Before Wilson's announcement of war, the United States had taken several social, military, and economic steps to ensure the United States was prepared to fight the "war to end all wars." ... Quick effective action was needed to win the war. ... The War Industries Board met all these needs. ... For example when strikes threatened telephone and telegraph companies, the government simply seized the company and ran it. ... Only nominal actions were taken prior to Wilson's actual declaration of war to organize the United States for their war against Germany. ...

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Nineteen forty-five set the end of World War II. ... Nonetheless, the war had left its mark on numerous countries, especially the USA. ... The war not only affected whites, but also affected black people in America as well. ... The war also shaped the economy in various ways both during and after the war. Companies that had been previously dormant were now overflowing with activity. ...

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All put forth into providing the Allied forces with substantial amount of supplies to win the war. ... All the cooperation's within America, whether it was a car factory, tire factory, or just a steel company were basically forced to build parts or even whole tanks, planes, and boats. ... World War II was the first war where the Air Force played as a huge role in increasing the mobility during the war. ... The Navy having always played an important role in the past wars provided that all the wars have been overseas. Larger ships such as aircraft carriers bring the sea and air elements ...

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Attack on Cuba Would Mean Nuclear War, the Soviet government speaks to all governments during the Cold War in 1962. ... Cuba was affected socially by the cold war. ... " Guatemala was affected politically by the Cold War. ... Operation PBSUCCESS occurred when, In response to the expropriation of idle farmland assets, the United Fruit Company asked the US Governments of presidents Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower to act diplomatically, economically, and militarily against Guatemalan President Árbenz Guzmán. ... Guatemala was economically affected by the Cold War. ...

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The worlds first working machine gun was invented by an engineer named Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim, the founder of Maxim Gun Company. ... Sir Maxims guns came in many different sizes and were primarily used during world war one. ... Can you picture war today without a rapid firing weapon? ... Since the 1800's to present, this weapon has been the key ingredient to successful war-time strategies. ...

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His family moved to Winnipeg shortly before the war started. ... He then accepted an offer from a local Canadian company. ... He seemed to prefer the company of girls as well. ... Bishop decided to continue on as a pilot in the war. ... Bishop served all through the First World War. ...

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He loved having company and talking about the old times. ... Because Poppaw served in World War 2, and the Korean War, the family expected to hear his usual inspiring, and heartbreaking stories of War Times. ...

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After two weeks Paul's Company returns from fighting with a 150 men. A group of new recruits are sent to join the Company. ... The Company gets caught in a gruesome battle. ... He is separated from his Company and hides in a shell hole. ... They try to make him realize that this is War and these are the incident and accidents of War. ...

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Band of Brothers is a recollection of stories showing how an elite group of paratroopers, the E Company, played a decisive role in almost all of the major battles that took place in the later part of World War II. ... One point Ambrose reinforces to the reader is that many of the soldiers of Easy Company were not career soldiers but ordinary citizens torn from their everyday lives by the war. ... Ambrose also makes a strong point that many of the horrific battle scenes would not end with the War for many of the men in E Company. ... By making these various strong points, Ambrose is su...

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Two companies dealing with basically the same businesses as Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin is a merged company that was formed in March of 1995 when two of the worlds largest technology companies Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation combined. ... Lockheed was the first company to put a plane in flight over the San Francisco Bay. ... Another development of the Lockheed Company was the first power operated revolving gun turret that was made in 1937 and used on more then a dozen types of aircrafts during World War II. ... Right now as we speak Lockheed Products are being use...

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All Quiet On The Western Front (AQOTWF) was written by Erich Maria Remarque and is set in world war one, beginning in 1916 and ending in November 1918, when the armistice called a halt to the war. Remarques aim is to illustrate the horror and senselessness of war. ... The men in the company have just finished a heated argument with their training master Himmelstoss, and are reflecting on what the got them into. ... These descriptions proved to the reader that war is worthless. The 5 strong examples of the horror and senselessness of war prove that Remarques aim was "to illustrate the horror an...

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Therefore, people would rather have the company of people who makes them happy. ... Therefore, my grandfather and his neighbor were friends because they enjoyed each other's company. ... Although they started as strangers in the beginning of the war, they ended becoming friends as they went to repetitive meetings about the war and to stop the world war from getting worse. Churchill and Roosevelt became friends as they plotted to end the war even though they had different perspective in politics and battle strategies. Therefore, by working together for the common good, they became frie...

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Simpson renamed the Union Stockyards to Fort Worth Stockyards Company (Pate, 2010). ... In 1917 during World War I, Fort Worth Stockyards had the most successful horse and mule market in the world when the allied countries began to purchase horses to support their battles. However, the stockyards began to lose their glory in 1944, during World War II, because of new technology -the trucking industry- took over, and few customers used railroads anymore (Stockyards Museum, 2014). ... Eventually, in 1962, Armour Company was the first to close their packing plant in Fort Worth. Swift Company held...

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Sometimes, rich and powerful nations need to go to war, and sometimes those wars are unpopular. In 1941, the United States went to war with Japan, and while it's unlikely that will ever be the case again, the results of having vehicle manufacturing outsourced to Japan in 1941, as would likely be the case if the big three U.S. makers were allowed to implode, World War II might have ended far differently. ... In fact, the reason that the companies are struggling is more closely tied to the subprime mortgage meltdown than one might at first recognize. ... Unfortunately for the auto industry,...

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Sometimes, rich and powerful nations need to go to war, and sometimes those wars are unpopular. In 1941, the United States went to war with Japan, and while it's unlikely that will ever be the case again, the results of having vehicle manufacturing outsourced to Japan in 1941, as would likely be the case if the big three U.S. makers were allowed to implode, World War II might have ended far differently. ... In fact, the reason that the companies are struggling is more closely tied to the sub prime mortgage meltdown than one might at first recognize. ... Unfortunately for the auto industry...

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During World War II many social changes took place in the United States. ... The war was a time when many men were called to serve in the military at home and abroad. ... (How America's Women Won the War) Housewives and homemakers were also encouraged to join by companies who offered child care and some offered to give out meals for the women to take home to their families. ... "Well, men, it looks like Hitler, Hirohito and Company at last are in for a peck of trouble. ... Women continued to work in different fields such as Rosie Monroe how went on to drive a cab, own a beauty shop, s...

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Along with bonds, the first of the nation's banks started to sell parts or shares of their own companies to people in order to raise money. In essence they sold off part of the company to whoever wanted to buy it, which is the essence of the modern day stock market. ... S. did not have a full recovery until after World War II in the late 1940's. ... Right now, the New York Stock Exchange has billions of dollars changing hands every day, with thousands of companies being traded, and millions of people being affected. ...

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(from Aluminum Company of America) is the world's third largest producer of aluminum, behind Rio Tinto Alcan and Russia's Rusal, with corporate headquarters in New York City. ... The end to monopoly power of Alcoa came after World War 2 (1945), when Alcoa was not allowed to purchase government financed world war built during the war. ... On May3, 2000 Alcoa acquired Reynolds Company thus remaining the world's largest player of aluminum. ... The merger of Rio Tinto of Britain and Alcan of Canada, however created the largest aluminum company in world, Russia's rusal...

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The head of SNCF, France's national railway company, recently delivered the first public apology directly to Holocaust victims. ... He introduced a bill seeking to require all companies competing for US high speed rail contracts to reveal any role they might have had in deporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps in the war. ... Instead, he said official apologies were a result of a long time effort to look at the company's past. ... In November, the company issued a statement expressing its "regrets" and "sorrow" for its involvement in the Holocaust. A month ago, the company s...

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After World War One the world faced a post war depression. ... Canada also experienced cultural development after the war as the 1920's began. ... A company that bought and sold stocks, went from having a single office with two employees and 17 000 capital, to a forty office, fifteen hundred employee company by the end of the 20's. ... People were able to start having fun after the war ended. ... Companies that invested in stocks lost money as well, some had to shut down or make employee cuts; many people were left without a job. ...

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The United States was in no condition to go to war. ... They contributed in this war effort in there own way. ... While the country was at war over seas, The United States was turning into the biggest war machine ever. ... Each company had a specific thing to make or do. This war created jobs very quickly. ...

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For example for World War II positivists will say if Japan didn't attack Pearl Harbor the United States wouldn't join the war. They will also say that the war depends on the nature of both sides. ... According to Random History, World War II was the most destructive conflict in history. ... Many companies lost money because during this time companies were helping the government produce military gadgets. ... This fact is also true because during World War II most of the wars were fought on water and the only way Japan could delay the United States from continuing to fight was to dest...

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During the reign of Nazi Germany between the years of 1942 and 1944 a widespread system of coastal defense and fortifications known as the Atlantic Wall was built beside the shoreline of Scandinavia as well as central Europe as a form of protection against a foreseen attack from the Allies on Nazi-controlled Europe from Britain during the period of the second World War. ... The primary engineering group which had designed and constructed a majority of the wall's main gun defenses along with the emplacements and of this Atlantic Wall was the company known as Organisation Todt. ...

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During World War 1, Vimy ridge was a defining moment for Canadians. ... After the war, the king knighted currie. ... The importance of this victory was not lost on Canadians; this was the first total Canadian victory with Canadian troops fighting together under Canadian leadership. " This was a significant step in the growth of Canadian pride and nationalism" (Charles Hawkes, CANADA Face Of A Nation, (Canada: Gage Educational Publishing Company, 2000), p.54) In conclusion, if it wasn't for Vimy Ridge, Canada wouldn't have got a seat in the Treaty Of Versaille....

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The gold that was looted helped to pay for multiple resources for the Nazi's throughout the war. ... After the war had ended the property was then handed over the Polish government. ... These insurance companies were at the heart of the scam also. ... Assets that were frozen during World War II will be distributed to Holocaust survivors. ... They are simply asking for the possessions and or money that they put into the care of banks and insurance companies. ...

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