taken action there is a strong argument that World War Two would not have started. During the three meetings with Chamberlain in 1937-1938 Hitler gained control of key areas including the Sunderland that set him up in 1939 to take the rest of Czechoslovakia. Hitler was cunning in the respect his risks paid off. Encouraging Hitler was a key part in the outbreak of world war
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The Soviet Regime’s Effect On the Musical Career of Mstislav Rostropovich Subject: History Word Count: 3‚860 May 2009 Abstract Mstislav Rostropovich was one of the most famous cellists in world history and a very famous conductor. He popularized the cello to a level it had never reached before‚ expanding the cello repertoire more than any other cellist has ever done. This investigation will be focusing on the effect that the Soviet Union’s regime had on the musical career of Rostropovich
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Self-determination! voices his disappointment of the outcome of the Peace Conference. Mao explains how the Allies’ policy of national self-determination was not used fairly because it adhered to in certain areas of the world and violated in others. Places like Czechoslovakia and Poland were able to reestablish national existence. Also the Arabs were benefitted from the splitting up of turkey‚ which allowed them to become semi independent. However Korea lost its independence along with many of its people and land.
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Second World War World War II was one of the greatest struggles humanity has ever seen. This Second World War caused many lives to be lost‚ damaged personal properties and was expensive‚ for a great deal of money was required to maintain a country’s military strength. The numbers for those that have passed‚ been wounded or gone missing during the war could never be calculated precisely; though it has been estimated that more than 55 million lives perished. Many historians have traced the causes of
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YR 12 MODERN HISTORY 2013 – RESEARCH TASK To what extent was the policy of appeasement the most important factor in causing the Second World War? Appeasement is defined as the diplomatic policy used in the attempt at making centrally political compromises to an authoritarian power/powers in order to evade the possibility of a conflict. This policy was followed predominantly by Britain in the 1930s in their efforts to settle global disputes by resolving grievances through cooperation and conciliation
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Post WWI Peace Treaties World War 1 lasted from 1914-1918. In 1919‚ the leaders of the victorious powers (Britain‚ France and the USA / The ‘Big Three’ -> Lloyd George‚ Clemenceau & Wilson) met in Paris to decide how to deal with the defeated powers. The main treaty drawn up at the Paris Peace Conference was the Treaty of Versailles‚ which dealt with Germany. It was signed on June 1919. The ‘Big Three’ were under pressure to deal severely with Germany. (Remember that Italy was involved and
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Destroy the Treaty of Versailles The Germans hated it‚ especially: Tiny armed forces‚ The Saar was under League of Nations control‚ The Rhineland was demilitarised‚ Anschluss (union) with Austria was forbidden‚ Germans were forced to live in Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) and Poland‚ Danzig was under League of Nations control. The Treaty was a constant reminder to the Germans of their humiliation in World War I. Hitler did not accept that the German army had lost the war‚ and he was determined
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Hitler was responsible for the outbreak of World War 2(1939) to a significant extent. The many things that he did like going against the Treaty of Versailles which included the rearmament of Germany‚ his Lebensraum policy where he wanted to take over neighboring lands and gain more territory for Germany and his disrespect to the treaties he made. While Hitler was a great cause for World War 2‚ he was not the sole reason. The Great Depression‚ the weak leaders of the League of Nations and their
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AP European History THE COLD WAR in EUROPE (1945-1990) Watershed Events 4th Quarter 1. Berlin Blockade and Airlift • Who - Soviet and Western Allies • What - The soviets chose to seal the city off by closing all railroads and highways that led from Berlin to West Germany in order to drive the Western powers out of Berlin. Soviet wanted to get the Allies to give up Berlin. The Allies chose to drop off supplies via planes to support West Berlin. When - 1948/49 Where - Berlin Why - Rising tension
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On the night of November 9‚ 1989‚ the Berlin Wall—the most potent symbol of the cold-war division of Europe—came down. Earlier that day‚ the Communist authorities of the German Democratic Republic had announced the removal of travel restrictions to democratic West Berlin. Thousands of East Germans streamed into the West‚ and in the course of the night‚ celebrants on both sides of the wall began to tear it down. The collapse of the Berlin Wall was the culminating point of the revolutionary changes
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