The beginning of World War II. The contestants in WWII were divided into two groups‚ the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The following countries were in the Allied Powers: Soviet Union‚United States‚Britain‚ China‚ France‚ Poland‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands. The Axis Powers consisted of the following: Germany‚ Japan‚and Italy. The Allied Powers during WWII were those that opposed the Axis Powers. At the beginning of war‚ Britain and the Commonwealth Nations stood almost alone‚ but the United
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Causes of World War II The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s the people in Germany were very poor. There were not many jobs and the price of food and basic goods was high. People were dissatisfied with the government and voted to power a man who promised to rip up the Treaty of Versailles. His name was Adolf Hitler. The causes of World War Two can be divided into long term causes and
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World War one was a worldwide that was centered in Europe. The war began on the 28th of July 1914; this was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria who was a royal prince of Hungary and an archduke of Austria-Este. The war subsided over four years later on the 11th of November 1918. The war was fought by two conflicting alliances‚ these were the Triple Entente and this included the French republic‚ the British Empire and the Russian Empire (Italy later joined in 1915
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World War I was the result of chain-reacting events; originated from the Crises in the Balkans which led to the Collapse of Bismarckian Alliances. The creation of The Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance further escalated the tension contributing to the outbreak of the war. Increase in international tension‚ caused by the division of Europe into two armed camps‚ provoked fear of war and prompted military alliances and an arms race. The system maintained the balance of power in Europe after the
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The Vietnam war was an armed conflict‚ lasting from 1963 to 1973‚ during which America and the Capitalist South Vietnamese Army fought against the communist resistance group‚ the Vietcong. Although America was far wealthier and technologically superior at this point‚ all their military might could not defeat the nation of Vietnamese peasants which formed the Vietcong. Part of the reason for the Vietcong’s success is due to each party’s reason for their involvement. America fought to prevent The
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The great was also known as World War 1 was a massive war that included many of the major powers of the world at the time. It is also the first time that the United States was seen as a major world power. It had more deaths than any other war up to this point and spanned from 1914 to 1918. The tension started with the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria. This angered a lot of countries in the Balkans that had alliances. The Austria-Hungary leadership was angry with Serbia and began
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World War 1 was one of the bloodiest wars the world has ever seen. Ten million soldiers died on the battlefields and in the military hospitals; twenty million soldiers were wounded (Intro). At first‚ Europeans wanted a balanced power‚ but then alliances started to form. Many things caused World War 1 to happen but some things stuck out as big factors. Alliances‚ militarism‚ imperialism and nationalism were all underlying causes of World War 1. Alliances were one of the main causes of World War
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Causes of the Second World War I believe Hitler’s actions and the appeasement that followed it are the key reasons for the outbreak of World War 2.Hitler’s foreign policy was firstly German need more Lebensraum and secondly to unite all German speaking people under one Reich in a Pan-German Empire. He did this in 2 phases: Phase 1 - 1933-1937 – Cautious Expansion Phase 2 - 1937-1939 – Aggressive Expansion Phase 1: In 1933 Hitler
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Women in World War One Shea Banting Before August 1914‚ women lived in a male- dominated society. It was WWI that was a crucial time for women. Women had the chance to prove that they were capable of more than cleaning‚ house chores and caring for their children. Many men were off to war‚ resulting in job opportunities lots of openings in employment. Women started to replace men. In 1917 it was surveyed that: -68% of women changed jobs since the war began -16% had moved out of domestic
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Which one of the Superpowers was most responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War? From the late 1940s to the early 1990s‚ the USA and the USSR were in a state of "Cold War". The United States and USSR never fought each other in a direct military confrontation‚ but both superpowers threatened each other with nuclear annihilation and participated frequently in "proxy Wars" by supporting allied nations in numerous "hot" Wars. Such as‚ the Vietnam War‚ the Korean War‚ The Angolan War‚ etc. What seems
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