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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Leading up to World War II The devastation of the Great War (as World War I was known at the time) had greatly destabilized Europe‚ and in many respects World War II grew out of issues left unresolved by that earlier conflict. In particular‚ political and economic instability in Germany‚ and lingering resentment over the harsh terms imposed by the Versailles Treaty‚ fueled the rise to power of Adolf Hitlerand his National Socialist (Nazi) Party. After becoming Reich Chancellor in 1933‚ Hitler
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Cheyenne Czarnick U.S. History p. 1 11/6/2014 By the spring of 1941‚ intensifying divergence and tensions between the United States and Japan made it apparent the two countries were headed straight for an altercation. Franklin D. Roosevelt had sanctioned Japan by cutting off their U.S. oil supply because he feared that Japan was going to take over Southeast Asia‚ which therefore would threaten Great Britain’s ability to oppose Nazi aggression in Europe. Japan was a relatively isolated group of
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World war 1- diseases and women’s roles Even when the soldiers were not being attacked it was still very hard to survive during World War 1. During world war 1 the disease of the trenches started going around. The soldiers had to live in trenches that were built in the ground‚ these holes were filled with water. The soldiers had to stand in these holes almost all day which meant they had their feet wet and cold all the time. When it was time to rest they could finally take their shoes off the only
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WW2 was a very bloody war and it was kind of good for America because it gave women the chance to have jobs and not just be a stay at home mom/wife. On september 16‚1940 congress passed the first peacetime military act‚ This act ordered men from the ages of 21-35 to be trained for battle in 12 months but that was before Pearl Harbor had gotten attacked. After Pearl Harbor congress passed the Selective Service Act which extended drafting to 18-38 years to join the military‚ But men 18-65 had no
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they stayed to face it‚ their lives would have been almost certainly ruined or often taken by air raids. Evacuation gave these children and Britain a future to look to after the war. However‚ there were problems facing the hosts and evacuees alike during these years. Evacuation uncovered many social ills and did not entirely protect children from trauma. Evacuation highlighted many cultural and lifestyle clashes‚ with city life opposing rural life. Many mothers were uncertain in the first place whether
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The World Wars are extremely interesting to study and learn about. There are huge amounts of information that most people don’t know or think that happened in both Wars. They have War ending weapons in World War one‚ but in World War two they were about taking the world. The Wars had reasons for beginning‚ they had type of weapons that caused the massacre‚ they had the invention of the tank‚ and how they ended. The first World War also known as “The Great War”. It was the war to end all wars. It
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BATTLE OF PASSCHENDAELE 1914 One of many important battles in 1914 in which both sides attempted to fight a war of movement which would see the war ended by December 1914. It was also important in contributing to the stalemate which eventuated at the end of 1914. It heralded the failure of the Schlieffen Plan. The importance of this battle is that it was the culmination by both sides of any attempt at a war of movement‚ as it was realized that frontal offensives were impossible. Thus the ‘race
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World War I‚ also known as the First World War‚ the Great War and the War to End All Wars‚ was a global military conflict which took place primarily in Europe from 1914 to 1918.[2] Over 40 million casualties resulted‚ including approximately 20 million military and civilian deaths.[3] Over 60 million European soldiers were mobilized from 1914 1918.[4] The immediate cause of the war was the June 28‚ 1914 assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ by Gavril Principe
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War I‚ out of 10‚000 American soldiers‚ 141 were killed by disease which is greater than those dying from enemy attacks. Changes were beginning to be seen during the next World War‚ the death rate from disease in WWII was only 6 in 10‚000 soldiers‚ compared from 141 in 10‚000 soldiers in WWI. Disease contributed to these shocking numbers during wartime‚ 60% of all influenza–pneumonia deaths affected soldiers who had been in the service less than 4 months. Specifically‚ the total number of influenza
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