At the start of the 20th century Vietnam was of very little concern to the USA but by 1968 the Vietnam War was at its peak with about 500 000 American troops there. This drastic change came about for many reasons. From the mid-19th century Vietnam had been a French colony (known as Indochina) but in 1940‚ during WWII this changed as Japan invaded the country. The USA helped Indochina fight the Japanese as they were the enemy. They secretly joined forces with communist Ho Chi Minh and this resulted
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“The Holocaust” refers to an event in during World War II where about six million Jewish people were killed in a mass-murder or “genocide” by Germany under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi State. The first issue to address here is the contested definition of the word “Holocaust”. In this essay‚ “The Holocaust” will be used to describe only the state sanctioned murder of millions whilst the Nazi Party was in power from 19-x to19-x. The second issue of contention that needs to be addressed is who did the
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History Assessment: How Has WW1 Been Remembered? WW1 has‚ and always will be seen as one‚ if not the most significant war in all of history. One of the reasons for it being such a tragic event was that it was deemed at the time to have been ‘the war to end all wars‚’ however that tragically was not the case. World War One was caused by several contributing factors‚ which resulted on Britain declaring war on Germany. They are: The alliance system‚ Imperialism‚ The Naval Race‚ The Schlieffen Plan
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peaceful and both considered each other an ally after the end of World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ president of the United States during WWII (1933-1945)‚ was aware that it was only a matter of time the U.S. would enter the war. As a form of involvement‚ Roosevelt aided Great Britain who happened to be bankrupt and was suffering from Germany’s attacks‚ while not directly declaring in joining the war (Fogarty). Before the U.S. officially declares to join fight against Germany and its allies in Europe
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Was World War I inevitable? When studying the causes of World War I at a glance it is easy to see how one can come to the conclusion that World War I was inevitable. This is due primarily to Germany’s role in situation. Their growing nation was blossoming in both industrialism and extreme nationalism‚ making it one of the world’s most influential empires at the time of war break out. Along with this‚ they wanted a war‚ they had the forces to bring higher status to their name‚ so why not. In 1914
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WWI Journal Entries/Letters Dear Ma Today at the shore‚ I was sucking in some coffin nails when a cricket ball exploded meters away from our platoon. The troops had a speechless expression on their dials. A few hundred meters a lot of stoushing was going on with the Abduls and us. We had to make three more A.N.Z.A.C soups yesterday. The amount of men they Abduls stole from us is unforgiveable. The majority of our men died from aunties right in front of our eyes and the few that survived had
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What factors were involved in starting the Great War? The time period leading up to World War I was the age of imperialism‚ a time when many countries in Western Europe were building up their empires throughout the world. They would oftentimes get into "disagreements" amongst themselves over who was to control certain areas of the world. The countries were jealous‚ suspicious and did not trust each other....... war was inevitable! World War I had roots in the following things: •• Alliance System:
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It is about 6 o’ clock in the morning‚ and we are in the rest trenches due to continuous firing from a rifle gun and a machine gun. It’s been going on for approximately four hours. There is a short silence and another splutter of about 20 rounds. I turn to my side while sitting in the trench and in doing so‚ I dislodge some dirt from the side of the trench which of course falls into my ear and mouth. I am going to take a nap‚ but‚ I will be fully dressed because the situation I am in demands for
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Soldiers in WWI Life in the trenches was extremely difficult for thousands of people in WWI. The living conditions were terrible which added to the difficulty of life of a soldier on the frontline during WWI. The trenches‚ along with the rest of the war‚ were filled with the fear of going head on into battle. Soldiers faced death along with infestation‚ incoming artillery and lack of supplies. WWI began as the result of a Serbian Nationalist assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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World War one was full of technological advances and I will be talking about three of them in my essay. Each of these advances was used by the Allies or the Central Powers. Both sides were extremely smart and has provided us with new ideas and inventions that we still use today. One tactic that was used was trench warfare. The soldiers would stand in the ground with high walls for protection. This provided shelter from gunfire. These walls were tall enough so everyone could stand behind them. One
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