Manchuria

In the six whole years of World War II, 60 million people died. Imagine almost all of the United Kingdom's population dying. At first, I didn’t think about how so many people died. But when I started thinking about it, I had so many questions like: How did so many people turn against each other? What countries were involved? How did the world change because of the war? Before I started my search, I read a lot of realistic fiction books about WWII. The books didn’t have many facts, but I got…

It was based in the country of Switzerland in Geneva. If the League was more reliable and developed superior, there could’ve been conflicts that would have been avoided between countries and overall benefitted opposing regions. Countries such as Manchuria would have no been invaded along with the expansion in Abyssinia. After the First World war, The League of Nations was not successful in maintaining world peace. A party of Britain's and Abyssinians in Abyssinia was bombarded by Italian…

Nicholas ll was the very last Tsar of Russian. He was removed during the Russian Revolution and executed by the Bolsheviks. The expulsion of tsar occurred in various ways. Nicholas ll himself, being a ruler, and the execution of him and his family. Tsar Nicholas ll government name is Nikolia Aleksandrovich Romanov. He was born on May 18, 1868 near St. Petersburg, Russia. He was the eldest son of Tsar Alexander lll. When he succeeded his father in 1894 he became in power that year, even though…

Introduction The attack on Pearl Harbor was a very significant event which took place during the second world war. It was a surprise attack orchestrated by the Imperial Japanese navy, devastating the U.S. on December 7th, 1941. There were two waves of planes, the first one arriving at exactly 7:53 AM, the second one arriving at 8:55. This obviously influenced how the war ended, because they caused the U.S. to retaliate. There are several reasons as to what caused Japan to attack the Pearl…

Richard E. Kim was born in Hamheung, North Korea in 1932. Kim grew up in a very religious family, his grandfather was a Christian minister. Before the Korean War began Kim and his family fled, moving south until they ended up in Seoul. The communist troops were taking over Seoul, they arrested and killed Kim’s grandfather. Kim escaped Seoul and fled to Inchon. Kim was later caught and put into the Marines as an English translator and a liaison to the United Nations this began in 1950, he served…

The cold war began when WWII ended and because of Russia’s suspicion for the West; followed by the atomic bombs dropped against the two Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Russia felt that it had an interest in maintaining a neutral territory in Eastern Europe that would protect them from attacks from the West. While, The United States was committed to free and democratic elections in Eastern Europe. In the aftermath of the Second WWII power blocs were formed in Europe, in which one of them…

taking notice, China decides to challenge them. The Japanese got to show what they had off in 1894 to 1895, and in 1905-1906, when they beat China. The fight in 1894-1895 was the Sino- Japanese War. The fight in 1905-1906 was a fight over rights of Manchuria and Korea, with the war was called the Russo-Japanese War. In this war, Russia lost to Japan. After these wars, Japan started to get new visitors, Chinese reformer, and revolutionists, started to make a base for their groups in Japan.…

said that their surrender on August 15. However, another event that happened in that theater. Having victory in Europe in May, the Soviet Union began on their Pacific Coast. August 9, 1945, is the day the Soviets invaded the Japanese-held state of Manchuria. To what degree the atomic bomb directly led to the Japanese surrender remains a topic of much history. It is, however, clear that the Japanese decision was at least driven by the fact that they knew that they were coming. They knew that…

civilians. Following the Potsdam Conference of July 1945, the Soviet Union agreed to declare war on Japan. This decision heavily impacted the rest of Japan’s military capabilities and choices. After the Soviet Union’s invasion of Japanese occupied Manchuria, the Japanese Supreme War Council had begun to vote on the action of surrendering. For this reason, the atomic bomb’s use on Nagasaki and Hiroshima was not needed. Japan would have surrendered sooner than the end of the year. Another reason…

There are many aspects to the cause of World War II. If any of these causes were to be removed, the war could have been lessened into a smaller war that would not have caused such widespread physical and economic destruction. The Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations, Hitler and the Nazi Party, appeasement and Fascism all played key roles in the war, and because of this none of them can be discussed in total isolation from the others. During World War II Germany became allies with Italy,…