...During World War II, as war ravaged the world during the second World War in World War II, a war was being fought in the world. It was the second one. The first World War happened before this World War, which was the second one to happen in the world. The second World War was being fought during World War II and the first one which came before the second one was fought during World War I. Both of these World Wars were fought, and they were wars where people fought in a war. The result of these wars resulted in people fighting in both world wars. This was a war that people fought in, and it was called World War II. It was called World War II because it happened after the first one that people did war in. People died because it was a war. This...
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...Women have long lived to be perceived as only being a domestic housewives. World War II challenged these views and expanded women's' responsibilities and roles. World War II made it necessary for women to take on male occupations and to serve in the military. Male and female jobs became connected for the first time. Women became both influential in the home and in the work place. Gender roles became intertwined, which challenged their expected domestic and professional occupations. Many might argue that the Women's Movement started in World War II. Studs Terkel interviewed Dellie Hahne, a women who worked as a nurses aid in WWII, whom addressed her thoughts on Women in World World II. Dellie Hahne claimed “I think a lot of women said, Screw...
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...The second world war has made completing simple tasks a battle. Grocery shopping now involves touring the entire city, collecting plentiful necessities from every store in town. A slender woman carrying food enough to feed a village is awfully suspicious. However, this food is for seven Jews I am illegally harboring with the assistance of strong Mr. Kraler, talkative Bep, and my husband, Dirk. Together, we safeguard these Jews in a hidden annex of the store previously owned by Mr. Frank. The thought of Jews being hauled away to a concentration camp, slaughtered by harsh conditions and heartless soldiers sickens me. Departing for my daily annex visit, I strolled along the avenue, reminiscing over the time before Hitler’s reign. Shops were...
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...During World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States were allies in order to defeat Hitler; however, after the war was over, the alliance ceased and the countries became rivals in a war that lasted decades. As polar opposites, communism and capitalism clashed; however, was the Cold War doomed to happen could it have been avoided? After the surrender of Nazi Germany, the war alliance among Britain, the United States, and Russia became tense. By 1948, the USSR installed communist governments in Eastern European countries that had been liberated by the Red Army. America and Britain were afraid of Russian domination of Europe, so the Marshall plan was established, which helped Western Europe rebuild countries. According to some experts,...
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...Navajo Code Talkers Help the Americans during World War II Do you know how the Navajo Code Talkers helped the Americans during war? The Navajos helped send secret messages between the soldiers. Code talkers had an actual important role in the War. There were many ways on how the Navajos had given guidance. The Navajo tribe was required to communicate with the Americans to teach them how to use codes. Code talkers were known for their language and how they made a secret code. So, the Americans called them into war. The Navajos were also called in for service, as the Americans weren’t doing well in the war. There were many strategies that the code talkers provided to keep the codes a secret and unbreakable. The Navajo language had no alphabet;...
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...Bryan Reich English 3313-07 Essay #3 Final October 30, 2014 Auschwitz This book is compiled of a bunch of short stories about the concentration camps during World War II. During this time there were concentration camps located all over Europe. These camps were used to imprison Jews and any other inferior people to the Nazi rule. In these camps the people were either killed when they got there or worked for the Nazi’s until they were unable to work any longer and then they were killed. These camps were mostly put in secluded areas away from public view. One of the most well-known Nazi camp during World War II was Auschwitz. Auschwitz was a network of German Nazi concentration camps in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II....
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...The Navy during World War II used many different strategies and tactics,but at the center of these strategies were many different types of ships. When most people think of the navy in World War II they usually think of battleships. Battleships were large ships with lots of armor and firepower but poor speed, maneuverability, and they were expensive. These were effective ships but because of the disadvantages and ultimately the price, not many of these were made. The solution to this was to make an upgraded cruiser called a battlecruiser. Battlecruisers are like battleships but with very weak armor so they had more speed and a lower price. Battlecruisers usually didn't work very well because of their weak armor which made them vulnerable. Battleships...
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...Although Nevada alone was not directly involved with any sort of battle during World War II, Nevadans still played a huge part in the war itself. The mining of copper and silver that Nevada could provide made a huge impact on the creation of weaponry and ammo. The population during this time also grew due to military personnel being stationed at some of the new military bases. Nevada's involvement with World War II made a big impact when considering the amount of metal the state was able to provide. The World War II era also had an impact on Nevada's gaming as well as fear of attack on the Hoover Dam. . During the time of World War II, Nevada's population grew. Nevada's main industry during this time was mining, just as it was...
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...The Holocaust was a terrible time in history for many people during WWII. The US, British, and Canadian troops, know as the Allied troops, fought together and ended the war on a day called D-Day. D-Day was fought to end the six year war against Germany, but D-Day save many lives of Jewish people. D-Day was commanded by General Dwight D. Eisenhower, and other general from Britain and Canadian. D-Day started “on June 6, 1944, under the code name Operation "Overlord," US, British, and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on the English Channel coast east of Cherbourg and west of Le Havre,” ( www.ushmm.org 25 April, 2017). More than 13.000 Allied troops landed on five beaches in Normandy, and 23,000 paratroopers landed...
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...In his essay, Fussell discusses the necessity of the atom bomb during World War II. Many claim that using the bomb on Japanese civilians was cruel and inhumane while others believe that utilizing such an explosive was the most successful way to prompt the enemy’s surrender. Fussell addresses the debate over the effectiveness of the atom bomb in his piece. Fussell makes several claims as to why the atom bomb was essential in making the Japanese surrender and bringing about peace among the two nations. He supports these claims with several facts about the war throughout his essay and uses quotes from numerous individuals to strengthen his argument. For example, John Kenneth Galbraith argued that the atomic bombs were “unecessary and unjustified” (18) because they only ended the war about “two or three weaks early.” (18) However, Fussell states that bombing Japan aided in saving a multitude of American soldiers would have otherwise died on the...
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...Comfort women are defined as young women and girls who were forced to work at comfort stations during World War II. These young ladies are mostly kidnapped from their homes, forced to be in sexual slavery in Japan, and have to serve Japan. Japanese army at that time established those prostitution for preventing the rape crimes and give their soldiers easily opportunities to solve their sexual needs. Most of comfort women come from neighbor countries, such as Korea or China, they are the majority of the number. Besides, other women come from the further countries as well, for example Malaysia, Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia and Taiwan; and more than that, they can be Japanese too. After the war has ended, those comfort women can finally find...
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...Changing views of the contribution of popular Spanish resistance to victory in the Peninsular War. The guerrillas have been viewed in a variety of different ways in the historiographical record of the Peninsular War. Until relatively recently, according to Tone, “historians have paid them scant attention” putting the focus on, according to Esdaile “great men, great armies and great battles”. This essay will explore some aspects of the guerrillas that have been the subject of debate in the historiography, focussing first on exploring who the guerrillas were and what their impact was on the war. Tone, in a study of the English language historiography and that of France and Spain identified that there was a difference in the way each treated the guerrillas. He summarised that while the British ignored the guerrillas’ role, the French overplayed the role of the church and the Spanish tended to portray the popular resistance as comprising the whole of the population. It could be argued that this reduction of three historiographic traditions to just three simple ideas is an oversimplification, but there is some justification for at least one of these ideas. To illustrate, and explain the British view, Tone cites Napier’s 1882 history of the Peninsular War as discussing the guerrillas, or partidas (the name given to guerrilla bands by the Spanish themselves) in less than glowing language. Reading the rest of the Napier, it is true that there are very few mentions of the guerrillas...
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...DIRECT AND INDIRECT APPROACHES In writing letters, memos, and e-mail messages (the focus of Chapters 2 and 3), one issue that you'll need to consider is whether your message is one that is likely to be well-received or one that may encounter resistance or ill-will--a "bad news" message of some type. Searle’s spends a good bit of time in Chapter 1 discussing tone and making sure to use a reader-centered perspective that utilizes a "you" approach and positive wording. In addition to a reader-centered perspective, however, you also should consider the difference between what is called a direct and an indirect approach when organizing letters, memos, and e-mail messages, especially ones that convey bad news. DIRECT APPROACH The direct approach anticipates no resistance to its message--for instance, "you've been hired," "your order is being shipped today," or even "the project will be done in one week." In this case, organizing your message is simple. Searle’s mentions that memos and letters should have some kind of brief introduction, sometimes as its own paragraph. If you're using the direct approach, this introduction is simply a straightforward statement of the main point of the message. For instance, if you are writing a letter to confirm an order, simply begin by stating, "We have received your order for part #23-B-4439 and are shipping it today." Then the rest of the letter can provide details like shipping time, cost, etc. Whenever possible, use the direct approach...
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...the ideas of others or to an entire situation occurring. These ideas lead to groups of individuals who have similar opposing ideas to what some call the norm, these are called resistance groups. These groups are usually hidden and show their own twist on the ideas altering from the countries beliefs. Naomi Klein and Barry Lopez are two boisterous authors when it comes to resistance. Barry Lopez was not the one to sit back and let something he believed to be not right go on without voicing his opinion. Therefore he creates the multiple short story book “Resistance” to show his readers how he believes the world is not healthy. Naomi Klein on the other hand takes her own approach to resistance and puts it into a more straightforward subject of excessive branding and globalization. “No Logo” created by Naomi Klein, focuses in on four parts of the excessive branding going on in the world today, “No Space", "No Choice", "No Jobs", and "No Logo." () These four confrontational ideas that Klein speaks about throughout “No Logo” are the basis to her resistance. “I was an angry bystander. I'd no power to intervene, and had no intention of dropping the work I was already committed to, not in order to raise someone else's awareness, promote greater indignation, or organize.” (Resitance) Lopez begins resistance with the short story “Apocalypse,” () a key short story to the complete book. Apocalypse tells a story of a man who receives a letter from the “Office of Inland Security” arranging...
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...Does Disciplinary Power enforce good or bad behaviour from students in York University Accommodation? Introduction When looking at Foucault’s concept of disciplinary power, we looked at our own expectations compared with our actual experiences of living in university run accommodation. With most students coming to university, it is the first time that they will live on ‘their own’, without the rules and restrictions that they had when living at home with their parents, therefore a degree of freedom and independence was expected. However, we noticed that our actions were restricted by the rules imposed on us due to the acceptance of the university run accommodation. From our own experiences, we witnessed students displaying bad behavioural characteristics through resistance. This led our group to investigate the impact that the rules have on students’ behaviours and the universities use of disciplinary power to ‘control’ students’ behaviour. We also wanted to determine from the student’s perspective, the impact these controls had on their behaviour. Methodology There has been a lot of research conducted to study the behaviours of students and their resistance to authority, however they were not written in the students’ perspective. By investigating the behaviours of students from their perspective, it allows us to have a more accurate account of their experiences and the impact that the university’s restrictions has on them. It also enables us to determine why students either...
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