world war Life in the 1930’s Sports: during the great depression‚ people were miserable. There was barley any good news in the papers. The best way to escape being miserable in that decade was sports. The soccer world cup‚ hockey‚ boxing and the summer olympics of 1936 were all great entertainment for the people stuck in the depression Transportation: transportation was different back then from what it is today. They usually used cars or street cars to get from one place to another in a
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between good and evil‚ a war over resources‚ countries call to justice; these are usually the words we hear when we consider when we think of September 1st‚ 1939 and what became known as the tragic Second Great War or World War 2. The war officially started when Germany‚ under the influence of Adolf Hitler‚ introduced rapid militarization and a grasp for important resources seized control of Poland. Just two days after the fateful attack‚ Britain and France declared war on the Third Reich. Now as
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struggling country‚ be a humanitarian aid or to bring peace‚ justice and freedom into the world. As one of the biggest and most powerful democracy governments in the world‚ the U.S. has a right to‚ but when is enough involvement? Although American foreign policies have been praised by many‚ they have also been cursed just as much. A key moment in American foreign policy history was during the Cold War era. During the Cold War the main priority of the U.S. was ending communism which eve n meant siding with
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World War Two Causes Information and Activity Worksheets Ages 11 - 14 H Y Wheeler Worksheets This booklet has been printed and sold by History on the Net to be used as a teaching resource The purchaser is entitled to photocopy these pages for personal‚ educational or non-profit usage provided that the copyright notice is not removed The copyright of this booklet and its contents remains the property of H Y Wheeler and History on the Net © 2005 H Y Wheeler History on the Net Section 1 Introduction
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________________________________________ Bismarck’s Foreign Policy 1871-1890 Events 1873 Formation of the Dreikaiserbund 1878 The Congress of Berlin 1879 The Dual Alliance 1881 The renewal of the Dreikaiserbund 1887 The Reinsurance Treaty. Key point: Diplomatic genius guided by the principles of keeping France isolated and remaining on good terms with both Austria and Russia. Introduction: Bismarck had defeated each of his enemies – Denmark‚ Austria‚ and France – in isolation. He realised
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Bismarck’s Foreign Policy Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) ruled Germany’s foreign policy from 1871 until 1890. He won over Prussia’s elected representatives by unifying Germany‚ first the north (1866) and then (in 1871) the whole of ‘Lesser Germany.’ In 1870‚ the French government blundered into a conflict with Prussia. By declaring war‚ the French fell into a trap that the Prussian king’s chief minister‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ had carefully laid for them. War against France‚ the ‘traditional enemy’
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Kennedy’s foreign policy Overview: * Dominated by American Soviet relations * Revolved around interventions in the context of the stages of the cold war Key features: * Anti-communist * Shifting policy from coexistence to containment * Strength via strategic alliances: NATO The cold war: * Period of intense hostility‚ tensions and contest between USA and soviet union. Mainly due to conflicting ideologies‚ communist vs democratic capitalist. * Soviets created the
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"Causes and effects of World War II" In the Soviet Union‚ under the rule of Lenin‚ a dictatorship was set up that firmly controlled the country. Lenin died in 1924‚ and Joseph Stalin became the new Soviet dictator in 1929. In Germany‚ Adolf Hitler turned the country into a dictatorship. The Nazi party gained much strength due to the Treaty of Versailles which forced Germany to surrender territory and pay reparations. Hitler vowed to ignore the treaty and repair Germany’s name in society. Hitler believed
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was World War II Hitler`s war? The second World War can be considered “Hitler`s war” due to Adolf Hitlers responsibility and actions that caused the war. He had an enormous impact and role on many events such as secretly increasing the size fo the army‚which made World War 2 possible. On the other hand‚ the failure of the League of Nations and defects in the Treaty of Versailles also triggered the outbreak of the war. It gave Hitler many oppurtunities to support his ambitions and policies. Hitlers
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When Hitler first came to power he was determined to make Germany a great power again and to dominate Europe. Set out in Mein kampf‚ Hitlers main aims of foreign policy were‚ to destroy the Treaty of Versailles imposed on Germany after its defeat in World War One‚ to unite all german speakers together in one country‚ and to expand eastwards into the East (Poland‚ Russia) to gain Lebensraum for Germany. Given Germany’s weaknesses in 1933‚ Hitler realised that he had to move cautiously. The German
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