eWas Lenin’s leadership the main reason for Bolshevik success? Although initially Lenin was the one to make the Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government‚ there were a number of long term factors that led to this revolution. The Provisional government were so weak that it meant that the Bolsheviks were the only party able to seize power in October 1917. The fact that the Provisional Government failed and the Bolsheviks were successful‚ was due to the fact they were a weak government who barely
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The definition of total war is when one side mobilizes all available resources in order to destroy another side¡¯s ability to engage in war. The Civil War was a total war because both Union and Confederate Generals like William Sherman‚ Philip Sheridan‚ and Robert E. Lee used total war tactics against each other when the other side hinted weakness. They used these tactics to try and put an end to the war. The Civil War was a total war because both sides used tactics that were defined by the Powell
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not America should have fought in the Vietnam war has been unclear for many decades. There are many different opinions that say‚ we should of fought for Vietnam to be free‚ we should of remained neutral‚ but the United States government threw their support behind the French so they could maintain their colonial empire. America did this out of their fear of communism spreading to South Vietnam and to stop the spreading worldwide. Although the Vietnam War and the decisions that happened occurred more
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Rosa was an inspiration to many people and continues to inspire individuals today. Many people find her inspirational because of the challenges that she overcame. Throughout most of her life she was treated unfairly because of the color of her skin. For example‚ African Americans had to use separate bathrooms and drinking fountains than white people because they were seen as disgusting individuals and were not worthy of using the same restrooms and services as whites. Schools and many other facilities
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World War Ⅰ was a war that affected the whole world‚ it caused many countries to go bankrupt and created more than one new rivalry between countries in the process. Eighteen different countries involved in World War I‚ and that is not counting all of the colonies belonging to the involved countries that were forced to give financial and/or militaristic support. There were situations that led up to and caused World War I but three of the main reasons were Balkan nationalism‚ entangling alliances‚
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attacked. On June 28‚ 1914‚ the Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ heir to Austro-Hungarian thrown was assassinated by a Bosnian Serb. On Saturday‚ July 18‚ 1914‚ Austria-Hungry declared war on Serbia. The President of the United States‚ Woodrow Wilson‚ insisted on neutrality and did not want to get involved. Eventually the US pulled away from “absolute neutrality” and sided with Great Britain‚ France and Russia. War was still not declared‚ but right around the corner for the United States. Wilson wanted
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through this exact thing during the Vietnam war. The Chu Lai battle was a very dangerous war that lots of soldiers died in. Some soldiers got rewarded for their actions‚ many did not. After fighting‚ they had to go back to their terrible living conditions known as home. When it comes to the Vietnam war one needs to remember‚ the important battles fought‚ the medals earned‚ and how men lived in order to fully understand how hard war was. The battle at Chu Lai was one of the first wins for the US Marines
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kindness‚ but am supported by a full conviction that the step is compatible with both. The acceptance of‚ and continuance hitherto in‚ the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power‚ consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard‚ to return to that retirement from which I had been
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The Soviet Union was to blame for the Cold War‚ how far do you agree with this statement? To an extent I do believe that the Soviet Union was to blame for to blame for the cold war‚ but this was through no fault of their own‚ as Stalin’s intentions was to demobilize and crush Nazi Germany‚ and build a buffer of communism around the Soviet Union‚ due to the threat of another invasion‚ as Germany had invaded twice with devastating consequences. The Soviet Union‚ controlled by Joseph Stalin in
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World War I - Results The First World War “ended” in 1918 in November‚ when the Treaty of Versailles was signed to create an armistice. Though this treaty became active on that day for Western Europe‚ this treaty did not take effect in Eastern Europe until up to mid-1920s. Political‚ cultural‚ and social order was changed immensely in Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa‚ even countries not directly in the war. As a result of the damages from the war‚ many new countries were formed. Also‚ millions of people
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