had been warned about their destruction‚ but refused to surrender. Their The U.S. military had already taken control of Okinawa. Okinawa had proven to be devastating. The invasion inflicting around 50‚000 casualties on the invaders. Okinawa showing us what invading the Japanese islands will be like. Japan and Japanese militants were not going to give up easily. Japan was desperate to win. Desperate enough to deploy a battleship‚ named Yamato‚ on a suicide mission to Okinawa. Where is was supposed
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of Marlos‚ Spain. The story that I am about to tell you is one that I truly wish I could forget‚ as if it never happened to me. I relive the terror of it in my dreams every night. I was traveling through the wilderness on a trail on the foggy and stormy evening of October the 13th‚ 1867. My horse‚ Miles‚ trampled fiercely through the rushing wind and rain that soaked both my hat and my fur coats. The brown in them both became much darker due to the absorbing of moisture. Drips of water rushed down
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Statement of Problem: Is America winning or losing the battle against the war on drugs Many individuals would love to believe that the war on drugs is not a losing battle. So much time‚ effort‚ and money has been put into drug programs that individuals feel are making a difference. The reality is the war on drugs is a losing battle because new drugs are hitting the streets every month and it is hard to keep up. In the 80’s‚ 90’s‚ 2000’s and today people use drugs such as heroin‚ cocaine‚ or prescription
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The Cold War‚ a non-violent war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union‚ served as a period of great paranoia for many Americans and the rest of the world. On the brink of nuclear fallout‚ the world lied in the hands of the communist Soviet Union and the capitalist United States. The two countries emerged from World War II as the strongest nations in the world‚ but the stark differences in government and economics led to a bitter rivalry. Furthermore‚ Stalin’s aggressive plans to spread communism throughout
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During WWII‚ the United States and the Soviet Union worked together against a common enemy. Sadly‚ after the war was over tense grew in both nations. The U.S. disliked the Soviet communism and Russia’s current leader at the time. The United States believed that Joseph Stalin was a blood-thirsty ruler. While the Soviets hated America for entering the war so late. They basically blamed the death of the tens of millions of Russians on the U.S. The Soviet also felt the U.S. never treated the USSR as
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In the journal article‚ “Catalonia and Spain at the crossroads: financial and economic aspects” (2014)‚ author Antoni Castells states the negative economic consequences Catalonia would face if they were to secede. He does this by giving the numerous statistics on Catalonia’s role in Spain and how secession would end up in hurting the economy of both states such as how Catalonia makes up 18.9% of Spain’s GDP (282)‚ which is the equivalent to 200 billion Euros (2012)‚ and secession would not only be
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Without the United States‚ the Allies most likely would not have won World War 1 because of how much support the United States gave in terms of weapons and eventually once they entered the war. Before the United States entered the war‚ a policy of isolationism was being practiced because President Woodrow Wilson believed that Europe could settle their affairs any way they liked. Even though the United States was practicing isolationism‚ they still opposed the central powers and they wanted a way
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hold that Spain had so tightly on their country after being under Spanish control for about four hundred years. The Spanish government had become very oppressive toward the citizens of Cuba in their actions. They took away their seat of influence in the Spanish government while still remaining in charge which angered the Cubans. In addition to releasing their seat of political influence the Catholic Church lost its status of respect in Cuba when the bishops and priests sided with Spain during the
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To What Extent Was The Spanish American War A Turning Point In US Foreign History? Amy Dhillon Sept.26.2012 History HL Mr. McGuigan The Monroe Doctrine implied that the Unites States would no longer tolerate European advancement and colonization in the America’s. Cuba (Spain’s colony) however‚ was exempt from this. The situation in Cuba was being closely examined by the United States. Reports about villagers being forced into concentration camps began to emerge. When
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Hernan Cortes’ main point in writing this piece was to show the king of Spain his attempt to reason with the natives and how he reacted to their refusal to agree with the requerimiento. Cortes supposedly entered peacefully into the natives’ land and expected them to accept a new God and the repossession of their land without any argument. Since the natives did not agree to requerimiento‚ Cortes saw fit that he defend himself by killing hundreds of people thought he had no business in entering their
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