To what extent was Jinnah responsible for the partition of India? The partition of India in August 1947 was a highly controversial event and has led to widespread speculation regarding its causes and consequences. Orthodox historians credit the creation of Pakistan to Muhammad Ali Jinnah‚ the leader of the All India Muslim League‚ and his determination to create a sovereign state for Indian Muslims. However‚ this view has been contested by a number of historians‚ who place responsibility for
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To what extent did Scotland play an important role in the British army during the First World War? Scotland played an important role in the British army right from the start of the war. Straight away there was a lot of support from Scotland as volunteer rates were bigger in proportion to the size of the population than in any other area of the UK. Scots were also highly involved in the battle of Loos which was one of the first main battles of the war. The next battle that involved a large amount
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To What extent can USA and USSR be blamed for the start of the Cold War? After World War II‚ a new world order was created as USSR and USA emerged as the two superpowers. There were already existing tensions between these two before the war and the wartime alliance was more out of the need to destroy the common enemy‚ Germany‚ rather than out of mutual agreements between these two. It has been argued that the cold war was caused mostly by the USSR because of their Marxism- Leninism ideology and their
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many reasons why Britain appeased Hitler in the 1930s. For example‚ by giving Czechoslovakia to Germany. Hitler sought through the terms of the Treaty of Versailles‚ which took away most of Germany’s territories and inflicted disarmament and reparations. In September (1938)‚ Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich to settle disagreement over Sudetenland. Hitler’s demand that Sudetenland be given to Germany was agreed because it was settled by Germans and would therefore be within the rule of national
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Was Germany to Blame For World War II? Germany is often solely blamed for the outbreak of World War. However‚ there are several factors which contributed to the occurrence of the war. Although the purpose of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) was to ensure Germany could never start another war‚ it indirectly contributed to World War Two. Germany was unhappy with the terms of the treaty‚ especially the War Guilt Clause and the huge amount of reparations that had to be paid to the Allies. At this time
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The First World War was the first ’total war’ - the whole nation had to be mobilised to fight. Men joined the army while women took over their jobs‚ but was this change lasting or a temporary effect of total war? The population at home - the basics People in Britain were affected by six main ways: 1. Recruitment - there was a huge poster campaign to get people to join up‚ and the government had to introduce conscription in 1916. Conscientious objectors could be imprisoned. Women were recruited
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During the Second World War‚ the Nazi party‚ under the leadership of Adolf Hitler tried to kill all the Jews in Europe to solve the “Jewish Problem” because they wanted a superior race living in Germany. He also made new laws against certain types of people stripping them from their rights. It started around the beginning of World War II around 1933 when Hitler took over and ended around when the rise of Hitler had ended‚ near the end of WWII and it took place all over Europe but the most well-known
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"To w hat extent was Germany responsible for the First World War." There are many different factors that contributed to the outbreak of WWI. The most important of these are imperialism‚ the arms race‚ the alliance system‚ nationalism and the assassination of the Austrian Arch Duke. Although Germany has a share in the responsibility of these factors‚ she was definitely not the lone cause. Many powerful European nations played a roughly equal part in their contribution‚ which consequently started
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WHAT WERE THE CAUSES OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR?? While there were quite a few events that led to fighting‚ the actual causes of the war are fairly deeper. The major causes of the First World War were: the Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ Nationalism and how all this had increased tension between the powers of Europe which were: Britain‚ France‚ Russia (Triple Entente) and Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Italy (Triple Alliance). The minor causes of the war were: the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ Franz Ferdinand
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The First World War with Level of Analysis Abstract World War I has been the first global war in the world lasted from 1914 to 1918. It is one of the great watersheds of the 20th century geopolitical history. Due to new military technologies‚ the unprecedented levels of carnage and destruction are caused and more than 16 million people including military personnel and civilians died. This paper will explore about the World War I with level of analysis – individual‚ state and international level
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