skilled. All they had was basic training behind them. US troops used helicopter gunships as well as aircrafts‚ allowing them to have total control of the air‚ this being helpful for destroying Vietnam’s jungle with chemicals like Agent Orange‚ killing large areas of their jungle and forcing Viet Cong troops to move further inland. America entered the war with an idea of using traditional methods to conquer land in order to win the war.
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How did politics contribute to the start of World War II? There are several reasons why World War II began‚ but one specific cause of the war was politics. After World War I ‚ Germany was placed in a state of depression because of the Treaty of Versailles. They were forced to pay reparations for the war. As a cause‚ the country had extreme poverty and a weak government. That’s when Adolf Hitler emerges and promised the people of Germany that he’ll lead them out of depression. Hitler was later
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the U.S. and other Allied countries. The Japanese had gone through a economic disaster‚ do they imprisoned and killed ten of thousands in a Chinese genocide‚ which is why they were cut off from their oil shipments. After they were cut off‚ the Japanese decided to attack British‚ Dutch and American colonies at the same time‚ which is why the bombing of Pearl Harbor occurred in December of 1941. As another part of the Japanese military strategies‚ they invaded the Philippines (which lead to the Battle
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Why did women get the vote in 1918? The government had a problem because men fighting in the war would not be able to vote in the election. The government changed the law so that the soldiers could vote. Women’s groups saw their opportunity and began to put pressure on the government to include votes for women in the changed law. David Lloyd George‚ the Prime Minister‚ was a supporter of women voting but not the use of violence. The Suffragettes stopped campaigning in the beginning of the war and
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technology is helpful or deadly depends on the ways that certain technologies were used throughout that certain time period. During World War I and World War II‚ many technologies were introduced to the world‚ and brought upon drastic change to everyone involved in the wars. Death tolls dramatically grew as the newer technologies were developed and used during these wars. Technology has certainly affected
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pact‚ Hitler had always planned to take the Soviet Union‚ invading on June 22‚ 1941. Stalin was appropriately shocked‚ and resorted to “scorched-earth tactics’‚ burning villages to the ground‚ in order to deny Hitler’s troops any supplies. The Germans did not have access to warm clothing or blankets during the Russian winter‚ and Hitler refused a retreat‚ losing the German armies 1.3 million men. Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union not only lost his armies 40% of their available troops‚ but it paved
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Amidst the various horrors of World War II‚ none was more devastating then the mass murder and forced labour of Jewish people and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany‚ in a genocide most often called the Holocaust. In it‚ more than 11 million lives were claimed‚ ultimately leading to one of the most devastating war crimes and genocides in the entirety of history. The horrors of the Holocaust and World War 2 in general still greatly impact society today‚ from Neo-Nazi groups around the world to international
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During WWI‚ Adolf did not necessarily appear on the front lines; although‚ he was found in some significant battle ground spots. At the end of WWI‚ Hitler received two recognitions for his service: Iron Cross First Class and Black Wound Badge. When the war ended with Germany’s
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than pleased with punishing Germany to the extent that the country was left economically‚ financially and mentally unstable. They were blinded by their own nations interest that it created the perfect climate for Hitler’s rise‚ causing the outbreak of WW2. This essay will
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attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. They would claim that the war began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Manchuria was a region in northeastern China that was rich in natural resources. Japan pursued expansion for the same reasons
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