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Old May 12th, 2006, 10:54 AM
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hi everyone, i am new here and i love history and we are researching ww2 and i have to do an oral.

it is on a prominent figure in the war, but i would like him or her to be a controversial figure so that i can take a side and support it with evidence. has anyone got any ideas?
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Patton, Monty, Churchill, Halder, Jodl, Stauffenberg, Ribbentrop, Bormann....

Just some names to start with.

And Keitel of course...
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Just ideas Carpe, for close-to-home relevance, how about MacArthur - aims and motives? Or, for someone you can really astound with, how about Canaris - patriot or traitor?

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Why don't you do a speech that analyzes Hitler's public speaking techniques? You know, a speaker analyzing a speaker.

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What about Lady Astor

Or Charles Lindberg

Or Marshall Petain

Or Rudolf Hess

Or Hirohito

Or Mrs Roosevelt

Or Neville Chamberlain
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