Abdul Hamid II

Often known as “The Great War,” and clocking in with over 37 million military and civilian casualties, World War I is among the deadliest recorded conflicts in human history. When also taking into account the thirty plus countries involved and over 65 million combatants, this war is also one of the largest in recorded human history. New military tactics and technology such as trenches, machine guns, and mustard gas were only a few of the huge factors that caused the amount of blood shed during…

Pacific Fleet. At least 100 planes were destroyed and 8 battleships were put out of commission. (Morella) The outraged American people demanded the White House fight back. The day after, President Franklin D. Roosevelt urged Congress to enter World War II, and they complied with little discussion. The United States government had sufficient information to prevent the tragic destruction of Pearl Harbor.…

When the United States joined the allies during World War II, Franklin D Roosevelt had to work with both Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin to defeat Germany and Japan. From the attack of Pearl Harbor until Japan’s surrender, the United States assisted the two other world powers for stopping fascist influence on Europe and Asia. However, as the war began to close, and the plans for postwar Europe and Asia began to unfold, the United States and the Soviet Union turned against each other,…

The term “holocaust” originates from the Greek word “holókauston.” The term translates to ‘sacrifice by fire’. However, the term in the twentieth century refers to the systematic killing of six million Jews during World War Two. During the war, the Nazi Party was forced to come up with a solution to the ‘Jewish Question’(a debate pertaining to the status and treatment of Jews in society). Hitler first commented on September 16, 1919, “Ultimate goal must definitely be the removal of the Jews…

By 1917, Russia was effectively out of World War II. With Russia in the war, Germany was forced to split their army to fight a two front war. Because of Russia’s Revolution, they dropped out of World War II, allowing Germany to fight a single front war. America joined to prevent the scales from tipping in Germany’s favor. The Zimmerman Note was from Germany to Mexico. In this…

1. Chapter 11 title, “World War II: The Betrayal of Promises”, suggests that the chapter has something to do with World War II. During the 1940’s, Mexicans were listed as white, unless they looked Indian or another race. Around 370,000-500,000 Mexicans American males, fought in World War II and were accounted as one-fifth of the casualties. Although, Mexicans helped the U.S fought the war, it did not stop the U.S from discriminating against Mexicans. Because the men were off to war, this made…

Similarly, according to Soviet Major General Valentin Larionov, at the end of World War II, between the American and Soviet soldiers “no one thought then about any aggravations of the situation; everyone thought that the peace had come” there were only “embraces without any ulterior motives, truly friendly embraces” (Larionov). Both countries…

My author Kurt Vonnegut is an American novelist. Vonnegut gained popularity in the 1960s when publishing his best-known work, Slaughterhouse-Five. He made a big difference in American literature by writing his novels with the characters looking for a meaning while also giving it a meaningless, out of this world type of feel. He is known for his profound humor; always mocking present-day 's society (Marvin 1). Vonnegut usually focuses on warfare and the human quantity for both the foolishness and…

The Holocaust and the Cambodian Genocide both represent attempts of genocide, or the targeted extermination of an entire race or people. In the weeks and months following the end of World War II, Soviet and Allied liberators slowly uncovered the unspeakable atrocities and systemized murder that characterized the Nazis’ Final Solution plan for ridding Europe of its Jewish population once and for all. On October 24, 1945 the United Nations was established in an effort to promote diplomatic talks…

African-American not only faced injustices in everyday society but also in the military. During the commencement of World War I, a large portion of the African-American community saw the war as a chance to demonstrate their patriotism and to take their place as equal citizen in the United States (Williams OL). Over a million African-Americans responded to the draft calls they received and an estimate of 370,000 were inducted into the army to fight during World War I, the war that would make the…