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    The bombing of Pearl Harbour on the 7th of December, 1941, was the decisive moment that made the United States of America join World War Two. During and after the Japanese bombed Hawaii, America responded to the attack in different ways many times. The United States responses varied in effectiveness but all ended by turning in U.S. favour. [[EVENTS]] The U.S naval officials placed in Hawaii decided that the best response, at the time, was to fire at the Japanese bomber planes and submarines…

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    Korea had been of great importance to the USSR, the Peoples Republic of China and the US since the early nineteenth century. Following this tradition, subsequently after World War 2, North Korea with the backing USSR made an attempt in unifying Korea across the 38th parallel, the border between North and South Korea. The Korean War officially begun on June 25, 1950 in a time of the burgeoning Cold War in which was an international competition between the main protagonists, the Democratic U.S and…

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    WWI was the war to end all wars; it is referred by many as the “Great War”. Just what about this war was so great? The changes that happened during the war nearly put an end to all of Europe. It was the aftermath of the war that truly had the largest effect on the world. Five sentences is one paragraph Perhaps one of the most vital parts of information to the start of World War was the large amount of treaties. These treaties meant that if one country was attacked, the countries that the…

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    Isolationism In Ww2

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    After the conclusion of World War I and leading up to World War II, there was increased presence of isolationist ideals and values. America had just gotten back from a war that costed the lives of American soldiers and tons of money in weapons and capital. Many Americans believed that it was time to step back from the Eastern Hemisphere and to return to the isolationist policies of their founding father, George Washington. American, for the most part, practiced these ideals of Washington in the…

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    In the late 1930´s, a war that would change the world began. In September of 1939 Adolf Hitler, the chancellor of Germany, led an invasion of Poland which sparked the beginning of World War II. A war that resulted in millions of deaths would have been won by the Germans if there weren’t key events that had switched the tide of the war in favor the allies. Some key events that took place that changed the tide of the war were Pearl Harbor which caused the US involvement in the war. Then there was…

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    The Vietnam War was a violent and perplexing time for citizens and military personal for both the United States and Vietnam. After Vietnamese forces defeated the French colonists in the 1950s, the United States decided to step in, which sparked a different fire in the United States. People had started calling out against the war, especially after the war crimes that the United States committed against Vietnamese citizens. The prominent and most widely talked about was the My Lai massacre, which…

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    Attack on Pearl Harbor How did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen? Was it planned or did it just come out of nowhere? These are question you may be asking yourself about Pearl Harbor, and all of your questions will be answered. This report will reveal grueling detail about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Things such as the date and time of the attack will be told. Also we will discuss whether or not the attack was a surprise or a steadily thought out plan. This will contain information on whose…

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    On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik, and unmanned satellite, into space. This event marked the beginning of a new age in science and exploration. The space race took place during the cold war. The Cold War was a war between the United States and the Soviet Union, there was no actual fighting between the two nations it was more about who was better at other aspects. One of those aspects was space exploration. During the cold war there was many events and people who affected the…

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    Cold War Essay

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    political arguments and tension between the United States and Russia. Notably, the Cold War lasted for most of the second half of the twentieth century, starting at the end of World War II . Previously, tensions began to rise after the Russian Revolution in 1917 . Eventually the tensions rose to a high after World War II . Both the United States and the USSR shared a mutual distrust even though they fought as allies in the war (history.com). During the Potsdam Conference after the war, the…

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    The global conflict of World War II left deep internal scars on vast variety of different people. The decade of the 1930s, followed by twelve desperate years of the Great Depression, further intensified the social atmosphere. Americans ' involvement in World War II became the necessary factor which lifted the United States out of the Great Depression. The strong desire for renew prosperity motivated the social and economic patterns back at home. As the outcome of the Second World War was turning…

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