World War 2 ID/Sigs Totalitarianism: a concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. Fascism: an authoritarian nationalist ideology focused on solving economic‚ political‚ and social problems that its supporters see as causing national decline or decadence. Nazism: the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party under Adolf Hitler‚ and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany
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The Commonwealth of the Philippines was invaded by the Empire of Japan in December 1941 shortly after Japan’s declaration of war upon the United States of America‚ which controlled the Philippines at the time and possessed important military bases there. The combined American-Filipino army was defeated by April 1942‚ but guerrilla resistance against the Japanese continued throughout the war. Uncaptured Filipino army units‚ a communist insurgency and supporting American agents all played a role in
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Physiological Impacts of World War Two When a soldier enlists into the military forces they know they are going in to fight for their country and freedom for everyone. They spend months training and preparing for the war and what to come. They learn to fight‚ shoot‚ and kill enemies‚ but what they do not learn is how to cope with the after math of the war. Soldiers in war every year come home with many post traumatic effects from what they had witnessed. During world war two this was known as shell
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The British Empire after the War There was no more than four great empires. The empires were Germany‚‚ Ottoman and Russia. In 1918 the British empire was the beginning of the end. The expectations of the British colonial subject have been raised during the war‚ the empire and the self-governing territories of the British Commonwealth had helped to fund. India for example paid 146 million pounds toward the war effect. Importing raw materials from the colonies helped the allied victory.The self-governing
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When the First World War began in the summer of 1914‚ America chose not to get involved since they felt that it was not in their place to get involve. Despite the fact that some of the first and second generation immigrants disagreed with this‚ the president Woodrow Wilson emphasized that it was important for the United States to avoid taking sides‚ and remain “impartial in thought‚ as well as action.” Although America did in fact remain neutral for some time‚ this changed in 1917 when the German
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Australia’s Response to Communism in the 1950’s In the 1950’s the world had just come out of the greatest war in human history. In the aftermath of this war many countries turned to communism. It was against this threat of communism that the Australian government reacted in such a wide variety of ways. Although there were a wide variety of ways in which Australia reacted there were perhaps three that were the most prevalent and influential. Firstly Australia sent troops to fight in Korea to avoid
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Thesis: During World War Two there were many battles‚ but only three battles would be significant to winning the war‚ these battles would be the Battle of Britain‚ the Battle of Midway‚ and D-Day. Paragraph 1 Topic Sentence: The Battle of Britain would show the Allies that Hitler’s forces could be diverted and stopped. Supporting Evidence #1: When Hitler began Operation Sea Lion‚ it was to destroy moral and show who controlled the power. Supporting Evidence #2: According to Quizlet.com “Significantly
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and Artillery of World War II The result of World War II was affected by many different factors. One major factor which affected the war was the weapons and artillery used during the war. Since the beginnings of time‚ weapons have always been around. From swords and knives to nuclear weapons and missiles‚ weapons have evolved greatly throughout the years. The weapons and artillery used in World War II basically were evolved types of weaponry that were used during World War I (Military History
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World War II I decided to choose the topic about World War II because I watch a movie about it and it was the deadliest conflict in human history .I did my research on the internet I used Wikipedia ‚ time line ‚ History place ‚ and Google at first it was Confusing because there is so much to write about‚ I did not know where to begin‚ then I decided to concentrate on the casualties of the war because of the numbers of civilians that died. World War II killed more people‚ involved more nations‚
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perspective of World War II from many different points. The main perspective was through a young boy in the movie‚ Bruno. His role was played by Asa Butterfield. Bruno was very clueless about the war in the beginning of the movie‚ although towards the end he becomes much more knowledgeable. Elsa‚ the mother of Bruno‚ was also unacknowledged about certain circumstances of the war. Her role was played by Vera Farmiga. The father of the family‚ Ralf‚ was an important solider during World War II. His role
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