2013 Jordan C. Feb 11‚ 2013 As World War 2 ended‚ it brought many important changes in Canada. There were more than 40‚000 Canadian lives lost. There are many changes in Canada politically‚ economically and socially. In the next world war‚ we could see how Canada began to form itself as an independent country. World War 2 began with Hitler’s invasion of Poland and two days later‚ Britain‚ France declared war on Germany. Canada then agreed to join in the war on September 1‚ 1939... Since Canada
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ESSAY FINAL DRAFT When World War 2 began‚ millions of American men left to serve oversea. As a result‚ businesses and industries at home needed a new supply of workers. World War 2 increased and decreased opportunity and power for other Americans in many different ways. With the huge wave of men leaving‚ the government urged women to replace them in certain positions. By women filling these certain positions‚ it made them more knowledgeable and gave women a fantastic chance to do a variety
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Women’s Support Roles in the World Wars Right up to the outbreak of World War I‚ feminists on both sides pledged themselves to peace‚ in transnational women’s solidarity. Within months of the war’s outbreak‚ however‚ "all the major feminist groups of the belligerents had given a new pledge - to support their respective governments." Suddenly‚ campaigners for women’s suffrage became avid patriots and organizers of women in support of the war effort. Many of these feminists hoped that patriotic support
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“Assess the role of Canada in the First World War.” Looking back at the First World War‚ people often remember the assassination of the archduke Franz- Ferdinand‚ the two- front war and the Schlieffen plan‚ and the domination of trench warfare. However‚ Canada was an essential factor in the war. The war showed that not only could Canada provide sufficient military support‚ but it also showed that Canada could become an effective military power. Based on the premise of the British North American
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the World War 2 on Japan? “The centers of both cities were flattened‚ and as many as 80‚000 inhabitants of Hiroshima and 40‚000 of Nagasaki perished almost instantly from the force and intense heat of the explosions” (Strayer‚ 912). Therefore‚ the Japanese had to go through the hard time after World War 2‚ they witnessed the death of their families‚ their friends. A lot of houses were destroyed‚ families were torn apart‚ and many survivors have to suffer because of the atomic bomb. 2. What
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Explain how the second world war changed the role of women in Britain There were many ways the second world war changed the role of women in Britain. One of these was the huge change in percentage of women in manual and factory employment. With conscription introduced a high percentage of able bodied men were fighting overseas. This left huge caps in employment in sectors like agriculture and munitions production‚ which in the time of war had considerably increased in demand. Numerous propaganda
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Since the founding of the United States of America‚ women have been oppressed and thought to be inferior compared to men. Denied civil rights such as voting‚ owning property‚ equal pay‚ and equal treatment in general‚ women have always been sold short of what they are capable of. However‚ when the United States entered World War II in 1941‚ no one was prepared for the social changes that were to occur in the next four years. Scores of men were sent overseas to fight‚ leaving behind hundreds of thousands
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How have animals helped soldiers in World War One? Source 1 BBC Schools-Animals During World War One http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/0/ww1/25401273 Horses millions of horses used with different roles WW1 first war where cavalry was not main type of soldier significantly less use of cavalry than previous wars‚ but they were still used‚ even until the last battles used mostly in the Battle of Mons‚ but then “Both sides soon realised men on horses could not win the war in trenches. The muddy ground‚ barbed
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between good and evil‚ a war over resources‚ countries call to justice; these are usually the words we hear when we consider when we think of September 1st‚ 1939 and what became known as the tragic Second Great War or World War 2. The war officially started when Germany‚ under the influence of Adolf Hitler‚ introduced rapid militarization and a grasp for important resources seized control of Poland. Just two days after the fateful attack‚ Britain and France declared war on the Third Reich. Now as
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Women’s role in the war was more than just supporting their husbands. When men went to war they left their jobs and the women took over them. With the women taking the men’s jobs‚ women started striking because they weren’t getting paid as much as the men were for doing the same job. Also women started going into war and helping in the hospitals and getting supplies. When war broke out women had a huge impact on taking over the jobs the men had. Women worked in factories‚ they did the farm work
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