...United States entry into World War II was spurred on December 7, 1941. When the Japanese Naval Forces bombed Pearl Harbor without any warning leaving it with mass destruction. As a result, there was two thousand four hundred and three killed and thousands wounded. The United States declared war on Japan December 8th. Seventy- two hours later, Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States. A short two months later, President Roosevelt issued an Executive Order that ordered the internment of all Japanese Americans into camps for the rest of the war. Before the Second World War was ignited; there were still issues from the former war that led up to it. After the First World War, which the treaties that ended but left bad intentions. The Peace of Paris only satisfied few countries such as Germany and Austria, so the other losing side of the war was very un-happy...
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...The Great War, commonly known as World War I was one of the bloodiest wars in history. Central Powers formed from four different countries: Germany was the strongest, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire and the Bulgarians who joined later on. These four countries were ruling Europe and expanding their empire. Something had to be done about this and the central powers had to be stopped. Their expansion had a huge impact on France and Britain because they were the strongest countries in the European Union which lead them to fear The Central Powers. So the Allied Powers who fought the Central Powers were formed from France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy and the United States who also joined later on. For many American citizens, U.S entry into...
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...Despite the fact that United States’ president Woodrow Wilson had won the re-election in 1916 by keeping America out of the war, in April 1917, he declared war on Germany with resolution and detailed war aims. The decision was especially fasten by Germany’s unrestricted submarine policy and the occurrence of the Zimmerman telegram. There is a great discussion over the importance of American entry of the war to the outcome of the war, some historians agree with the statement and the others don’t. One of the reasons that historians agree with the statement is its creation of psychological pressure for the Germans. When Russia left the war due to series of rebellion and revolution happened, Germany believe that they had the advantage of manpower, which sustained their morale. However, with vigorous troops coming from America, the advantage had canceled out. Statistics shows that in the month of 1918, a total of 84,889 American soldiers reached the western front, and in July the number rose to 306,350. Germany only had 300,000 replacements for the whole of 1919. Until then, a fresh new army was made available to the Allied force each month. Not only these American soldiers were send with large numbers, they also brought the energy and enthusiasm the Germans had exhausted. While Germans had fought the war for a few years, these American soldiers had the enthusiasm the Germans exhausted, the number does seem massive respectively. With the massive number of each troop...
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...World War II was the deadliest and most widespread war in human history. It lasted for six years from 1939-1945 and resulted in more than 60 million deaths. This war was fought between two sides known as the Allies and the Axis Powers. The Allies made up of several countries including the United States, France, and the United Kingdom and the Axis Powers which was made up by Germany, Italy, and Japan. Before World War II, the life of most people living in the United States was extremely difficult. It was suffering through the Great Depression which was the worst economic depression in the history of the Western world that occurred from 1929-1939. Millions of people were unemployed and lost their life savings. It would only end when World War II started. The decision of the...
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...U.S. HAVE JOINED WWI? History 122 Should the United States have joined is not so easily answered. For many years countries have been at war with one another over territories and making alliances. To conquer a nation meant building bigger armies, obtaining political power and access to more resources. Many factors contributed to the cause and whether or not for their involvement. In order to get a better understanding of the U.S. involvement we need to go back in time and take a look at the alliances that were made between countries during the 1800’s. During the time of growing prosperity Europe’s wealth consisted of industrial strength and world domination which created the Golden Age of European Imperialism. By the 1900s Africa, Asia and every part of every other continent was owned and controlled by the European powers. “Each country’s prosperity depended on its ability to maintain and expand its colonial empire. This created completion between the various imperial powers for control over foreign territory.” (Dannaher & Burnaby, 1999) Around 1880 European powers began seizing new colonies. During 1870 war erupted between France and Germany. Bismarck wanted to unite Germany further. During the Danish and Austro-Prussian war Bismarck successfully created the North German Confederation but still needed to convince the South German states to join. When victory was declared over France several German states united under Prussian leadership which formed the German nation...
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...Entry 1: The Holocaust As Hitler’s armies had breached Eastern Europe in 1941, he started what we know today as the Holocaust. The “Madagascar Plan” was considered before the Nazis decided to murder the “undesirable” people. The Nazis initially considered the island of Madagascar as a potential new home for the millions of Jews and even encouraged Jewish emigration. This solution did not last long and Hitler decided to embark on the “final solution,” which basically means he wanted to kill the entire population of Jewish and other “undesirable” people. Hitler’s special task forces, known as Einsatzgruppen, were mobile killing units that were driven to kill any Jewish person they found. These German special killing forces killed more than a...
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...to stop Illegal Immigrant in the United States. An illegal immigrant can be defined as someone who enters a country without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa or permitted stay. Although the United States of America has become a melting point for all people seeking free choice of worship, cruel governments, relief from war, famine, or poverty, to seek for a better life for themselves and their families, the importance and terms and conditions of becoming a legal immigrant in the United States, as being misused by illegal immigrants, who violates the immigration laws country, either by to avoid detection and hence, inspection, individuals who are inspected upon entry into another state, but gain admission by using fraudulent documents, or violators who enter another state properly but 'willfully' overstay their period of legal stay, thus violating their stay. Illegal immigration in the United States has being one of the most discuss issues and concerns in the United States for decades, and has recently has become one of the main political controversies due to the upcoming election this coming month. The Department of Homeland security from the book current controversies on illegal immigration on ( p 20), it stays that 10.8 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States, as of January 2009 on illegal immigration, to the overview of unauthorized immigration in the United States . Although it has always...
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...World War II through the 1970s Professor Stephen Hudson History 105 March 2, 2013 World War II through the 1970s United States was determined to stay out of European conflicts that would eventually lead to World War II. The period before Second World War, most European countries and the US was characterized by major tensions due to provocations of the countries allied to the German Nazis. The major turning point in the United States decision to join the Second World War against the Nazis was after a brutal attack by the Japanese in 1941. The Japanese forces on 7th December 1941 attacked and bombed the United States pacific fleet killing 2,403 Americans and injuring many others (Schultz, 2012). The Japanese at the same time attack major American positions in Philippines, Midway Islands and Guam as well as Malaysia and Hong Kong. These offensives are responsible for President Roosevelt declaration of war against Nazis with Hitler declaring the same against US making it a world war. The other turning point after the World War II was what was referred to as the Cuban crisis. This was a serious thirteen day confrontation between the United States’ administrations under J F Kennedy regime and the Cuban communist regime under Castro in October 1962. Cuba’s leader, Castro had given permission to the Soviet Union to have a few of its dangerous nuclear missiles in Cuba (Renn, 2012). This was a potential trigger to a nuclear war between...
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...Japan's entry into World War II marked a significant turning point in Australia’s history, fundamentally altering its international relations and social dynamics. Before 1941, Australia maintained a strong alliance with Britain, relying on its support during conflicts like World War I. However, the Fall of Singapore left Australia vulnerable and disillusioned with British assistance, prompting a shift toward the United States for military aid. This new partnership led to cultural exchanges that resulted in a rise in "war brides," challenging traditional Australian views on relationships. At the same time, the war intensified fears of Japanese and other immigrant communities, leading to internment and discriminatory policies that deepened societal divisions. Thus, Japan’s entry into the war not only reshaped Australia’s foreign alliances but also significantly influenced its social landscape, reflecting a complex mix of admiration, envy, and injustice....
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...America and World War I World War I was a world conflict lasting from 1914 to 1919 (2006). Soon after the war began Britain, France, and their allies set up a naval blockade of Germany and Austria. The Wilson Administration complained bitterly that the blockade violated international law (2010). It was not the conventional surface vessels used by Britain and France to enforce its blockade that enraged Americans, but the German submarines used. When American ships were intercepted by the British, the crew treated well. German submarines attacked without warning, and passengers had little to no chance of surviving (2010). While Wilson weighed his options regarding the submarine issue, he had to also evaluate Germany’s attempt at a secret alliance with Mexico. On January 19, 1917, British naval intelligence intercepted a telegram sent by Arthur Zimmerman, a German Foreign Minister, to the German Ambassador in Mexico City (2010). The “Zimmerman Telegram” promised the Mexican Government that Germany would help Mexico recover the territory it had lost to the United States following the Mexican-American War. In return for this assistance, the Germans asked for Mexican support in the war (2010). Initially, the British had not shared the news of the “Zimmerman Telegram” with U.S. officials. However, on February 24th, the British shared the note in hopes of persuading American officials to join the war. The British finally forwarded the intercept to Wilson. Even with this news, Wilson...
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...November 01, 2015 HIUS 222, “World War II In Color: Total War,” (A&E Television Networks), 47:10 mins. This documentary was designed to show what World War II was like in a color format. Most videos that have been produced were in black and white, and even though you get an idea of what the destruction and devastation was like, nothing will prepare you for seeing the devastation on all sides of the war in a color video format. “World War II in Color: Total War” is an unbiased documentary that was aired on the A&E Network in the year 2000. This documentary was put together using diary entries, letters, and interviews of those who lived through World War II on all sides of the war. Some of the diary entries were horrifying to listen to, but when set to video of the event it really brought home how horrible this war was to live through by the civilians living in hard-hit cities. Mary Borg was a seventeen year old Jewish girl who lived in the Warsaw Ghetto and wrote in her diary about the great number of children left to be orphans because their parents were killed and how this affected them. She talked about how malnourished they were and how they looked like monkeys instead of children. These words were chilling in themselves, but to view the video of these small children ranging in ages of three years old and up made you want to cry. This documentary also highlights the thoughts of soldiers fighting this war and some of the thoughts they had while killing...
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...The United States is known as the land of the free, but to some the a place that took away their freedom and treated them no better than slaves. The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first ever law in the United States history where it specifically singled out a group of people for their race. This act was passed on May six, eighteen eighty two. Originally, Chinese immigrants had come due to economic opportunities such as the gold rush as well as political and social problems in China. During the mid nineteenth century China went through widespread poverty and instability caused by the opium wars, the Taiping Rebellion, and economic hardships. This caused many to seek better lives in a different country. The Chinese had originally not intended to stay, but as...
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...In the United States, the issue of immigration control is an ongoing issue, especially near the US-Mexican border. Many of the polices made in the early 2000s were made under the “intention of stemming the flow of illegal immigration,” (Amuedo-Dorantes and Pozo 2014, 2255). However, these are not the only policies that affected the overall immigration control of the country. From the post-colonial era to present day, the United States has a history of making laws and policies about immigration that have either helped or harmed the ability for certain demographics to enter the country. This is true for post-colonial nation-states like Australia, New Zealand, the United States, and Canada (Bashford 2015, 27). Considering the American Revolution,...
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...The Italian liberal state is believed by many, to have ended in the period following the First World War, in the year 1919. The first election after the First World War, under new electoral reforms, saw the Socialist PSI and the Catholic PPI receive over half of the national vote. As a result the liberals lost control of parliament, and from this point on any liberal government required Socialist or Catholic support to retain power. This undermined the traditional trasformismo system and led to mass politics in Italy, in which larger, permanent parties form and attempt to form a non-coalition government. The liberals were unable to adapt and unite to form a single party which would have allowed them to maintain power in the new system. This combined with the Socialist and Catholic refusal to join coalitions with the liberals resulted in discontent with the democratic parliamentary system in Italy, ‘paving the way’ for the rise of Fascism. However the problems with Italian politics were present long before the First World War, as the already mentioned trasformismo politics between different liberal factions made it very difficult for a government to last for an extended period of time. Furthermore a North-South divide existed in Italy and expanded as the North industrialised quicker than the more rural and agrarian south. This divide meant that many Italians felt as though Italy wasn’t truly united. The Vatican also created problems early on in Liberal Italy’s history, as the...
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...that started World War I such as nationalism, imperialism, and militarism. These factors also contributed to the rise of Pan-Slavism in Eastern Europe. All of the thing lead to the Great War and began the process of the United States to enter the war.America and the Great WarPan-Slavism“Pan-Slavism theory and movement intended to promote the political or cultural unity of all Slavs. Advocated by various individuals from the 17th cent., it developed as an intellectual and cultural movement in the 19th cent. It was stimulated by the rise of romanticism and nationalism, and it grew with the awakening of the Slavs within the Austrian and Ottoman empires. Slavic historians, philologists, and anthropologists, influenced by Johann Gottfried von Herder, helped spread a national consciousness among the Slavs, and some dreamed of a unified Slavic culture to replace an allegedly declining Latin-German culture. The first Pan-Slav Congress, held at Prague in 1848 and presided over by František Palacký, was confined to the Slavs under Austrian rule and was anti-Russian. The humiliating defeat suffered by Russia in the Crimean War (1853-56) helped transform a vague, romantic Russian Slavophilism into a militant and nationalistic Russian Pan-Slavism. Prominent among the Russian Pan-Slav publicists were Rotislav Andreyevich Fadeyev and Nikolai Yakovlevich Danilevsky. Fadeyev claimed that it was Russia's mission to liberate the Slavs from Austrian and Ottoman domination by war and to form a Russian-dominated...
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