Herbert Fields.
Hit the Freeway "Hit the Freeway" is the first and only single from Toni Braxton's fourth studio album More Than a Woman, performed with rapper Loon. Released in 2002, the Neptunes produced single saw minor success as the song peaked at #82 on the U.
Hit the Ice Hit the Ice is an ice hockey video game released by Taito for various video game systems in 1993. The game involves unrealistically buff hockey players, a blind referee, and an octopus that pulls down the pants of nearby athletes and reveals their underpants.
Hit-and-run tactics Hit-and-run tactics is a tactical doctrine where the purpose of the combat involved is not to seize control of territory, but to inflict damage on a target and immediately exit the area to avoid the enemy's defense and/or retaliation.
Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel (Israel Boy and Girl Scouts Federation) is the national Scouting and Guiding federation of Israel. Scouting in Israel started in 1920 and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1951.
Hitachi (train) The Hitachi train (often called 'tachis or Silvers) is a type of electric train that operates on the suburban railway network of Melbourne, Australia. Introduced to service in 1972, the electric multiple unit trains are the oldest in the city's suburban fleet still in revenue service.
Hitachi Cable () was established in 1956 as a manufacturer of electric wire and cable for power distribution. The company, based in Tokyo, Japan, was formed from Hitachi Densen Works, the Hitachi Works spin-off previously known as Densen Works of Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi Command Control Interface Hitachi Command Control Interface (CCI) is a Hitachi software installed in open system host allowing to perform TrueCopy and ShadowImage operations on the Hitachi Lighting 9900 and the Universal Storage Platform (USP) systems.
Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) Hitachi Construction Machinery (Europe) NV is a subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Group. It is responsible for Hitachi's construction machinery-related activities in Europe, Africa, Russia, and the Middle East.
Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager Hitachi HiCommand Device Manager (HDvM) software provides a single platform for centrally managing, configuring and monitoring Hitachi storage systems and Sun StorEdge 9900/9990 series and T3 systems, complementing Specific disk array management software such as Hitachi Remote Console|Remote Console, Disk array Management Program|DAMP and Hitachi Storage Navigator|Storage Navigator.
Hitachi HiCommand Tuning Manager HiCommand Tuning Manager (HTnM) software provides the advanced monitoring, reporting, analysis and troubleshooting for end-to-end storage network resources from the application, server, fabric to the storage device -- providing detailed, in-depth performance and capacity management and forecasting for Hitachi storage systems and Sun StorEdge 9900/9990 series systems, SAN switches from Brocade and McDATA, databases such as Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle and IBM DB2, and native OS file systems on Microsoft Windows or major UNIX servers. The end-to-end coverage of storage resources by HiCommand Tuning Manager helps find out potential risk of performance or capacity problem with its unique capabiity of presenting correlations among end-to-end storage resources.
Hitachi Magic Wand Hitachi Magic Wand is an electric body massager that is intended for massaging muscles, as well as erogenous zones with the goal to receive sexual pleasure. Appeared in the late 1970s as a medical device, Magic Wand is widely applied nowadays as a sex toy and multi-purposeful tool.
Hitachi Travelstar The Travelstar is a computer hard drive. Manufactured by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Travelstars have commonly known for their high failure rates and notorious "clicking" noises during operation.
Hitachi TrueCopy Hitachi TrueCopy, formerly known as Hitachi Open Remote Copy (HORC) or Hitachi Remote Copy (HRC) or Hitachi Asynchronous Remote Copy (HARC), is a remote mirroring feature from Hitachi storage arrays available for open systems and IBM z/OS.
Hitachi, Ibaraki Hitachi (日立市; -shi) is a city located on the Pacific Ocean in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Its name could be directly translated as "sunrise", but probably more appropriately adapted to "prosperous wealth" (the historical kanji name for the area is 常陸).
Hiten The Hiten spacecraft (known before launch as Muses-A), built by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of Japan, was launched on January 24, 1990. Hiten was designed to be an Earth orbiting spacecraft and a relay for another spacecraft to the Moon.
Hitfarm Hitfarm is a web host offering Pay-Per-Click advertising portals for those who have the hits to receive their hosting (5000 unique hits per day). Their infamous, often typosquatting pay-per-click web portals/search engines can be seen all around the internet from their customer's domain names.
Hithane Hithane is a mixture of hydrogen and methane usable as an alternative fuel. Burning hithane produces about a third less carbon dioxide than burning gasoline (petrol), so it is proposed as an intermediate step in the transition to hydrogen-powered vehicles.
Hither Green rail crash The Hither Green rail crash was an accident on the British railway system that occurred on 5 November 1967 opposite Hither Green Traction Maintenance Depot (TMD), between Hither Green and Grove Park railway stations, in south-east London.
Hither Pomerania Hither Pomerania (; ), sometimes also called Upper Pomerania, is a region of historical Pomerania in northeastern Germany west of the Polish border, including the island of RĂĽgen. It forms part of the German federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Hitch (route) A Hitch route is a pattern run by a receiver in American Football, where the receiver will act like he is running a pattern down field, taking possibly one or two steps forward before quickly stopping and looking for a quick pass before the defender has a chance to react and try to deflect the pass.
Hitch Hike "Hitch Hike" is a 1962 song by Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label. Another co-written tune Gaye co-wrote (this time with Clarence Paul and William "Mickey" Stevenson), this time instead of confessing to being stubborn, the singer is now on the look out for his girl, whom he feels has run so far that he has to travel "around the world" thinking of places she could have found herself at including St.
Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe The Hitch-hiker's Guide to Europe (ISBN 0-8128-1446-0) was a guide book, copyright 1971 by Ken Welsh and first published that year in the UK by Pan Books. A first American edition was published in 1972 by Stein and Day, New York, NY, USA.
Hitchcock Naval Air Station Hitchcock Naval Air Station was a Naval Air Station built by the United States Navy during World War II to accommodate lighter-than-air aircraft, more commonly known as blimps. Located in the small town of Hitchcock, Texas, about fifteen miles northwest of Galveston, it was commissioned on May 22, 1943.
Hitchhike to Rhome Hitchhike To Rhome is the first studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, first released on November 1, 1994 (see 1994 in music). The title comes from the song, "Stoned", and refers to Rhome, Texas.
Hitchin (UK Parliament constituency) Hitchin was a parliamentary constituency in Hertfordshire which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until it was abolished for the 1983 general election.
Hitchin Girls' School Hitchin Girls' School is a specialist science college in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. The school has 1030 students and is in a consortium for sixth form teaching with Hitchin Boys' School and the Priory School.
Hitchin railway station Hitchin railway station serves the town of Hitchin in Hertfordshire. It is located approximately two kilometres (one mile) north east of the town centre and 51 km (31Âľ miles) north of London Kings Cross on the East Coast Main Line towards Peterborough.
Hitchiti The Hitchiti was a Muskogean tribe formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of Chattahoochee river, 4 miles below Chiaha, and possessing a narrow strip of good land bordering on the river, in west Georgia. They spoke a language that was mutually intelligible with Mikasuki, which is still spoken in Florida.
Hitchment Hitchment -- In maritime situations, if the tariff of the steamship company provides for it, portions of a shipment originating in different places may be joined together under one bill of lading from one shipper to one consignee at one destination.
Hitiaa O Te Ra Hitiaa O Te Ra is a commune of French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. The commune of Hitiaa O Te Ra is located on the island of Tahiti, in the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands, themselves part of the Society Islands.
Hitler birthplace memorial stone The house on Salzburger Vorstadt, Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, where Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 was returned to its owners in 1952, and was immediately rented by the Austrian Republic. Until 1965 it was the home of the public library and later a bank.
Hitler Diaries In April 1983, the German news magazine Stern published extracts from what purported to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler, known as the Hitler Diaries, which were subsequently exposed as forgeries. The magazine had paid 10 million German marks for the sixty small books as well as two "special issues" about Rudolf Hess' flight to the United Kingdom, covering the period from 1932 to 1945.
Hitler Myth The Hitler Myth is a concept which embodies two key points in Nazi ideology; firstly it presents Hitler as a demigod figure, who both embodies and shapes the German people and thus giving him a mandate to rule. Secondly it presents Hitler as a 'nice guy', who merely wanted to redress the Treaty of Versailles and had no desire for a war of conquest.
Hitler oath The term Hitler oath refers to the oaths of allegiance sworn by German Wehrmacht officers and soldiers as well as civil servants during the Third Reich between the years 1934 and 1945. The oath pledged personal loyalty to the person of Adolf Hitler in place of loyalty to the constitution.
Hitler salute The Hitler salute (HitlergruĂź), also known in German during World War II as the Deutscher GruĂź ("German Greeting"), and in English as the Nazi salute, is a salute which is variant of the Roman salute adopted by the Nazi Party as a sign of loyalty to its leader Adolf Hitler.
Hitler Youth The Hitler Youth (German: Hitler-Jugend, abbreviated HJ) was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945. The Hitler Youth was the second oldest paramilitary Nazi group, founded one year after the Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers.
Hitler Youth Knife The Hitler Youth Knife (German: Hitler-Jugend) was a knife sold to and carried by boys of the paramilitary youth organization of the Nazi Party that existed from 1922 to 1945. The Hitler Youth wore knives as part of their uniform, which was very similar to those worn by the Sturmabteilung.
Hitler Youth Quex Hitlerjunge Quex: Ein Film vom Opfergeist der deutschen Jugend (Hitler Youth Quex: A film about the sacrificial spirit of German youth) is a 1933 film directed by Hans Steinhoff. Based on the story of Herbert Norkus, it was written by Bobby E.
Hitler's political beliefs Historians and biographers note some difficulty in attributing the political beliefs of Adolf Hitler. His writings and methods were often adapted to need and circumstance although anti-Semitism, anti-communism, anti-parliamentarianism, German expansionism, belief in the superiority of an "Aryan race" and an extreme form of German nationalism were steady themes.
Hitler's Pope Hitler's Pope is a book published in 1999 by the Catholic ex-seminarian, historian, and journalist John Cornwell. It examines the actions of Pope Pius XII during the Nazi era and explores the charge that he assisted in the legitimization of Hitler's Nazi regime in Germany through the pursuit of a Reichskonkordat in 1933.

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