Treaty of Versailles Yuhan Wang April 15th‚ 2013 A block HI211 Ms.Brenner In 1919‚ as the destructive World War I came to an end‚ many countries wanted to be paid back for their loss in the war. Not knowing who to target to pay for this mass destruction‚ many European countries decided to blame the entire war on the formerly powerful Germany. Many European countries gathered and wrote a treaty‚ later known as the treaty of Versailles for the Germans to sign. The European countries created an
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World War II has been the greatest war in human history‚ as such event was so important several things occurred and appeared through this period: millions of deaths‚ “the final solution” proposed by Adolf Hitler who was leading Germany‚ he started the war by his decisions supported by Japan principally but also by Italy. Technology was something that also evolved with tanks and new kinds of weapons the most devastating of all the nuclear bomb‚ the raise of two new countries with the power at the
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World War II is known for acts of heroism on both sides‚ as well as controversial decisions. One major event that has long been debated was the use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The reason Japan was threatened by the U.S. with the Atomic bomb was to force them to surrender. The war would have taken much longer had an invasion been attempted. An invasion would have cost more lives for both sides than the bombings. The Allies were justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Propaganda in World War II American Propaganda in World War II helped the war effort in many ways. Propaganda is using many different sources of materials to influence the way one thinks. It is very often used in wars to help influence the way the country feels and reacts to the war. Some ways they do this is stereotyping and half-truths among many other techniques to help with the effort o war and to help them win. America used many propaganda techniques in world war II. One of the
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World War One During a time of mass killings and violence‚ about 20 million people died from all different parts of the world. Multiple nations joined in the battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that ended in destruction. These nations included Britain‚ France‚ Italy‚ Austria‚ Sweden‚ Turkey‚ etc. Throughout the multiple years of war‚ they used tanks‚ airplanes‚ machine guns‚ along with other deadly weapons to kill so many people. The war officially started about one month after
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Was World War I primarily fought in the trenches? Life in the Trenches There was nothing glamorous about trench life. World War 1 trenches were dirty‚ smelly and riddled with disease. For soldier’s‚ life in the trenches meant living in fear. In fear of diseases (like cholera and trench foot) and of course‚ the constant fear of enemy attack. Trench warfare WW1 style is something all participating countries vowed never to repeat and the facts make it easy to see why. Photo- British troops sitting
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Many events led up to the war involving alliances and assassinations‚ but the confusion began when countries blamed other countries. Alliances‚ militarism‚ and colonization are the most important and effective causes of WWI. One of the main reasons war became global was the intervention of alliances. The Triple Alliance was caught between the Triple Entente causing disturbances. (A) Help from Russia and Britain got the entire continent of Europe involved. Because of so many alliances‚ each country
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GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II The reconstruction of Germany was a long process. After World War II‚ Germany had suffered heavy losses‚ both in lives and industrial power. 7.5 million Germans had been killed‚ roughly 11 percent of the population (see also World War II casualties). The country’s cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the War and agricultural production was only 35 percent of what it was before the war. At the Potsdam conference‚ the victorious Allies
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strategy — arguments that were finally stilled by the intervention of the American president‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt. In both a direct and an indirect sense‚ Torch’s impact was enormous on the course of Anglo-American strategy during the remainder of the war. It may have been the most important strategic decision that Allied leaders would make. In fact‚ this amphibious operation inevitably postponed the landing in France until 1944‚ but at the same time it allowed the United States to complete mobilization
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8-March-2014 The Aftermath of WWII From 1945 to 1950‚ there were many benefactors to the aftermath of World War II. There were events and programs that were set in place that significantly changed Europe and other countries involved. The Nuremberg Trials prosecuted the guilty and terrible leaders of the Nazi Party. The United Nations was set in place to prevent quarrels and other large-scale wars from happening. The United States faced the largest threat of all that would force them into heated correspondence
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