Early Life Pope John Paul II was born as Karol Józef Wojtyła on May 18‚ 1920. He was born in a Polish town called Wadowice‚ Poland‚ which is about 35 miles Southwest of Krakow. Wadowice is a town that was 80% Catholic and 20% Jewish. His father‚ also Karol Wojtyla‚ was a retired Army officer and tailor‚ while his mother‚ Emilia Kaczorowska Wojtyla‚ was a schoolteacher from Lithuania. Karol had an older brother who was the pride of the family as a Physician and an infant sister that died before
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Queen Elizabeth II - Britain’s Oldest Monarch Queen Elizabeth is Britain’s oldest monarch. On December 20‚ 2007 she overtook a record set by her great great grandmother‚ Queen Victoria‚ and experts of the British monarchy expect her to be on the throne for some time to come. No special events are planned to mark the occasion‚ the Queen was working as normal. Victoria was born on May 24‚ 1819‚ and lived for 81 years‚ seven months and 29 days‚ before she died in 1901. In the Victorian Age Britain
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usually caught in the middle of power struggles for the control of a country and in March of 1983 Nicaragua was no different. During this period the country was in amidst of war‚ the Contras were opposing the Sandinista government. So when Pope John Paul II was set to visit the country‚ many Sandinista Catholic supporters hope he would help to bring about social justice for the poor and support the government. Believing this would bring an end to the civil war that was consuming the country. They were
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Chapter 28 Outline: International Conflicts‚ 1914-1999 Confidence and Internationalism on the Eve of WWI: Imperialists believed that western leadership was bringing new enlightenment to the inferior peoples of the rest of the world 1864: German convention; established the Red Cross‚ an international agency for humanitarian service in wartime Western socialists formed an international movement‚ based on the idea that working peoples should unite across national boundaries International movement
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World War II began on September 1st‚ 1939‚ the Germany invaded Poland without a declaration of war. It is an unprecedented war until now. Because it cause a lot of injured and disaster. There were two camps in the World War II. The first camp was called fascist. It includes Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan and so on. The second camp mainly has America‚ China and the Soviet Union who were confronted with fascist. About the World War II‚ there are many reasons which can lead to the war. For example‚ the military
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Versailles Treaty Help Cause WW II In 1914‚ the World War I just started and ended four years later in 1918 but later World War II had just begun. In World War I fought mainly in Western and Eastern with this war caused many deaths. (BGE) With the technology they had machine guns‚ and gas mask. After a year later they signed a treaty called Treaty of Versailles (BGE). Treaty of Versailles is a peace treaty between the Allies and Germany in 1919. What helped that causes WW II in Versailles Treaty? The
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The United States should have participated in World War II. There were many reasons for that cause. One was that the United States fought for democracy in World War II. The United States was once a colony of Britain and was treated badly. In the same way‚ European and Asian countries were being tortured by the Axis powers during World War II. Because of that‚ the United States should emancipate those countries to freedom. Also‚ many citizens in the European and Asian countries were mutilated by being
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World War II is one of the greatest catalysts for change in history. The most important of long-term consequences of World War II is the fact that so many people had to die to shift world power. However‚ a consequence does not have to be negative. After World War II‚ Nazi Germany‚ Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan were all transformed into democracies. These countries were terrorized by neighboring countries and had to be stopped. Unfortunately‚ after World War II‚ the consequences for it was the
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war ended in 1918‚ the Americans fought tirelessly against their foes. Decades later‚ in 1939‚ World War II began. Again‚ the Americans were pulled into a massive war‚ the likes of which‚ the world had never seen. In 1945‚ the war ended. The United States of America‚ despite all the causalities‚ found itself on the victorious side of both conflicts. America’s success in World War I and World War II depended on the active involvement of the home front. During the wars‚ the home front experience similar
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Catalysts that Brought the U.S. Into World War II Throughout time scholars have examined human history and many events come to mind. While many of these events have good explanations or just reasons why they occurred‚ there are a handful of events that had no rhyme or reason‚ and these events will continue to baffle scholars for centuries to come. There is one event that continues to stand out when considering the events of the 1900’s. The events of World War II are extremely broad and abundant‚ from the
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