economic great powers assembled in two opposing alliances‚ the Allies and the Central Powers. The Allies consisted of Great Britain‚ Russia‚ France‚ and Serbia‚ while the Central Powers had Germany and Austria-Hungary. The war was initiated by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ heir to the Austrian-Hungary throne‚ by a Serbian nationalist. This set off a diplomatic crisis and resulted in the involvement of these international alliances. Within weeks‚ the major powers were at war
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Hitler invaded Poland causing both Britain and France to declare war on Germany. The United States began to provide significant military supplies to Britain in September 1940‚ even though the United States was still not officially at war. The U.S. did not enter WW2 till December 7‚ 1941 when the Japanese bombed pearl harbor. Although WW2 affected millions of people it also made the U.S. instructable leaving them stronger than ever. An effect of the great depression was that it left many people
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How and why did Hitler become a dictator? Hitler rose to the position of chancellor in January 1933‚ as a result of the poorly prepared treaty of Versailles‚ the resulting economic hardship and his apparent strong leadership. In the next 18 months however Hitler seized absolute power and created a total dictatorship through his ability to exploit opportunities‚ a manipulation of his country through a reign of fear and a ruthless and systematic repression of all opposition. Hitler used the Reichstag
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to declare war on the Germans. Many Americans were against getting involved in the war because the U.S. considered it as European problems. The problem that Europeans were having had nothing to do with the U.S. There are many reasons that Americans did not want to join the war. The President’s motive for not entering the war was amongst England‚ France‚ and Germany. The people who were against joining the war were the Pacifists‚ Intellectuals‚ and the Isolationists. There were also many other anti-war
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Why did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? There are many factors which explain why Hitler and the Nazis came into power in 1933‚ for example; the great depression and the weaknesses of the Weimar Government. These reasons and others will be explored further and explained in greater detail why these reasons helped Hitler to become Chancellor in 1933. One factor to explain why Hitler became Chancellor was the Depression. In October 1929 the stock market in the USA collapsed‚ causing America
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Why Did Australia become involved in WW1? Australia became involved in World War One in August 1914’‚ as Britain was preparing to declare war on Germany. At the time Andrew Fisher (future Australian prime minister) promised that Australia would stand behind their mother country. He believed this war to be a noble cause where Australians could demonstrate their loyalty. As Australia is still part of the British Empire‚ our loyalty was pressured into joining the war and fighting for what they
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Gautama Buddha and Buddhism Siddhartha Gautama is famously known as Gautama Buddha and was a sage who found the idea of Buddhism. The Buddha was known to possess supernatural powers and abilities. He was born in the holy land of Nepal and his journey of an ideal human started in India. Gautama Buddha began his ascetic life and discovered Buddhism and since then Buddhism has been popular throughout many civilizations and is one of the most ancient religions in the world‚ where people follow Buddha
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called south Sarkhan‚ the U.S. wanted to stop the spread of communism and did not want the domino theory to happen with sarkhan. With that being said the U.S. helped Sarkhan in the battle to save their country‚ but at the same time used Sarkhan for their own good. A couple of the main characters in this story to help save Sarkhan were good friends U.S. ambassador Gilbert Macwhite and revolutionary leader Deong. Little did these two know that this would turn into a political war? During the movie
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• The United States invades Europe o As the allied attacks upon Italy were occurring and weakening the Axis powers‚ generals began to prep for the most important battle of them all‚ the invasion of Europe. o This would become known as D-Day‚ in which the successful General Eisenhower was placed in charge of planning for. This would start by Allied troops invading the city of Normandy in France‚ but tricked the Germans into thinking they would attack the port of Calais‚ to catch them off-guard
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Hitler Becomes Chancellor January 30th‚ 1933‚ President Paul Von Hindenburg named Adolf Hitler the chancellor of Germany. Up until that point‚ Hitler had raised in popularity‚ "spurred largely by the German people’s frustration with dismal economic conditions and the still festering wounds inflicted by defeat in the Great War and the harsh peace terms of the Versailles treaty." (Adolf Hitler is named chancellor of Germany) This led up to Hindenburg getting intimidated by Hitler‚ so he made someone
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