Why France Fell so Quickly in 1940 In 1940 France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The Germans swept through eastern France and had conquered the country within a month. This essay explores how the Germans won so decisively in 1940 and what went wrong for the allies. I have found that the main points accounting to the fall of France was the excellent German planning‚ the poor French leadership‚ superior German tactics and French “defeatism”. In 1940 an attack on France by the Germans was imminent.
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HOW AND WHY DID ISLAM SPREAD SO QUICKLY? In 610 C.E.‚ a local merchant named Muhammad completely changed all of Middle East through the religion of Islam. He fled to Mecca‚ in a cave where he was given the words of Allah and by this‚ introducing the religion. Overtime‚ the religion continued to attract new followers‚ which leads to question- how and why did Islam spread so quickly? Three of the reasons to how this happened were due to trade‚ the message passed on from God and the conquest of land
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Islam spread so successfully because the Byzantine and Persian empires were weak and tired‚ so this made it easier for Muslims to conquer them. From Arabia‚ Islam spread northwards towards Persia and Baghdad in 640AD. In the east they overpowered Samarkand in 676AD and the Borders of India in 707AD. Towards the west Islam expanded into Morocco and Spain in 708AD. Simple but effective military tactics helped spread Islam because they were easy and not too complicated for the Muslims to carry
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Why did Islam Spread so Quickly? I think the reason Islam spread so quickly was because of trade. I think it was trade because it would spread by people talking to other people about the things they have heard. It also had something to do with other empires. Since empires were so big and full of people they learned about things quickly. This takes me back to trade‚ when they traded with the empires and people talked about what they heard. Then that’s where people heard about Islam. So that’s where
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France suffered nearly two million deaths during the war and nearly four million soldiers were wounded. And things got worst after the Great War. With a quarter of the dead being under twenty-four years of age‚ the birthrate plummeted. France was also short of three million workers and the gap had to be filled with foreigners whose mere presence created resentment amongst French laborers‚ and so borderline fascism first made its appearance. Out of the horrible aftermath of the war came a group
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Why was beheading so influential for us today? The French wanted a more instant and innocent way to execute people‚ which is why they adopted the infamous guillotine to their arsenal of punishments. Making executions easier‚ faster‚ and less painful‚ less shameful and more plentiful than ever before. The French Revolution began in 1789‚ after years of French people being subjected to monarchical tyranny. Being inspired by the American Revolution against Britain‚ the French found similar reasons
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Gettysburg‚ a small town in Pennsylvania was the site for one of the most deadly battles in the civil war. Gettysburg is like a wagon wheel because the roads connect to it like the spokes on a wagon wheel. This site has been attributed to tons of ghost stories. This battle was very significant. If the confederate had won this battle the whole war would have changed. I am about to tell you is the story of why the battle was so significant. First‚ let’s take into account that the battle of Gettysburg
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The purpose of my paper is to answer the question of why did France fall so swiftly in 1940’? Why did this mighty nation succumb to the Germans so quickly? If the Germans had failed in their conquest it is very possible that the war would have ended right there. But their victory in France eventually drew the entire world into war. I will delve into the problems that plagued the nation and come up with an analysis of why France surrendered only six weeks after the invasion of Germany. From the
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politics from religion‚ and distorts both.”-John Cornyn In this time period there was two rulers Muhammad and Abu Bakr. Why did Islam spread so quickly Islam spread so quickly by war‚ religion‚ and rights. First off one reason why Islam spread so quickly is because of war. One piece of evidence why Islam spread so quickly by war is because they took over five cities in 189 years. According to doc. C the reason why Islam took over five cities in 189 years is because they took over Mecca in 630 c
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World War 1 was the first “Great War” in American history. It caused a major advancement in American weaponry and technology. Also‚ it showed the axis powers the strength and determination of our nation. World War 1 was triggered by the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. It started in 1914 and ended in 1920. It was fought by Russia‚ Germany‚ France‚ Great Britain‚ and the United States. The reason why World War 1 was so devastating was because of secret alliances‚ the weapons
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