There comes time in the history of our world‚ where a quote defines and embodies the actual event. Some people remember both when both President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Present George W. Bush said those famous words regarding the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States‚ by saying‚ “it will be a date that will live in infamy”. Present Reagan‚ whom some would say had a memorable quote when it came to the end of the Cold War. On June 12‚ 1987
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Parliament of the United Kingdom promulgating the partition of India and the independence of the dominions of Pakistan and India. The Act received royal assent on 18 July 1947. The legislation was formulated by the government of Prime Minister Clement Attlee‚ after representatives of the Indian National Congress‚[1] the Muslim League‚[2] and the Sikh community[3] came to an agreement with the Viceroy of India‚ Lord Mountbatten of Burma‚ on what has come to be known as the 3 June Plan or Mountbatten
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primarily of Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan. Who was King of England? King George VI Who was the British Prime Minister? Neville Chamberlain was the Prime Minister at the start of the war however he resigned and Winston Churchill took over in 1940. Then Clement Attlee took over from Winston Churchill’s place. The effect of war in Britain How did the war affect the lives of ordinary people both in the country and the city? Rationing Rationing regulations for food and clothing were introduced during the war in
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Harry Truman had to make one of the hardest decisions any President ever had to make. He had to decide whether or not to spare countless American lives at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Japanese and drop the two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was his responsibility as the President to protect the US‚ but the death toll in Japan was so horrific that it really makes you wonder if it was worth the killing of all the innocent people‚ many of whom were women and children.
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The history of the 20th century can be defined by the biographies of six men: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ Winston Churchill‚ Vladimir Lenin‚ Adolf Hitler‚ Mao Tse Tung‚ and Josef Stalin. Each of these men had a lasting significant involvement in world affairs. This essay will focus on the significance each individual had on the ideologies of Democracy and Totalitarianism. Four of the six individuals were leaders of a totalitarianistic state‚ and three of these led a communist country. Also four of
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Wo Jun Shing History TO WHAT EXTENT WAS THE COLD WAR CAUSED BY TWO IRRECONCILABLE IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES? The Cold War was completely quiet a big disaster to the world. It was caused by the military tensions between The United States and its NATO allies with The Soviet Union with its allies. Instead of it‚ there are also several things that help caused the war‚ European countries were not stable back then‚ economical collapsed are everywhere‚ so does in America. The Iron Curtain also affects
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The Aftermath of World War II Introduction: World War II ended with the surrender of the Axis powers. A week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide‚ Germany surrendered‚ on May 7th to the Western Allies‚ and on May 8th to the Soviet Union in 1945. Japan was able to pull through for few months‚ but soon atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the USA on August 6th and 9th respectively. This finally convinced the Japanese Government that they had no choice but to surrender. The
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the crisis. Important Decision Maker | Role in Berlin Airlift | General Clay | Organized the airlift | Stalin | Caused the blockade‚ couldn’t do anything to stop the blockade. | Truman | President of US during airlift‚ ordered it. | Clement Attlee | British Royal Air Force also helped with the airlift. | | | 3. What was the significance of the ‘NSC-68’? It encouraged military and economic aid to be given to any country perceived by the USA to be resisting Communism. It warned
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Assignment 1 – P2 Describe the origin of Public Health in the UK from the 19th Century to the present day. 1 . The significant Public Health advances in the 19th Century (1848) The First public health act Edwin Chadwick was a very effective campaigner on many different health issues; a few of these things were; working conditions‚ poor sanitation and poor housing. Chadwick was also known as one of the founder fathers of public health also as the sanitary movement. His report was associated with
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To what extent was the United States of America responsible for the collapse of the Grand Alliance? A capitalist state‚ a Communist state and a colonial power all joined power during World War II and formed the Grand Alliance. The United Stated which was led by Franklin Roosevelt‚ the Soviet Union which was led by Joseph Stalin and Great Britain which was led by Winston Churchill united powers as they all shared one main objective. The three leaders were famously known as the big three‚ they all
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