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    Even though The treaty of Versailles made Hitler angry and caused the second world war.‚ World War II was not a continuation of World War I because WWI helped with WWII but they were two different wars and Different results occurred because of the different wars. You may use the example outline below to organize your arguments before writing. This outline illustrates how to organize a four paragraph piece of argument writing. You can add or remove body paragraphs as needed to meet your needs.Step

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    For many African Americans‚ the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Black joined the military in large numbers‚ escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet‚ like the rest of America in the 1940s‚ the armed forces were segregated. The Army accepted black enlistees but created separate black infantry regiments and assigned white commanders to them. Of the more than 2.5 million African Americans who registered for the draft

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    ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II US ENTRY INTO WORLD WAR II The United States entered the war for one main reason the attack on Pearl Harbor but a number of events led the United States to ally itself indirectly with Britain before the attack on Pearl Harbor despite its initial convictions to stay neutral. Events Before US Entry The United States ADOPTED POLICIES TO KEEP ITSELF FROM BEING FINANCIALLY and militarily INVOLVED WITH THE war. Since loans they had made to countries in Europe during World War I were

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    of WWII World War II is looked upon with greatness for our nation due to the success of defeating the Japanese‚ but many fail to realize what we did the innocent ones living within the United States. Similar to the Germans during World War I‚ America had built concentration camps of their own. (“Japanese-American Internment”) Nisei‚ also known as Japanese-Americans‚ were imprisoned in these camps. (“Japanese-American Internment”) What happened to the Japanese-Americans during World War II and why

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    Versailles was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied and Germany. The Allies created a League of Nations and armed with concept of a 14 point treaty that would stop war forever. The treaty was forced on Germany‚ in doing so they had to accept sole responsibility for starting the war. And that they had to pay for all the damages‚ decrease their military and surrender territory. With Germany unable to pay for the war and the hardship that it was putting on the people.

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    GERMANY AFTER WORLD WAR II The reconstruction of Germany was a long process. After World War II‚ Germany had suffered heavy losses‚ both in lives and industrial power. 7.5 million Germans had been killed‚ roughly 11 percent of the population (see also World War II casualties). The country’s cities were severely damaged from heavy bombing in the closing chapters of the War and agricultural production was only 35 percent of what it was before the war. At the Potsdam conference‚ the victorious Allies

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    The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies after Japanese attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th‚ l941. World War II was fought between the Axis‚ which included Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ and the Allied included Britain‚ United States‚ Soviet Union and France. More than 50 million people died during the war. It was the most terrible war in the history of humanity. Since America entered the war suddenly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ many people

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    World War II started as an act of hatred directed towards the Jewish people. Since the leader of Nazi Germany‚ Adolf Hitler‚ blamed them for Germany’s loss during World War I and for the economic crisis they were having. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1‚ 1939 and claimed he did this for Lebensraum Living space for German people even though it was because he wanted to kill Jewish people. After this mistake‚ war was declared on Nazi Germany and the Axis powers to win what was considered‚ the war

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    Professor O’Neill Atlantic Worlds II April 16th 2010 Characterizing the First World War as an epidemic of miscalculation‚ President John F. Kennedy pondered‚ “they somehow seemed to tumble into war … through stupidity‚ individual idiosyncrasies‚ misunderstandings‚ and personal complexes of inferiority and grandeur” (49). Reflecting upon these miscalculations‚ Robert F. Kennedy’s Thirteen Days documents the Cuban Missile Crisis and catalogues the President’s contemplative action amidst potential

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    Air Raid Shelters in the United Kingdom During World War II World War II broke out on the first day of September‚ 1939. Over 60 million people lost their lives in the war and the air raids which were taking place were one of the causes of the death of both civilians and soldiers. During the severe years of the world war‚ civilians in Britain had to be protected from the air raids of Axis powers‚ particularly from the air raids of Luftwaffe‚ the German air force. Therefore various types of air raid

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