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The Battle for New Guinea
... the Pacific all lines of communications with Australia would be severed. The United States and the rest of the allied nations would be cut off from the last reaming vestige in the Pacific Ocean theater of war. Their Japanese forces started moving southeastward from Rabaul, first through the Solomon ...
Why were there two revolutions in Russia in 1917?
... Duma, unsolved problems, Rasputin affair with the Tsarina, etc)In Mark Ferro's view, the impact of the first world war was the vital factor which led to revolution in Russia. He suggests that the collapse of the tsarist regime was brought by the failure of the war ...
Prostitution in the Middle Ages
... the well thought-of women in the Middle Ages and nowadays, too. Religion and education have always had an influence on determining how people should behave and not cause t problems to the others. From the other side, religion and education have been influenced by other external factors ...
The Political Climate of the 1970's
... the United States from Vietnam. The effects of the Watergate scandal did not by any means end with the resignation of President Nixon and the imprisonment of some of his aides. "Indirectly, Watergate was the cause of new laws leading to extensive changes in campaign financing. It was a major factor ...
Military Leadership
... bombing of the German industrial and commercial factories deep behind enemy lines. The United States and Great Britain embarked on a mission of long range daylight bombing raids, in the hopes of weakening Germany and drawing a quicker end to the war. During the early part of World War Two ...
Contributions of Ancient Greece and Rome to the Western World: Who contributed more to the modern world - the Greeks or the Romans?
... the chief judges, the censors kept track of who could vote, the quaestors looked after the state finances, and the adiles were in charge of public works. The senate was a body made up of ex-officials that formed a parliament to discuss matters and advise the other officials. As in the ...
Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century: An in class DBQ about what Nationalism did for countries in the 19th century.
... united people into nation-states, toppled empires composed of many ethnic minorities, and contributed to the outbreak of wars in the nineteenth century. For example, Germany was united by Otto von Bismarck, France by the French Revolution, and Italy by Garibaldi and Cavour, all because of the ...
Study Notes for a Western Civilizations class, Part 1.
... in the church, and were called Puritans. Every other country in Europe was Protestant in 1560. *Commercial Revolution The Commercial Revolution was a period of time (1315-1780) when Europeans were out exploring the World, looking for new goods and markets. There weren't a lot of goods in ...
Study Notes for a Western Civilization (World History) class, Part 2.
... the Reinsurance Treaty, which allows World War I to happen. In 1894, France and Russia make a military alliance. Britain and France become allies, even though they have always hated each other ...
Synthesis of 3 Major Wars
... of position to hit Midway. At this point, the 37 U.S. bombers located the Japanese carriers and hit with devastating effect. The Japanese withdrew their attack on Midway and in the Pacific and never regained the offensive. The U.S. lost 150 planes and 307 lives; the Japanese ...