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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Italian surveyors were shot on the Greek side of the border. The league was feeble and unfair in their actions and asked Greeks to accept the demands in order for Italian forced to withdraw their army from Corfu. In 1921 votes took place in Upper Silesia for which country‚ Germany or Poland‚ would take over.
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first camp‚ Auschwitz I‚ had already opened in April 1940. Auschwitz II opened in March 1942‚ and Auschwitz III in October 1942 “The camps were located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow. They were near the prewar German-Polish border in Upper Silesia.” (“Auschwitz”‚ USHMM). The
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which includes the land lost by Germany. Germany lost vast amounts of land which included permanent loss of Alsace-Lorraine‚ Eupen-Malmedy and Schleswig-Holstein. Germany also received temporary loss of the Saar Basin‚ the Polish corridor and Upper Silesia. The loss of this land had quite a large economic impact on Germany which could be looked as quite harsh and unreasonable on Germany. Germany lost 10% of it’s resources including people‚ agricultural land and raw materials. Although this may seem
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Achievements Of Alexander the Great Alexander the Great was a king of Macedonia who conquered an empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. Alexander was the son of Philip II and Olympias (one of Philip’s seven or eight wives). He was brought up with the belief that he was of divine birth. “From his earliest days‚ Olympias had encouraged him to believe that he was a descendent of heroes and gods. Nothing he had accomplished would have discouraged this belief‚” writes Wellesley
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approximately 78 800 km2 population 10 million people geographic position – country located in central Europe Head of state: President Capital: Prague Official language: Czech Czech Republic is divided in three parts: Bohemia‚ Moravia and Silesia‚ collectively often called the Czech Lands. Czech Republic is landlocked country. The country is bordered by Poland to the north and northeast‚ Slovakia to the east‚ Austria to the south‚ and Germany to the west and northwest. Surface: 1/3 mountainous;
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camps‚ all of which deployed incarcerated prisoners at forced labor. One of them also functioned for an extended period as a killing center. The camps were located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow‚ near the prewar German-Polish border in Upper Silesia‚ an area that Nazi Germany annexed in 1939 after invading and conquering Poland. The SS authorities established three main camps near the Polish city of Oswiecim: Auschwitz I in May 1940; Auschwitz II (also called Auschwitz-Birkenau) in early 1942;
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Modern History Account for the different goals of the Big Three Allied leaders at the Paris Peace Conference The Paris Peace Conference took place in 1919 to set the peace terms for the defeated Central powers. Three men took charge called ‘The Big Three’ and they were President Woodrow Wilson of the United States‚ Prime Minister David Lloyd George of Great Britain and George Clemenceau of France. The Conference was initially planned as a pre-meeting to set the terms of what they were going
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Successes * Aaland Islands * Sweden and Finland wanted control and threatening to fight for it. * The islands were between both countries. * League said the islands should go to Finland‚ Sweden accepted and war avoided. * Upper Silesia *
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Industrialisation was a slow transformation that took place in Europe during the first half of the nineteenth century. It affected many people and countries. Lots of areas of society and the economy improved during this time for example banking‚ transportation and communication all changed for the better. ’Western Europe underwent a period of rapid urbanization’ (Merriman‚ 1996‚ p.669). The population grew so the manufacturing industry had to change and improve in order to keep up with demand. Before
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