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    WW II Torture tactics Some of the World war II torture tactics may have been the cruelest of all time. Stories from prisoners of war are horrifying‚ an example of one by Ian Cobain is‚ The German SS officer was fighting to save himself from the gallows for a terrible war crime and might say anything to escape the noose. But Fritz Knöchlein was not lying in 1946 when he claimed that‚ in captivity in London‚ he had been tortured by British soldiers to force a confession out of him Torturing them in

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    World War II was a war spanning from 1939-1945 in which the Canadian army fought battles worldwide and contributed greatly to the allied victory in the war. Many Canadians fighting in the war were part of a gruelling Italian campaign. The army first landed on the Italian island of Sicily‚ where they then made their way deeper into Italy‚ fighting battles in Ortona‚ Cassino and Rome. Secondly‚ some soldiers who were part of the Canadian army went to Hong Kong to fight the Japanese. The Canadians were

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    Count: 2900 What are the main obstacles to cooperation? The world we live in always seems to contain wars and conflicts. Just by looking back over 100 years‚ the history is filled with major wars like the two World Wars‚ the constant scare of escalation of threat during the Cold War and more recently The Afghan and Iraq War. Despite the fact that people always talk about the need for peace‚ the world is instead filled with fear and constant security threats. Since the First World War many theorists

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    World War III (abbreviated as WWIII‚ also known as the Third World War) is the hypothetical future successor to World War II (1939–1945). In fiction‚ the war is often suggested to be nuclear and extremely devastating in nature. This war is anticipated and planned for by military and civil authorities‚ and explored in fiction by many authors all around the world. Concepts range from purely conventional scenarios or a limited use of nuclear weapons to the destruction of the planet. With the development

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    World War 1 Have you ever wondered what World War 1 was like? Do you ever wonder how many people died to save our country and for World War 1 was like our freedom? Over 18 million deaths and 21 million wounded. They were fighting people for 4 years‚ 1914-1918. Each side had many reinforcements to take place after one died. One died each minute or hour. They had men dying each day‚ each week‚ each month‚ and each year. World War 1 was also known as the War to End All Wars. The commander of British

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    Australian POWs in World War II. Being captured as a POW in WW2 was never a good position to be in regardless of what nationality you were and who had captured you. Each country had their own system for managing POWs‚ some of which were definitely better than others but none were ever overly pleasant for the captives. Australian solders were captured and held by three different countries. These countries were: Germany‚ Italy and Japan. Being captured by the German side was the best option out

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    Pinpointing the Start of World War 3 This article will challenge your understanding of prophecy‚ do you have the courage to face the truth? One of the most misunderstood facets of prophecy study is the question‚ "When does world war 3 begin according to the scriptures?" Tons of books have been written proposing that WW3 starts after the rapture and before the beginning of the end-times 7 year period‚ or proposed that WW3 begins sometime during the first 3.5 years in the Tribulation period‚ or

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    Although World War II originated in Europe‚ Japan’s views on expansion aligned well with Germany’s and led to a strong alliance between the two‚ allowing war to spread towards the Pacific. Prior to Germany’s expansion into Sudetenland‚ Rhineland‚ and annexation of Austria‚ Germany had already withdrawn from the League of Nations. Hitler had convinced all of Germany that they needed Lebensraum or “Living Space” for the Aryan race‚ otherwise known as Germans (Fascist Expansion Notes). This push for

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    can buy food from anywhere you want‚ but what about the World War Two soldiers‚ why couldn’t they get whatever they wanted. World War Two soldiers had limited protein on their canned food back then‚ in this day and age you can get protein from anywhere. Food is a very scarce resource and it was relied a lot by the soldiers‚ in which they got small portions of it. “The history of World War Two foods. There were no supermarkets you had to grow your own‚ or buy them from different shops.”( “Mainly

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    of WWII World War II is looked upon with greatness for our nation due to the success of defeating the Japanese‚ but many fail to realize what we did the innocent ones living within the United States. Similar to the Germans during World War I‚ America had built concentration camps of their own. (“Japanese-American Internment”) Nisei‚ also known as Japanese-Americans‚ were imprisoned in these camps. (“Japanese-American Internment”) What happened to the Japanese-Americans during World War II and why

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