chatter about how the day is going to be or something funny a child saw on television. Now‚ imagine waking up and being afraid‚ the same question running over and over through your head‚" Is my family going to perish in a nuclear explosion‚ are we going to war with America today?" This is what it was like for many people living in the Soviet Union‚ a.k.a the USSR‚ or present day Russia‚ around 1985 during the Cold War. The Cold War was a period of tension and‚ on many occasions‚ near-war conflicts mostly
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Stalin was the dictator of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1929 to 1953. He was born December 18‚ 1878 and he died in 1953. He was born in Georgia. He was the leader of the Soviet Union‚ he ordered every citizen to the Soviet Union to not surrender and to use a single drop of blood. By saying this he is ordering a massacre killing 27 million soviets in WW2. He killed dissidents‚ sent millions of untrained Russians into the war and industrialized the Soviet Union‚ which required more killing
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living in a prison-like camp during the duration of the horrible and bloody World War II? On December 7‚ 1941‚ Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. Within the first two months of this tragic event’s occurrence‚ 120‚000 Japanese Americans including my father‚ were taken to internment camps. It was horrifying to see him leave with a look of sadness‚ disgust‚ and wonder on his face. Little did I know‚ I was not to see this important figure in my life for some time: the entirety of this world wide catastrophe. He was
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D-Day for one day‚ and the invasion took place on June 6‚ 1944. Utilizing over four thousand warships‚ almost ten thousand aircraft‚ and approximately one hundred sixty thousand troops‚ it was the largest amphibious invasion in the history of the world (“Eisenhower Decides on D-Day”). Though many Allied lives were lost‚ the invasion was a success‚ because Eisenhower was determined to defeat Nazi Germany‚ despite the
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The Cold War was a memorable and long-standing conflict in recent history‚ where the United States and the Soviet Union competed for influence for the rest of the world. After World War II‚ traditional colonial powers‚ such as England and France‚ struggled to retain their colonies and global influence in the world. France tried to reclaim their colonies in Indochina after the collapse of the Japanese empire. Whereas‚ the United States had substantially developed into a dominant power that had valued
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World War II: The American Experience HIS120 Date World War II: The American Experience It is no known secret that America attempted to reframe from becoming a part of what was projected as being a major war which started with the European culture. Historians believe that the second war was a contribution of the Great Depression which caused for America to seize from their investments in Europe. This caused for a struggle of power in Europe which provide an opportunity for Hitler and Stalin
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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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The war had a major effect on America‚ one of which led to protecting its maritime rights. The British naval forces were defeated and compelled to leave American waterways‚ relieving the latter of the pressure of securing its sailors. The outcome of the war brought into the limelight the nation’s place in the world by sounding a warning to the rest of the world that America was a major power that could challenge any country in case it national interests are endangered. Consequently‚ this gave America
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During World War II there were many escape attempts by the allied prisoners from the German prisoner of war (POW) camps‚ some successes‚ some failures‚ but as shown by these attempts there were many different types of ways that they tried to escape. Some used tunnels‚ others used game boards‚ or disguising‚ but of all the many different types of escapes‚ it was the escapes that used tunnels that were the most successful. The most well known tunnel escape was “The Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III
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World War I changed the world in a way that nothing had before. Everybody was appalled by the horrors of a conflict on such a large scale. The aftermath of World War I left the world changed forever. One such country began a major change before the war even ended‚ and resulted in a major revolution. The Soviet Union was affected in a way not many countries were. The way the entire country was run changed. Vladimir Ilych Ulyanov‚ aka “Lenin”‚ saw the rise of the Bolshevik government after World War
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