"Comfort Women" Historians estimate there were between 80‚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
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A Man Who Became Pope Karol‚ or Pope Jonh Paul II as we know him‚ was one of the most couragous men because of all the hardships he faced in his lifetime.In the movie we only saw a small portion of them because the movie stopped right as he became pope. I am sure he faced many many more while serving his term as Pope. Being from Poland‚ and being a Catholic made him a prime target for discrimination back when the Natzis were trying to eliminate many different groups of people because of their
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Philip II of Spain The son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and Queen Isabella of Portugal‚ Philip II was a strong catholic King of Spain who led the inquisition against the protestants‚ and attempted to take over England with his great fleet of ships called the Spanish Armada. Philip II was born on May 21‚ 1526 and was the only legitimate son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (2). He ruled from 1556 up until his death in 1598. Philip tried to keep Spain as the leading power in Europe and the
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“ Appeasement created the opportunity for Hitler to start World War II.” To what extent do you agree with the statement? Explain you answer. The First World War ended in an Allied victory‚ but the economies of Britain and France were shattered. In order to rebuild their economies‚ they had to disarm rapidly. The First World War had also given rise to strong anti-war sentiments‚ especially in Britain and France. Germany‚ who was blamed entirely for the outbreak of the First World War‚ received
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World War II is the greatest international conflict to ever occur; not because it was good‚ but because of its scale. It consisted of most‚ if not all of the world’s major powers of the time. Fighting took place from the beaches of Normandy in France to Midway Atoll in the pacific. There were many causes that led to this extensive war‚ one being the failure of the League of Nations to stop the aggression of the Third Reich‚ and another being the policy of appeasement‚ which failed to satisfy Hitler’s
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US ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II US ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II The United States entered the war for one main reason the attack on Pearl Harbor but a number of events led the United States to ally itself indirectly with Britain before the attack on Pearl Harbor despite its initial convictions to stay neutral. Events Before US Entry The United States ADOPTED POLICIES TO KEEP ITSELF FROM BEING FINANCIALLY and militarily INVOLVED WITH THE war. Since loans they had made to countries in Europe during World War
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African-American soldiers and civilians fought a two-front battle during World War II. There was the enemy overseas‚ and also the battle against prejudice at home. "Soldiers were fighting the world ’s worst racist‚ Adolph Hitler‚ in the world ’s most segregated army‚" says historian Stephen Ambrose. "The irony did not go unnoticed." As the U.S. government called for volunteers to the Army and defense industries at the onset of World War II‚ thousands of African Americans came forward‚ but were not given the
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military and producing war equipment. By 1939 Hitler was ready to take back what was Germanys. Invasion of Poland by the Germany 1939 Poland September 1939‚ the Germans Army begins its ruthless march of conquest‚ and sets the stage for World War II. Poland and its 34 million people are crush‚ scattered or enslaved by the German juggernaut. Over tens of thousands of square mile are engulfed by movement of Hitler armoured vehicles with lightning speed‚ the World learns of BLITZKRIG. Success comes
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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? What
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GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II The reconstruction of Germany was a long process. After World War II‚ Germany had suffered heavy losses‚ both in lives and industrial power. 7.5 million Germans had been killed‚ roughly 11 percent of the population (see also World War II casualties). The country’s cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the War and agricultural production was only 35 percent of what it was before the war. At the Potsdam conference‚ the victorious Allies
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