World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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World War One or The Great War’ as it became known‚ occurred due to many causes‚ some of which still remain unexposed today. The obvious trigger for the war was the assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie on 28th June 1914. The assassination occurred during the Archduke’s visit to Sarajevo‚ the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Archduke was targeted due to the general feeling amongst Serbians that‚ once appointed to the throne
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Germany suffered great losses after being defeated in World War One. The Treaty of Versailles had crippled Germany economically and socially‚ taking away large chunks of German land and population. The aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy were to regain all that Germany had lost‚ and in order to do so‚ he would have to undo what the Treaty of Versailles had done. His objective was very clear and consistent‚ and in order to achieve his aims‚ he would have to take full advantage of the situation‚ exploiting
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For a time during the 1970’s it seemed that the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had finally begun to thaw. President Nixon and Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev had agreed to SALT I or the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; an agreement to limit the number of nuclear weapons that each nation kept in their arsenal. Along with the SALT I agreement came “the adoption of a new policy method‚ détente‚ which would dominate U.S. and Soviet policy for the next decade” [1] an agreement
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World War I was an event that caused almost 10 million deaths in Europe‚ therefore killing off almost a generation of Europeans. It ended empires in Russia‚ Germany‚ and Austria Hungary and caused Russia to turn to communism and become a totalitarian state with Stalin in power. It created more rights for women and changed the social perspective of life to gloomy and pessimistic. The Congress of Vienna of 1814‚ created a long-lasting peace in Europe completed with regular peace meeting which proposed
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During the second world war‚ propaganda played a huge role in several countries‚ primarily Nazi Germany. The German government relied heavily on propaganda in order to win the war. The German government used this in order to help with the morals of fighting German troops‚ to gain the support of their population‚ and to dehumanize the enemy making it easier for the soldiers to carry out their duties. Propaganda in Nazi Germany was taken to a whole new level. It was taken very seriously because Hitler understood the value of
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The Great War The Great War‚ also known as World War I‚ was a global war centered in Europe that began in July of 1914 and lasted until November of 1918. This war drew in all the worlds’ economics great powers‚ which were separated into two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies were based off of the Triple Entente‚ The United Kingdom‚ France‚ and the Russian Empire and the Central Powers consisted of Germany‚ Austrian Hungary and the Ottoman Empire. Many factors lead
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1. Introduction The goals and norms of American foreign policy can be traced over a number of centuries. Starting in 1776‚ foreign policy in the United States (US) has gone through a rollercoaster of competing strategies and schools of thought. Two competing strategies of Isolationism and Internationalism have taken their turns headlining the foreign policy principles of various American governments. Importantly‚ the reasons for the to and fro movement between these two extremes can not be linked
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World War Two TimeLine Key: -Pact/Treaties -Meetings/ Conferences -Important event -Agreements/ Acts -Attacks/Battles The Holocaust Begins: 1933 Nazis made a persecution government policy They passed laws forbidding Jews to hold public office 1935 The Nuremberg Laws passed‚ with deprived Jews of their rights to German citizenship jobs‚ and property. November 9‚ 1938 The night of the Broken glass occurred also known as the Kristallnacht This was the first act of
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Foreign Policy Coming out of World War I‚ the United States emerged as the most powerful nation in the world. The president at this time was the Progressive Woodrow Wilson. Wilson came up with a plan for long lasting peace at the conclusion of the war called the Fourteen Points. One of these points was the League of Nations which was Wilson’s favorite thing. This part of Wilson’s plan stated‚ "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual
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