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Causes of World War II World War I was one of the most destructive wars in modern history. Nearly ten million soldiers died as a result of hostilities. The enormous losses on all sides of the conflict resulted in part from the introduction of new weapons‚ like the machine gun and gas warfare‚ as well as the failure of military leaders to adjust their tactics to the increasingly mechanized nature of warfare. A policy of attrition‚ particularly on the Western Front‚ cost the lives of hundreds of
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American success in the American Revolutionary War created a new nation‚ while British failure tore away a part of their empire. Such consequences were inevitably going to have effects‚ but historians debate the extent of each compared to that of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars which would test Britain soon after their American experience. Modern readers might expect Britain to have suffered greatly as a result of losing the war‚ but the fact is it’s possible to argue that the war was
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The Second Egyptian–Ottoman War or Second Turko–Egyptian War lasted from 1839 until 1841 and was fought mainly in Syria‚ whence it is sometimes referred as the (Second) Syrian War. In 1839‚ the Ottoman Empire moved to reoccupy lands lost to Muhammad Ali in the First Turko-Egyptian War. After suffering a defeat at the Battle of Nezib‚ the Ottoman Empire appeared on the brink of disintegration. Britain‚ Austria and other European nations‚ rushed to intervene and force Egypt into accepting a peace treaty
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They are not terrorist nor do they have ANY negative inclinations towards Americans. Contrary to what many people think‚ the Iraq war did not lead to the creation of ISIS‚ The immediate cause of the civil war was a devastating drought beginning in 2006 that forced many farmers to abandon their fields and migrate to urban centers. That migration fueled the civil war with a lot of angry‚ unemployed men helping to trigger a revolution. In the absence of a strong central government in Syria and with
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The Spanish-American War was fought between the United States‚ and Spain. Sadly it’s not a popular subject in high schools these days‚ so most students don’t know anything about this war. The Spanish-American War marked a new beginning for the United States‚ Cuba and Spain. These countries where affected by the war because the Spanish American war would end the Spanish Empire‚ create a new one‚ and give a colony its independence. WHAT STARTED THE WAR The Spanish American war was about Cubin Independence
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I believe that the Berlin wall was a mistake‚ not be kind of mistake that can be easily fixed‚ what a mistake that caused people to die. In my theory the German democratic republic caused more damage to themselves then they did profit from the closing of the boarder. When they built the wall they made more people want to leave Berlin then stay‚ they did this by killing anyone who wasn’t allowed access to West Berlin on site of trying to escape East Berlin. When they built the wall they declared to
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the Second World War was coming to a close there emerged a new and altogether different type of war. The Cold War‚ as it is known‚ was a war where the two superpowers of the time the United States (US) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) fought each other in many different battlefronts but never involving actual armed conflict with each other. This war lasted for about half a century and in this essay I shall relate the origins and the early manifestations of this war. The most significant
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supported both our war with Spain and our annexation of its territories. The Spanish-American War served to end Spain’s colonial power in the western hemisphere. In the time leading up to the war there was three years of turmoil in Cuba‚ where Cuban revolutionaries were locked in battle with the Spanish in an attempt to gain independence from their mother country (history.state.gov 1). For most of the Cuban revolution the US‚ particularly due to president McKinley’s distaste for war‚ had opted to steer
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Cause-and-Effect Essay final draft The American Civil War Everyone wants independence and freedom to do what they want. Kids want freedom from their parents to do what they want. When I was younger‚ I wanted to play computer games whenever I wanted. When I wanted to play computer games‚ my mom wanted me to study or do my homework. Freedom to do what people wanted to do is what caused the American Civil war only on a much larger scale; the whole south wanted to own and use slaves. The
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