Battle of Britain For residents of Southern England‚ 1940 was a horrific year. “ Citizens of London lived through the Blitz ” as the British Royal Air force (RAF) did their best to defend their country (Wawro‚ par. 1). The “ Germans had defeated France‚ Poland‚ and Czechoslovakia leaving the United Kingdom as the only country in their way of winning the war in Western Europe ” (Wawro par. 1). The Battle of Britain began on “July 10‚ 1940” (Wawro par. 1). This Battle was “an air conflict or war
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bombsights)‚ electricity‚ and dairy products. Until 1936‚ the Swiss franc was the only remaining major freely convertible currency in the world‚[30] and both the Allies and the Germans sold large amounts of gold to the Swiss National Bank. Between 1940 and 1945‚ the German Reichsbank sold 1.3 billion francs worth of gold to Swiss Banks in exchange for Swiss francs and other foreign currency‚ which were used to buy strategically important raw materials like tungsten and oil from neutral countries
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of “The Lottery” is reveled‚ you are given more information on the social traditions of their fictional society. It makes you wonder if this is actually something that ever took place in history‚ or if it was something inspired by the culture of the 1940’s. Today we think of a lottery as being something were you have the chance to win money‚ but this story shows how different lotteries were then. In this story the author portrays “The Lottery” as an event were the entire village is gathered in the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 HISTORY OF TELEPHONE 3 Early Telephone Development 3 The Beginning (1876-1900) 4 The New Century (1901-1940) 6 Modern Time (1940-Today) 6 CONCLUSION 7 REFERECENCE 8 INTRODUCTION A few centuries ago‚ there were only a few kinds of communication that people can use. They could speak to each other‚ they can use smoke as a means of communication to send their message from one place to another or they could use mail. Later on‚ they also had telegram.
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In 1940 on September- Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy sign a pact called the Tripartite Pact and create the Axis Alliance. In 1941 on December 7th- Japan attacks and bombs Pearl Harbor‚ resulting in the U.S. joining WW2 the next day. In 1942 on June 4th- Battle
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The son of a prosperous lawyer‚ Stevens attended Harvard as a non-degree special student‚ after which he moved to New York City and briefly worked as a journalist. He then attended New York Law School‚ graduating in 1903. On a trip back to Reading in 1904 Stevens met Elsie Viola Kachel (1886–1963‚ aka Elsie Moll)‚ a young woman who had worked as a saleswoman‚ milliner‚ and stenographer.[1] After a long courtship‚ he married her in 1909 over the objections of his parents‚ who considered her lower-class
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Tariffs were imposed on foreign goods to shield U.S. manufacturers. The year 1940 signaled a final turning point for isolationism. German military successes in Europe and the Battle of Britain prompted nationwide American rethinking about its posture toward the war. If Germany and Italy established hegemony in Europe and Africa‚ and Japan swept East Asia‚ many believed that the West might be next. But by the autumn of 1940‚ many Americans believed it was necessary to help defeat the Axis‚ even if it
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for his enemies to attack him from. When France fell to Germany in 1940‚ Hitler’s aims were turned on Britain. He believed that if he destroyed the RAF Britain would no longer have any defence against an invasion. Hitler also wished to disrupt Britain’s economy and industry and many industrial cities were hit. “Blitz” is the German word for lightening and it was adopted in Britain during this happening. Between 7 September 1940 and 21st May 1941 there were major aerial attacks on 16 British cities
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all declaring war on the Nazi’s. This ended with the Western Allies to create a naval blockade hoping to damage the economy and war efforts. In return the Germans sent out U-boats to destroy the Allies ships no matter merchant or warship. June 10‚ 1940 Italy entrenches upon France declaring war on both France and the United Kingdom. Four days later Paris
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During 1940 -1945‚ when the death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau was operating‚ the allies (The United States‚ Britain and Soviets) were well informed about the atrocities occurring at these camps‚ but failed to send support. World leaders had knowledge about the genocide and mass murder in early 1940s as it began to unfold around the world but did nothing about it. Winston Churchill‚ and Franklin Roosevelt presented as speech to give a public warning to Germans in 1942 after Germany announced the execution
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