always been sold short of what they are capable of. However‚ when the United States entered World War II in 1941‚ no one was prepared for the social changes that were to occur in the next four years. Scores of men were sent overseas to fight‚ leaving behind hundreds of thousands of jobs… and hundreds of thousands of wives‚ sisters‚ and fiancées who were ready to step up and give what they could to the war effort. This surge in women employment had never been seen before‚ and instantly the role of
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Signals Intelligence in World War II: The Ancestor of Modern SIGINT Signals Intelligence in World War II began as a defunct system that appeared to be doomed and offered little to no valuable intelligence to commanders at all echelons. The United States Army formed the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1930 in an effort to consolidate all Army cryptologic functions underneath the Signal Corps. The Army identified the need for the SIS following the dissolution of the War Departments Military Intelligence
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During the final stage of World War II‚ the United States dropped nuclear weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9‚ 1945‚ respectively. The United States had dropped the bombs with the consent of the United Kingdom as outlined in the Quebec Agreement. The two bombings‚ which killed at least 129‚000 people‚ remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. In the final year of the war‚ the Allies prepared for what was anticipated to be a very costly invasion
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took place. It was World War II. The Nazi Regime‚ led by Adolf Hitler‚ was waging war across Europe. Occupied Poland became the place where those prisoners and captives held by the Nazis were sent to be eliminated. From 1941 through 1945 a total of some 3.5 million Jews met their deaths in Nazi extermination camps. These "death camps" as they are often referred to had the single goal of eliminating the Jews while hiding these crimes under a shroud from the rest of the world. Unlike the "concentration
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strategy — arguments that were finally stilled by the intervention of the American president‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt. In both a direct and an indirect sense‚ Torch’s impact was enormous on the course of Anglo-American strategy during the remainder of the war. It may have been the most important strategic decision that Allied leaders would make. In fact‚ this amphibious operation inevitably postponed the landing in France until 1944‚ but at the same time it allowed the United States to complete mobilization
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required to cite key pieces of evidence from the documents and draw on your knowledge of the period. It is often claimed that the major American wars of the last 150 years have resulted in the most important social and political gains of minorities and women. Evaluate this statement with regard to the experience of minorities and women during World War II. Use evidence from the documents and your knowledge of the period from 1941 to 1945 to compose your answer. Document A Document B Brigadier
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"Comfort Women" Historians estimate there were between 80‚000 and 200‚000 comfort women during World War II. Of these many were from the Korean peninsula‚ China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Netherlands‚ and the Philippines. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) More than half of the 169 comfort women survivors in the Philippines were below age 20 when kidnapped by the now-defunct Japanese Imperial Army troops. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) Australian
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about something truly gave me a sense of confidence for everything else. I also managed to work on my interpersonal skills by having conversations with my classmates about the latest lesson from class. My AP History classes opened my eyes to a new world. It was somewhere where I wasn’t the quiet girl in the corner but instead the passionate young lady‚ eagerly trying to answer the teacher’s questions. The confidence I obtained to speak in those classes helped my self-esteem. Although I still have
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War World 2‚ Concentration Camps During War World 2‚ Hitler authorized the SS‚ after December 1934‚ to be “the only agency authorized to establish and manage factories‚” called concentration camps‚ like Ravensbruck (ushmm.org). These camps were built throughout Germany and the system expanded as the Nazis took over. The system of the camps grew more deadly and affected many camps‚ like Ravensbruck. Ravensbruck was a camp mainly for women‚ and was deadly. In the end of the war‚ Ravensbruck was
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beginning of the 1900s marked the start of the Second World War Although the U.S did not want to become involved in this war‚ it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany‚ the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb detonation in 1945 taking place
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