the German perspective‚ World War 1 was fought on two fronts; the Western Front and Eastern Front. The fronts were significantly different when it came to warfare‚ namely the tactics employed to deal with the French and British in the West‚ and the Russians in the East. What was supposed to be a quick victory became a complete failure in military movement and intelligence‚ and an underestimation of military mobilization. On the Western Front‚ Germans ran up against the British and French for over 400
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Japan invaded China in 1937‚ starting the second Sino-Japanese war. he Japanese methodically moved south‚ seizing control of most of eastern China and all of the major ports by the time war broke out in Europe. The Japanese moved up rivers and railroad lines into the interior of China. Resistance to the Japanese fell primarily on the Kuomintang because the Communists were in the remote areas of northwestern China. Also neither Chiang or Mao wanted to weaken their forced by fighting pitched battles
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Section 1: A Scramble For Africa • European nations needed to fuel industrial production • Competed for new markets for goods and took huge interest in Africa • Imperialism- Seizure of a country or territory by a stronger country o Occurred throughout most of Africa o Europe came in and dominated • Mid 1800’s Africans divided into ethnic and linguistic groups • Some converted to Islam and Christianity • Most kept traditions and religion • For 400 years
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Europe and China and Europe and India The political organization of Europe and China and of Europe and India had some similar and different aspects to their way of ruling and running their societies. They all underwent construction of states which led to expansion of their societies and later caused conflict. The effort at political organization in Europe and China and Europe and India was that they tried to become more ordered. In Europe they have a decentralized government and in China they have
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Colonization of any geographic area was usually due to the policy of imperialism‚ especially as the world entered a period of growth in the late eighteenth century. With Imperialism‚ a more powerful country attempts to take control of another country‚ or a land they previously had not had under their control. Most of this interest in taking control was for economic reasons‚ driven by the rising industrialism in the western world. With industry on the rise‚ production of material goods was also on
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economic developments. But Japan did not possess enough natural resources to cope with the rising demand. She needed both overseas markets and sources of raw materials‚ fuelling a drive for imperial conquest which began with the Sino-Japanese War in 1894‚ followed by expansions in Korea and Manchuria. The internal and external circumstances at that time enabled Japan’s expansion in East Asia. One internal factor that favoured Japan’s expansionst policy towards China and Korea was the growth of
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NEIGHBORS BUT STRANGERS: KOREA‚ CHINA AND JAPAN For more than 200 countries in the world‚ neighboring countries have the most compassionate ties above all. They may have some things viewed differently‚ but at least they share some basic traits and culture. However‚ this is not the case of the countries Korea‚ China and Japan. These three countries are so close yet so far. The prominent endurance of the civilization of the Chinese along with its phenomenal technological and economic progress
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After the UN hearing on British reparations for their acts of imperialism and colonialism in China the council has decided on having Great Britain give a public apology for their actions and millions of pounds to support environmental restoration. This seems like a small price to pay for the acts by the British who took over China in order in profit for themselves. But this can be justified better when taking into consideration how China is currently more productive than Britain‚ and is growing at
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Comparison Essay 3: China and Japan The Asian countries of China and Japan have very different histories of their beginnings and how they became the countries they are today. For hundreds of years‚ there was very little contact or influence the countries share with one another‚ for both shared the desire to keep all foreign influences away. While this has certainly created many historical differences in art between these countries‚ as influence from one another was allowed ideas and techniques were
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characterized by the type of pottery that they used and the shape of their houses. The eastern culture used the banded pottery and constructed the square huts. They also utilized the resources of chert. The reason is the location of the chert. The western culture used the zig zag pottery and constructed round huts. They were all hunters and gatherers utilizing the time seasons and game for that time. White tail deer was hunted in the fall season. The rabbit had the largest season which started
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