The Atrocities of WW2 | December 3 2012 | | Who is most to blame? | Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention defines war crimes as wilful killing, torture or inhuman treatment, including... wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health, unlawful deportation or transfer or unlawful confinement of a protected person, compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power, or wilfully depriving a protected person of the rights of fair and regular…
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America's 32nd President (and longest President to ever hold the Office, 4 years), did more than just revolutionize America. FDR was America's last glimmer of light in a room full of darkness. He played a crucial role in the victory of WW2, brought world powers together that eventually led to the groundwork of the United Nations, fought and advocated for Social Rights/Equality, and is the man that many say brought us out of the Great Depression. In 1932 when Franklin Roosevelt was elected the US…
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Letter…………………………………………………………………..9 Alphabet Book……………………………………………………..11 End Notes…………………………………………………………….12 Works Cited…………………………………………………………13 Bibliography………………………………………………………..14 Rough Drafts………………………………………………………..15 How Hitler Rose to Power Everybody knows Hitler for his cruel acts towards the Jews. If a man was that evil, nobody would vote for him for any office, but how exactly did he rise to the position of chancellor of Germany and Fuhrer of the Nazi party?…
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enemy of the US and had to be contained. Increased US global intervention. US intervene politically economically and militarily around the world. Established hundreds of military bases around the world to contain communism and project American power abroad Hoh Chih Minh Czech Coup- as an event late that February in which the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, with Soviet backing, assumed undisputed control over the government of Czechoslovakia, marking the onset of four decades of Communist…
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backed up with violence, to get his message across. Against a background of economic depression and political turmoil, the Nazis grew stronger and in the 1932 elections, the Nazis became the largest party in the German parliament. In January 1933, Hitler became chancellor of a coalition government. He quickly took dictatorial powers and began to institute anti-Jewish laws. He also began the process of German militarisation and territorial expansion that would eventually lead to WW2. How Hitler…
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Instead of looking to the people to help correct the state the world had fallen into, everyone just kept looking for some type of king (monarchy) to lead them into safety and stability. The Soviet Union made some of the most changes, hoping to end violence and build unity, however, loyalty and trust were rapidly declining due to the massive destruction and casualties. Absolute monarchy lead to some of the worlds worst and most devastating wars. Looking back at the wars and state of the world during…
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AO3 = explain links between the texts, evaluating writers’ different ways of expressing meaning and achieving effects Focus on progression of power Compare the way George Orwell and William Shakespeare present and develop power and attitudes to power in Animal Farm and Macbeth. Writer’s sharing of attitudes other characters and writers AO1 = respond to texts critically and imaginatively; select and evaluate relevant textual detail to illustrate and support interpretations AO2…
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POST WAR SOCIETY AND LIBERALISM I. SECOND RED SCARE - Starts after the ww2 - House un-American activities committee o Claimed people working in government were socialists and more committed to the soviets o Causes Truman to set up a loyalty review board to make sure people are loyal to the government Becomes a responsibility of managers and supervisors to make sure people are reliable o The concern is people are spies in the government Many people were dismissed from job People with…
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MLA Citation Lynch, Michael. "Mao Zedong: Liberator or Oppressor of China? (Cover Story)." History Review, no. 43, Sept. 2002, p. 10. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ulh&AN=7245819&site=ehost-live. Date September 1, 2002 Research Notes Quotations: “The worship of Chairman Mao Zedong was extreme, but it was not wholly irrational. It was a recognition of what he had achieved for China. Those many millions of Chinese who ritualistically intoned 'Mao, Mao, Mao Zedong' saw him…
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Somalia is seen a failed state as the authority of its central government doesn’t spread to different parts of the country due to strong differences in ethnicity, different ethnic groups (was true in former Yugoslavia) and there are groups which claim power on religious grounds. There are roughly half a dozen different ethnic groups, which control diff parts of the country. A consequence of colonization and de-colonization, which created artificial boundaries. Prime candidates for statehood but is not…
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