Nationalism can be defined as the feeling that one’s nation (one’s people) is superior to other nations. This helped lead to WWI in two ways. First‚ nationalism can breed arrogance because it makes people feel superior. It can lead them to want to prove their superiority through fighting. It can also lead them to think that they will surely win any war because of their superiority. Second‚ nationalism helped lead to WWI because it caused conflict. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated because
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Is Germany at fault for World War II? World War Two was a time of devastation and misfortune for all people in the world. The war lasted for six years‚ and involved more than 200 countries‚ costing fifty-five million lives and material damage of some three billion dollars. WWII was said to be the easiest war ever to be prevented‚ but once it started there was no stopping it. What or who could cause such a devastating war? Many people place the blame on the country of Germany. Germany invaded
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In World War II‚ there were many concentration camps. Europe topped the charts of having large amounts of camps across the continent. These concentration camps were created for the purpose of “racially undesirable elements‚” such as Jews‚ homosexuals‚ nomadic ethnic groups‚ and Jehovah’s Witnesses. Even though the most originals were built just for the use of labor. The word “concentration” itself was portrayed as an idea of using documents to be confined to one specific place for a period of time
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Hitler is responsible for the death of 6 million Jews during World War ll and his reasons for the extermination is insane. Hitler made the Jews the scapegoats for Germany’s economic problems after World War l. Hitler notoriously used propaganda to convince the German people that the Jews were the bad people. Using propaganda‚ Hitler convinced the German people that the Jews must go because they were responsible for Germany’s problems‚ which was demonstrated by Hitler picking the Jews to be exterminated
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During the World War II era‚ which was from September 1st‚ 1939 to September 2nd‚ 1945‚ many countries had conflict with each other and the development of the atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender
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Winston Churchill Peril‚ war‚ and desperation. The world at the brink of defeat. Yet‚ one man would never surrender. It was 20th century England. Germany had just announced its plan to conquer Europe; France‚ Netherlands‚ Belgium‚ and Luxembourg were already being invaded; and there was only one nation left to defend the United Europe. I was there to lead during that time. Who was I? I might have been a rebellious student and made several political and military blunders‚ but my determination to stand
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started. School children were the first group of people to be evacuated‚ followed by pre-school children and expectant mothers‚ then the adult crippled population. These groups were chosen because they were believed to be at highest risk. However‚ by the end of 1939‚ many families had started to return to their city homes‚ because they believed that there was no real threat. ’I was hoping that a nice looking lady walking through the hall would chose us but she walked right past. Soon there were children
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development during the war was cruise missiles and rocket powered ballistic missiles. These were guided flying bombs with their own jet engine propulsion systems. Being in the early stages of development the cruise missiles were not yet effective by the end of the
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Analyze the spirit of promise that gave way to disillusionment in Europe during the years 1914-1918. Prior to the devastation of the first World War‚ a spirit of optimism and enthusiasm engulfed the minds of citizens across Europe. Relating the potential outcome of another war to the short‚ decisive‚ progressive wars in the nineteenth century‚ Europeans greeted the opportunity for war as a tool to cleanse the current ailments of Europe. The people‚ blinded by an overwhelming belief in progress
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“Humanity as an End in Itself‚” he discusses Kant’s theory about humanity and explains what Kant thinks humanity is and that it is the ultimate end that a person should strive for. One of the elements of this theory is Kant’s second Categorical Imperative which goes into detail with five different aspects‚ what he believes makes up humanity in a person. Then he goes on to give seven different explanations about humanity as an end. Kant also believes that there are two different types of ends‚ personal
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