Initially‚ the United States declared a position of neutrality in the international conflict of World War One‚ however‚ after two years of conflict‚ America entered the war. Although it is well understood when the United States entered the war‚ the motives behind their involvement are still debated. Many explanations have been suggested‚ one being that Germany’s unchecked aggression and unrestricted submarine warfare threatened the United States‚ which gave sufficient reason to declare war on Germany
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Hindenburg‚ but why did he get this prestigious honour - why did Hitler become Chancellor? There are four main reasons as to why this happened‚ and they are as follows: the Weimar government ’s weaknesses; his own leadership skills and the Nazis tactics; the Great Depression; and political manoeuvring between von Schleicher and von Papen. It is to be shown‚ however‚ that it really down to the involvement of von Schleicher and von Papen that Hitler became the Chancellor of Germany‚ when he did. Firstly
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Without the U.S. getting involved in WW1‚ the Allied forces would had probably lost to Central Powers late in the war. The U.S.‚ although not in the war for long‚ joined just in time to play a very crucial and effect part in victory for the Allies. The United States of America may had just been the main reason the Allied Forces were in a good enough shape to stay in the war. The direct cause of World War One was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on June 28‚ 1914. But many see the large
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The United States entered the war to stop the spread of Communism in Southeast Asia. American leaders feared that Communist forces would gain control of Vietnam. They believed in the domino-theory which meant that if Vietnam fell into communism‚ it would drag other countries in Asia to communism. Vietnam had been split in half in 1954 after a long war of independence against the French since 1946. When the French were defeated in the battle of Diem Bien Phu they withdrew from Vietnam. After the
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On the 6th of November 1999 Australia was very close to becoming a republic. There was a 4% difference in the vote for the referendum with 46% of voters in favour for Australia to become a republic and 54% of voters against becoming a republic winning by the smallest margin. But why become a republic? First of all a republic is a state in which the supreme power resides in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly but them (Macquarie
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Why Did Stalin Become a Dictator? At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was a very poor country. Most of the people were peasants‚ and there was very little industry. After the First World War‚ things only got worse; the army suffered many huge defeats. The poorest of the people were starving‚ due to a shortage of food. During the war‚ in 1917 the Communists came about by two important revolutions; they were led by Lenin. Communism is a system of government in which the state controls the
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor? Many Historians agree the key event of Hitler´s rise to power was his appointment of Chancellor the 30th of January 1933 by the former German President von Hindenburg‚ who ruled the country since 1925 and was reelected in 1932. Although in the elections of July 1932 Hitler won 37.5% of the parliamentary seats (230)‚ making the Nazi party the largest in the Reichstag‚ whereas he should have been Chancellor‚ he did not rise to power‚ as Hindenburg did not appoint
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After Von Papen had been replaced as Chancellor he thought that he could use and control Hitler and the Nazi’s because of their popularity in Germany. Of course Von Papen seriously underestimated Hitler and had no control at all; however his actions did benefit Hitler as he managed to persuade Hindenburg to make Hitler chancellor in the hope of his own power. An important fact to take out of this that is shown brilliantly in the temporary triangle was that Hitler was reliant on Von Papen and Hindenburg
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There are many theories on how dinosaurs became extinct but scientists have not yet found a proven reason why. About sixty-five million years ago Dinosauriformes‚ or as we call them Dinosaurs‚ walked and roamed planet Earth. These massive carnivores‚ herbivores‚ and omnivores lived many years on earth before humans appeared. There were several variations of dinosaurs such as land‚ sea‚ and air dinosaurs. For a millions of years the dinosaurs thrived in their environment. They had an abundant food
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In World War One the weapons that they used were machine guns‚ poison gas‚ and tanks. BOOM! BAM! The dreadful sounds of the dangerous guns in WW1. Those sounds are the scariest things anyone has ever heard! It was never different back then because when people heard those shots they were terrified. Most likely if you were out in the open you were the first to be killed. Then the houses‚ and more. The last place they would need to check is underground. It would take days even weeks to hunt down every
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