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War Against Japan Yalta Conference
1,454 words
The Yalta Conference was one of the most important
events in history, let alone, this century. It
took place from February 4 to February 11, 1945,
at Yalta, Crimea, a port / resort . The three main
individuals at this meeting were Churchill of
Great Britain, Roosevelt of the United States and
Stalin of the U. S. S. R, known back then, and now
known as Russia. Roosevelt had two primary goals
at Yalta, and he secured them both, during the
negotiations. One these key objectives was to
involve Stali...
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Allied Forces Western Front
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... ed the people rebelled and demanded fair rule.
Later in 1682, Peter the Great come to power. He
decided Russia needed to be Westernized and he set
forth a great campaign to collect technologies
from the West. Peter also built St. Petersburg
(the new capitol of Russia) The Westernizaton of
Russia made it considerably stronger. Most people
in the time were agricultural. Many starved to
death in bad-winter weather. There simply was not
enough food to go around. Sometimes towns lost 1 /
3 or 1 /...
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Submarine Warfare Merchant Ships
771 words
In the early days of the First World War, the
United States was desperate to stay out of the
European war and institute a neutrality policy.
However, the two sides fought for U. S. support,
often even at a danger to the U. S. The passive
stand that America took in involvement in World
War I only prolonged the inevitable and came at a
price to the U. S. The American public didnt want
to be involved in World War I, and Wilson and the
democrats knew it, although neutrality was a
difficult stand to ...
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Saddam Hussein Ground War
351 words
The Persian Gulf war was launched on January 6,
1991, after international diplomatic efforts and
sanctions had failed to force Iraq to withdraw
from Kuwait, which was illegally invaded on August
2, 1990, by the january 15 th deadline set by the
united nations. The 31 -nation military moved
against Iraq, commanded by U. S. general H. Norman
Schwarzkopf, included forces from the United
States, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Britain, Syria, and
France. Japan, Germany, and others aided the war
effort financia...
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Brother Joseph British Fleet
1,190 words
Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio,
Corsica, and was given the name Napoleon
Buonaperte. He was the second of eight children of
Carlo and Letizia Buonaperte, both of the
Corsican-Italian gentry. Before Napoleon, had ever
been a professional soldier. His father Carlo, was
a lawyer who had fought for Corsican independence.
Napoleon, at the age of 16, and joined the
artillery as a second lieutenant. I was then where
Napoleon found his calling. The rest of his life
would be based on the...
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Nuclear Chain Reaction Enrico Fermi
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THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ATOMIC BOMB The New York Press
reports: "New hope for releasing the enormous
stores of energy within the atom has arisen from
German scientists." World famous Niels Bohr of
Copenhagen and Enrico Fermi of Rome, both Nobel
prize winners, acclaim this experiment as one of
the most important in recent years. Fermi now
realized that his new element 93 had been a
product of splitting the uranium atom. At this
time the release of nuclea...
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Due To The Fact Allied Forces
1,012 words
... nces in its style of reporting. Eager to get
the facts out might give hints and other possible
information that might prove harmful against the
allied forces. Notice that I used the term allied
forces. CNN was also praised for showing the
entire picture of who was involved in the
fighting. Many stations, for obvious reasons only
displayed the American involvement in the war. The
reason being for this is CNN is a global news
service, whereas the likes of ABC, NBC, and CBS
cater to the America...
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Knight Ridder Tribune World War Ii
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On the tiny island of Tinian, the morning silence
of August 6, 1945, was broken by the colossal roar
of the engines of the B- 29 Super fortress, the
Enola Gay preparing for takeoff. Colonel Paul W.
Tibbets prepared himself and his crew for the most
historic flight of their lives. Neither Colonial
Tibbets nor the rest of the men on board knew
exactly to where they would be flying. What they
did know was that the bomb they were about to
deliver would change the world forever and quite
possibly end...
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The Five Sullivan Brothers
452 words
The Sullivan brothers, George, Francis, Eugene,
Madison, and Albert, were the sons of Thomas and
Area Sullivan of Waterloo. The brothers ranged
from age 20 to 29 when they enlisted in the U. S.
Navy after learning of the death of a good friend
at Pearl Harbor. At their request, the five were
assigned to the same ship, the cruiser Juneau.
This was against Navy policy, but the Sullivan's
request was granted. The Juneau was sunk by the
Japanese in November 1942 during the battle for
the Solomon Isl...
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Joe Jr Kennedy Family
1,103 words
John F. Kennedy was the 35 th president of the
United States 1961 to 1963. He was the youngest
person ever to be elected president. Also, He was
the first Roman Catholic president and the first
president to be born in the 20 the century. He
served in World War II on PT boat. He also helped
to solve the Cuban Missile Crisis and started
Peace of Corps to help 3 rd world countries better
them selves. Kennedy was assassinated before he
completed his third year as president. Therefore,
his achievemen...
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Concentration Camps Allied Forces
907 words
In 1933 Adolf Hitler was the leader of Nazi
Germany. He wanted to wipe out the Jewish
population and conquer the world. At this time
there were about three million Jews living in
Germany. The Nazis believed that the Germans were
superior. They mistakenly saw Jews as a specific
race, therefore claiming them to be inferior and a
prime target for killing. "Holocaust" is a word
that means widespread destruction. Hitlers hatred
for the Jews and his need for total power
definitely created widespread d...
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Iraqi Forces Cease Fire
562 words
Saddam Hussein was born April 28 th, 1937. He was
born in a place called Tikrit District, in Iraq.
At the age of 9 months Saddam became an orphan, he
was raised by his Uncle, Khairallah Talfah, an
anti colonialist, who led an unsuccessful coup and
bid for independence in 1941. (Axelrod, Dictators
and Tyrants, p. 145) Saddam has been the president
of Iraq since 1979. He was a strong believer in
terrorism, and he supported it as well. He is
chairman of the Revolutionary Common Council of
the Baath...
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Nuclear Arms Race World War Ii
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Humanities 410 Extra Credit The Pros & Cons of
Using the Atomic Bomb. During wartime, horrible
atrocities against all of humanity must be dealt
with. Crimes against humanity, as never witnessed
before, and hopefully to never be seen again,
occurred during the course of World War II. The
security of our nation and of other allied nations
was severely threatened, not only by the Germans,
but also by the Japanese. The Japanese were a
strong people willing to fight till it was no
longer possible. It...
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World War Ii Lend Lease
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In 1935 the first neutrality act was passed, which
meant that America would not be allowed to sell
weapons to warring nations. In 1939 Americans
steered clear of the war that broke out in Europe.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the first and only
president elected to three terms. He answered all
critics with Abraham Lincoln's slogan "Dont change
horses in midstream." He was nominated to his
third term in 1940. Shortly afterward, in March of
1941, Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act, which
allowed u...
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Accomplishments Of Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King
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The greatest Prime Minister of Canada was
Mackenzie King the 10 th Prime Minister of Canada
and by far one of Canada's greatest. William Lyon
Mackenzie King accomplished a lot in his twenty- 0
ne years of ministering Canada! "It is what we
prevent, rather than what we do that counts most
in Government. " (Mackenzie King August 26, 1936)
This statement sums up the best secrets of
Mackenzie King's success as prime minister, and
perhaps, the key to governing Canada effectively.
King's record of pri...
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Historical Stages Of Democratization In Japan
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Historical Stages of Democratization in Japan
Introduction In the essay we will examine the
history of democratization in Japan. The essay
comprises of four parts: Introduction, The
historical stages of democratization in Japan,
Factors that contributed to the democratization
process and Conclusion. In the second part we will
distinguish the main stages of the process of
establishing democracy in Japan. In the third part
we will dwell on factors that contributed to this
process. In the forth par...
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Handmaid Tale World War Ii
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Handmaid? s Tale Essay In the novel The Handmaids
Tale by Margaret Atwood, I found many similarities
in the fictional novel that takes place in Gilead,
with the Holocaust that took place in Germany
during the years 1938 - 1945. I am going to
explore how the novel shadows the story of
Germany. I will describe the similarities between
Adolf Hitlers rise to power and the rise to power
of the rulers in Gilead, how the woman are treated
versus how the Jews were treated. I will compare
the rights of t...
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Royal Air Force World War Ii
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When we study history we often encounter many one
sided or inaccurate descriptions of the events
that we are trying to learn about. This is in
large part because the people writing about these
events, historians were not actually there when
history was being made. They attempt to piece
together a history from primary sources of the
time period they are studying. Unfortunately these
primary sources were often biased themselves. This
is a topic that is discussed heavily by Patricia
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38 Th Parallel Korean Peninsula
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Many events make up the entirety of a conflict
between opposing forces. More specifically, there
can be many different parts to a war. There is not
necessarily only one struggle in a war. In the
Korean Conflict, the war can be separated into
three distinct and equally important stages, each
with their own purpose: the North s offensive, the
South s offensive, and the stalemate. Examining
these three stages will clearly define the
objectives of the war. The offensive attack that
the North Koreans...
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Win The War Entered The War
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By the end of 1914 the war had reached stalemate.
This was due to the failure of both the Germans
Schlieffen Plan and the French Plan Seventeen.
Both these plans were said by each side to end the
war by Christmas and neither side had perceived
the idea of stalemate. So as the next few years
came both sides had to produce new ways to end
stalemate and win the war. Both sides found ways,
which they thought would win the war. I will
explain how far they actually went to break the
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