In 1914 the Ottoman Empire began to prosper and grow in the Middle East while the Europeans looked upon them with rage and frustration. ... In return the British promised to grant the Arabs their own land, however they did not execute their plan and created mandates meaning that Europe essentially owned and directed the middle east's every move. ... The Europeans thought of the Eastern people as "savages" (11) only because they did not know how to make clothes and furniture, seeking Europe's help. ...

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Britain did not keep her word; instead she created a Sykes-Picot agreement with France, an agreement that divided up the Middle East into different regions to be controlled by either France or Britain. ... First of all, I would not have agreed with France to rearrange and divide Middle Eastern land. ...

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WWII Peace brought neither stability nor lasting prosperity to the Western democracies, which paid a heavy price for their victory in World War I. Although, the United States suffered comparatively minor financial losses, huge war debts threatened the economic and political stability of Great Brita...

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In addition to this, the Ottoman Empire had crumbled during the war, leading to newly "independent" Middle Eastern nation-states (which were quickly snatched up by Britain, France, etc.)The end of the war also caused a temporary economic bubble, which soon popped and the Great Depression began....

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As a large, multinational empire, the Ottoman Empire was plagued by the nationalism of its minority groups, particularly the Arabs of the Middle East. ... This had the added effect of encouraging central and eastern European Jews in the hopes of empowering their opposition to Austria-Hungary and Germany. ... The Western Front was idle, the periphery was violent, but not essential, the Eastern Front exposed weaknesses on both sides, and total war forced unimaginable sacrifices and unprecedented changes at home. ...

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From the times of the Anglo-Saxon wars of pre-middle ages to the struggle for hegemonic power with Spain and France over colonization rights and the system of mercantilism. ... The rise of the imperialistic attitude in the middle ages led England to flourish as a global power for centuries and became one of the most influential national powers the world has ever seen. ... The treaty was a major response by the west in order to combar the cold war against the aggressive threat of a continued mobilized Soviet military presence in Eastern Europe. ...

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However, whereas in WWI the fighting was largely concentrated in Europe (Eastern front=Russia; Western front=France) and the Middle East, the Second World War saw fighting on every continent except the Americas (3 main fronts: Russia, the Pacific and North Africa). 4. ...

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Eastern Armenia was part of Russia and Western Armenia was under the rule of Ottoman Empire. ... While reports of atrocities accompanied news of the Ottoman campaigns on the eastern front from the very start of the war, the first indications of the systematic execution of the Armenian servicemen may be dated to February 1915. ... The deportation routes ended at Deir el-Zor, in the middle of barren desert, the end of the earth for the Armenians. ...

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All of which reject any possibility of coherent intention or program in Nazi Germany's foreign policy.(2) The ferocity of this debate, perhaps best personified by the AJP Taylor, Trevor-Roper duels, has only increased the stubbornness of each side, and impeded any sort of configuration of a middle group.(3) It seems almost impossible to prove that any side can be completely and inequivocally correct due to the vast amount of sometimes contradictory statements made by Hitler which can be used by both sides equally. ...

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Like many European nations, Italy emerged from the First World War as a democracy in distress. Italy was on the winning side, but the war had cost nearly 700,000 Italian lives and over $15 billion. Moreover, Italy had received secret promises of specific territorial gains during the war, only to fin...

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