Communism: Post World War II events and Their Impact on the American People. America has experienced social‚ political and economic events that have greatly shaped this nation and impacted its people in the decades following World War II. Most political and social events had an influence on the citizens of America. Certain events were so profound that they remain in the minds of generations not born in these times. The impact of these events will be touched on throughout this paper analyzing
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Causes of World War II World War I was one of the most destructive wars in modern history. Nearly ten million soldiers died as a result of hostilities. The enormous losses on all sides of the conflict resulted in part from the introduction of new weapons‚ like the machine gun and gas warfare‚ as well as the failure of military leaders to adjust their tactics to the increasingly mechanized nature of warfare. A policy of attrition‚ particularly on the Western Front‚ cost the lives of hundreds of
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Australia’s Response to the threat of Communism Australia’s Response to the threat of Communism Australia’s response to the threat of communism after WW2 was extraordinary. Australia and its politicians immediately recognised what could happen of a result of the domino theory. With the Soviet Union influencing so many countries and causing China‚ Vietnam‚ and North Korea to turn Communist it was only matter of time until it reached Australia‚ and all in all this was when Australia took action
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Russian Revolution and Tsar Nicholas II The Russian Revolution‚ a 20th century period of political and social change‚ had many factors‚ the most impactful being Tsar Nicholas II’s incompetence. His self-centered goals and struggles to meet the people’s needs caused uprisings throughout Russia. We see Tsar Nicholas II’s incompetence in his overall management ability‚ how he reacted to Bloody Sunday‚ and his delegation of power to his wife. When Nicholas II became Tsar in 1896 following his father’s
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How did the Australian Government respond to the threat of communism both within Australia and in Asia? The Australian Government responded to the threat of communism in Asia including forward defence‚ the ANZUS Treaty and the SEATO Alliance. Within Australia‚ the responses included a referendum to ban Communist Party and the Petrov Affair. Forward Defence was a foreign policy used by the Australian Government in response to the threat of communism. The Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam
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Poland in 1939‚ the United States knew that another World War was coming on. After World War I America decided that they did not want to be involved in another war due to the devastation that it had caused before. However President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided differently. With competing views among the isolationists and the interventionists‚ FDR concluded that the only way for the Great Depression to end was to become involved in another war. The Great Depression destroyed the economies of the
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Causes of World War II The culmination of events that led to World War II are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war and/or armed resistance. In the aftermath of World War I‚ a defeated Germany signed
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centered around strengthening German morale and the incentive to prepare for war by emphasizing their superiority
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Australia’s response to the threat of communism Communism is a system of social organization in which all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self-perpetuating political party. In theory‚ under communism‚ all means of production are owned in common‚ rather than by individuals. In practice‚ a single authoritarian party controls both the political and economic systems. ‘During the Cold War period Australia responded in various ways to the
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The Aftermath of World War II Introduction: World War II ended with the surrender of the Axis powers. A week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide‚ Germany surrendered‚ on May 7th to the Western Allies‚ and on May 8th to the Soviet Union in 1945. Japan was able to pull through for few months‚ but soon atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the USA on August 6th and 9th respectively. This finally convinced the Japanese Government that they had no choice but to surrender. The
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