However, it took until the end of World War 2 for any immediate changes to be implemented. ... By the end of World War 2, the state had recognized the need to take measures to tackle poverty. ... Housing had become the major domestic issue during World War 1 after the wave of strikes by housing tenants protesting against landlords' exploitation. ... After World War 1 Lloyd George promised "Homes for Heroes" in the 1918 election, and the Housing and Town Planning Act came into effect in 1919, this resulted in one million new homes being built. ... The effects of World War 2 on housing ar...

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"Cause of World War II." Cause of World War II. ... Causes Of World War 2. ... World War II. ... Most people know the date of September 1, 1939 as the day WW2 started because of German invasion in Poland, but no...

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1) The greatest cause of World War 1 was the European Alliances. ... World War 1 lasted from 1914-1918. ... World War One came to an end. ... World War 1 left behind a scene of death and destruction. The World War left a mark on Western Society too. ...

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Right after the Second World War, the Cold War was one of the greatest subjects in the study of International Relations. ... "The Cold War was a struggle between conflicting universal values" (Healy 1). It started right after the Second World War. ... Moreover, people of the world over feared the worst that Korea would be the spark to explode the Cold War into a Third World War (Robertson 194). ... Another contrast of the Cold War and post Cold War world is the structure of civilizations. ...

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The Second World War (WWII) was one of the most significant events in Canadian History. ... To understand the effect of post World War 2 on women, we must first explore how the war impacted women even before D-Day. ... When the criteria, for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was established some 40 years after World War II many were given the correct diagnoses, thereby receiving the proper help. ... Families remember post war times and the rashing and the need for stamps to obtain goods during the war. ... During the war children did their part by participating in salvage drives and selling w...

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Known as the "Roaring Twenties", the 1920s in America was overall a decade of great prosperity and optimism following the First World War. ... As a result of a devastating and bloody world war, popular sentiment in America returned to a foreign policy of isolationism. ... World War I took the lives of approximately 110,000 soldiers and cost the US about $32 billion dollars in order to fund it. ... As a result of the devastation the war had upon Britain, which held the strongest economy in the world prior to the war, the financial center of the world shifted from London to New York. ....

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After a crushing defeat in World War 1, Germany wanted revenge for how the allies had the right to take away many German territories, pay for all the damages as compensation, and make huge cuts on their army, naval, air force military. ... " (http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-and-eastern-europe/blitzkrieg/). ... Naval warfare was a huge factor in World War 2 especially for the Germans. ... Before World War 2 and during it,Germany advanced their submachine guns . ... The German made advancements to the submachine gun after World War 1 including its folding s...

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This essay will go into detail about the Canadian roles in World War I and World War 2. It will tell about the victories and defeats of these wars, as well as the influences made on the world by Canada, and the influence on Canada itself. Canada's military effort in World War I put the country into the world stage. ... More than 60,000 Canadian soldiers died in World War I. ... "The Second World War began at dawn on September 1, 1939 as the German armies swept into Poland. ...

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After the end of the First World War, in 1919, the Allies met and, as part of the Treaty of Versailles, forced Germany to accept the complete blame for starting the Great War. ... Before the question can be answered, it is important to look at the situation in Europe at the time before the First World War started. ... Britain had been the major naval power in the world ever since the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. ... Britain did not see why Germany needed such a large navy concentrated in the North Sea (Britain's ships were spread all over the world), despite the German navy being smaller ...

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It was a dispute between North and South Korea (Forty 1). ... By the end of the war 1.3 million South Koreans, 1 million Chinese, 500,000 Northern Korean's, 54,000 Americans were dead (Rees 4). ... It is sometimes called, "The Land Bridge," between China and Japan (Rees 1-2). ... Before World War 2, Japan was in control of Korea, but by the end of the war the United States decided to occupy the southern half of Korea. ... There was also an estimated 6.8 million men and women who served in the Korean War (Sandle 1-2 ed.). ...

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The current conflicts revealed in this small city accurately reflect the post World War I society of England. ... The war had changed so many lives and in Warwickshire, "death came as frequently as it did anywhere else in England" (Pg. 1). ... People of the time referred to World War I as the "Great War", as it was indeed greater in death and destruction than any war known to that time. ... Clearly, the death of the war was world shattering. ... Thousands of post cards with a war theme were produced during W.W.I. ...

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"1 Polarity is defined by how the power is distributed in the international scenario. ... The example of the United Sates after the Cold War is the most recent example of a unipolar world. ... However, one can argue that in the case of the Cold War what prevent the two nations from engage in war against each other was the risk of a nuclear war, in which would put the whole world and the human race in great danger. ... Both World Wars is a perfect illustration of it. ... A period of time in political history that great exemplifies a multipolar world was the time after the Napoleonic war ...

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US soldiers were awakened only to find that they came here just to kill people rather than building a new world on which they were preached. ... The Vietnam War, unlike the Korean War and World War II, was the war that US television brought images of devastation, suffering and tragedy of Vietnamese people to the Americans every night. ... The announcement on April 30, 1970, of President Richard Nixon that US troops would cross the Vietnam border into Cambodia was the straw that broke the camel's back, ignited a wave of protest by students. 1 Schools closed! ... On the following day, May 1...

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World War II Review Sept. 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland World War II begins Nov. 30, 1939 Russia invades Finland o Beginning of the Russo-Finish War The war is over the Soviet demand for Finland to relinquish naval bases and territory to the Soviets Russia wins the war (they outnumber Finland 10-1), but suffer huge casualties Convinces Hitler that it is time to invade Russia May 10, 1940 France surrenders to Germany Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as Prime Minister o Rallies England to resist planned German invasion (OPERATION SEA LION) Pro-German...

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The Nuclear Bomb was developed as the weapon of war at the end of the Second World War. ... Nuclear weapons would preserve the majesty and reputation of GB as a world power. ... The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT 1) of 1972 froze the number of Soviet and US strategic missiles. ... The Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START 1), which limited Russian and US nuclear power reduced the military budgets. ... After the Gulf War in 1991 inspectors were astonished by Iraq's nuclear program and they believed that if Saddam had wait 1-2 years to start producing nuclear weapons that would g...

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Time can change many things included how humans see world around them. ... During cold war world split into two blocks, each of them maintaining existing order and recruit new members. As Sergei Khrushchev in his interview to CNN about Cold War comment Soviet crackdown of Hungarian revolt: "don't see any contradiction because it was the peak of the Cold War and the Americans tried to support the order in their side of the world." ... And only in such a world will our own freedom be finally secure...." ... Works Cited. 1. ...

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Before World War 1 many countries used the Gold standard because, although each country had a limited amount of gold, it stopped inflation. ... Moreover Europe was disintegrating economically after World War 1 but as the big three were politicians, there was very little attention in the economic part of the treaties. ... This was therefore a missed opportunity to rebuild Europe after World War 1 and create economic stability. During World War 1 the U.S did not sent many troops, but it actually borrowed Britain, France and Italy over $9 Billion dollars. ... Therefore the Treaties caused politic...

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The United States and the Soviet Union became the two superpowers of the post - World War II era. ... Although, I personally would agree that the policies of the World War II played a significant role in shaping the international politics of the post - war world, and possibly could be blamed for the beginning of the Cold War. ... Under the new Government Russia wants to withdraw from the World War I that they were involved in at that time. Therefore, the Bolsheviks sign a separate peace treaty with the Germans at Brest-Litovsk on very unfavourable terms, giving up 1/3 of the population and 1/...

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The extent to which it is fair to blame Germany for the outbreak of the First World War is still today a controversial topic. ... Through this process Britain got officially involved in the First World War, their alibi was clear and simple. ... Another factor that can be seen as a long-term cause of the First World War was the scramble for Africa. ... Germany, like all other countries involved in World War 1, created specific war plans for what they would do in a possible outbreak of war. ... I believe that all the countries involved in the First World War are to blame for it as they all contr...

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Since 1914, women have made impeccable advancements in political, social, and economic aspects in Canada as seen through involvements in World War 1, gain of gender equality and participation in politics. Women made a breakthrough in 1914 during and after World War 1, where they gained some equality between themselves and men. ... Also, because of their help in the war, it gave men and others alike a new depiction of women. ... Seeing both the pros and the cons of their work in the war effort, women faced conflicting emotions after and during their eye-opening experience in World War 1. ... O...

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Historians are quoted as saying that although World War I was not inevitable; World War II was due to the unresolved tension between nations. ... While the outbreak of war was triggered by Germany's invasion of Poland, the causes of the world war are much more complicated. Due to unresolved anger with the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of dictatorship in Europe, and United States isolation countries around the world took part in history's bloodiest and most widespread war, World War II. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was one of six treaties that ended World War I. ... The harsh terms...

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Tim Kahlor, a veteran from the Iraq war, was not always a deprived tormented young man fighting against the ideals of war until he experienced war's actual casualties. In an article by David Zucchino in the Los Angeles Times, he reports how war molded Tim and his motivations for fighting before and after the war. ... Many of the adults like Kantorek have not experienced the horrors of war, this leads them to misguide the youth during World War 1 who are also known as the "lost generation.... Comparing war to a disease makes war seem like the chance for survival is extremely low. ......

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However, it still unstable compared to the bipolar system: "though it may be characterized by much diplomatic jockeying for advantage and some war, large-scale war should not occur." ... Hence, war is easily assessable. ... However, the entire world has been changing progressively since the Cold War. ... For instance, the Gulf war showed the comparative advantage of quality over quantity. ... The United States has been pretending the global systemic stability (the absence of war, secur...

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"World War II, the most mechanized war in history, was fought with a profusion of complex, formidable weapons which radically affected the course of events in our century. ... The best of all light machine guns (rapid-fire rifle-caliber weapons) In World War II was the German 1.92mm. ... By World War I, it was shown that artillery had assumed an importance no less than that of the infantry. These large guns were the prime reason that World War II was not the kind of static trench warfare seen in World War I. ... World War II is the first war where air power became a key aspect. ...

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"Necessity is the mother of all invention", and so it was taught and learned throughout all of World War 2. During World War 2 weaponry had to be upgraded and revised to fit every situation. ... Today most everything is computerized for battle situations, and much is known about all other foreign defenses, but during the period of World War 2 there were many secrets, and a constant distrust of some allies. Tanks were a huge aspect of ground fighting during the war. ... Ships and u-boats played a huge role in all of World War II. ...

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