The Japanese economic miracle is divided into three main parts: the conditions following the war that allowed the miracle to take place‚ the factors which contributed to the miracle‚ and the aftermath of the miracle in modern times. End of World War II World War II ended in August of 1945‚ when the United States unleashed its’ new tool of destruction; the nuclear bomb. On August 6‚ 1945 the United States dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima‚ 80‚000 people were killed and almost the entire
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World War resulted in many racial conflicts in America; Asian immigrants including Japanese were the primary victims of such discrimination. World war two is one of the most horrible events which affected the whole world badly. There were six continents involved in this war‚ and this terrible war killed almost 50 million people. When this war ended‚ it left many ruined economies and broken infrastructure. All the industrialized powers of Europe‚ North America‚ and Asia were involved in the war with
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Treaty of Versailles was one of the most popular peace treaties that ended World War I. At the end of the war‚ the Allied Powers defeated Germany‚ demanding Germany sign to the harsh conditions of the treaty. The United States also isolated themselves from all European and Asian conflicts. Both the harsh treaty conditions and the policy of isolation by the United States led to the rise of Hitler and the beginning of World War II. The Treaty of Versailles consisted of several pages of conditions that
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for all the deaths. It is now 1944 and the war is at its final extent. With the Russians‚ Americans‚ and British enforcing their will upon the Nazi Army‚ we are finally being pushed back to our border. It was the year of ‘39 and I was at the train station awaiting my train‚ being transported to the training camp. I remember the constant feeling of shaky legs as my mother kissed me on my forehead. As her little boy was getting deployed off to an unholy war‚ she weeped. She weeped as she held my hand
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Decolonization and the Influence of the Cold War The decades following World War II were all centered on the concept of decolonization‚ the dismantlement of Imperial empires established prior to World War I throughout Africa and Asia. Due to the aftermath of World War II‚ countries around the world experienced massive independent movements whose objective was to eliminate colonization and form new independent nations. The process of decolonization was separated by three different approaches: civil
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The world’s greatest war‚ World War II began in 1939 and lasted for almost six years. It was between two military alliances. On the axis powers were Japan‚ Germany and the Kingdom of Italy. While the allies were lead by United Kingdom‚ China‚ Soviet Union and The United States of America. America was not directly involved in the war in the early stages. The necessity increased after the fall of France‚ the Pearl Harbor incident but mainly when Hitler declared war on U.S. This led to America’s direct
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Poland in 1939‚ the United States knew that another World War was coming on. After World War I America decided that they did not want to be involved in another war due to the devastation that it had caused before. However President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided differently. With competing views among the isolationists and the interventionists‚ FDR concluded that the only way for the Great Depression to end was to become involved in another war. The Great Depression destroyed the economies of the
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World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved the countries of Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Those three formed the Axis Powers. The countries that fought against them were Great Britain‚ France‚ the United States‚ and in part the Soviet Union. Notable names in the war were: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ (president of the United States); Adolf Hitler‚ (Nazi Party leader and German chancellor); Benito Mussolini‚ (Italian fascist dictator); Hideki Tojo‚ (Japanese military leader); and Joseph
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World War II and the Cold War The world was left unhappy after World War I and another war broke out‚ World War II. This was followed by yet another war‚ the Cold War. The aggression of European and Asian dictators led to war. These dictators were totalitarian dictators. Totalitarianism is a political system in which the government exercises complete control over its citizens’ lives. One of the most infamous dictators of all time‚ Adolf Hitler‚ was the despot of Germany. Hitler created Nazism
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The Inevitability of World War II The causes of World War II have been traced back by many historians and figures as the unresolved problems from World War I. Economical and political problems left most countries in strife after the war‚ with many leaders wanting to fix their countries by any means possible. Shortly after‚ peace treaties were signed after the end of World War I but many predicted the inevitable subsequent world war. They feared that the victors would demand too much out of Germany
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