Question: Assess the experience of Australian POWs in World War II. Being captured as a POW in WW2 was never a good position to be in regardless of what nationality you were and who had captured you. Each country had their own system for managing POWs‚ some of which were definitely better than others but none were ever overly pleasant for the captives. Australian solders were captured and held by three different countries. These countries were: Germany‚ Italy and Japan. Being captured by the German
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World War II- the outbreak World War II‚ also called the “Hitler’s war” was the cruelest event in the 20th Century. Apart from that‚ it was a war between ideologies and ambitions. This essay is looking at what caused the outbreak of the war‚ without discussing the war itself or its outcome. Three types of causes are going to be discussed: deep causes‚ intermediate causes and precipitating ones. When it comes to the World War II‚ there are two different places which need to be focused on: The
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introduction meant it had little impact‚ it led to jets becoming standard in worldwide air forces.[361] Advances were made in nearly every aspect of naval warfare‚ most notably with aircraft carriers and submarines. Although at the start of the war aeronautical warfare had relatively little success‚ actions at Taranto‚ Pearl Harbor‚ the South China Sea and the Coral Sea established the carrier as the dominant capital ship in place of the battleship.[362][363][364] In the Atlantic‚ escort carriers
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The Second World War greatly impacted the lives and everyday roles of Australian women from 1939 onwards. Women’s roles changed greatly and this had an impact on how society saw women in the workforce. During the war‚ women were encouraged to get a job as this was considered joining in on the war effort. Women were able to fill positions they had not been allowed to apply for‚ as they were previously thought to be male jobs. During the war‚ there was a major increase the amount of women in the workforce
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Jesus Christ was born for the world on Christmas day. He brought joy and hope to the world when he was born. However‚ over the years the focus of Christmas has changed. The world now has the focus of Christmas on Santa and presents. However‚ even though the focus has changed‚ Christmas still has the elements of joy and cheerfulness. Since the focus has drifted a little‚ the world has added a few more elements to the Christmas season. Christmas always has the elements of family traditions‚ planning
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Honor has always been a central aspect of one’s identity. People go great lengths to keep and prove their honor. We have all heard of honor‚ but what exactly is honor? Honor today is seen as one’s integrity or high public esteem. But it has not always been that way. Honor is a difficult concept to characterize due to the fact that the definition of honor has changed over time and varies from culture to culture. Honor in past times was very different from that of today. The definition of honor has
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How is it that English has become such a dominant world language? It is estimated that in the world today about two billion people have some working knowledge of English‚ and the language is spreading rapidly. It is safe to say that English has become the global language. Colonization under the British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries spread the English language around the world. English became the main language in many of these countries‚ for example Canada (where French was
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Has the treatment of asylum seekers significantly changed since the Rudd Government ended the ’Pacific Solution ’? The Australian government’s approach to asylum seekers has been highly controversial and well publicized‚ both nationally and internationally‚ over the past two decades. Australia is a state that has developed and grown through immigration‚ however all throughout its history‚ policies have been implemented to prevent foreign settlers from arriving in the country. While the Rudd government
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the battle axe‚ doctor’s hand maiden‚ sex objects or self-sacrificial angels (Stanley 2008); these names are all synonymous with popular stereotypes of a nurse. The public’s image has had an impact on nursing from the Crimean war era to present day in the 21st century. If nursing is to grow as a profession it has to meet a number of challenges due to society’s attitudes. This is an important issue for contemporary nursing. I feel the most pertinent of challenges nurses have is oppression in
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watched technology grow like a child budding into adulthood: It starts out mostly crying and pooping‚ then crawling‚ gradually learning to walk‚ and finally able to run at a speed we all wish we could keep up with. We’ve seen technology fail‚ and we’ve seen it succeed. We’ve poked fun at it when it doesn’t make sense‚ and we’ve praised it when it’s absolutely brilliant. We’ve yelled at it when it runs out of power‚ and we’ve fixed or replaced it when it gets run down. We treat technology as a family
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