The focus for week seven of the course is on ‘Africa‚ World War II‚ and its Aftermath’‚ which is another debated topic between African historians. In class two main arguments stood out‚ the first being that one outcome of World War II was a revitalisation and strengthening of the colonial states. In comparison‚ there is no denying that nationalism expanded and became more violent following the war supporting the second argument that World War II began the end of colonialism in Africa. With many different
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Though there were many contributing factors to the start of World War II‚ Germany invading Poland was the most significant. Adolf Hitler’s demanding‚ rigorous expectations of the Nazis made them extremely powerful and threatening. Thus‚ Germany was very confident during this attack with their new force‚ blitzkrieg‚ and their previous experiences of invading Austria and Czechoslovakia. Germany’s desire to expand the state after being banned from armed forces in the 1928 Kellogg- Briand Pact caused
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Nuclear techniques were a major part of wars for the United States especially in world war II. In world war II nuclear techniques were used to help America in the war to promote their chances of them winning the war. During this time this was the nuclear age where the united states moved towards the nuclear age. The nuclear age was apart of the time where many of the war tactics were nuclear weapons. Americans in the war were helped severely by the efforts in the war with nuclear techniques. Many techniques
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Women during world war II were powerful‚ strong and a huge support in getting through the war. Women had many roles and groups in the war such as “WAVES” “WASP” “WAC” and “WAFS.” Their roles were things like working in defense plants (working with finishing touches on cars) and volunteering for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Women were also accepted for voluntary emergency services and they also became airforce service pilots. Women played an important role
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The weapons and technology advances of World War II were the foundation to important innovative things we have today. Unlike World War I‚ this was a new frontier. New weapons were to be made‚ new tactics to be taught‚ and more knowledge to be gained. It was the advancement in weapons and technology that led us to win the war. World War II was beginning towards the end of the Great Depression. Many people were provided with jobs after being called upon by the military for their needed skills
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World War II began on June 22‚ in 1941. Three million solders from Germany began to attack the soviet union. People say that the war was supposed to only last two or three months‚ but it eventually went from three months‚ to five months‚ then nine months‚ and eventually it lasted four years. In the first part of World War II‚ Germany did not want to have a long war‚ so they came up with a strategy /to avoid a long war. Germany’s strategy was to limit the fighting by fighting their opponents in short
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women to work outside of the home; World War II‚ with its incredibly high draft rate‚ left a labor gap in the United States that made it necessary for women to enter the workforce in record numbers. Although many women were discriminated against in various industries‚ especially women of non-white ethnic and racial backgrounds‚ the changes that occurred in the 1940s laid the groundwork for allowing women to become a vital part of the workforce. Prior to World War II‚ the workforce consisted primarily
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During World War II‚ German military forces rushed across Europe at an alarming rate. They were determined to gain complete global control and to extend their racist‚ and supremacist ideals to the entire world which they believed was inherently theirs’. They were cruel in their methods of accomplishing that goal. Though they did not succeed‚ their tyranny left a stain on the world. Their means for world domination were‚ racist propaganda‚ modern weapons‚ and the world’s largest military force. Before
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary‚ it is always an evil‚ never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children‚” stated former president Jimmy Carter at his Nobel Lecture. Most of the combat action of World War II occurred in Europe‚ East Asia‚ and the islands of the Pacific Ocean between September 1‚ 1939 to September 2‚ 1945. World War II was the bloodiest war in history that took approximately 70 million lives. Three major
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World War II was a very brutal and terrible war led by Adolf Hitler. During this war‚ Jews were discriminated by Hitler and his followers. Most of these European Jews were eventually sent to concentration camps. The purposes of the concentration camps were to concentrate Jews‚ to get free slave labor‚ and to kill them. First of all‚ the primary purpose was to concentrate Jews‚ hence the name. The Jews were concentrated in small areas and most importantly‚ away from the rest of the population. Anti-semitism
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