Why did Hong Kong Fall so Easily? Hong Kong is world widely known for being the world’s financial hub and for being the world’s richest city; most people don’t know that before being a financial city‚ it had a rich history behind it. It went through one of the greatest‚ harshest wars in history‚ the Second World War. There are many reasons why the Japanese were so successful in capturing Hong Kong; they invested most of their money into the Japanese Army. While they had latest guns and weapons
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bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe‚ in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty.” With these defiant words‚ John F. Kennedy seemed to be spelling out his position on American policy toward the Vietnam War during his inaugural address on 20 January 1961. However‚ it is questionable whether or not he maintained this conviction throughout his brief stint as this nation’s leader. Throughout Kennedy’s term in office‚ evidence points to the fact that
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The Civil War was one of the greatest wars fought in history. It began with deep conflict between the North and South and the secession of the southern states. They primarily had different ideas on slavery‚ trade‚ and states which started the war. Some main causes were the Missouri Compromise‚ the Dred Scott decision‚ the Abolitionist movement‚ and Uncle Tom’s cabin. The Civil War officially started on April 12‚ 1861 when Confederate forces bombarded the Union controlled Fort Sumter in Charleston
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During his lecture at Mississippi State‚ “Withdrawing from Vietnam: How America Left a Long [And Lost] War‚” Dr. Gregory Daddis provided an interesting viewpoint of the United States Campaign in Vietnam. Dr. Daddis thesis states that the dysfunctional relationship between military commanders in Vietnam and stateside leadership‚ was due largely in part to the unascertainable demands of the President back home‚ and the failure of United States politicians to understand the capabilities of the military
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Vietnam had been split into two‚ with a Communist government in the North under Ho Chi Minh and a Democratic government in the South under Ngo Dinh Diem. The North lead by Ho Chi Minh‚ who launched a guerilla campaign in South Vietnam‚ the campaign was led by Viet Cong units‚ with the intention of bonding the country under communist rules. The Unites States began to train the Army of the Republican of Vietnam (ARVN)‚ to stop the spread of communism and to provide military advisors to help combat
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change. After the Cold War had begun‚ Canada was forced to make quick and logical decisions‚ the impacts were felt from all over the world. Canada’s tremendous participation in the three major conflicts within the Cold War the Korean War in which they helped from stopping the escalation of the war‚ the resolution of Suez Canal Crisis with Canada’s contribution the crisis did not turn into a large battle and was immediately solved and their aid and guidance in the Vietnam War. Canada‚ because of their
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The Cold War was the conflict between the two superpowers of the world‚ the democratic republic of the United States of America and the communist government of the Soviet Union. From 1947 until the 1990s the two superpowers fought each other for leverage and jurisdiction of the world. The relationship between the superpowers had been strained before The Cold War because tensions between the United States and Soviet Union had been lasting since 1917 with the start of the Bolshevik revolution in Russia
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the Vietnam War and Information Learning target: List and explain how Truman‚ Eisenhower‚ and Kennedy react to key events in Vietnam. Vietnam declares independence‚ 1945 On September 2‚ Ho Chi Minh leader of the Vietnamese independence movement‚ quoted the Declaration of Independence when he declared Vietnamese independence from foreign rule‚ members of this independence movement. Us Military aiud to French Indochina 1950 1954 persident truman‚ seeing the First Indochina War as a
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reason that the Civil War started? Was it because the North didn’t want slavery anymore or was it because of something bigger than that? Could it have been an array of instances all tied together? There are many possibilities of why the Civil War began to include‚ slavery‚ money‚ and not having an individual leading the States. All of these are valid reason if one side opposed what the other side wanted. To follow there will be more in depth analysis of why the biggest war on American soil started
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historians said. My primary sources were a declaration of independence by Ho Chi Minh and a letter to American President Johnson. In those sources‚ Ho Chi Minh explained why the Vietnamese were fighting and that they wanted to be free and independent. My secondary sources were historians describing what happened in the Vietnam War after it happened. My investigation showed me some challenges that historians face. One challenge is that primary sources may be unreliable and biased. Ho Chi Minh would
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