Sir Winston Churchill World War II will never be forgotten and will forever be studied as one of the most important, if not the most important events of the 20th century. ... World War II ended in 1945, leaving a new world order and a new set of political leaders that had shaped the events and outcomes of the war and that had also been shaped by this event. ... Churchill was a politician and Prime Minster of the United Kingdom during the years of WW II and is widely regarded as the single greatest British leader of the 20th century. ... Churchill started the war not as the Prime minister ...

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In 1895, he became a war correspondent during the Cuban Rebellion. ... In 1911, he was elected first Lord of Admiralty, during World War I. ... He led England through a great victory against the Germans during World War II. After World War II, he was again kicked out of office. ... He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, II. ...

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Therefore alongside the British Empire, Canada declared war on Japan. ... The battle of Hong Kong is a significant aspect of world war two and Canadian history because: it was the first battle in the Pacific campaign of World War II, it was the first major battle that Canadian soldiers engaged in the pacific and Asian regions of the world, and it lead to a four year struggle of survival for Canadian soldiers. ... Unfortunately, only two weeks later, they became the first Canadian units to be pulled into the Pacific Campaign of World War Two.11 By this time, Japan had officially brought Can...

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This defeat not only marked the end of the war, but also the end of the first British Empire. ... With the outbreak of World War I (1914-1918), Great Britain declared war on Germany. ... After World War I, the US and Japan developed, especially as naval forces. ... Great Britain joined World War II too and again came out victorious but lost some colonies from which Singapore was the greatest loss. After World War II, Great Britain could no longer afford the expense of administering one quarter of the world's population and thus, .independence was declared in India, Pakistan, Ceylon (Sr...

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Although, the thought of war and destruction, is a thought most of us fear and would not like to be associated with, the Second World War was a period that changed the lives of many women around the world. Despite the horrific events the war planted seeds of change in women and opened new doors to them. ... One major impact that World War Two had on women was the new opportunities that were created for women due to the absence of men. ... Some felt that by doing factory jobs they weren't doing enough to help in the overall war effort. ... She worked at the Fairchild Aircraft Limited and d...

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In 1899, during the Boer War, I raised an ambulance corps and served the South African government. ... Yet in World War I I again organized an ambulance corps for the British before returning home to India in 1914. ... Early in World War II I demanded immediate independence as India's price for aiding Britain in the war. ...

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The Sepoys rebelled against the British and the outcome of this, First Independence War, was making new laws which promised equal treatment among the chiefs, princes and peoples of India. ... The peak of this movement came during World War II. ... That movement stated that India wants complete independence after the war. The British became aware that they are in an economical decay and that after the war is over India will continue with its revolts. ...

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The Boer War had depleted the English Treasury and this war finally came to an end, in favor of the Africans, in 1902. ... The war ended in 1902. (Glennon 24) The minister of war was killed on June 5th, 1916. ... This was called shell shock, and was diagnosed first by the French and then lost until World War II. (Glennon 121) World War I ended on November 11th, 1918. 4.75 million people were killed during this war and many more people were injured. ...

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Decline of an Empire The end of World War II brought about the erasure of Great Britain as a super power. ... After the war, the former Prime Minister of Britain, Winston Churchill, was voted out of office. ... Following the war, the Allies of WWII had begun a prosecution of Axis war leaders for their crimes in the infamous Nuremberg Trials. ... The prosecutors had charged the defendants with conspiring, launching aggressive war and committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. ... This marked the beginning of the Cold War. ...

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The United States was very anti-communist during this post World War II (Cold War) era, and with the Soviet Union bordering the north of Iran, the last thing he U.S. needed was Iran and the Soviet Union teaming up together against our ally, the United Kingdom. ...

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