were at least three reasons why the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. There were the U.S. expansion‚ the embargo‚ and Japan’s expansion. The U.S. expansion it helped make the navy bigger. In 1940 president Roosevelt moved U.S. Pacific fleet from California to Pearl Harbor as stated in document C. Also in 1940 U.S. Congress passes Naval expansion act. Promised to triple fleet size by 1944 stated in document C. Japan was scared of the U.S. expansion as stated in document E. What does
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difference and discrimination to create power differences. The Test’ and After You My Dear Alphonse’ both challenge the legitimacy of this differentiation and thus the discrimination associated with it. The Test’ by Angelica Gibbs‚ was written in the 1940s and bluntly shows how African-American people were treated at this time‚ and would have caused much controversy among the ignorant middle class reading the story. After You My Dear Alphonse’ (Alphonse’)‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ was written in the same
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many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century. At the outbreak of the Second World War‚ he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty - a post which he had earlier held from 1911 to 1915. In May‚ 1940‚ he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and remained in office until 1945. He took over the premiership again in the Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955. However‚ he remained a Member of Parliament until the general election
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I read the speech given by Sir Winston Churchill on June 4‚ 1940 to the House of Common is the UK. Churchill gave this speech as he acted as Prime Minister. The speech was delivered after the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army at Dunkirk. Churchill started by delivering an account of the last few weeks‚ outlining the heroic actions of soldiers from the Army and Royal Air Force as they desperately tried to stop the advance of the German Army into Belgium and France
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of the European mainland. After Germany invaded France‚ Mussolini believed Great Britain was to be the next target and played a small part in the Battle of Britain. Italy lost against the British and Greek forces in Egypt and Albania on September of 1940. The hopes of military conquest and glory were now starting to seem bleak and Italy’s army was failing. As well as Italy high dependency on Germany for raw materials and military control. What Italy’s army was failing to do was fixed by the German
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returned to England in 1900‚ he had published five books. When he moved into politics‚ before the First World War‚ he served as President of the Board of Trade‚ Home Secretary‚ and First Lord of the Admiralty as part of Asquith’s Liberal government. From 1940 to 1945 he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for the first time and once again from 1951 to 1955. During his service as Prime Minister‚ UK won during
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Charlie Chaplin; Bing Crosby What was the impact of Anglo-American popular culture on Europe‚ 1920-1945? (2010) 5. France – The Third Republic 1920-1940; Vichy State 1940-1944 Key concepts: Inflation; democracy; communism; depression; protectionism; anti-Semitism; Fascism; collaboration; resistance Why was France unstable during the period‚ 1920-1940?
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Poles had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets. Then‚ Britain and France joined the war with the willing of ending the war and keeping the peace. But‚ Germany still occupied Poland and turned to attack France on 10 May 1940 and France only kept 35 days then it was defeated. So‚ I believe that France is forced to enter the war‚ and it’s fight for peace and justice during the WWII. There are three reasons for it. Germany attacked Poland‚ and then Britain and France declared
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Katlin Wilson A.P. Literature Essay A. John Steinbeck was born in 1902 in Salinas‚ California. The region of Salinas later became the setting of many of his stories‚ including Of Mice and Men. When he was a teenager he spent many summers workings as a ranch-hand on neighboring ranches. He went to Stanford University in 1919 and left without earning his degree. He later finished his first novel‚ Cup of Gold which was an adventurous story that was published in 1926. Success came to Steinbeck when
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THE BLITZ Where and when did the Blitz start? At 4:56pm on 7 September 1940‚ the air raid sirens wailed as the luftwaffe (the German Air Force)‚ launched a massive attack on London. Around 350 bombers flew across the English Channel from France and dropped 300 tonnes of bombs on the docks and streets of London. Other places that were affected? Other important military and industrial centres‚ such as Aberdeen‚ Belfast‚ Birmingham‚ Cardiff‚ Exeter‚ Glasgow‚ Sheffield‚ Swansea‚ Liverpool
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