Why did Australia become involved in World War Two? 1) Australia and Britain shared the same king. When the king of England declared war on Germany‚ Australia also was at war. Australia had no choice in the matter. 2) The public did not like the aggressive nature of Hitler’s ambitions. 3) Australians WANTED to support Britain. 4) It was a show of strength in an attempt to persuade Hitler to back down. 5) Germany and Japan directly threatened Australia’s security. 6) It was the right thing
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and successful outcome or you stay out." -Alexander M. Haig JR. The War That Couldn’t Be Won! By withdrawing its forces from Vietnam in 1973 did the United States admit defeat? This is an argument that historians and observers have been having for years. Before answering that question however‚ we must first understand if we ever really had a chance to win the war. The circumstances leading up to the war were pretty much out of the United States control with an obligation to our French
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Are we winning the war on terrorism? There are two different views on how we should deal with terrorism in the long term. The first view being that we should destroy everything and everyone in that terrorist group or anyone working with them. The second view being that we should eliminate the root causes of terrorism on a global level. Even if you can decide on which view to choose‚ how do know if you are winning the war or not? Is it how many terrorist attacks have arisen since 9/11 or do you go
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The classic songs by John Lennon "We are the World" by USA for Africa and Imagine are very kind songs because they both relate on helping other people that need help in the streets. The song Imagine is trying to say is that we should get on other people’s placeless and see how much they suffer with out food or houses to live in." We Are the World" is a song and charity single originally recorded by the super group USA for Africa in 1985. Is about an earthquake that destroyed almost everything that
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World War I‚ the first world war‚ broke out in the year 1914 in Europe. The two-different sides in the war were named the Allies and the Central Powers. Eventually‚ as the war progressed‚ several countries pledged their alliance to a side. The Allies consisted of Russia‚ France‚ and Britain. The Central Powers subsisted of Germany‚ Austro-Hungary‚ Turkey and joining later were the Italians. The United States at this point in history had policies in place that were very dissimilar to the policies
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and the war is won. There is still questions though about the war. What started the war? How did America get involved? How did the War End? What Started World War II? The war was thought to have started with Germany attacking poland. “When Germany entered the western portion of Poland‚ Britain and France declared war on Germany. But when Russia moved into eastern Poland‚ there was no war declaration by either nation.” (threeworldwars.com) For some reason they thought it was an act of war on Poland
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The Vietnam war spanned roughly 20 years‚ making it the longest war Australia has fought to this day. The civil war made Vietnam into a warzone‚ but also affected the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. As a result of the war and estimated 1‚300‚000 civilians and soldiers were killed and almost 2 million civilians were forced to seek asylum elsewhere. During the war Vietnam was an extremely dangerous country to live in‚ hundreds of civilians died every day because of the conflict‚ causing
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We are the world Book Review: Three cups of tea Lost on the way to the summit of a mountain called K2 in Pakistan‚ Greg Mortenson felt depressed until he wandered into a poor village and was warmly treated. Reaching the summit of K2 to place a necklace in the honor of Christa‚ his sister was Greg’s original plan‚ but after he walked into the village’s everyday life he changed his mind. There‚ he gave a promise... to build a school. Eventually‚ not only one school was built but more than sixty
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major violation of their civil rights as American citizens‚ because they did not have freedom to choose where to live and had to be sent away‚ due to race. In December 7‚ 1941‚ the Japanese Navy Service launched a military strike on the United States Naval Fleet at Pearl harbor‚ Hawaii. That catastrophe was the leading factor to the United States joining World War II. In fact‚ days after the bombing‚ the United States went to war with Japan and Germany. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the
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Before WWII happened many nations were going through hard times and did not want to engage in another war. WWI had just ended about 20 years ago and still were recovering their economy. To avoid wars nations came up with policies and treaties with other nations in order to keep the piece. The US‚ UK and france all wanted to prevent the war. UK‚US and france came up with things like the neutrality laws‚ policy of appeasement‚ and the five power treaty The United States were a huge arsenal for WWI
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