[the Story of the World] Ch.30

Ch.30 Partitioned Countries

Muslims and Hindus in India

- On August 14th and 15th, 1947, India was declared independent- and the country of Pakistan was born. The new Islamic Republic of Pakistan was divided into two parts, East Pakistan and West Pakistan, separated by India in the middle.
- Independence and partition didn‘t end the violence between Hindus and Muslims. For years, Pakistan and India argued and sometimes fought over a piece of land called Kashmir, just north of India. Both countries wanted to claim it. Finally, they agreed to divide it (although the two countries still argue about where the boundary line between Pakistani Kashmir and Indian Kashmir should lie). In both India and Pakistan, Indians were still killed in riots because of their religion.
- Gandi’s death


The Partitioning of Palestine

- World War II made many Jewish people feel that they must have their own country. They believed Jews would never be safe living in a nation governed by non-Jews, a country that might secretly or not so secretly dislike Jews and Judaism. Many non-Jews around the world, sickened by the events of the Holocaust, understood why the Jews wanted and needed their own country.
- In 1947, the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into two countries an Arab country and a Jewish country.
- The victory made the Israelis proud of themselves, and of their country. Nations around the world now knew that Israel was a strong nation that would protect itself. But this would not be the last conflict between Israelis and Arabs. In fact, it was only the beginning.

민음북클럽 잡동산이 Day 5

크리스티나 로세티 <고블린 도깨비 시장>
엄청 난 산문시다.
동생을 구하는 멋진 언니 이야기

[the Story of the World] Ch.29

Ch.29 The End of World War II

The War that Stretched Across the World

- Lighting War, Blitzkrieg
- Dunkirk Evacuation
- Vichy France
- German U-boats
- German air force, Luftwaffe
- D-Day
- Battle in Ardennes Forest
- It was the last German offensive of the war. By April 1945, Soviet troops were marching into Germany‘s capital city of Berlin. The power of the Nazis was broken.
- Over in Italy, anti-Nazi partisans killed Mussolini.
- In Berlin, Hitler was hiding underground, in a reinforced room called a bunker. On April 30th, 1945, Hitler shot himself. A little more than a week later, Germany officially surrendered. May 8th, 1945, became known as V-E Day- “Victory in Europe” day.


The Atom Bomb

- In Europe, World War II had ended on May 8th. But although Germany surrendered, Japan refused to do the same. Fighting in the East went on for three more months.
- German scientist, Albert Einstein, Jewish
- the Manhattan Project
- On August 6th, 1945, one atomic bomb “Little Boy” in Hiroshima
- On August 9th, 1945, a second bomb, “Fat Man” in Nagasaki
- On August 14th, 1945, World War II officially ended all over the world.
- The countries of the United Nations are supposed to join together to defend freedom and democracy. Like the League of Nations, the UN is also supposed to try to prevent war, by helping countries settle their differences. But right after World War II, the most pressing job of the UN was to prevent any more atomic bombs from being dropped. At the very first meeting of the UN General Assembly, in 1946, the UN formed a committee to try to convince the nations of the world to stop developing atomic weapons and to disarm (take apart) the weapons they already had.

민음북클럽 잡동산이 Day 4

정용준 작가의 첫 에세이집 <소설 만세>에 실린 글이다.

매일과 영원 시리즈구나.

이 시리즈 1, 2권만 읽고 안읽었네.

2023년 6월 산 책

6월을 맞아 어제 도착한 책들.

<법정에 선 페미니스트> 이번 달 같이읽기책, 펼처보니 대학 교재 느낌이구나. 

그래도 미주 빼면 300페이지 조금 넘고, 추상적인 철학보다 구체적인 법이 나의 이해력에 더 가까울 듯하다.

<라키비움J 다홍> 지난 달에 책 너무 많이 사서 미루다가 6월 1일에 구매^^

좋아하는 이억배 작가 표지^^ 요즘 뜸했던 그림책 좀 읽어야겠다.

<상대성 이론이란 무엇인가?> 민음사 패밀리데이에서 빼먹은 민음바칼로레아 9번도 구매.

이 빠진 거 못 참지!

<채널예스 6월호> 다른 굿즈는 몰라도 잡지니깐 또 포인트 구매.

오, 2023 젋은작가 스페셜이다.

3월호도 아직 안 읽었다는 생각에 어제 3월호 커버스토리 요조 작가 인터뷰만 읽었다는.