In this film, a large number of Algerians, who at the time were colonized by the French, were recruited into the French First Army of the Free French Forces, in World War II, to help liberate France from Nazi occupation. ... In the latter part of this film, Days of Glory, the scene has this French First Army, comprising of currently colonized Algerians who were recruited, in France at the war's end. While in France many of these Algerian, French soldiers, were congregating and conversing with many of the French citizens who lived in France, mainly women. ... In a post-World War II Amer...

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PEOPLE: FDR - President during WWII Truman - President who decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan Churchill - British Prime Minister Eisenhower - Supreme Allied Commander of the Allied troops in D-Day MacArthur - General who returns to Philippians - Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific Rommel - General in charge of Afrika Korps Hitler - poorly educated Austrian; joined German workers party, became leader, changed name to Nazi; became Dictator of Germany Mussolini - in Fascist Party; declared himself Dictator of Italy Tojo - Dictator of Japan Stalin - Dictator of USSR F...

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They realized the difficulty and expense involved in keeping the Indians at bay as they were anxious for an India run by Indians. ... "British plans to prosecute Indians for treason, for having briefly fought on the side of the Japanese, had to be abandoned." ... Following the war, the Allies of WWII had begun a prosecution of Axis war leaders for their crimes in the infamous Nuremberg Trials. ... The German city of Berlin had been divided into four corners each belonging to Britain, France, the US, and the USSR. ... This marked the beginning of the Cold War. ...

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The three most important turning points for modern world history were exploration, World War I, and World War II. ... Instead he came in contact with Native American Indians making him the first European to have ever come in contact with them. ... World War I Led to many new advancements and a new thought process. ... Not only that but during WWII Belgium desired independence from South France. France revoked Belgium's autonomy and governed them directly. ...

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What many people fail to realize is that throughout Hitler's childhood, the Germans exterminated the Herero people in southwest Africa, as well as the genocide by the French, British, and the Americans (Lindqvist 276). ... Hitler announced his declaration of war against the United States on December 11, 1941. ... Now the world war has come. ... Just as the Americans desired to head westward to colonize, it was not their first intention to commit genocide on the Indians. ... This was just a plot to increase tension between Britain and France and for Germany to secure its power in Europe. ...

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The Suez Canal crisis was when France, Israel, and England attacked Egypt. ... The first time a world organization took part in a fighting war was when the UN intervened in the Korean War in the 1950's. ... The Un monitored breaches in ceasefire, which led to withdrawal of Indian and Pakistani troops in 1966. ...

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Not just empire's but events such as the cold war, WII or even the crusades have brought and gave new revolutionary inventions and equipment. ... The Romans created Latin as a result French, Italian, German and even English emerged through various ways. ... After the period of the crusades, after WWI and WWII there was a Cold War. ... The cold war also saw a revelation in tanks as the most developed main battle tanks with harder shelters and a greater range in shooting power were invented. ... After the Romans the next food extravaganza occurred in the British Empire which brought a lot o...

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Before he became president, he served as a lieutenant colonel and then later the commander in chief of the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War. ... Abraham Lincoln served as the nation's 16th President during one of the bloodiest wars in American history, the Civil War. ... He served as a captain during the Black Hawk War, a legislator in Illinois, and a judge. ... His surprising election led to the secession of the Confederacy, which brought forth the Civil War. ... With the war continuing, Roosevelt was elected to an unprecedented third term. ...

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After we fought the British we started wars with the Indians, and eventually killed almost there entire race that lived in our country. After the Indians we started wars with our own people, and these racial wars are still be fought today, just thankfully less frequently. However, most of the wars fought in the last 75 years have been over seas, most recently being the war with Iraq. Yes we have a violent history, but our past violence is nothing compared with Germany's, which killed multimillions in both World War I and World War II. ... The French and British also have an incredibly...

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After World War One or also known as "the Great War" Cambodia and Laos became countries. ... French control in Cambodia ceased on March 2, 1955. ... Laos is a forgotten battleground from the Vietnam War. ... One of the longest running wars happened in Indochina during 1945 through 1975.8 The wars in Laos and Cambodia were to a great extent side effect of the wars in Vietnam. ... Cambodia's head of the state was Prince Norodom Sihanouk.12 When Pol Pot was a young boy studying in Paris Cambodia was under French Control. ...

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Our colonies are under constant threat of Indian attack from the west, but those threats have been minimized due to the distinct advantage of having the world's most glorious military protecting the colonies. ... Worse than that, another world power such as France or Austria could simply walk in and overthrow the newly established colonial rule, who would be using a greatly weakened military having just fought the British army. ... Any man who knows anything about war knows that this is impossible. ... Without the major cities America would be fighting an impossible war over a few farms...

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The policy could not withstand the attitudinal changes after World War II, and the growing acknowledgment of Australia's responsibilities as a member of the international community. ... There are authentic Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, Lebanese, Greek and Vietnamese restaurants appearing everywhere and with our ACB channel on TV, people are exposed to foreign films, documentaries and other variety shows. ...

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Throughout his life he had numerous jobs including: serving with the Indian imperial police at a police training school, a superintendent of police, dishwasher, teacher, clerk, and a sergeant in World War II. He got the influence for his first book, Down and Out in London and Paris, when he moved to England and France in 1930. ...

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