was defeated. Before the war‚ it was one of the leading countries‚ and after the war- it was the destroyed country. Secondly‚ the Austro-Hungarian Empire‚ "the prison of nations"‚ collapsed‚ and a number of independent states appeared: Hungary‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Yugoslavia‚ Poland. Thirdly‚ Britain and France had the leading position in Western Europe after the war. Fourthly‚ a gradual US involvement in European affairs‚ claimed the leadership position‚ playing the role of the global lender. Fifthly
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The appeasement policy was adopted by Britain and France‚ meaning to pacify the aggressors‚ like Germany and Italy‚ by satisfying their wants. They believed that by satisfying the aggressors’ limited wants‚ they could eliminate the possibility of wars. It was their mild attitude that caused the aggressive countries to start expanding their territories. In 1939‚ Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France finally dropped the policy as they thought they could not neglect the German invasion. Hence‚
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The Big three during the war. - When the war was going on‚ Britain and the USA were allies of the Soviet Union‚ but the only thing that united them: Hatred for GER. - In 1945‚ the Big three held two conferences i.e. Yalta and Potsdam‚ in Feb and Jul respectively. - Tensions became obvious after them. - Yalta: seemed successful‚ they agreed to a Protocol of proceedings. 1. RUS would join UN 2. Divide GER into four zones for UK‚ FRA‚ USA‚ and RUS. 3. Bring Nazi War Criminals to trial 4
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or next year. The interesting thing about history is that it is not always recognized as important until much later. When Britain and France tried to appease Hitler with part of Czechoslovakia in 1938‚ the significance of giving into Hitler’s demands was not fully realized until Hitler advanced further into Czechoslovakia and invaded Poland‚ (BBC‚ 2008). Giving in to what was thought of as a small demand set in motion a series of events that resulted in the loss of countless lives‚ destruction in
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“Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US‚ with over 158‚900 deaths in 1999. Worldwide‚ lung cancer kills over 1 million people a year. Extensive prospective epidemiologic data clearly establish cigarette smoking as the major cause of lung cancer. It is estimated that about 90% of male lung cancer deaths and 75–80% of lung cancer deaths in the US are caused by smoking each year” (Hecht‚ 1999). Clearly‚ lung cancer is an important and widespread disease
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were their aggressions fundamentally similar or fundamentally different? 7. Explain Germany’s mistakes in Russia and the ways in which they affected the outcome of the war. 8. Why did the British government give in to German demands regarding Czechoslovakia in 1938‚ but took a relatively firmer stand over Poland in 1939? 9. Compare Soviet and British policies toward Poland between 1943 and 1945‚ focusing on both aims and outcomes. 10. Did the nature of German rearmament between 1935 and 1939
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Germany’s defeat in the war and harsh terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles led straight to the rise of Hitler as well as the Nazi Party. Following its setback the Austro-Hungarian Empire broke up into several independent states such as Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Yugoslavia‚
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entirely of college players‚ and‚ “Though talented‚ they were young and lacked experience in the International style of hockey played in the Olympics‚” (Finnegan 1). During the opening rounds of the Olympics‚ they played renowned teams that included Czechoslovakia‚ Norway‚ Romania‚ West Germany and tied the powerful team from Sweden‚ resulting in the 4-0-1 record (Finnegan 1). The young US team made it to the semi-final game‚ where they would have to play the all-mighty Red Army team from Soviet Union
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In 1939‚ Italy invaded Ethiopia‚ Japan advancing into China. In March 1939‚ Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia provoked vivid reactions from both American isolationists and American interventionists: the first group wanted no intervention because it could destroy the New Deal and the second group pledged the fact that the United Stated should enter the war in order to defend peace. President Roosevelt was torn between the two groups. He did not want to impose or oppress his views to people thus
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affairs again. The British government ignored Churchill’s warnings‚ too and did everything in order to stay out of war against Hitler and the Nazis. In 1938‚ Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain even signed an agreement giving Germany a piece of Czechoslovakia in exchange for a promise of
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