It might be argued that the 1939-1945 war in Britain was one of the greatest collective experiences that the nation had undergone‚ with every family affected; loved ones in the armed services and families separated. Children were evacuated to the country towns and villages in a bid to keep them safe during the Blitz bombing (Lynch‚ p.152). Rationing‚ industrial unrest and financial and economic burdens added to the terror felt by the people of Britain. However‚ there was a glimmer of hope. The
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Subhas Chandra Bose ( listen (help•info); January 1897 – 18 August 1945 [unconfirmed]) byname Netaji (Hindi: “Respected leader”) was an Indian revolutionary who led an Indian national force against the British Raj (and therefore also against the allied Western powers) during World War II. Bose was one of the most prominent leaders in the Indian independence movement and is a legendary figure in India today. He is presumed to have died "in absentia" on 18 August 1945 from injuries sustained in an
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Outcome of Revolt By Mahatma Gandhi :-Mahatma Gandhi had played the most important role in the freedom struggle ofIndia through his basic principle of truth‚ non violence and Satyagraha. He entered in the political scenario in 1916 after returning from a successful struggle against discrimination faced by black people in South Africa. In India through chain of movement for peasants and labourers in Champaren‚ Ahemdabad and Kheda he entered the Indian scene. Then he reached the zenith of political
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Mohandas Gandhi was a nationalist Indian leader that waged a campaign of nonviolence against the colonial British government that took over India in order to help achieve its’ independence. Mohandas Gandhi was among the greatest political and social reformers of recent times‚ he is best remembered for his later campaigns to overthrow British rule in India‚ which led to India’s independence in 1947. He was born in the second day of October in 1869 Gandhi placed himself at the heart of the world-encircling
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Independence Day— Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August‚ is a national holiday in India commemorating the nation’s independence from British rule on 15 August 1947. India attained freedom following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by theIndian National Congress (INC). Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan;
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Conservative/Thatcherite toolkit‚ namely the PFI [Private Finance Initiative]‚ a product of John Major’s spell in Number 10; during the New Labour period the PFI accounted for a staggering 75% of the funds for new hospitals. Much in the way that Clement Attlee’s government of ‘45-51 set the economic fundamentals for the Conservative governments to follow‚ by describing Thatcher’s
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particularly the working-class’ financial safety during the late 20’s – early 30’s. In 1945‚ Britain really needs a drastic change in its national policy while a time of post-war reconstruction has come. The Labour Party of 1945‚ and its leader Clement Attlee‚ claims that it embodies this change : its manifesto of 1945‚ from which this text is an extract‚ demands great social‚ economic and industrial reforms‚ hoping to erase the past defeat of the Party during the Depression. Between the promises for
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Le grand Charles de Gaulle Figure 1:Courtesy of A&E Television Networks‚ Charles de Gaulle Born Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle on 22 November 1890 in Lille‚ France (Fenby‚ 2010). Charles De Gaulle rose from a young college student at the Military Academy of Saint-Cyr (Fenby‚ 2010)‚ to war prisoner‚ to President of the Fifth Republic (Fenby‚ 2010). During the Liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany in 1944‚ Charles De Gaulle had identified France’s greatness with his own. De Gaulle had selvedge
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In the 1930s Joseph Stalin became increasingly concerned that the Soviet Union would be invaded by Nazi Germany. Stalin believed the best way to of dealing with Germany was to form an anti-fascist alliance with countries in the west. Stalin argued that even Adolf Hitler would not start a war against a united Europe. Adam B. Ulam‚ the author of Stalin: The Man and his Era has argued: "Soviet diplomacy sought (in a much more realistic way than that of Britain and France) to avoid war. To do Stalin
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Brandon Fan Szeto English 10H: P3 May 13‚ 2013 Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears‚ and Sweat Winston Churchill’s leadership and influence saved Britain and Europe from falling under the wrath of Hitler. There are multiple perspectives of an effective leader. One might argue that a leader may force their citizens to swear loyalty to show that immediate results are effective. Others may say that an effective leader is someone who leads the country for the greater good. Some may even say striking fear into citizens
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