Many peasants were given loans by the government to buy some land off of previous employers. ... The government's policies to develop industries had had disastrous effects on the people. ... To try to develop industry the government paid workers the lowest wages possible whilst taxing them very highly. ... The people blamed the Tsar for losing the war with Japan. ... The government could not control strikes and was shown to be weak and powerless by losing to Japan in the war. ...

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Unlike Germany, however, it was allowed its own central government. ... At Yalta, Stalin had promised to include non-communists in the new Polish government and to hold free elections. ... The provisional government, established in Poland at the end of the war, was controlled by communists. ... When elections were finally held in Poland in 1947, the communists" provisional government claimed victory. ... The Settlement of Japan After the war, as agreed at Potsdam, Japan was occupied by Allied forces. ...

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Just like Hitler blamed the German Jews for the defeat of Germany in WWI, Americans came to blame the American Japanese for the defeat of their forces in Pearl Harbor. As there was no evidence of the German Jews activities against their German government also there was no conclusive evidence of even a single American Japanese engaged in betrayal against America. ... The three leaders believed that Fascism was the best type of government. ... Then on December 7, 1941, Japanese B-17 fighter planes attack the U.S. ...

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The events changed Russia completely and brought the people a new form of government. ... By February 1904, the Japanese had run out of patience. ... Nicholas, who had never thought the Japanese would start a war, was forced to surrender to Japan in September 1905. ... Soldiers returning back from the war against Japan rebelled. ... As the Duma's government became weaker the power of the Soviets became stronger. ...

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" Leader Vladmir Lenin led the Bolsheviks as they over through the government and gained power. After over throwing the government, the previous leaders who weren't executed, will attempt to regain power. ... The government in China is going to try to get rid of communists. ... To make madders worse, Japan invades as this war rages on so now the nationalists are forced to two fight two battles. ... Eventually, in 1936 the two forces have to unite to fight Japan as they gained territory. ...

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Secondly, the threat of losing petroleum resources is enough to drive governments to drastic measures. ... It takes place mostly on American soil with other parts in Japan and the Pacific Ocean. This piece of tecno-thiller centers around a possible trade war between the U.S. and Japan. ... outlook of Clancy's was seen in real life in the spring of 1995 as a potential trade war with Japan was averted by quick thinking on the part of both governments. ... This is illustrated by an American diplomat and a Japanese diplomat discuss an upcoming treaty. ?...

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At this time, war with Japan was impending. ... However his major error was that he under-estimated the strength of the Japanese. ... However, the Japanese defeated the Russians and destroyed all her fleets. ... In 1900, the Czar and his government had not decided how to treat its peasants. ... They had acted as an effective government for a short period of time. ...

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These actions resulted in many thousands of deaths and the surrender of Japan. ... First they were dropped to make Japan surrender quickly instead of having a long, bloody war with them. ... North Korea Korea was told during WWII that when Japan was defeated, they would be independent. ... To create a new government, the United Nations setup nation wide elections but North Korea would not let them into the north. ... Japan quickly severed all contact with North Korea because the event shook up the Japanese so much. ...

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Introduction Recent history has certainly provided us with many examples of powerful, mutually beneficial alliances: France/England/US in WW I, Germany/Italy/Japan in WW II, just to name a few. ... Although their governmental structures were similar in design, their own particular views on the Communist idea, among other things, differed greatly. ... Following the Japanese invasion of the Chinese mainland in 1937, however, both Mao and Kai-shek were forced to set aside their differences and, reluctantly, work together to save China from Japanese domination. It was a long and bloody w...

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Japan attacked American, British, and Dutch territories in the Pacific. ... On December 7th, 1941, Japanese carrier-based bombers struck the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. ... When no Japanese surrender resulted from it, a second bomb fell on Nagasaki. On August 15th, 1945, Japan formally surrendered. ... They had different ideas about economics and government. ...

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Following his reelection in 1940, President Roosevelt moved ahead with the dual policy of building up U.S. defenses while giving assistance to those countries resisting the aggression of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... The Lend-Lease Act authorized the president to transfer to victims of aggression, as much military equipment, clothing, and food as could be produced in the United States and acquired by the government. ... He was convinced that the security of the United States depended on the defeat of Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... During and after the mid 60's a distrust in the American ...

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When we were attempting to stop Japanese aggression in China, Stalin and his comrades were not deemed to be "evil", at least not when wee needed his help. ... Communism is a theory of government in which the people are all considered equal. The government owns the businesses and pays equal wages to all. ... There could be a government which practices the Communist ideas of the government ownership of business while having the democratic ideals of checks and balances with the people voting for officials. ... Even the socialist governments of the world take responsibility for the health of it...

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The cold war started before the World War had ended. During the final battles of W.W.II, the Russian economy was at the bottom of the bucket. They had requested much money from America to help defer war costs. Having had already supplied the soviets with vast numbers of trucks, jeeps, planes, and t...

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With their allies achieving victory in Japan and Europe, Korea was held under temporary control of Russia and the United States. ... The American government felt it was their duty as a democratic nation to stop the Soviet Union. ...

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Throughout history, many political, economic and social conditions have been developed causing a change in the course of history for nations and people. The Cold War was a major turning point in history. It was a time of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Both sides had very dif...

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However WWII brought East and West together as the USSR, the USA and Britain fought together against Italy, Japan and Germany. ... Communist governments sprouted all over Eastern Europe. ... The USSR agreed to join the war against Japan after the defeat of Germany, it was agreed Germany would be split into four zones and that war criminals would be hunted down. ... As previously mentioned the Red Army swept through Eastern Europe leaving in its wake pro-Moscow governments. ... Also speeches like those changed the policy of governments, the USA and the USSR both enlarged their defense budgets. ...

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The Bolsheviks (later communists), led by Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the existing Russian government. ... On 7 December 1941, the Japanese shockingly destroyed a large part of the American Pacific Navy. ... In August 1945, America dropped the world's first nuclear weapon on Hiroshima in Japan. ...

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Subject: China, a country in transformation; from a communist government to the opening of the Chinese market. ... The Chinese government created a Federal Bank and Chinese discovered for the first time Chinese shares and bonds. Her main partners are Japan, in spite of the disagreement between the two countries, Taiwan, the USA, and then the European Union. ... Instead of modifying the interest rate, the government decides some restrictions to limit the speculation. ... The Chinese government has decided to eradicate the corruption. ...

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Roosevelt was afraid of losing ally while he was still facing a war with Japan, so he agree to sign the treaty on February 11th, 1945 with USSR and Britain in Yalta. In return, the Soviet agreed to enter the war against Japan after the war in Europe ended. ... The American government did not want to invade a Communist country for fear of retaliation by the Soviets or the Chinese (Healy 3). ...

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This firmness towards Stalin had begun years before in 1945 when the U.S demonstrated its nuclear power upon Japan. ... The integrity in the future of economic and governmental freedom in Europe came into question with anticipated expansion of Soviet ideals. ...

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After W.W.II, even though the Soviet Union had a strong military, it was encircled by hostile capitalist governments and felt that if communism was to remain strong, it needed to form an alliance with other communist countries. ... Japan had ruled Korea from 1910 until August of 1945 at the end of W.W.II. Japanese troops north of the 38th Parallel surrendered to the Soviets , while the Japanese troops south of the parallel surrendered to the U.S. ... President Truman remarked that "what the communists, the North Koreans, were doing was nothing new...Hitler and Mussolini and the Japa...

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The intellectuals of the time opposed the strict control thrusted upon them by the ruling government and embraced violent ideologies to bring about political change. ... In this utopian setting, all class distinctions would be abolished as would national governments and religion which Marx regarded as tools of bourgeois oppression on the working class. ... After suffering a defeat at the hands of the Japanese, the Russian Empire was rocked by a series of protests which began with Bloody Sunday, when peaceful demonstrators were gunned down before the Tsar's (kings) Winter Palace in St. .....

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On the Axis side was Germany, Italy, and Japan. ... Both Hitler and Stalin ruled a totalitarian nation, or a nation where the government takes total control over all aspects of public and private life (3). ... Later when Hitler joined the army, Stalin was focused on politics and getting involved in the government (13). ...

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One reason in particular was because Truman didnt tell Stalin about the atomic bomb and that they were going to drop it on Japan. ... By 1948 communist governments controlled Poland, Albania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romina Czechoslovakia and the Russian Zones in Germany. ...

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Each year you would have to hand over a certain amount of grain to the government which you would eventually get paid for. ... One of the best moves Stalin mad was making a Neutrality Pact with Japan, which in turn kept it from fighting a two front war. ...

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