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Fluent In World War II History
974 wordsWorld War II was much more than battles, statistics, politics, and opinions. The things that contributed to its beginning, what happened during the war, and the effects of the war are still being debated and discussed. Patrick Finney assembles some of the best writings for a number of subjects relating to World War II. First the reader is introduced to the basic views, where they originated, and why they are still discussed today. The truth is, even fifty years after the end of the war, it is st...
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World War II Italy
1,037 wordsEconomic Transitions for the European States After 1945 The greatest challenge for Germany after World War II was economics. Nothing remained of Germany except rubble and graves. It was impossible for the Germans go get food and clean drinking water. It was even more impossible for the Germans to find paying jobs. In addition to this Germany also had on its hands four million refugees and prisoners to feed that it did not have in 1939. In 1939 Germany could only produce 70 to 85 percent of its f...
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World War II
504 wordsWorld War II The 1930's were a very turbulent time period for the entire world. Many events occurred during this time that lead to World War II. It all began with few events that set the stage for the entire thing. Things continued to get worse, until finally, the seemingly inevitable happened. There were several events that set the stage for the upcoming crisis. In Europe, Germany specifically, Adolf Hitler had gained control. Hitler was the head of the Nazi party, a Fascist political group. Me...
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Soldiers In World War II
672 wordsPlot I read the book Soldier X by Don L. Wulff son that takes place during the world war II period. The main character of the book is a 16 year old German boy named Erik Brandt. Although Erik lives in Germany he is also half Russian and speaks Russian very well. Erik does not want to be a part of Hilters Nazi army during world war II but he is forced to fight on the side of the Nazis. During one battle of the war is he forced under a tank during a large scale battle with the Russians. He has no ...
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Brigadier General Charles W Sweeney
733 wordsBRIGADIER GENERAL CHARLES W. SWEENEY Retired Dec. 27, 1979 Brigadier General Charles W. Sweeney was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1919. He graduated from North Quincy High School (Mass.) in 1937. After graduating from high school, he attended evening classes at Boston University and also at Purdue University. Charles Sweeney joined the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet on April 28, 1941. Receiving his commission as a pilot in the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet on April 28, 1941. Receiving his...
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Canada's Involvement In The World War II
1,550 wordsWorld War I and Canada World War I, a terrifying ordeal that robbed 25 million humans of their lives, began on August 3, 1914. On this date Germany invaded Belgium, and when Britain moved to defend Belgium World War I had begun. Canada, a member of the British Empire, was now legally at war with Britain. The Canadian government was not consulted about going to war. Many Canadians were strong supporters of the British at this time and proudly went to war by choice. However Francophone Canadians w...
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World War II
1,951 wordsWorld War II: Causes, and Affects In the history of the world there are many occurrences that have changed life and the world, as we know it. The history of conflicts in the world is just as long as the histories of man have bee recorded. From the beginning the human species survived off of conflict (between various predators and the environment) and has been nourished by the fruits of war since before the rise of the Roman Empire. World conquest has been the goal of many great generals and a gr...
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World War II
384 wordsWorld War II or the Second World War was a global conflict that began on 7 July 1937, in Asia and 1 September 1939, in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the world's countries and every inhabited continent. Virtually all countries that participated in World War I were involved in World War II. It was the most extensive and expensive apocalyptic armed conflict in the history of the World. Attributed in varying degrees to the Treaty of Versailles, the Great Depression, nationa...
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German U Boats
1,022 wordsIn studying the history of Americas development from a colonial nation to the modern world power of today, it is necessary to pay special attention to the several major wars the United States was involved in. These wars varied in severity ranging from minor skirmishes such as the Spanish American war, to more costly conflicts. Costly in terms of money and loss of life, the Civil War, Vietnam, and both World Wars left lasting impressions on the people who endured them. These wars often defined en...
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World War II
1,434 wordsThe ideas of modern war can lead back to the 18th century during a certain campaign by a French military leader. This military leader was named Napoleon Bonaparte. He started a campaign against Western Europe that defined war and his strategies echoed throughout time up until the Second World War. His strategic plans were legendary up until his biggest mistake, which was invading Russia during its winter during the battles in the Waterloo Campaign. Before you can get into how he became a militar...
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Years Following World War II
580 wordsIt was long ago when women were looked upon as slaves to the hard Working, man. In today's society women now are more respected and are acceptable for many jobs as men are. Yet, long before our time during World War II, women were thought many different things that they could only imagine. During the postwar, women were, then equipped with many different abilities colliding with their home chores and knowledge. Women then took their stand and many acts were passes in their favor. In this essay I...
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Army Nurses And Red Cross Hospital Workers
2,199 wordsThere are many unsung heroes who served in World War Two. For my research, I will explore some of the many ways in which courageous women served in the armed forces. I will investigate the following questions: how they were recruited; what types of obstacles, barriers and / or prejudice they encountered; what types of jobs or duties were available to them; and what type of treatment they received in the military as well as in the public sector. Women played a major part in war efforts of World W...
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World War II
1,011 wordsMore than fifty years have passed after the World War II was over, but we can still hear a lot of debates taking place on different issues. One of the hottest debates involves the occurrences of terrorist acts conducted by the Soviet Red Army against the civil citizens and government on the territory of the conquered Germany at the end of war and in the postwar period. The issue is really a controversial one, because the Second World War was the most horrible of all the previous ones, and had th...
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America Entered World War II The Allies
3,125 wordsHow America Came to War By James A. Gill more Introduction On December 29, 1940 Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave a speech to the country that was like a fireside chat but was not. Roosevelt talked about in his speech statements about Germanys plans to engulf the world during World War II: The Nazi masters of Germany have made if clear that they intend not only to dominate all life and thought in their own country, but also to enslave the whole of Europe and then to use the resources of Europe to d...
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Movie About The War Effort In Casablanca
1,751 wordsWWII INVOLVEMENT OF ARTS IN WORLD WAR II OUTLINE: Thesis: During W.W. II, there was a great effort on the home front to help keep up morale of the troops and to provide support in any way possible. One very effective way to support the troops was by use of arts including movie stars, singers, actors, and actresses. Introduction: W.W. II, in all of its destruction, was an effort to destroy the Axis powers, and totally involved was our country, giving support in any way it could. I. Home front par...
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Involvement In World War II
1,171 wordsWorld War II It is important that people of all ages learn about World War II. This is a war that not only killed the most soldiers in any war ever fought, but also changed the U.S. economically. The U.S. was just getting over the Great Depression and were planning to stay neutral in all international affairs. But the involvement in World War II brought the U.S. together as a nation. Both race and gender in the workforce became equal and jobs became vast. Many young men and women risked their li...
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World War II
1,310 wordsWorld War II As a class full of college history students when they think WWII began and a plethora of answers should be expected. Ask a class full of high school history students the same question and expect an even broader response World War II is usually dated by historians to have begun on Sept. 1, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. Era 8 in Bring History Alive covers the Great Depression to WWII. As with most presentations on history, it is hard to present detailed accounts of causes and cons...
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Main Cause Of World War II
537 wordsBy 1917, the Great war had been dragging on for many years with heavy causalities, this had been resulting in a stalemate from trench warfare. When Germany sank the Lusitania (a passenger ship with many Americans aboard) off the coast off Ireland, Americans were disgusted and outraged. The sinking of the Lusitania was the major cause of why the Americans decided to enter the war. It had lead to a chain of events that made the U.S. the world super power it is today. For many years, President Wood...
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Robert A Roosevelt World War II
1,310 words"A date that will live in infamy", (Snyder 33) was what President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called December 7, 1941. It was a calm Sunday morning at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu. Then two U.S. soldiers saw an oscilloscope signal on their mobile radars. They immediately called this in to their commanding officer but he told them to ignore it because the base was expecting a squadron of friendly B-17's to be coming from the mainland. Thirty minutes later the first bomb fell and almost killed...
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World War II
3,861 wordsAmerican Women During World War II. America's entry into World War II posed opportunities for American women domestically, yet paradoxically heightened fears in the polity about the exact role that women should adopt during wartime. A central issue that dominated women's lives during this period was how to combine the private sphere of the home, with the new demands of the war economy in the public sphere. Women made significant gains in the military, the war economy and in some cases, in terms ...
