The February and October revolutions William Chamberlain describes the Feb. revolution as “the most leaderless, spontaneous, anonymous revolutions of all time”. That is true because there were no dominating figures such as Lenin present at the revolution. Others such as David Longley says that people “simply rose to the occasion” On Feb. 23 a demonstration…
Rationing was a form of price control often carried out to prevent inflation and extreme shortage of everyday commodities during a war. During war, rationing was the only way to make sure everyone, including the rich, got their fair share. It was introduced to avoid public anger with shortages and not to allow only the…
Early Life Mao was the eldest child to survive childbirth His father was a farmer and was fairly well off Mao was expelled from or asked to leave from at least three schools for being headstrong and disobedient He was widowed at 16 After being widowed, Mao went to a teacher college in 1911 It…
Nations Involved The Japanese and Americans were fighting over this small island. The Japanese had already built two airfields and were constructing a third. The airbases would allow Japan to be able to intercept any B-29 bombers bombing Japan. The United States wanted the island because it would provide them with a fighter base and…
Date: Sunday December 7th 1941 Location: United States Naval Base (Pearl Harbour), Hawaii Party’s Involved: Empire of Japan vs. United States Key Figures for the United States Husband Edward Kimmel: Four Star Admiral in The United States Navy He served as commander-in-chief, of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during the Pearl Harbour Attack. Because of the…
Machines In 1889, Great Britain adopted the principle that its navy must equal in size the two next-largest fleets combined.[1] In 1906, the Dreadnought was created (armed with big guns) In 1914, 29 Dreadnoughts were afloat in water and 13 were under construction[2] July 1914- The British Royal Aircraft tests for its new RAF E5…
Great Britain and France declare war 1939 – In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. This surprised the over-confident Hitler and diverted his grand plan from its intended course by opening a second war front. Hitler’s original plan was to occupy Poland, then Russia, and with Russia’s…
The Treaty of Versailles marked the end of the war between Germany and the Allies. Signed on July 28th 1919, the treaty essentially laid the blame of the war on Germany’s shoulders, and as such, consequences would have to be paid. The reparations outlined in the Treaty spelled out Germany’s punishment and were meant to…
The treaty of B-L provided the context for the Civil War. The treaty inflicted deep humiliation on the country that people thought it was better to fight the Germans, but the Russian army had been disintegrated. The allied powers intervened in the civil war on the side of the white army to renew the war…
Nationalism A. Franco-Prussian War 1870-1871 i. Established a powerful Germany with industrial and military potentials that posed a threat to existing European powers. ii. French anti-German sentiment and desire for revenge over Germany’s annexation of Alsace-Lorraine. iii. France’s defeat sparked a revolution culminating in the French Third Republic. B. Russo-Japanese War 1905 i. In 1903,…
What Is It? The Great Depression of the 1930’s was single handedly the most significant event of the 20th century. The Stock Market Crash occurred on October 29th 1929; and this event brought front the previous errors of the American people during the Roaring Twenties. Black Friday precipitated the economic event of that century; however,…
The United States had rejected joining the League of Nations, leaving the growing conflicts of Anglo-American naval rivalry and worsening American-Japanese relations in the Pacific to be dealt in other ways. By 1919, the USA became alarmed at the rise of Japanese power in the Pacific. By this time, the Japanese had the 3rd largest…
Background The Six Day War ended with no peace treaty so tensions were still high between Egypt and Israel Tensions came to head in 1968 when the two sides started fighting over the Suez Canal Egypt wanted to clear of sunken ships Israel would only allow a clearing if their ships would be allowed through…
Israeli-Palestinian Peace Agreement 1993 1974: Yasser Arafat and other moderate PLO leaders hinted that they were ready to consider a mini-state for Palestinians, majority of which lived in West Bank and Gaza 1974: Arafat’s speech to UN, said that Palestinian problem was about people who are struggling with life. Main goal was to bring sympathy…
The Isthmus of Suez, Egypt has always been a link connecting three continents; Europe, Asia and Africa. This strategic location enabled Egypt to become one of the world’s highways; the gateway to East, a statement reinforced by the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. The construction of the Suez Canal was a great landmark…
(April 1948–December 1951), U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive. On June 5, 1947, in an address at Harvard University, Secretary of State George C. Marshall advanced the idea of a European self-help program to be…
Doctrine enunciated by U.S. President Harry S Truman in a speech to Congress on March 12, 1947, proclaiming a U.S. commitment to aid noncommunist countries to resist expansion by the Soviet Union. Truman, announcing this plan to contain communism, declared that American policy was “to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their…
The ‘Long Telegram’ was sent by George Kennan from the United States Embassy in Moscow to Washington, where it was received on February 22nd, 1946. Kennan was an American diplomat on the Soviet front, beginning his career as an observer of the aftermath of the Russian Civil War. He witnessed collectivization and the terror from…
Treaty of St. Germain Officially signed on September 10, 1919 and came into force on July 16, 1920. The treaty officially registered the breakup of the Habsburg Empire, recognizing the independence of Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, and the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (Yugoslavia) and ceding eastern Galicia, Trento, southern Tirol, Trieste, and Istria.…
Why was Vietnam a so heavily divided subject amongst the American People? Vietnam was the first publically accessible war to the American public. With the invention of the television and the constant media exposure, for the first time the horrors of war was a publically accessible domain. Due to this, a ‘generation gap’ was created,…