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    The New Invention to End the War Were the atomic bombs necessary to end the World War II? Hiroshima is one of the most well known Japanese cities in the world as it is one of only two cities experienced atomic bomb dropping. I went to Hiroshima a couple years ago and visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial. There were many photos of victims of atomic bomb in Hiroshima which I could not even keep my eyes on for seconds as they were really awfully injured. “The hell on earth” is the only way I can

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    “To what extent was Hitler responsible for the Second World War?” ‘From the first day that he "seized power‚" January 30‚ 1933‚ Hitler knew that only sudden death awaited him if he failed to restore pride and empire to post-Versailles Germany.’[1] The Second World War was the deadliest battle in History. Figures estimate that over 59 million people were killed during its conflict. German leadership was under Adolf Hitler‚ a ruthless dictator who was the chancellor of Germany during the majority

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    I. War by Act of Germany On January 22‚ 1917‚ Woodrow Wilson made one final‚ attempt to avert war‚ delivering a moving address that correctly declared only a “peace without victory” (beating Germany without embarrassing them) would be lasting. Germany responded by shocking the world‚ announcing that it would break the Sussex pledge and return to unrestricted submarine warfare‚ which meant that its U-boats would now be firing on armed and unarmed ships in the war zone. Wilson

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    December 21st 2012‚ may seem like an ordinary day to most of you‚ just a few days before Christmas but according to the predictions of four well known sources‚ this has been predicted as the day when either the world comes to an end or a major change is going to take place. This had been predicted‚ according to the repositioning of the planets and certain eclipses that will take place. I would like to now inform you about the four sources of these predictions and tell you a little about each one

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    The Second World War proved to be the most devastating war of its time‚ witnessing a level of carnage previously inconceivable. However‚ for the vast number of Americans‚ most of who were on the home front‚ the war provided a very different experience‚ their only insight to it being through the “newsreel images that flickered across America’s theatre scenes.” According to statistics‚ of the 50 million people that died during the war‚ only 1 per cent of them were American. In America‚ the war “galvanized

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    Soviet Union

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    The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russian: Сою́з Сове́тских Социалисти́ческих Респу́блик‚ tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik) abbreviated to USSR (Russian: СССР‚ tr. SSSR) or the Soviet Union (Russian: Советский Союз‚ tr. Sovetsky Soyuz)‚ was a constitutionally socialist state that existed between 1922 and 1991‚ ruled as a single-party state by the Communist Party with its capital as Moscow.[3] A union of 15 subnational Soviet republics‚ its government and economy were highly

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    The Second Anglo War

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    The Second Anglo-Dutch War was officially fought between March 4‚ 1665 and July 31‚ 1667.  Second Anglo-Dutch War - Dates: The Second Anglo-Dutch War was officially fought between March 4‚ 1665 and July 31‚ 1667. Several incidents‚ such as the capture of New Amsterdam by the English (August 27‚ 1664)‚ occurred prior to the declaration of war. Second Anglo-Dutch War - Key Battles: * Battle of Lowestoft‚ June 13‚ 1665 (Naval‚ English Victory) * Battle of Vågen‚ August 2‚ 1665 (Naval‚ Dutch

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    Second Punic War

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    The second Punic War was a turning point for Rome‚ for Carthage‚ and for the western regions of the Mediterranean. It took place around 218 B.C. and it is a war that was never forgotten. This war marked the victory of Rome and the defeat of Carthage. After sensing Carthage as a threat to its power‚ Rome confronted Carthage which resulted in the second Punic War. After several battles‚ Carthage lost most of its acquired territories but they were free in their inland territory. 100 hostages were to

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    In Fussell’s novel “Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War Summary & Study Guide‚” he critiques the media and how they portrayed World War II. During World War II graphic posters were being posted and displayed for the public to see. In Chapter One of the novel Fussell talks about posters involving a paratrooper slowly descending to the ground covered in blood with his head hung. The lifeless body of a paratrooper falling to the ground shows people a graphic image that shows

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    Examples of Resistance: 1.Chimurenga Resistance (Zimbabwe) 2. Battle of Isandhlawana 3. Maji-Maji Uprising (Tanganyika) 4. Battle of Adowa (Ethiopia) 5. Asante Resistance (Ghana) 6. Samori Ture 7. Libyan Resistance Demands for Equity and Inclusion: The Inter-War Years By the end of World War I‚ most of Africa had been effectively colonized. European colonialists had managed to quell the efforts by Africans to resist the establishment of colonial rule. The

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