During March of 1945‚ the war in Europe was finally over. Germany surrendered to the Allies‚ and Hitler was out of the picture entirely. With the war in the east finished‚ the US now focused on defeating Japan in the Pacific. Harry S. Truman‚ the president and Commander and Chief of the Armed Forces at the end of the war‚ decided to use the first and second atomic bombs on Japan to end the war all together. He chose to do so due to America’s need to end the war and Japan’s resilience against surrendering
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13.4.3.5 Hygiene: The prisoners msut be given clean drinking water facilities‚ bathing anf washing facilities‚ hygienic sanitation with proper and adequate water supply with a provision of separate toilets for transgenders‚ proper drainage system with timely maintenance as per the prescribed standards. 13.4.3.6. Clothing and beddings Neat and clean beddings and clothes with the facility to clean and wash the clothes must be provided. 13.4.3.7. Food : The prisoners must be provided with healthy
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the World War II‚ the Japanese army murdered about 3‚000‚000 to around 15‚000‚000 of people. Millions of those executed were Chinese‚ Indonesians‚ Koreans‚ Filipinos‚ Indochinese and prisoners of war (Rummel). China was the top country with the most casualties of civilians. Cities and towns were completely destroyed by the Japanese army. Many times people call these years the “Asian Holocaust” due to its immense similarities to the Holocaust. Which also happened at the same time during World War
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Professor O’Neill Atlantic Worlds II April 16th 2010 Characterizing the First World War as an epidemic of miscalculation‚ President John F. Kennedy pondered‚ “they somehow seemed to tumble into war … through stupidity‚ individual idiosyncrasies‚ misunderstandings‚ and personal complexes of inferiority and grandeur” (49). Reflecting upon these miscalculations‚ Robert F. Kennedy’s Thirteen Days documents the Cuban Missile Crisis and catalogues the President’s contemplative action amidst potential
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took place. It was World War II. The Nazi Regime‚ led by Adolf Hitler‚ was waging war across Europe. Occupied Poland became the place where those prisoners and captives held by the Nazis were sent to be eliminated. From 1941 through 1945 a total of some 3.5 million Jews met their deaths in Nazi extermination camps. These "death camps" as they are often referred to had the single goal of eliminating the Jews while hiding these crimes under a shroud from the rest of the world. Unlike the "concentration
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Essay of Analysis Germany and Japan both played vital roles in World War 2‚ their positions as Axis powers and their strategic advantage at the beginning of the war made them both aggressive in their nature - this led to Germany’s initial invasion of Belgium‚ which started the war and Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii leading to the systematic and official inclusion of America into the war. Germany‚ before the start of World War 2 was a fast growing and economically stable country‚ unlike the
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in the workforce for the first time‚ a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women’s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession” (Cauchon). Just as the current recession has impacted the way that women exist in the workforce‚ so too did past national events influence women’s roles in the workplace. In the early twentieth century‚ it was rare for women to work outside of the home; World War II‚ with its incredibly high draft rate‚ left a labor gap in the United States that
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1.) A Nation refers only to a socio-cultural entity‚ a union of people sharing who can identify culturally and linguistically. This concept does not necessarily consider formal political unions. For example – Both Belgium and Canada are Nations. b.) a state- refers to a legal / political entity that is compromised of the following. * Permanent population * A defined territory *A government‚ the capacity to enter into relations with other states. For example- California is a state Nation-
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000 and 200‚000 comfort women during World War II. Of these many were from the Korean peninsula‚ China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Netherlands‚ and the Philippines. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) More than half of the 169 comfort women survivors in the Philippines were below age 20 when kidnapped by the now-defunct Japanese Imperial Army troops. ("Comfort women protest texts‚" UPI‚ 2 May 1997) Australian and American men have taken "temporary wives" during their
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With the war‚ came devastation‚ depression‚ deprivation‚ and death. During World War II over 290‚000 American servicemen were killed in action. It cost the U.S. over $350 billion. One of the first major impacts felt was with the labor shortages when the men went off to war. Many jobs that men originally had were left up to the women to handle when wartime came. More and more women entered the workforce taking up jobs that were reserved for men in the industry. Women changed a lot in this time. I
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