during World War II On 1 September 1939 the country of Germany led by Adolf Hitler invaded Poland using blitzkrieg tactics or in other words “lightning war”. As Germany is capturing Europe one country at a time Japan is doing the same except with Asia and Japan is also preparing for the attack of the United States naval base on the island of Oahu called Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor caused the United States to declare war on Japan‚ break isolationism and get deeply involved in World War
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On November 8‚ 1942‚ the military forces of the United States and the United Kingdom launched an amphibious operation against French North Africa‚ in particular the French-held territories of Algeria and Morocco. That landing‚ code-named ’Torch‚’ reflected the results of long and contentious arguments between British and American planners about the future course of Allied strategy — arguments that were finally stilled by the intervention of the American president‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt. In both a
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Segregation during World War II was at its lowest point in history‚ but one group called the Triple Nickles worked through it and became highly tuned fighting machines‚ never getting to show their worth in the front lines of the war. The African Americans of the 555th trained the same if not more than the regular caucasian paratrooper. Due to segregation of the time period all African Americans were treated worse than prisoners. Then they got a break‚ and felt their calling as smokejumpers out in
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World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945‚ although. It involved the majority of the world’s nations. It formed two opposing military alliances which were the Axis and Allies. Axis powers were Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ Hungary‚ Romania‚ and Bulgaria versus Allies which were United States‚ Britain‚ France‚ USSR‚ Yugoslavia‚ Australia‚ Belgium‚ Brazil‚ Canada‚ South Africa‚ China‚ Denmark‚ Greece‚ Netherlands‚ New Zealand‚ Norway‚ and Poland. World War II was the most widespread war
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In the midst of World War II the creation of nuclear weapons became a reality. After a long race between nations to figure out how to create a bomb‚ America won‚ with it’s elite team of scientists including Robert Oppenheimer and many others. After Otto Hahn‚ a German Physicist‚ discovered nuclear fission in 1944‚ which lead to him receiving the Nobel Peace Prize‚ the Manhattan Project was able to be a success. With this new power America was finally was finally able to end the war by bombing Nagasaki
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The British imperialism had a huge impact on the world. One main thing it effected was that it had broke the old age pattern of the agrarian economy. It had also forced the production of crops in many places. It had effected the geography‚ economics‚ and culture in primary and secondary sources. It had ended community handicrafts through the unbeatable competition of the I.N.P (Industrial Nations Product). British had an influence on the filed of economics such as modern human rights‚ scientific
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As the human population grows quickly‚ the world simultaneously is changing faster than we thought. From the articles in the Unit 1‚ I think authors tried to give us many information such as various predictions and possible facts to lead the global trend in 2030. Moreover‚ each articles include similar issues for the future in the world such as megatrend‚ scare resources‚ the role of geography‚ and so on. All authors from the Unit 1 talk about similar concepts for the future with different styles
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date where war in Europe finally ceased as Nazi Germany signed their instrument of surrender‚ however the Pacific War continued to rage on‚ with the Japanese’s refusal to surrender. After Six months of the relentlessly‚ intense bombing of 67 other cities of Japan‚ it was still unable to disclose the end of the War. Then August 6‚ 1945 - August 9‚ 1945‚ Under order of U.S. President Harry S. Truman‚ atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima‚ and Nagasaki‚ marking the only time nuclear weapons were used
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all of history. During his early years he painted in a realistic style creating detailed masterpieces and was already well on his way to becoming a great artist. Picasso went through many artistic phases in his life time‚ those of which would be his Blue Period‚ the Rose Period‚ the African-influenced Period‚ Analytic Cubism and finally Synthetic Cubism. Picasso revolutionized art in such a way that created waves throughout the modern age and thus affected the world of art itself. At a very young
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After world war 2 the united states emerged in many ways. They became one of two superpowers. For the United states to be a superpower‚ they need to have an overpowering economy‚ a strong military‚ extensive international political power. The United States had both a monopoly on atomic weapons and expanded production capacity after the war. The aftermath of World War II was the beginning of an era defined by the rise of one of the two superpowers. The super was known as powerful to other countries
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