Home front during World War II

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    War always has its negative effects, some are seen right away, while others take more time to appear. Whatever the size of the war there are always those who are affected by the negativity that the war brings. Many men and women were negatively affected, both physically and emotionally, from their experiences fighting and helping in the Spanish Civil War. George Orwell gave his first-hand account, of his time spent fighting in the war in his book Homage to Catalonia. In his account Orwell tells…

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    World War II changed many things in the United States. America was just coming out of the worst depression ever to hit the country. Things were still not normal in for the United States, going into World War I the United States had one of the best economies in the world, and all of that came to a halt after the stock market crash in 1929. Things for many years made life for everyone very difficult, farmers lost their farms and the dust bowl made it nearly impossible to even grow crops for those…

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    take a role in making materials for World War 1, to women being the stay at home nurturing…

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    World War I began on July 28th, 1914 and lasted until November 11th, 1918. Known as the “Great War” that “pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan (World War I). This war introduced new modern warfare technology that resulted in an “unprecedented carnage and destruction, with more than 9 million Soldiers killed by the end of the war in November of 1918 (World War…

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    Nationalism In Russia

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    In1917 Russia a rocky country and not very stable. They were unable to accommodate with Tsar Nicholas II having just been over thrown and were in desperate need of help. The second revolution developed the Marxist Bolsheviks who were a communist party that looked to gain more freedom and justice for themselves. The Russians exhibited many internal problems…

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    Iwo Jima Significance

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    “In the Battle of Iwo Jima, 22 Marines and 5 sailors received the Medal of Honor” (World Book Online 3). This was the most Medals of Honor given out in one battle. Iwo Jima was a hard-fought battle between the US and Japan over the island of Iwo Jima. The battle was one of the deciding factors in World War II. Iwo Jima was significant to World War II because it was a turning point on the Pacific Front. The United States attacked Iwo Jima for a couple of reasons. To start, the US attacked Iwo…

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    World War II Propaganda

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    On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked the: American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U.S had entered another war, the The Second World War, or known to many of us today as World War II. “World War II was one of the most monumental events in history and certainly one of the most significant events in the 20th century.” World War II presented many changes in the the normal lives of american citizen as well as the workplace for U.S. citizens on the homefront, especially for the women…

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    Historically, war is not an uncommon thing. If we want to examine any war we must look at the two parts of that war. The two parts of any war are the battle field and the home front. In this paper the American home front during WWII will be examined. Although the war was waged on the battle fields of Europe the American army and to some extent the allies were equipped with supplies coming from the US home front. The importance of the home front cannot be underestimated for any reason.…

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    The second World War saw the world in a different place than it had been at the time of World War I and the resulting boom of the “Roaring” twenties. The drastically different 1930s marked a time of international economic struggles, with the crash of the stock market and subsequent Great Depression in the United States creating a climate of struggle absorbed by Britain’s and most other international economies. World War II represented a time of perseverance, of true nationalism and incredible…

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    The Pusan Perimeter

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    The Korean War officially started in 1950 and ended in an armistice in 1953 with the Demilitarized zone falling at its pre-war position on the 38th parallel. The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), with support from its Communist neighbors of China and the Soviet Union, invaded south past the 38th parallel in June of 1950 attacking the Republic of Korea (South Korea). North Korea’s invasion resulted in initial success until the United Nations intervened in the defense of South…

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