WWII and the Holocaust were two key events of the 20th century. Each had their own causes and historical factors leading up to their development. While the two events occurred close to each other each developed independently and neither was cause for the other. Anti-Jewish prejudice has a long history and was present in Germany long before WWII. The German people elected the Nazi party and it was its rise to power that lead to WWII. The Nazi party had many other strange policies that‚ while not as
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From 1970 to 1990‚ Eastern European nations realized they needed a change in their governments as well as economies. Politically‚ reformers and dissidents wanted to end party-state dictatorships and move towards a pluralist democracy. Economically‚ centrally planned economies were unsuccessful due to increased bureaucracy‚ excessive centralization‚ and debt obligation. Velvet revolutions in Eastern Europe changed countries towards market-oriented economies and pluralist democracies. Countries
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Origins of WWII - understanding the outbreak of the Second World War requires keeping a perspective on interplay of and convergence of several factors…many historians are tempted to see WWII as a continuation of WWI‚ and call the period 1914-1945‚ the Thirty Years war 1) Legacy of WWI and its Peace Treaties - the “politics” of Versailles very nearly destroyed Weimar in the early 1920’s‚ contested territorial settlements and state power (especially for Germany and to a lesser extent for Italy)
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Manufacture Collaborator Year Eicher Tractors Ltd Gebr‚Eicher tractor‚ West Germany 1961 Gujrath Tractors Ltd Motokov-Praha‚Czechoslovakia 1963 TAFE Messy ferguson‚UK 1961 Escorts Ltd Moloimport Arazawa zaklady Mechaniczne‚Ursus Ploand 1964 Mahindra &Mahindra International harvestor‚UK 1965 Escorts Tractors Ltd Ford UK 1971 Hindusthan machine tools Motokov-Praha‚Czechoslovakia 1971 Kirloskar tractors Ltd Klochner-Humboldt Deutz‚Germany 1974 Punjab tractors Ltd CEMRI‚India 1974 Pittle Tractor
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Meneses 1 Alphonse Maria Mucha Samantha Meneses 12 December 2014 Block 8 Meneses 2 Samantha Meneses Mrs. Gurzo Block 8 11 December 2014 Alphonse Maria Mucha Due to his distinct and unconventional style‚ Alphonse Maria Mucha is known greatly for his illustrious contributions in molding the aesthetics of French Art Nouveau (French for “new art”) at the turn of the nineteenth century (“Alphonse Mucha Biography” 1). However‚ Mucha was not an instant triumph. Through hard work
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In 1996 at Bonneville High school in Ogden‚ Utah a young foreign exchange student from Poland sat with her friend eating lunch. As she gazed upward she could see into the window of one of the history classes. To her horror‚ visible to the entire student body was displayed a Nazi flag. The flag was being displayed as part of a class on World War II and was displayed next to a Japanese flag‚ newspaper clippings‚ and other memorabilia to highlight certain aspects of that time period. After asking
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The Cold War In this module you will learn: 1. FOUR causes of the Cold War [BARE]. 2. NINE events which caused the Cold War. 3. FOUR decisions made at the Yalta Conference. 4. TWO decisions and three disagreements at the Potsdam conference. 5. The ‘salami tactics’ that brought Communists to power in Eastern Europe 6. FIVE causes [CABAN] and FOUR results [CENA] of the Berlin crisis‚ 1948–9. 7. FIVE ‘Berlin Airlift Facts’. 8. FOUR causes of the Korean War [CJD-Kim]. 9. FIVE phases of the
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this as a solution for depression‚ so they couldn’t contradict Hitler’s reasoning. Another factor which helps to explain the outbreak of war was the policy of Appeasement. Appeasement gave Hitler permission to take over lands and conquer. Czechoslovakia and Sudetenland was absorbed by Germany because of Appeasement. By letting Hitler do those things‚ the governments basically encouraged Hitler to take more risks and eventually led him to believe that Britain and France will not declare war
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USA’s initiative to rebuild Europe by giving the countries economical support in order to stop communism from spreading. Many European countries accepted the money and allowed the Marshal Plan to succeed. In turn the USSR prevented Poland and Czechoslovakia from accepting the money. Arms race: The situation heated up further and both sides produced nuclear weapons‚ which caused an arms race. This race was used by both sides to demonstrate the aggressiveness of the other side‚ which turned into
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WW2 was one of the greatest struggles humanity has ever seen. Over 50 countries participated in the war and the entire world felt its effects. There were battles on almost every continent and many major bodies of water. Countless major cities were destroyed in the viscous thirst for more territory. While it is impossible to know the exact number of deaths it is estimated that around 55 million people died as a result of WW2 (History.com‚ n.d.). World War 2 was a war like nobody had ever seen‚ this
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