warships and ammunition. Meanwhile‚ the world felt that it was only a matter of time before the Americans would actually join the fighting side of the Allies. Japan knew that the massive US Pacific fleet would be a major threat once the Americans did enter the war‚ so the Japanese decided to strike a blow to destroy American naval power. The Japanese believed that they themselves would be too powerful to defeat by the time the US fleet was rebuilt. On the 7th Of December 1941‚ Japanese submarines
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Many historians agree that the Roman Empire fell in 476 CE‚ but many of these historians have a different view on how the Roman Empire actually fell. It is speculated that there are many reasons that the empire fell. One of those reasons is that the Christianity caused the empire to fall because it was a new religion that was introduced. The thought of Christianity was a reason for the fall was brought up by Gibbon‚ a English Historian. The dialogue between Bryan Ward-Perkins and Peter Heather offered
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death. John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry received polarized comments. While he was hailed as a martyr by Chicago’s Republican press‚ Democratic newspaper in South Carolina and Illinois condemned him as a criminal. At the same time‚ the Northern press did not ask for the execration of Brown’s penalty in hopes of preserving the Union‚ but the South viewed this event as another strong reason for seceding. John Brown’s raid has a profound effect on deepening sectional and partisan divide between North and
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How would you feel if you had been betrayed? But not just betrayed by a friend or a family member. But by your all time favorite band. The Beatles image as a “clean band” was ruined when new evidence found that they had been using drugs. Some of the reasons that the Beatles used drugs was because being in America had given them a chance to explore with more drugs‚ they used the drugs as some inspiration for songs‚ and they used drugs as a way to help them perform. Firstly‚ the Beatles explored
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January 30‚ 1933‚ the nazis have just come to power over Germany and Hitler is making his next move against those who have held down Germany and its people for so long. Beginning in 1918 the Nazi rise to power was long but inevitable. From the first mark of King Ludwig III granting permission to Hitler to enlist to a Bavarian regiment in the german army although he was not yet a German citizen‚ to the last mark of Hitler being elected chancellor there were many events that helped ultimately lead
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The Middle Ages were affected greatly by economic improvement‚ the corruption of the Roman Catholic Church‚ and the Bubonic Plague‚ which ultimately collapsed the feudal system and forced Europeans to become more independent through a secular way of thinking. The Middle Ages took place in Europe from around 476 A.D. to the beginning of the Renaissance period in the 14th century. Under the protection of the Roman Catholic Church‚ feudal society was gradually formed‚ which relied on an exchange of
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Polish forces to capture them. The advanced German air force bombed the city to even terrorize the country further. Shortly later Poland was evacuated and Germany had taken poland and despite france and britain having declared war on germany they did little to help out against the poland invasion and the war really didn’t pick back up until one year later. I find the reliability to this article Reliable considering I got the article from History. com. History.com is also a well known site
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extraterrestrial civilizations. The paradox is often misinterpreted‚ suggesting that if intelligent life existed‚ we would see evidence of its visits to Earth‚ and since we do not‚ such life does not exist. Though Enrico Fermi did question the apparent absence of extraterrestrial life‚ he did not publish any material on the subject suggesting that the absence is paradoxical. The paradox was introduced shortly after Fermi’s death‚ first in a paper published by Michael Hart. Though it is frequently cited as
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When the Soviet Union collapsed on December 26th‚ 1991‚ many considered it a victory for Democracy and America. However‚ most people fail to realize that America never truly “won” the war. While America did prevent the Soviet Union from spreading with it’s foreign policy‚ the Soviet Union collapsed because of the structure and principles of its economy‚ the Gorbachev reforms‚ and the solidarity movement.. (finish intro change) The first internal issue the Soviet Union had was the
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of jail all of the time‚ and he was always butting heads with authorities due to his religious and social views. Voltaire composed one of his works Oedipe when imprisoned‚ this composition secured his success as a writer. As he became more known‚ so did his intellect of english philosophy and the world around him. He gained the most fame through his ridged mockery about the church and his criticism of the government. His passionate distaste for such strong powers earned him widespread acknowledgement
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