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    Excellent report. Covered all areas. How World War I and World War II influence fashion. Wars and social changes brought the last radical the type of clothing that seemed appropriate. Since World War I and World War II‚ men and women’s cloths have changed dramatically. The United States was one of the most involved countries in both of these wares. Industrial and social change was always around. Women’s clothes seen to have changed more during the time of war. A successful revolt by women against

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    such as war. A plethora of people died in World War II; within the fighting‚ there were millions of heros and plenty of opportunities to demonstrate heroism. World War II heroes include Lyudmila Pavlichenko‚ Van T. Barfoot‚ Audie Murphy‚ George Ham Cannon‚ and Maximilian Kolbe. The Soviet Union recruited many female warriors into their army‚ and later trained them each to be snipers. Unlike the other females in the Soviet army‚ Lyudmila Pavlichenko was older than the other girls‚ and was a sharpshooter

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    In what ways was the Cold War a long-term conflict‚ and in what ways can it be thought of as long-term peace? Which do you think best describes the period? Why? During the 1947-1991‚ The Cold War was known to be one of the longest standoff feud between the United States and Soviet Union. The United States and Soviet Union was sworn allies when fighting the Nazi Germany. However‚ the aftermath conferred to political powers and struggle of influence became a factor after the United States‚ Great

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    For many African Americans‚ the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Black joined the military in large numbers‚ escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet‚ like the rest of America in the 1940s‚ the armed forces were segregated. The Army accepted black enlistees but created separate black infantry regiments and assigned white commanders to them. Of the more than 2.5 million African Americans who registered for the draft

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    The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies after Japanese attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th‚ l941. World War II was fought between the Axis‚ which included Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ and the Allied included Britain‚ United States‚ Soviet Union and France. More than 50 million people died during the war. It was the most terrible war in the history of humanity. Since America entered the war suddenly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ many people

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    At the outbreak of World War II in 1939‚ Switzerland immediately began to mobilize for a possible invasion. The entire country was fully mobilized in only three days. The Swiss government began to fortify positions throughout the country.[citation needed] In the course of the war‚ detailed invasion plans were drawn up by the German military command‚[7] such as Operation Tannenbaum‚ but Switzerland was never attacked. Switzerland was able to remain independent through a combination of military deterrence

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    enemy of growth.” By conforming‚ it signals conceding to the dominant power which immediately gives up one’s freedom by letting them control you. This motivated the two superpowers in the Cold War as neither country wanted to concede to the dominant power. The Cold War had no large scale direct fighting and instead was political and military tension between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc. The Soviet Union and United States‚ opposing forces‚ pursued the desire to gain power and spread different systems

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    There are many factors that ended World War II; However‚ The bombs and the ship that dropped them were some of the most important. These bombs were known as the Fat Man and Little Boy‚ and the ship was the Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay.” How does an explosive nuclear chain reaction happen? An explosive nuclear chain reaction happens when a plentiful quantity of nuclear fuel‚ such as uranium or plutonium‚ is brought to form a critical mass. The nuclear chain reaction begins when the neutrons

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    Japan After World War Ii

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    Japan’s development after the Second World War. 1. The real situation after World War After the World War II ended‚ Japan was one of the defeated countries. She was left with a lot of damages‚ especially the two cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki which suffered serious atomic bombing. Severe food shortages were common; the economy was almost totally paralyzed from wartime destruction‚ rampant black marketeering and runaway inflation; few Japanese had any money but there really wasn’t anything to

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    Causes Of The Cold War

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    In August of 1945‚ World War II finally came to an end. After six years of fighting‚ most of the world was left in ruins‚ debt‚ and overall devastation. As the world fell apart‚ so did the relationships forged during the war. The differing ideas of how the world postwar should be between the United States and the Soviet Union caused major tension and mistrust. “The Cold War first emerged over clashing Soviet and American interest in Eastern Europe” (Roark‚ pg 713) The Cold War was fought from 1947

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