of suicide. Firstly‚ Altruistic suicide which occurs in society where individuals are strongly integrated into society: these individuals are so integrated they are willing to take their lives for the benefit of others. For example‚ Japanese Kamikaze pilots flying their planes into American warships for the benefit of their country. Secondly‚ Egoistic suicide which occurs when people are not integrated into society‚ they
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Totalitarianism - a centralized system of government where the State has complete power over all aspects of a person’s life (politically‚ economically‚ socially and culturally); totalitarianism tries to abolish all freedom Fascism - the political ideology that considers individuals as inferior to the State. Fascism promotes a dictatorial one-party rule‚ centralized control of private enterprise‚ repression of opposition‚ an extreme form of nationalism‚ and a denial of individual rights. Fascists
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it‚ Clutching my bottle Of pink fizz. A celebration‚ this is. Out of a gap A million soldiers run‚ Redcoats‚ every one. Whose side are they on? O my Homunculus‚ I am ill. I have taken a pill to kill The thin Papery feeling. Saboteur‚ Kamikaze man ---- The stain on your Gauze Ku Klux Klan Babushka Darkens and tarnishes and when The balled Pulp of your heart Confronts its small Mill of silence How you jump ---- Trepanned veteran‚ Dirty girl‚ Thumb stump. Reading the
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that currently shape the world. Rationing: the controlled distribution of resources and scarce goods or services. Kamikaze: suicide attacks by military aviators from the Empire of Japan against Allied shipping‚ in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II‚ to destroy as many warships as possible. Tuskegee Airmen: the popular name of a group of African American pilots who flew with distinction during World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the US Army Air Corps. 442nd Regimental
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prominence of the Samurai and its place in ancient Japanese culture‚ how for generations Japanese warriors were taught to give their own lives before bringing dishonor onto their family names. Chang compares this to the occurrences of numerous kamikaze pilot suicides recorded during WWII‚ of how that ’death before dishonor’ mentality still survived to that generation of Japanese fighters. Chang also points out that throughout the years Japanese education had systematically taught to children intense
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Everybody knows about the atomic bomb‚ but not everybody is aware of the story behind it. The atomic bomb is arguably one of the most iconic turning points in history. There are many takes on whether this invention was beneficial or unnecessary. At first‚ the bomb was built out of spite to beat the Germans; later on‚ it was used against Japan after Pearl Harbor. This complex weapon needs many people to participate in its creation. The reason the project started was to surpass the Germans in creating
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outer fuel tanks that could be dropped after being emptied. At first it was able to out maneuver all of the other planes until the Hellcats came along. Because of the Hellcats easily beating them‚ near the end of the war they were used mainly as kamikaze attacks. By the end‚ over 10‚430 Zeros were made (“Zero‚ Japanese
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On August 6‚ 1945‚ a US Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber‚ named the Enola Gay‚ piloted by Colonel Paul Tibbets‚ dropped a nuclear weapon nicknamed Little Boy over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Enola Gay opened its bay doors and dropped Little Boy at approximately 8:15 a.m. local time. Upon reaching 1900 feet above the city‚ Little Boy detonated. The initial blast killed over 45‚000 people instantly (Lallanilla‚ 2014). Some people believe that this was inhumane; however‚ the bombing made the
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Coral Sea‚ El Alamein‚ Battle of Stalingrad‚ “Final Solution” Phase IV (1943~Aug 1945): Fall of Italy‚ D-Day‚ Firebombing battle of bulge‚ Germany Surrender‚ atomic bomb PracticesBlitzkrieg‚ aircraft carrier‚ navy‚ aerial bombing‚ atomic bomb‚ kamikaze pilots‚ island hopping | Consequences | * Treaty of Versailles * Improvement in status of women * LON * Caused shift in power totalitarian states * Death toll/ debt | * G & J defeated unconditional surrender * Destruction *
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World War II was a war that took a lasting toll on the world‚ lasting from about 1931-1945. The Holocaust‚ the Rape of Nanjing‚ Nazis‚ the Pearl Harbor attack‚ and dropping an atomic bomb are major a few major events during World War II. During this war‚ there are many underlying factors similar to the first world war‚ for example‚ there were new alliances formed and the war was an arms race. World War II can be connected to some of the worst times in history as people developed devastating weapons
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