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    How did the Gulag affect Russia during WWII? As the stench of death and decay lingered in the air‚ an innocent peasant trudged through Siberia’s frozen mud with his primitive stone pickaxe to begin his fourteen-hour workday full of arduous labor and torturous conditions. However‚ this was neither the late-medieval Little Ice Age nor an exaggerated fictional scene--this was Soviet Russia’s very own Gulag. The infamous Gulag was an extensive system of prison camps that existed to provide the Motherland

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    The theme of The Lord of the Flies is that evil is with in all but there are different triggers for everyone to let it out. The Lord of the Flies relates to WWII very directly. The narrator states‚ “but there were other lights in the sky‚ moved fast‚ winked‚ or went out‚ though not even a faint popping came down from the battle fought at ten miles’ hight” (Golding 95). This is talking about the dog fights in the sky. When hitler was in power he thought that he was all powerful. “Jack rose from

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    JAPAN’S PART IN THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR H It took Japan less than half a century to rise to power and become a major world player. In the last quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan turned to Western technology in order to avoid the fate of China‚ namelyWestern dominance. By the 1890s‚ Japan had so far modernized and strengthened itself that it was able to join in the scramble for possessions in China. In 1902‚ it signed a treaty with Great Britain which recognized its new status among other things

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    Leaders of WWII There are many important world political and military leaders of WWII. Some of them were tried for war crimes after the war. Others went into hiding after the war. Some world leaders were killed during the war. Some led great lives after the war. Some of the important world leaders of WWII were Douglas Macarthur‚ Dwight D. Eisenhower‚ Hirohito‚ James Stalin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Winston Churchill‚ and Benito Mussolini. One of the important political and military world leaders of WWII was Douglas

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    giants”: Want‚ Disease‚ Ignorance‚ Squalor and Idleness. They faced many challenges such as rationing and heavy winters‚ raising alarm bells for the country’s economy. After much debate the United States and Canada eventually loaned four billion dollars with interest‚ putting Britain’s future into the hands of the Americans. i A decade after the war ended‚ Britain found itself in an identity crisis. Post-war austerity was still in place and the country was financially crippled. With the introduction of

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    forces. Isoroku Yamamoto came up with the plan and would become the commander. He hoped attacking Midway would draw the U. S. to sea battle that they would win inevitably. Yamamoto’s plan was rejected by higher command but soon after the U. S. tried to invade Japan‚ then after they agreed. Yamamoto hoped to reduce the size of the U. S. forces. The capture of Midway would have given Japan an advantage base that could be used as a warning outpost. Power plants and oil installations on Midway were main

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     The Boy in the Striped Pajamas​ ‚ may have to be the most saddest fiction story  taken place in the time of World War II. ​ The Boy in the Striped Pajamas​  was written by John  Boyne.The story is about Bruno and his family during the time of World War II. Bruno’s father  was a Commandant‚ therefore‚ their family had to move during the war. Bruno is not sure why  and where their going. This book takes you on a adventure with Bruno‚ and at one point you  have to encounter a fence with him. This phenomenal book is praised from the story of 

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    events that lead to this battle. Great Britain and France were allies during the Second World War and both declared war on Germany (September 1939). Though despite their declaration of war‚ little to no fighting was seen between Germany and the two countries. This period of silence broke when Germany invaded France in the Spring of 1940. Although France fought back‚ they were overpowered and easily defeated in just seven weeks after the invasion began (June 25‚ 1940). This forced Great Britain to evacuate

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    Essay on the Japanese –American Internment During WWII Based on prior experience‚ the framers of our Constitution understood the value of dispersing power and authority amid the assorted governing divisions in order to circumvent corruption. For this reason‚ a process of checks and balances was written into our system to guarantee that no singular branch of government became too powerful. The perception of balance in our administration‚ however‚ deserves scrutiny from time to time‚ as a few historical

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    Bomb Monologue “The United States would not have succeeded without me!” I was heavily involved in WWII after Pearl Harbor where Japan did a surprise attack. I also helped the other world leaders to victory against Germany. And‚ I created the U-Committee to make the first atomic bomb‚ and the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima‚ Japan which killed many people. I am the president so I made all of the decisions about the process of the bomb‚ and I declared war on Japan which made the Allies

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