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    go through his experiences again‚ replied that he would “kill himself”(page number). In fact‚ most of the people involved in any war end up hurt either physically or mentally. Louie Zamperini was captured in WWII by the Japanese and survived 2 years in captivity. In Louie’s story‚ the two emerging mental side effects caused by war are jealousy and anger. After the war‚ Louie felt much anger toward his captors. This overtook him‚ leaving him more injured than he was in the camps. In the camps‚ he

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    World War II Nurses In World War II there were 59‚000 nurses serving. That is 14‚863 more people than the Coeur d’Alene population today. These people were giving their time to take care of the people who were fighting for our freedom and rights as a human. The Army Nurse Corps During World War II states‚”World War II was the largest and most violent armed conflict of history of mankind.” The World War II nurses are not recognized nearly enough for all of their time and courage they put in. Black

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    World War II‚ or the Second World War‚ was a military conflict that happened globally starting from 1939 and lasting all the way to 1945‚ which involved most of the world’s nations. According to Laurel Sefton McDowell‚ “the war years were a period of antagonistic labour-government relations and serious industrial unrest‚ which labour attributed to wage controls (McDowell‚ pg 175‚ 1978). In this paper‚ I am going to explain how World War II shaped the post-war compromise between labour and capital

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    Airplanes played a huge part in World War Two‚ in the next few paragraphs I will tell some the the types of airplanes‚ and some of the most notable airlplanes that flew in World War II. There were many different types of airplanes that were used in the second world war‚ the main ones were: Fighter Planes‚ Bombers‚ Dive Bombers‚ and last but surtainly not least Attack. I’ll start off first by talking about fighter pAirplanes played a huge part in World War Two‚ in the next few paragraphs I

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    Norman Bethune A Canadian hero in World War II Aoqian (Bell) Zhang CHC2D1 April 23rd 2015

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    World War 2: Britain Stands Alone On June 22‚ 1940 Britain was now only the country standing against the Germans after the surrender of France. Still British Prime Minister Winston Churchill would not consider defeat and raised the unity of his country in a speech over the radio where he stated that the British people would defend their island no matter the cost. Britain still had all the resources of its enormous empire. Canada‚ Australia‚ New Zealand‚ South Africa‚ India‚ Egypt‚ and a series

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    World War II killed more people‚ destroyed more property‚ disrupted more lives‚ and probably had more far-reaching consequences than any other war in history. The war‚ which ended in 1945‚ eventually involved 61 countries‚ claimed 50 million lives‚ and completely changed the geopolitical landscape. The causes of World War II can be easily traced back to many of the unsolved issues from the end of World War I and the treaties that ended it also created new political and economic problems. Forceful

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    World War II Effects on America More Americans died in World War II than in World War I and the Korean War combined (Robert Kuttner). During World War II‚ there were over sixty nations involved (Gibson). Even though this war lasted from 1939 to 1945‚ the Americans did not enter the war until 1941. This war cost America 296 billion dollars or 4‚114 billion dollars in today’s economy. World War II affected America socially‚ economically‚ and politically. Many people faced social effects during

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    "World War 2 was a war fought in two distinct phases. The first was the last war of a new generation. The second was emphatically the first of a new era" . <br><br>"The British strategic bomber campaign was of doubtful cost effectiveness" . Bomber Command was by far the largest claimant on labour and factory space within the armed forces. Relative to their size they suffered more casualties than any other sector. <br><br>The Anglo-American bomber force was divided in terms of strategy. Bomber Command

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    Post World War II Globalization Since the end of World War II over seventy years ago‚ America has gained some major influences in the areas of economics‚ cultural‚ politics‚ and in the military but it has also gone through some major challenges as well. During the six years the world battled‚ millions of lives were lost until finally the Axis powers of Japan and Germany surrendered to the Allied forces. Suddenly America stood at the front of the world as the dominant power and it was a moment of

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