1st Jan‚ 1610 Galileo discovers rings of Saturn. This was an important discovery in the world of astronomy. Using the newly invented telescope‚ Galileo paved the way for others to search the skies and discover more about the universe around us. 1st Jan‚ 1611 King James Version of the Bible is published. This was the first published English translation of the Bible. It is still very widely used all over the world. 20th Nov‚ 1616 Richelieu becomes French Minister of Foreign Affairs this had a huge
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Nuclear techniques were a major part of wars for the United States especially in world war II. In world war II nuclear techniques were used to help America in the war to promote their chances of them winning the war. During this time this was the nuclear age where the united states moved towards the nuclear age. The nuclear age was apart of the time where many of the war tactics were nuclear weapons. Americans in the war were helped severely by the efforts in the war with nuclear techniques. Many
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World War II occurred from 1939 to 1945. This war was fought between the Axis Powers (Germany‚ Japan and Italy) and the Allies (Soviet Union‚ United States‚ Great Britain and France). The war began when Germany invaded Poland on September 9th‚ 1939. The United States entered the war in 1941 when Japan surprise attacked Pearl Harbor‚ an American navy base in Oahu‚ Hawaii. Europe surrendered on May 8th‚ 1945‚ while the Allies were still at war with Japan. Japan shortly surrendered on August 14‚ 1945
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Was World War II inevitable in 1939? In the early hours of the 1st September 1939 German forces invaded Poland. 21 years after the end of World War I‚ the world had to face the beginning of another world war that should last 6 years. World War II was one of the most disastrous events in human history causing approximately 60 million deaths and destruction almost all over the globe (msn Encarta 2008). Winston Churchill wrote in the preface of his book about World War II (The Gathering Storm):
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expose the horrific experiences endured during World War II. My purpose was to inform readers of the factual details of what occurred on the battlefield including the lethal consequences of gas bombs. I thought a short story was an appropriate genre for my writing as in it I could describe characters‚ a particular setting‚ a series of events and my character could make a realisation about war. A short story also allowed me to focus on one particular event and in it I could convey a realistic account
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historical events have taken place that have affected my family such as the French Revolution‚ cultural and educational revolution in Guadeloupe‚ and World War II. However‚ even though my ancestors are separated by decades and thousands of miles‚ they are intrepid fearless men who are not afraid to do what they feel needs to be done. Guadeloupe is an Island in the French Caribbean which has a long history of plantations and colonization. Europeans colonized Guadeloupe
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propaganda played a major role in World War II by promoting national identity and unity. T World War II gave us countless examples of wartime propaganda posters that engaged Propaganda posters‚ fabricated by both Allied and Axis nations‚ persuaded their populaces of the justness of their cause. These posters today can be found in museums and online‚ allowing us all to study different methods of national advertising in times of war. The War Production Board was established in 1942 to direct war production
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World War II was clearly worth it for many key reasons. Without the war countries could still be led by an dictator. People could still be in dreadful living conditions. Everything would be a lot different and there could still be concentration camps. Women might not even have rights or respect that they do today. Men would still be subduing women because they felt that women were inferior to men. To start‚ when the war came upon us it opened job opportunity’s for women. Some of those jobs included
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History 103 Sec 002 Fall Term Research Paper In what specific ways did the Second World War change the lives of women in Canada and/or the United States? Were the changes merely temporary or did they sow the seeds of collapse for traditional gender roles? * * The Second World War dramatically changed the lives of women in both Canada and the United States‚ on every level from political‚ to social‚ to sexual. Further‚ the changes in women’s lives during this time were not merely temporary
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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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