World War II (WWII or WW2)‚ also known as the Second World War‚ was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history‚ with more than 100 million people serving in military units from over 30 different countries. In a state of "total war"‚ the major participants placed their entire economic‚ industrial
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America entered the war in 1917 because of two major acts on the behalf of Germany. America was also successfully able to fulfill its goals in World War 1. The first act from Germany was the use of submarine warfare. Then Germany sent out the Zimmerman Telegram. These actions made America join the war and come out successful. In 1917 Germany decided to renew its policy of unrestricted submarine warfare that they had abandoned two years prier. Germany decided that because America was not a part
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1. Listening: In this part of the IELTS test you listen to a telephone conversation. Read the questions carefully before you listen. You should only listen to the audio once. Susan is telephoning a travel agency. Before listening to the conversation read the enquiry form carefully. Then listen and complete each gap with no more than three words. Worldbridges Travel Agency Ltd. Enquiry form Top of Form Enquiry regarding holiday in Number of people: Kind of accommodation needed:
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Causes of the Second World War I believe Hitler’s actions and the appeasement that followed it are the key reasons for the outbreak of World War 2.Hitler’s foreign policy was firstly German need more Lebensraum and secondly to unite all German speaking people under one Reich in a Pan-German Empire. He did this in 2 phases: Phase 1 - 1933-1937 – Cautious Expansion Phase 2 - 1937-1939 – Aggressive Expansion Phase 1: In 1933 Hitler
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that lead to the war. Everything seemed to be peaceful in Europe but the spread of nationalism and it impacted in the Balkans the most. Several forces were properly prepared for putting Europe into this “Great War”. Other countries were increasing their expenditures on armaments‚ and forming alliance systems. The immediate cause of the first world all started in Austria-Hungary and their negligence to let Serbia get back some of their territories. The main causes of World War 1 were Militarism‚ alliances
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The causes of World War I‚ which began in central Europe in early July 1914‚ included many intertwined factors‚ such as the conflicts and hostility of the four decades leading up to the war. Militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism played major roles in the conflict as well. However‚ the immediate origins of the war lay in the decisions taken by statesmen and generals during the July Crisis of 1914‚ casus belli for which was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and
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The Art of Persuasion By: Aidan Trudel Due: November 26th‚ 2014 Word Count: 1555 1 Aidan Trudel Propaganda‚ a tactic used by many governments‚ has been used for centuries and in all sorts of ways. During the second world war‚ propaganda played a huge role in several countries‚ primarily Nazi Germany. The German government relied heavily on propaganda in order to win the war. The German government used this in order to help with the morals of fighting German troops‚ to gain the support of their population
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On the eve of the World War I‚ no country was prepared for using aircraft or would have even thought about making an effective weapon of war. Several had experimented with dropping bombs from aircraft‚ firing guns‚ and taking off and landing from aircraft carriers‚ but no country had designed or built an aircraft specifically for war functions (Century of Flight). During World War 1‚ they had made many changed to the aircraft to make it create havoc on the enemy’s. They would add many weapons to
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.......................................................................................................... 1 HISTORY............................................................................................................................. 2 GCE Advanced Level and GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level ...................................................................... 2 Paper 9697/01 Paper 1 – Modern European History‚ 1789 – 1939 .............................................................. 2 Paper
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Topic: 1st and 2nd Balkan Crisis Summary: The Balkan War took place from 1912-1913 in the Balkan Peninsula in the southeastern part of Europe. Greece‚ Bulgaria‚ Montenegro and Serbia had gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in the 2oth century but their ethnic population was still under Ottoman rule. These nations formed the Balkan League. The League decided to attack the Ottoman Empire and the First Balkan War took place in October of 1912 and ended seven months later. The Ottoman Empire
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