between the States‚ was fought from April 1861 until April 1865. The war was fought over the issues of slavery and the states’ rights. The Springfield‚ Spencer‚ Napoleon‚ and Gatling gun all helped the North and South in winning the Civil War. A large reason the North defeated the South was because of their advantage in weaponry. The North had a large railroad system that supplied weapons to the Northern soldiers. Bruce Levine from the University of Illinois stated “The railroads were the most important
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[and] the United States lost the smallest percentage of its population of any major power” (Hanson). Many factors contributed to America’s victory of World War II‚ but ultimately it was the strong American home front and unity of the nation that won the World War II for the United States. When America entered
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resulting in a victorious win from the underdogs. For decades the British triumphed over some of the biggest nations such as Spain and France. The war‚ at first‚ seemed to be a joke. The Americans proved to be an equal force to be reckoned with and won the war. George Washington was one of the greatest leaders in the history of our country. Our Father of the Country was persistent‚ brave and organized. He possessed many qualities of a great leader. He was a proven solider after fighting in the French
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April 2‚1865 Grant continued the siege of Petersburg. Lee and his troops defended the town‚ but sickness‚ casualties and desertion weakened them. Finally the Confederate line broke and Lee withdrew from defending the town. From the beginning of the horrible war‚ the Union’s goal was to capture the Confederate capital in Richmond. Petersburg had been the last roadblock in Grant’s path. After a nine month siege‚ Grant finally drove Lee’s tired army out of that city. Jefferson knew that Richmond was
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and commercial interest‚ stemming from the Southern desire to preserve their traditional agrarian society‚ surrendered to the North their ability to function independently‚ much less to wage war. It was neither Northern troops nor generals that won the Civil War‚ rather Northern guns and industry. From the onset of war‚ the Union had obvious advantages. Quite simply‚ the North had large amounts of just about everything that the South did not‚ boasting resources that the Confederacy
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Holocaust‚ its attempt of killing all the Jews. The reason was because Hitler blamed the Communists‚ the Jews‚ and the disabled people for Germany’s past misfortunes and tragedies. Germany also had its allies‚ like Japan‚ Italy‚ and the Soviet Union. They all wanted the same thing and it was to control and reign the world. By then‚ the incident at Pearl Harbour had already happened after the U.S. had declared war on Japan. Since Germany and Japan were allies‚ Germany was at war with the United States as
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Nazi is done: Winston Churchill defeated Nazi in WW2 In the 20th century there was a group called the Nazi and they were ruled by Adolf Hitler. One person warned others about the rising of Hitler and his name was Winston Churchill. He gained many allies to help defeat the Nazi and the mad man named Adolf Hitler. Three ways in which that Winston Churchill stopped the Nazi and Adolf Hitler were Getting into politics‚ warning others‚ and gaining great allies. Winston Churchill headed into politics
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more of the Seventh Coalition allies from invading France had failed‚ his only chance of remaining in power was to attack before the coalition mobilized." With Napoleons strength of 300‚000 solders‚ the strategies Napoleon had were very numerous. However when he entered waterloo‚
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to the surrounding countries. The Germans were allowed no more than 100 000 men and no tanks‚ no airforce and only 6 submarines. The Rhineland and some of the surrounding area was demilitarised and no armed German was allowed into this area. The Allies even constricted the amount of money the Germans could have to some degree. By taking away certain parts of the Germans land it impacted the Germans industry. The Germans were not allowed to combine with Austria to make a superstate. This was so that
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The United States joined their Allies in December 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. War was then declared by the Empire of Japan on 7 December 1941 and three days later Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S. After Germany declared war the US and their allied forces made
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