The 80’s was known for its fashion and music‚ but the inventions were pretty radical (Jaime Purvis).” In the 1980’s the field of technology changed for later years to come. The 1980’s jump started the era of CD’s‚ Pac-man‚ and the personal computers. “The first CD title was 52nd Street by Billy Joel”( Sony‚2). Americans enjoyed many of the innovations of this time period. Technology of the 80’s had an impact in the 80’s‚ the world‚ and has still impacted the people of today. The impact of technology
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From 1936 when it moved toward closer relations with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy to 1945‚ When it announced it ’s surrender‚ Japan was a major player in World War II. They won dramatic victories across South East Asia and the South Pacific as well as Eastern India and Indonesia. The discipline and skill of their military made them a valuable asset to the axis powers. For centuries the emperor of Japan had been a major figurehead both spiritually and culturally and in the WW2 years he was still
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Soviet Union. Khrushchev’s plan was to convert unused land in Serbia and Kazakhstan into farming land. Yet‚ there were 3 main reasons why this project failed. Khrushchev had discouraged the use of the highly popular and efficient crop cycle and fallow land techniques. Furthermore‚ he did not provide these farms with the basic tools and materials to grow crops. He did not even provide them with fertilizer. This caused much of the farmland to be ruined and in 1960 half of all the farmland designated
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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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leave at once if the French intervened militarily * On March 7‚ 1936‚ nineteen German infantry battalions and a handful of planes entered the Rhineland. Hitler inquired whether the French forces had actually crossed the border but the french never did. * This incident changes the nazi foreign policy since they realized that the Allies were weak for wars to happen | The Treaty of Versailles | * The economy was ruined as much of the produce and profit had to be sent to the allies as reparations
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Nazi and British Propaganda during WWII In this paper I will discuss the use of propaganda before and during the World War II and how it affected British and German society. I will first note that differences in the countries ’ war aims had a great effect upon the success and content of propaganda. Then I will examine how propaganda affected morale. I will describe how hatred and violence were successful parts of the German‚ but not British‚ propaganda campaign. I will then examine how propaganda
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Germany was becoming a threat‚ breaking the Treaty of Versailles which did not allow them to build an army‚ but under Hitler they were building an army and had mad ideas. As it started gaining back land from which they lost in World War 1‚ neighbouring countries became alert of its aggressiveness. It was given the little land it wanted in hope that it would back down from other countries. But as how Winston Churchill anticipated‚ it did not. Germany began conquering nearby countries
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Then have them use the train tracks to quickly move over to the eastern front and fight Russia. The original plan was to have most of the German troops march through Belgium and the Netherlands to Northern France. They knew this would cause Britain enter the war because that would be invading a neutral zone‚ being Belgium. Aside from the British part‚ the German troops were
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attacked the Island taking control of it after a two week battle. In conjunction with Pearl Harbor and other Japanese attacks‚ Wake accelerated the US involvement in the Pacific Theater of WWII. The Battle of Wake Island has military and cultural significance to the US as an important part of the history of WWII in the Pacific. Prior to the war‚ the US territory of Wake
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"Why Did You Kill Me?" On March 1‚ 1932‚ the 20-month-old son of famed aviator Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow Lindbergh was kidnapped from his nursery in the Lindbergh ’s home near Hopewell‚ New Jersey. The kidnapping generated worldwide interest‚ and both the New Jersey State Police and the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigations) launched massive investigations. Four years later‚ a 36-year-old German immigrant‚ Richard Bruno Hauptmann‚ would be executed for this
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