In 1945, Britain was faced with the task of rebuilding their nation in the aftermath of World War II and in order to strengthen the economy and ease social unrest, many issues had to be addressed for the first time in British history. ... It was not until Britain became involved in World Wars I and II that a flurry of proposals for reform took shape. ... "The war years which thus transformed social attitudes and social expectations also witnessed, further evidence that this war was not to be fought on the battlefield alone." ... "A people's war had to produce a people's peace." ... ...

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The English Civil War was a radical time period in which England suffered tremendous hardships. ... The British were fighting themselves, this allowed for the greatest form of isolationism for the American colonies and in 1660, the restoration of Charles II was complete. "Charles II accepted as terms of the Restoration settlement the principle that he must rule jointly with Parliament"4. This quote explains the new way of leadership after the restoration of Charles II. ... The following years presented a fight to gain power between Charles II and King James II. ...

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We find a concrete picture of World War II and its effect on the Indian sub-continent and of famine, one of the direct outcomes of that war and of the tumultuous partition which took away many lives through a first person narrative of a female character who gets maturation as the novel progresses towards the end, the penultimate partition and isolation. ... The War breaks out among the nations of the world. The little educated narrator tries to understand war. ... Famine follows the World War crisis. ... And it is the very consciousness which grew amid the educated middle class just after th...

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During World War II, Canada solidified their appeal with the victory at the Battle of Normandy. ... When Britain joined the war, Canada was forced to participate and was in war under 24 hours. Change was seen in WWII when Canada was not automatically in war alongside Britain. ... The victory of this operation was a major turning point in the World War II. ... The success at this event will turn the tables during World War II, as it leads to the liberation of Western Europe and eventually the defeat of the Nazi. ...

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After the end of the civil war in England, and the restoration of King Charles II, England closed its grip on the colonies. ... Salutary neglect was now out of the question as the British regular military forces (red-coats) were still in the colonies after the colonial wars, and willing to enforce the new acts. ... On the eve of the revolutionary war the political situation in the American colonies was still fairly stable. ... The War of Independence was just that, a bid for independence. ... Though there was no doubt that the revolutionary war of the 1770's changed the political path th...

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This essay will go into detail about the Canadian roles in World War I and World War 2. ... More than 60,000 Canadian soldiers died in World War I. ... Meanwhile, in the air war, Canada had not been absent. ... Canada was not obliged to follow as they were in World War II but they followed anyway on September 9 Canada's senate had approved support to Britain and France. ... The Canadian Navy expanded dramatically through the war, at the beginning of the war, the navy had 13 vessels and 3,000 active members. ...

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English history is wrought with bouts of war, famine and chaos and near destruction of all British livelihoods. ... The war of 1812 was a depiction of English relentless cling to the land that it had lost. ... Prior to the US" inception into World War II, a policy known as the Lend Lease Act was invoked in which the US blatantly supported the Allied Powers (UK, France, and the Soviet Union) via materiel and arms sales. ... World War II saw the induction of modern day tactics, modern day technology, and the idea of global domination was in fact an idea of the past that should stay there. .....

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People called this war as the World War II. ... Hong Kong people were taken in on their war and forced to live a brutal life. ... Through out the First Sino-Japanese War, Russo-Japanese War, Japanese Annexation of Korea, and the World War I, Japan gained their force and imperialized. ... On the other hand, when the World War II started, Japan was facing a shortage of military demand, thus they had to rely on their occupied territories to make up for those shortages. ... However, Hong Kong was captured by Japan in eighteen days, and the capitulation of Hong Kong was signed on December 26, 1941,...

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King Leopold II of Belgium obtained personal title to the Congo in central Africa. ... The End of Colonialism Colonialism ended surprisingly quickly and quietly in most of Africa after World War II. ... The United States and the Soviet Union became military "superpower" nations after the war. ... A civil war is a war within a nation, as opposed to a war with other nations. ... Great Britain assumed control of South Africa in 1795, after the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. ...

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Churchill wanted the House's approval of the new government and cooperation in the war against Nazi Germany. ... II. ... I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land, and air, with all of might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. ... He had served his country in India, Sudan, South Africa, and World War I (Cannadine, 1989, 1). In South Africa, where he went as a war correspondent, Churchill's capture and daring escape from the Boers late in 1899 won him celebrity ...

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Charles V(Charles I of Spain) 1516-1556 abdicates and divided his possessions between his son Philip II, 1556 - 1598, who got Spain, Spanish colonies, and the Netherlands while his brother Ferdinand I, 1556 - 1564, who got Austria and also the nominal title of Holy Roman Emperor. ... The Thirty Years War 1618 - 1648 The Thirty Years war was fought essentially within the Holy Roman Empire. ... Four Major Wars of Louis XIV were the War of Devolution 1667-1668 against Spanish Netherlands, Second Dutch War 1672- 1678 against Dutch, War of the League of Augsburg 1688-1697 and War of the Spanish ...

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Issues like how the Arabs revolted during World War II forced Britain to take the easy way out as they "judged the support of the Arab population in the Middle East as more important than the establishment of a Jewish homeland, and shifted to a pro-Arab stance" (British Empire, Wikipedia). ... The scars of the World Wars also added to the decolonization of the Third World. However, the World War did not single-handedly contribute to motivating the colonies to want to fight for independence. ... It was not certain whether or not Britain and France could have prevented decolonization due to the ...

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Their harsh taxes and powerful authority over the American colonists triggered the revolutionary war. ... The Revolutionary war fought from 1775-1783 was the War for Independence from the British Empire leaving the 13 colonies to be an independent nation and become the United States. ... The French and Indian War also known, as the Seven Years War in Europe was a huge conflict between England and France and their Indian allies. Although Britain had won the war, King George II decided to undertake a new colonial policy intended to tighten political control over its rather autonomous colonies. ....

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By the time World War II roles around, it is evident in the movie that Britain has become numb to this "little" problem in India, due to the fact that it is fighting a much more tremendous battle in many other places, and finally gives India its independence. ... Gandhi experiences this civil war with great dismay, for all he has lived for is being destroyed. ... And when there are two distinct religions, races, or cultures, it becomes a power tug of war where there is only one winner. ...

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The British Empire was able to take advantage of Australias natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II. ( ~Education: Through stories and rituals, children learn the unwritten laws of the land. ...

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