This split in ideology drove to the development of the 'two camps theory', which was that the world split along the lines of the two ideologies. ... One of the main outcomes was the commitment to the opening of a second front against Nazi Germany by the Western Allies. This second front was important for Stalin, as it would help to take the pressure off the Russians on the Eastern Front. ... This had frustrated Stalin as he was hoping the German troops to be withdrawn from the Russian Front leading up to more tensions arising. ...

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Do not be mislead by the deceptive title - the front was anything but quiet. ... Yet, Remarque was the only one to actually acknowledge this fact in writing, having witnessed the epic chaos of the front for months before sustaining injuries serious enough (from grenade splinters) to warrant sending him home. ... Remarque was clear in expressing the catalyst for Paul's arrival to the front lines: Kantorek. ... No one could foresee the horrors that lay in wait at the front; or, perhaps, simply no one wanted to. ... Using third-person narration, it is learned that Paul died in Octobe...

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The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except finance, to the prevention of global domination by a single power. ... The war suddenly seeming ironically similar to the soldier in Disabled, (who) liked "a smear of blood down his leg to please his Meg" the poem showing at a stroke how effective the recruiting offices were in their quest f...

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The War Advising Board worked hard to convince civilians that investing in war bonds were of great patriotic acts (Home Front America). War bond advertisements spread from posters to radio as well as newspapers, children were handed out war bond leaflets from teachers so that they could begin saving as well (Home Front America). ... The mass media would encourage patriotic acts which defined this particular doing a victory garden as a result of creating war resources at the home front, which appealed more to the nation to become a helping hand. The government would target military wives at the...

• Word Count: 3057
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With the elimination of fascism in World War II, the world became divided along the lines of communism and democracy; when the Cold War era began, with expansive military build-up and rapid economic growth, the demise of communism also began. This ultimately left democracy as a prevalent ideological structure, but it also allowed for more power and culture to emerge and rise along the very fundamental lines of religion. ... Huntington states the "most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating" (Huntington, 1993) what he identified as eigh...

• Word Count: 1840
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

During the early 20th century, Britain began to see the spread of education, across all levels of society, molding the public to be more literate. In the 1930's, Britain saw a boom in literature publications with poets writing about and during the war. The horrors of World War 1 created an immense m...

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Fixing Blame for World War I As with all international conflicts, there can be no easy answer to questions of blame or guilt. Historians continue to debate the causes of World War I nearly a century after the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand; the event that most agree was the spark wh...

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Congress's movement of termination slowed and ceased because of many Native Americans crossed tribal lines to protest termination legislation. ... The Greenough statue was a statue placed in front of the East entrance of the U.S. ...

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The trenches were dug in zigzag sections rather than straight lines so that if a shell (artillery) explodes inside one of these sections, or an enemy gets into one, only that section would be affected. The trench layout consisted of a frontline, which was lightly occupied by soldiers, a support line, where soldiers would retreat to if the front line is bombarded, and the reserve line, where reserve troops would amass for counter-attacks (Demobilisation of the First World War, NA). ...

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Homosexuals showed themselves to be worthy "comrades-in-arms" (200) and fought the stereotypes that made them seem "sissy like" and not strong enough to fight in the front lines against Hitler. ...

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The trenches were dug in zigzag sections rather than straight lines so that if a shell (artillery) explodes inside one of these sections, or an enemy gets into one, only that section would be affected. The trench layout consisted of a frontline, which was lightly occupied by soldiers, a support line, where soldiers would retreat to if the front line is bombarded, and the reserve line, where reserve troops would amass for counter-attacks (Demobilisation of the First World War, NA). ...

• Word Count: 1447
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Through this the primitive point in this poem is echoed; psychological trauma has a much more haunting and torturing effect on one's well being than the physical trauma that he goes through during and after the war: "He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning If you could hear My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory- The poem ties it all together in the last few lines. ... This horrible expression has come to be used to reflect the generals" wishes to order men into the front line to carry on fighting despite knowing that no...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With the broad explosion of automobile production in post-World War II America, the automobile had far-reaching societal and cultural impacts beyond the production lines in Detroit. ... "Assembly lines rolled off car after car with "frenched"" headlights and "toothy" chrome grilles "-- these "monsters with bedroom eyes "clearly exhibit the blending of the two design staples of sex and the military." ...

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Cimino puts great effort into emphasizing deep ties between the three lead characters, Michael, Nick, and Steven, through their work in front of the blast furnace, their after hours at the neighborhood bar, and, especially, their hunting in the mountain peaks for bucks. ... After escaping the inhumane tortures, the three friends escape back to American lines. ...

• Word Count: 3681
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Background and During the Cooling of Relations The Second World War drastically changed the political map of the world, and especially the European continent. The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. The anti-Hitler coalition, the main role which played the great powers - the US, the USSR, England, and at the last stage of the war France - increasingly reflect the new balance of power in the world. Neither Britain nor France, nor even, defeated Germany could not play in the post-war period of the previous role of the guarantor of balance a...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate