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    Music during World War II The music during World War II was one of the most well-known and popular music eras of all times. Following the Great Depression‚ the 1930’s era called the “swing era” (Young & Young‚ 2008)‚ was full of big bands‚ large dance halls and jitterbug-like beats that kept people on the dance floor. But little did America know that by the early 1940’s‚ their musical interests and tastes were soon going to change from upbeat tunes‚ to songs about war and love anthems. This

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    Why Did World War 2 Occur

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    The main reason why World War 2 occurred was Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in Germany But another reason why is Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy formed a allyance called The Axis Powers. All of those countries are either under the control of a Dictator or a Military leader both are pretty scary. People let it happen because they saw what happened to the Jewish people and they didn’t want to have the same fate the Jewish had. Also Hitler was a dictator and they often lie about what they say they are going

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    the most popular team sports in the world. 2) World War II - 1941-1945 The war in Europe‚ which started between Nazi Germany on one side and Poland‚ Great Britain‚ and France on the other‚ developed into a second World War. Although the Roosevelt administration favored the defeat of Germany and its principal ally‚ fascist Italy‚ the United States did not enter the war until after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ December 7‚ 1941. Congress declared war on Japan the next day. Three days

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    Rationing There was a revolution‚ social revolution caused by the war which is changed buying habits and therefore the living habits; this had an impact on the British civilians as much as a bomb changed their town. Great Britain imported two thirds of the food it ate and it ate pretty well An example is Miss. Builder‚ an average British housewife; used to fill her market basket with her choice foods brought from all over the world she bought as much‚ she as anything she could afford; but on that

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    Technological Development During World War Two: Historical Perspective World War Two is seen by many as one of the darkest times in human history. In western history the Allies won‚ but it could have so easily ended differently. Throughout the war‚ key technological advances were made and shared between allies on either side. During this short time‚ amazing new ideas about communication‚ radar and vehicles were brought to life. Surprisingly‚ even with all these advances‚ no single side had superior

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    Rights -The GI Bill of Rights encouraged veterans to get an education by paying a part of their tuition. It guaranteed 1 year’s worth of unemployment benefits while a veteran was job hunting. It also gave out low-interest‚ federally guaranteed loans. 2. White Collar Jobs -White collar jobs are jobs with high prestige. They are higher class jobs done by professionals. They are often less laborious. 3. Service Sector Jobs -Service sector jobs provide services instead of goods. Includes government

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    orrecognition by world states though sections of the Eelam were under de facto control of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for most of the2000s. The name is derived from the ancient Tamil name for Sri Lanka‚ Eelam. TAMIL PERIOD The Jaffna kingdom (1215-1624 CE)‚ also known as Kingdom of Aryacakravarti‚ of modern northern Sri Lanka was a historic independent monarchy that came into existence after the invasion of Magha‚ who is said to have been from Kalinga‚ in India.[1][2][3][4] Established

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    H.G Wells said‚ the Great War was supposed to be “the war to end all wars”; ironically enough a few years later a second world war broke out due to Germany feeling like the Treaty of Versailles treated them unfairly and the League of Nations having little to no power. World War II started on September 1. 1939 and ended nearly six years later on September 2‚ 1945. The war was long and bloody with nearly sixty million civilians and soldier casualties combined (according to nationalww2museum.org). There

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    War of the Worlds was written in response to several historical events. The most important was the unification and militarization of Germany‚ which led to a series of novels predicting war in Europe‚ beginning with George Chesney’s The Battle of Dorking (1871). Most of these were written in a semi-documentary fashion; and Wells borrowed their technique to tie his interplanetary war tale to specific places in England familiar to his readers. This attempt at hyper-realism helped to inspire Orson Welles

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    plane during World War 2. After spending 47 days on a raft after his plane crash and surviving being a prisoner of war by the Japanese caused him to be a war hero. Louie Zamperini is the person being portrayed on the base on a true story movie called” Unbroken”. Zamperini in high school broke all of his high school track records‚ and after high school he joined the Olympics at age 19 where he broke the 5000 meter dash record. After the war Zamperinni has many accomplishment after the war beginning

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