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armies and arsenals * Axis * Alliance between Germany, Italy and later Japan * The 'Blitz' * in September of 1940, bombings of London and other major cities occurred in what the British called `the Blitz` * Italian Campaign, 1943 * in July 1943, Canadian, British, and American forces launched an assault on the Italian island of Sicily * by September of 1943, the Allies had pushed on the Italian mainland—the battle for the mainland would be a greater…

private secretary, Meriwether Lewis to lead the expedition, and Lewis chose William Clark as his companion officer. The goal for the expedition was too search for river routes to the western ocean, make contact with the Native Americans living in the territory, and gather…

The time period known as the Long 19th century stretches from 1750 to 1914. Many important themes were prevalent during this era. Themes that not only change certain areas but also began to shape the world we live in today. Revolutions are an important theme of the 19th century. The word revolution comes from the Latin word revolutio meaning “a turn around”. A revolution is when some, or all of a nation’s government, political, social or economic system is replaced or changed to fit the needs of…

finish them off with a final assault. However, this was quite a difficult task as the war dragged on four and half years with neither side wanting to surrender. The longer duration of the war, the higher number of military casualties. “The total British casualties of those killed, wounded, missing in action, and prisoners of war hit approximately three million,” (Wiesner, Chapter 12, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, Features of the War, 382-384). Casualties increased because of advances in weapon…

countries. With the progress of globalization, Japanese people and Japanese concepts spread across national borders and are a huge positive influence to other nations. Hawaii is no exception even though it sits faraway from Japan. Hawaii is an overseas territory of the United States located in the Pacific Ocean; however, it was originally an independent nation. Local Hawaiians settled…

Washington’s strategies and efforts would outlast four different British commanders and eventually win the war. Washington’s empathy evokes passion and admiration from his soldiers because he considers their condition during the dreary parts of the war. Washington also amassed respect and appreciation from the public’s perception because of his endeavors to foster fellowship between the army and citizens (Washington attempted to be temperate and not impress goods or equipment from the…

After the Pearl Harbor bombing, millions of women did their “patriotic service” and joined the workforce. Some women went overseas while others worked in the homefront providing for the war (“Get a War”).The amount of women working increased by 50%, leading to almost 6 million women working, while 300,000 women served in the military (“Rosie the Riveter”). Women served in many groups including, the Women’s Army Corps, the Navy Women’s Reserve, the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve, the Coast Guard…

It was Frederick the Great’s personal insecurity about Prussia’s lack of political dominance over Europe that produced what could arguably be considered the actual First World War: the Seven Year’s War in Europe. Triggered by Frederick’s invasion of Saxony in 1754, the Seven Years’ War began with a bleak prospect for Prussia and developed into a spectacle of Frederick’s military genius, with Prussia surviving the war despite copious adversities. The war, then, became a means through which…

the American Revolution and wanted to break away from monarchy, they were treated to Robespierre’s worse “republic” alternative—and ultimately fell back into a monarchy. The American Revolution was focused, more than anything, on freedom from the British king: “some of the rebel colonists likened themselves to ‘slaves’ lacking individual freedom, drawing a parallel—even though Declaration author Thomas Jefferson was himself a slave owner—with slave rebels across the western world (Smith, pg.…

It may seem logical to believe that Americans had kept isolationist beliefs during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as America had always predominately isolationist beliefs, ever since these ideas were stated George Washington’s farewell address in 1796. However, once Americans began to industrialize, there were many people who began to emerge from their shells of anti-imperialism after the brutal fight of the Civil War, due to partly an increase of interest in foreign markets.…