On August 6‚ 1945‚ the United States of America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan. The United States was justified to do this because of the unprovoked attack and bombing of Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii‚ which occurred three years prior to the bombing of Hiroshima‚ and it was necessary to stop the war because it saved thousands of American lives. Until then‚ the fight had never been on United States soil. The innocent civilians of Japan did not have to worry about being killed on their land until
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rivals in the party to oversee the party. Forcing rapid industrialization of Russia and collectivization of agricultural land‚ resulting in millions dying from famine. During WW2 Stalin assigned Russia to side with the U.K and America to fight against Nazi Germany. Getting his Red Army to fight the Nazi soldiers and Hitler during WW2 helping to
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The Cold War started after WW2. Harry S. Truman showed off all of his nuclear weapons and all of the weapons that were amazing at the time. Stalin was offended and sent in spies to steal the American’s ideas. After that happened‚ Stalin made his own weapons. Stalin wanted to be better so he was making twice the power and amount of nuclear bombs. Harry didn’t really like Stalin because of Stalin’s Communist ideas and Truman wanted to contain communism but Stalin wasn’t going to let that
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Hyperinflation (in Germany)- Extreme inflation. Inflation is when money loses its value. 1921-1924. German workers had to be paid twice a day. Blackshirts – A fascist paramilitary armed squads in Italy during the period from the end of WW1 to the end of WW2. Mussolini’s fascists‚ his fan boys. Brown boys‚ germany. Blue shirts‚ franco. Paramilitary – Very much like a military but not a state military. Reparations – The World War 1 reparations were the payments and transfers of property and equipment
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that FDR could protect the New deal. Many people would want the New deal because of the poverty that was going on in the 30s and 40s and since WW2 started‚ the people wouldn’t want to be involved because they think that the economy would go bad again and poverty would rise and prices would go up. That’s why FDR tried to avoid going into or joining WW2 but GB needed help so FDR just sent equipment and supplies as some loans so that after the war‚ he could some how get his supplies and equipment
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The film I have chosen to use is the Pianist; The Pianist was made in 2002 it was directed by Roman Polonski who lived in Poland during WW2‚ scripted by Ronald Harwood and stars Adrien Brody. During the 75th Academy award ceremony it was nominated for many awards but won Oscars for Best Director‚ Best Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film is based on the memoirs of Wladyslaw Szpilman‚ this is a true story of what this man went through during Hitler’s reign. I feel like the plot of this film
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“After the bomb texts dramatize the necessity of embracing our humanity in a profoundly changed world” The ‘after the bomb’ era of 1945 to 1991 produced waves of new philosophies and ideals in the way people thought of how they should live‚ and why they were living. As people delved into the arts‚ texts began to get published reflecting the post-war attitude which focused on the nature of the human condition and a questioning of humanity on both a personal and political level. ‘Waiting for Godot’
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There are plenty of reasons why war is a bad thing. One main thing that comes to us directly and painfully is the death of the loved ones. Wars may solve problems but in the process it kills millions of people so war is cruel. A good example is the WW2‚ almost 50-60 million people died. Also in a war‚ the country has to spend a lot of money. It needs to provide weapons like tanks missiles etc.‚ and it needs as many troops as possible. As Chinese strategist Tzu Sun said‚ "Where the army is‚ prices
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to re-evaluate values‚ attitudes or places to which we belong. Undoubtedly‚ wars bring the most obvious negative result: death and destruction which means loss of support and security to innocent people. The existence of Concentration Camps in WW2 symbolise the enormous life of life and freedom for 6 million Jews. The Vietnam and Korean Wars displaced millions of people to start life in a new country. These people not only lost their homes but a sense of identity and belonging as they became
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What is conscription? Conscription was compulsory enlistment for military training and . This process to men who had to leave their friends and family and train and fight in the without a choice. However‚ women were also conscripted for auxiliary services e.g. nursing. This was usually as a result of the lack of in a country’s military. If the men were well and had the ability to fight and train‚ they
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