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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Notable Women in World War I: -Edith Cavell‚ a British nurse‚ humanitarian and spy who helped some 200 allied soldiers escape from German—occupied Belgium to Holland during World War I. She was court-martialled and was sentenced for treason and killed by a firing squad. -Mata Hari- Was a Dutch exotic dancer‚ whose real name is Gertrude Margarete Zelle‚ who was shot by the French as a spy on October‚ 15‚1917. Still unclear about her alleged spying activities‚ in The Hague in 1916 she was
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The life of a soldier in the trenches during World War I was unimaginable to the people back home in Canada. Soldiers carried out their duty to their country in the most horrifying conditions. The trenches were rivers of mud and blood‚ food rations were very basic and designed only to keep the soldiers alive‚ hygiene was non-existent‚ and military direction was poor as these men fought for their country. Constant shelling and gas attacks made many soldiers feel that death was imminent and a great
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country can establish and retain a state of ‘Total War’ inevitably leads to victory. In World War 1‚ the allied forces ability to achieve this resulted in their success. The production of munitions and American funding‚ resource allocation and the British Blockade‚ gave the allies a clear advantage on the home front. The utilization of the superior weaponry and manpower as well as improved tactics on the battlefront gave the allies an upper hand in this war of attrition. The final loss of German morale
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World War II marked the beginning of many great casualties‚ but for Australian women‚ the historical crisis was nothing less than the foundation to their prominent role in society. No longer confined to domesticity‚ women were employed in all fields taking over roles once recognised as professions of men. This report will outline the pre war lifestyle‚ role of women during war and services formed by non-government organisations for Australian women to apply and employ themselves into careers once
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Austria-Hungary was the power whose territorial ambitions played a large part in the coming of war in 1914. Although head of an increasingly fossilized and outdated regime‚ the Habsburg emperor Franz Josef was an expansionist. In 1914‚ his latest addition to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bosnian Serbs resented Austrian rule and sought the protection of independent Serbia. It was one of these Bosnian Serb groups‚ the Black Hand‚ that assassinated the Crown Prince‚ Franz Ferdinand
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The Gobal War This paper will identify major historical turning points during War World II and through the 1970’s while analyzing the impact the war had on America’s current society‚ economy‚ politics and culture. I will also discuss why America in the late 1930’s wanted to stay out of the European conflict that became WWII‚ which is one of the greatest debates of all time. We examine the important role that women played in winning the war and what outcomes came from their hard work that impacted
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World War 1(WW1)‚ also known as the Great War‚ was one of if not the most horrifying of wars in history. Spanning for 4 years from 1914 to 1918 millions of soldiers were killed. A still debated question however is the cause of the Great War; two major worldly forces grinding against each other or a single bullet fired by a rebellious Bosnian Serb? The 28th of June 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to make a speech in Sarajevo‚ a Bosnian city under Austria-Hungary’s rule‚ where the Black
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IWorld War I (WWI)‚ which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter‚ was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple
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WOMEN IN THE WAR In the present day Australian armed forces‚ women are trained to use high powered weapons‚ to drive trucks and tanks and aero planes‚ and to engage in combat. Women serve as officers and as ordinary soldiers‚ sailors and aircrew personnel. In 1914‚ however‚ a women’s place was not considered to be on the battlefield‚ but in the home. No women at all served with the Anzacs‚ other than nurses‚ but nurses did not have an army rank. During world war one; many women felt that they
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