aircraft and 5000 heavy artillery pieces. This would have made the war totally impossible to carry on. The allies instead of providing a peace settlement based on the 14 point plan as Germany had though instead made the treaty very humiliating with the aim of keeping the Germans down. The key points of the treaty that contributed to the conditions in Germany that lead to the rise of National Socialism are; 1. The war guilt clause 2. £6‚600mil to be paid in reparations 3. Disarmament‚ The
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Introduction The start of World War II prompted countries to make large technological advances. With the war raging all around the world‚ and more and more countries entering the fray‚ it was especially important for governments to continue to develop new technologies to get a step up on their opponents. Many new weapons‚ vehicles‚ and ways of communication were developed and used against the Axis of Power. In today’s modern wars‚ many of these technologies have been improved and are still used
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Browning The Greatest War The twentieth century is full of historically significant events ranging from the invention of penicillin to the first man landing on the moon. Yet‚ when people think of the twentieth century‚ these great accomplishments are shadowed by what seems to be an endless war. Of these many wars that occurred in the twentieth century‚ the one that holds the most historical significance is World War II. World War II was a war even unlike the First World War having an estimated death
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Chapter 9 – World War II The first essay G.I Joe: Fighting for Home by John Morton Blum and the second essay American Liberals: Fighting for a Better World by Alan Brinkley both ’look at the experience of the war from different vantage points: that of the soldier fighting for his own elemental survival as well as for his country‚ and that of the society back home.” John Morton Blum retiree of Yale University depicts “combat soldiers as largely disconnected from the geopolitical goals articulated
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introduction meant it had little impact‚ it led to jets becoming standard in worldwide air forces.[361] Advances were made in nearly every aspect of naval warfare‚ most notably with aircraft carriers and submarines. Although at the start of the war aeronautical warfare had relatively little success‚ actions at Taranto‚ Pearl Harbor‚ the South China Sea and the Coral Sea established the carrier as the dominant capital ship in place of the battleship.[362][363][364] In the Atlantic‚ escort carriers
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Introduction Did you know that you probably used an electric motor today? Yes‚ that’s right. If you put on clothes that were washed in a washing machine‚ rode in a car‚ ate food from a fridge‚ warmed up lunch in a microwave‚ or played a video game‚ you used an electric motor! Try this science fair project and you’ll learn how to make a simple electric motor by having two magnets "talk" to each other. As they interact‚ they will alternate between "liking" each other (being pulled together)‚ and "disliking"
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Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand Looking out past the small raft water was all that could be seen for miles around. The pacific had taken Louis‚ Mac‚ and Phil captive. In may of 1943‚ The Green Hornet was on a rescue mission to find another downed plane when the engine gave in‚ the crew quickly attempted to fix the first engine when the second gave out. The plane began rapidly descending towards the Pacific Ocean. In these moments Louie’s life flashed before his eyes‚ his delinquent days of stealing
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The book Unbroken A World War 2 Story of Survival‚ Resilience‚ and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand is a story of a true American; Louie Zamperini. Growing up as an Italian American he learned how to value the most out of everything‚ his entire childhood he would get bullied for who he couldn’t help but being. He would never see himself as less than he was‚ he was strong minded always rebelling against what he knew was wrong. As a troubled boy he found running‚ later he went to the olympics setting
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I was drawn to the topic of World War 2. Often times‚ when I got home from school‚ all I would do was watch documentaries on channels such as History or Nat Geo for hours. I enjoyed a lot of the programs‚ but the ones that intrigued me the most was those concerning World War 2. Something about it just completely fascinated me and at that time I did not know why. Frequently I visited the library and gathered up all the
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In her biography Unbroken‚ about Louie Zamperini‚ Laura Hillebrand clarifies that things that occur in your life cause you to change as a person. You are affected a lot by the changes endured throughout your life. Louie is a great example of that. Louie’s experiences in life molded him into the great man he is today. He has had it easy‚ and he has had it rough. He began in his younger years a stubborn boy with a short temper. “It began over a chore that Louie’s father asked him to do.
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