ever disobeyed them. Such a question wasn’t so apparent back then but now with many people pushing for sexual equality‚ what’s the answer? During the 20th century‚ the United States was flung into two world conflicts of everlasting proportions. WW1 and WW2 resulted into a death toll ranging from 60 to 105 million deaths across the world‚ or 10 megadeaths. But while the men were being drafted and flung into the trenches of Europe‚ women at home started taking over the jobs men did in factories and
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ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES IN WW2 AND THE HOLOCAUST World War II (WW2) was a military conflict that began in 1939. It came to be the worst war in human history based of the loss of lives and material destroyed. Though it began as a European conflict between Germans and the French coalition‚ it spread to include other nations of the world like the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (US). Boundaries and lines between combatants and non-combatants blurred with
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invasion of Poland in September 1939 was linked to the grievances expressed by Hitler and Mussolini about the terms of the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler created a personal persona around his avowed “mission” to recue to German people from the shame of WW1 and to free Germany from the restrictions imposed by the Treaty. In Mein Kampf‚ Hitler wrote that ‘Germany would be a world power‚ or there would be no Germany’. Mussolini pledged to restore Italy to its former Imperial glory. He wanted to build a new
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that occurred in history‚ because he was known for doing lots of negative things. Adolf Hitler killed a whopping number of people. He also had lots of power and control not only over tons of people‚ but over Germany (Nelson‚ "World War II History: WW2 Timeline for Kids"). During the World War‚ Hitler knew that Germany wasn’t going to be successful and then shot himself. Who knows what today‚ during modern history‚ would be like? What would have happened to Germany? What would have happened if Hitler’s
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1 The ww1 was devastating because of the twentieth-century technology they used all kind of the technology. They had powerful guns and artillery and the mobility of the roads made it stronger so they could defend themselves they even used airplanes on the battlefield. They made all kind of modern weapons but the most destructive weapon was the barbed wire it would sting the soldiers from the other army they would become tangled in the wire easy for the other soldiers to kill the soldiers from the
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But the effects of WW1 on America were wide-ranging covering the political‚ economic and social impact the Great War had on the United States. Unlike the countries of Europe‚ the factories and home of the US had not been destroyed. Manufacturing‚ production and efficiency
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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important peace treaty that brought World War One to an end. The treaty was signed on June 18‚ 1919‚ in the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. The terms ordered Germany to take full responsibility of WW1 and the allies imposed reparations for war damage. This left German’s outraged at their Government‚ the country became very weak‚ with no real future. However‚ the ‘Big Three’‚ Britain‚ France‚ and America showed a total lack of empathy as they were
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Germans introduced the use chemical gasses as an weapon in war. Poison gas was the most feared out of all technology weapons in WW1. The gasses could burn skin‚ blind‚ or destroy your lungs if you happen to breathed in. Back then they had crude face masks to protect people in war from the poisonous gas floating in the air. Poison gas was easier during WW1 all they had to do was throw the poisonous gas bomb. “ A poison gas attack meant soldiers having to put on crude gas masks
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and men were always the one who brought home the dough for the family each week. Not only that but the few selective women who did work were looked down on by society‚ for the reason that‚ men were believed to be a better fit for those jobs. However‚ WW2 changed all of that. The amount of women in the workforce rose in numbers. Women were allowed to occupy male-oriented occupations. Most of all‚ women were able to escape the gender roles they were forced to comply to & make a difference with the second
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n the latter half of the 19th century an arms race began to Develop ‚ this in itself was causing tensions In Germany the Kaiser Wilhelm II had rid himself of Bismark and his conservative foreign policy of diplomacy and avoidance of conflict‚ with a rash and belligerent quest for glory. The facts that the rulers of Great Britain ‚ Germany and Russia were first cousins did nothing to reduce the levels of tension. National security was a critical issue for all the major states‚ the developing tensions
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