Essays on Declared War

The First World War was a global war that originated from the European countries and involved approximately seventy million military soldiers. The war lasted for a period of four years as it started on 28th July 1914 and ended on 11th November 1918 leading to the death of over seven million civilians and nine million combatants, making it one of the deadliest wars in history. During this period, more than thirty countries declared war against each other with the main participants being two European central powers. One party consisted of Russia, Serbia, Britain, France, United States and Italy. The ...

Abstract

The growing demand for the competitive specialists justifies the particular attention and concern to the Malaysian students’ reading comprehension skills from the Malaysian authorities. The introduction of teaching the Malaysian core school subjects in the English language (Yassin et al., 2009) provided the continual attempts and experiments to define the most efficient way to decrease achievement gaps in the reading of Malaysian pupils. Starting from the 5th grade, students extend their vocabulary through reading (Zubairi & Sarudin, 2009). The following research proposes the method of using “Reading Cues’ as scaffolding answering the closed or WH-questions to improve the performance of ...

Background

In 1931, The Empire of Japan attacked and took over Manchuria, a resources-rich Chinese region. Japan took over Manchuria because it wanted to take control of the natural resources found there especially oil (Inada 11). The U.S refused to recognize Japan’s jurisdiction over Manchuria arguing that the control was established through force. The U.S had close trade relations with China, and it wanted to protect its interests in the country. Japan attacked China severally so as to weaken it from claiming back Manchuria. In 1937, the U.S started considering how it could stop Japan’s quest to expand ...

Introduction

Contrary to most beliefs, the participation of the United States in the Second World War was made even prior to the Japanese attack of the Pearl Harbor. Despite its stance of non-participation during the war, the United States has been involved in confidential activities that aided the Allied forces against their adversary. Consequently, its role increased after it declared war against the Japanese forces, following the latter’s attack on the US fleets in Pearl Harbor. Prior to the declaration of war against Japan, the longest serving Secretary of State, Cordell Hull sincerely pointed to the Japanese ambassador: “There ...

The 20th century was a defining time in world history as well as American history. The world war is evolving with the success of the industrial revolution and the mechanized world changing the way things worked every day. There were, however, certain defining moments in American history between the 1920s and 1990s which altered the country’s social, political and security conditions from time to time. However, they have contributed to the progress and later conditions of the country. These include the great 1929’s and the Great Depression, the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor and the 1964 legislation ...

How the Congress Declares War

Introduction The constitution of the United States of America vests the power of declaring war over another country in the congress. This means that not even the president is supposed to declare war over another country if the same has not been approved by senate. Well, this is theoretical. There are several occasions where sitting American presidents have violated this protocol and declared war on other countries. From the Bush administration to the Obama administration, presidents have often acted in complete disregard of this requirement. Over the history of the US, congressional influence and activism on foreign policy has ...

Causes and development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict

The conflict between Palestine and Israel has been proceeding for almost a century, and it remains unsolved up to this day. None of the parties wants to make the large-scale concessions, following the minor conditions of a shaky truce. The origin of the conflict can be seen even before the First World War. Precisely, the main causes of the conflict have the religious and racial nature based on the territorial issue. In addition, it is worth considering that the escalation of the conflict has been associated with the creation of the State of Israel, which was corroborated by the ...

The first war the world went to took place in 1914. This event was seen as a political endeavor that would realign the powers of the Great Nations at the time and assert their influence and power in global politics. The war was featured by alliances of ally nations in Europe as each side sought to protect its individual interests and authority. All major powers such as Germany, Russia, Britain, and France went to war with the auspices that they were defending their national honor. At this time, these countries called for the need for presentation of a united ...

Chapter 22: The Great War

The twentieth century marked the onset of the World War I in 1914. This Great War lasted for 4 years and came to an end when the empires of Germany, Russia, Austria-Hungary and Ottoman were defeated. People called it the Great War since it was the first war they had ever experienced. This first modern war had many important causes and consequences that marked its place in the world history. The most popular reason for the start of the war is the assassination of Arch-Duke Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the empire of Austria-Hungry. However, to summarize it in a ...

Thesis: As of the present time, the absence of democracy and Western ideals of peace in areas such as Ukraine and North Korea emphasizes a possibility of America failing to act as a global police because one move they make may be read differently by the opposing side and declare war, which America is trying to prevent. - Since the end of the Cold War, the United States had been active to stop the onset of war or conflict in highly tensed nations which were either marred by terrorism or the lack of democracy under the Wilsonian foreign policy made ...

In the annals of history concerning World War I, Germany is typically one of the only countries that was not only punished, but also given a bad reputation after the end of the conflict. Though the term “World War” suggests that they were not the only ones involved, it appears that they were the only enemies worthy of justified persecution. There are many reasons why other countries, such as Austria-Hungary, as it was known then, as well as Russia and Serbia, should have received negative recognition and discipline just as Germany did after the war ended. Though Germany had its ...

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Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939 shocked the globe and was considered as the beginning of the new war that came into history as World War II. This global disaster became the most devastating and tragic event in the world history and the memory of the Second World War continues to be historians’ and researchers’ concern. Although USA proclaimed its neutrality during the war, soon after this American soldiers also were forced to become involved in World War II. It had taken two years after the outbreak of the war before “the day of infamy” changed Americans. ...

“We should never have entered the war against Germany. The Germans were no threat to us. We had been attacked by Japan and that's who we should have gone after, no matter what!”

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This is a statement thought by many Americans after the Second World War. The Americans initially maintained neutrality in the war. The war started in the year 1939 with the attack of Poland. The main powers fighting in the war were –Axis power and the Allied power. Axis power consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan. The Allied powers were Soviet Union, British and France. The Axis powers ...

Introduction

The World War II is the deadliest war that the world has ever faced. Major Powers of this planet fought World War II under flags of axis and allies powers. The world war started in the year 1939 and continued till 1945 but various other battles were fought earlier that caused this war. Millions of soldiers and civilians from both sides lost their lives in this war and hundreds of millions people were directly or indirectly affected by the World War II. Winners of the war, allied forces altered boundaries of nations that lost the war. The world war ...

Zimmermann Telegram was a telegram used by US President Thomas Woodrow Wilson to justify the declaration of war in Germany at the end of the First World War; was published in the press and caused outrage of Americans. In late 1916, German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann has developed a plan to bring Mexico to the side of Germany in the event of war with the United States. On the eve of the war in Europe there were two opposing coalitions - the Allies and the Central Powers. The position of these two coalitions were very different. By 1914, the Central ...

The World War I was one of the greatest wars in the world. It began on 28 July 1914 and proceeded until November 1918. It was a global war which was mainly centered in Europe and one of the deadliest wars in history. In fact, the war involved more than nine million war men, and approximately seven million civilians were killed during the war. This deadliest conflict, however, paved way for major political amendments and changes that led to revolutions and reformation in many nations involved in the war. The war involved the world’s economic superpowers which fought in ...

On June 28, 1914, World War I started between Serbia and Austria-Hungary with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. As time went on, many other countries joined the war. Three years after the start of the Great War, the United States entered World War I due to the Zimmermann telegram, the sinking of the Lusitania, the sinking of other ships by the German U-boats, and the Russian revolution as well as for financial reasons. On April 16, 1917, the United States declared war and sided with the Allies. In 1918, the war that changed the world forever had ended. ...

(Insert Institute) On June 1914, the world saw the dawn of a new age as its super powers took to arms and went to combat. Otherwise referred to as the Great War, the First World War saw nations join its cause in a form of a ripple effect. In other words, what started as a feud between two countries forced the others to join because of treaties and agreements with the aforementioned countries. Colonies fought for their masters while allies were called on for support. The significance of the Great War lies in the fact that its effects were felt in most ...

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America in a world of war The First World War started with the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand who was essentially the heir for the Austrian- Hungary throne on the 28th of June, 1914. This resulted in the Austrians getting agitated and deciding to prove its authority to the Serbians. This was the initiating point of the First World War. The war that initially started between two nations, eventually and very quickly escalated beyond expectations. Apart from this, many economic, political, and ideological differences, all related to one another resulted in this war. ...

(Insert Institute) The World War 1, also known as the First World War or the Great War, began in Europe and lasted between 1914 and 1918. As the war began, the world’s super powers had formed alliances to take part in the war. When Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28 1914, Great Britain, France, Russia, and Germany soon joined the previously small conflict. More countries later joined the war with each finding basis on different reasons. In his book “The Origins of the First World War,” Martel (2006) attributes the countries’ participation to the preceding ...

Introduction

The attack of the United States naval fleet that had anchored at Pearl Harbor had devastating effects on the United States. The destruction of the United States military infrastructure and loss of lives dented the already wavering diplomatic relationships between the two countries. A total of about 350 American warplanes were completely destroyed, with 3400 American service men losing their lives and 1200 sustaining injuries. This surprise attack crippled the America in terms of its efforts to check the progresses of the expansion of the Japanese empire on the coast of the pacific (United States., & Barkley, 1946). Japan ...

The paper aims to comprehend and document the history of Germany and delve deep into the possibilities and capacity of the nation to dominate the European continent. It requires our understanding that Germany has the potential and power to emerge as the omnipotent force in the continent and an insight into the national history would only reiterate the claim with testimonials and evidences to supplement the view. The country was hit by the March Revolution in 1848 which ended up in being a failed attempt at establishing the German state. However, this called for more liberal state policies, nationalism ...

Wilson had run on the slogan of having kept us out of the war. Was his declaration of war justified or unavoidable or was it used as a pretext? How neutral had the USA been in fact before it declared war on Germany? How believable is Freeman's take on what happened? Arthur Zimmerman’s telegram to the British stated that Germany wanted to ensure that United States was kept neutral in the war but in case that would proof to be impossible, Germany would receive military assistance from Mexico. In this process Mexico would regain back some of the ...

- Introduction The 9/11 terrorist attacks by the al-Qaida on American soil brought out the weakness of the Government’s fight against terrorism and resulted in a shift, in the major paradigm shift in the counterterrorism tactics and policies. Initially America had played a very passive role in the war against terrorism because the government never thought that terrorism would affect America (Adams, Nordhaus and Shellenberger). In other words, America, being a super power, felt indisposed and safe from any terrorism. “In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush declared a global war on terror and initiated a series of ...

World War I was undoubtedly one of the most devastating and widespread conflicts in the history of mankind, opening the theater of war across continents and breaking a delicate balance of power that had been in place for centuries. In order to find out exactly what caused the First World War, it is necessary to look back at the factors that led to the animosity between Germany, France, Russia, Britain, and Austria-Hungary, among others (some of these conflicts simmering for at least forty years leading up to the war). It was a complex, interweaving and stacking series of events that eventually ...

America and the Great War

Assassination of Franz Archduke was the ultimate cause of the world war one. His wife was also killed in the same event in Sarajevo, Bosnia, a part of Austria-Hungary. The assassin was a young student of Serbia. The Austo- Hungarian made very tough demand to Serbia for the killings and eventually declared war on Serbia. Russia and France joined in support of Serbia. Then German declared war on France and Russia and consequently Britain declared war on Germany (Miles, 2001). A chain of such events of mutual defence followed until the war became a holocaust that affected most of the Nations in ...

Introduction.

The Second World War was a long and devastating one leading to massive loss of lives and property. It lasted for six years beginning on September 1939 when Germany invaded Poland. The war went on until 1945 during the time when both the Germans and the Japanese had surrendered to the allies. Due to this invasion by Germany, other European states such as Britain and France also declared war on Germany hence making the chain of this war to become longer. The United States was not initially involved in the war but later became a major player and also played a big ...

1.0 Historical Background of Al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda is a global terrorist network established by Osama bin Laden between 1988 and 1989. The mission of Al-Qaeda is to free Muslim Nations of what it considers irreverent western influence and replace their leadership with fundamentalist Islamic Governments[ CITATION Jay11 \l 2057 ]. Despite having started in the 1980s the network only came to light after September 11 2011 attacks on Washington and New York, following which the United States of America and Her allies declared war on terror[ CITATION Dav11 \l 2057 ]. Al-Qaeda works through a network multinational and stateless armies as well as ...

Judea Declares War on Germany is one of the famous antifascist films. This film presents a critical look at the WWII. It explains how the Jews at one moment in time declared war on the Germans. Having declared war, the Jews were captured and incarcerated in different prison camps. According to this film, this move led to a situation whereby the Jews were viewed in Germany as insurgents. Because of this, the Jews were detained in the concentration camps. Before the time of the Holocaust and Second World War, the movie explains that the Jews were ready to crush the Germans ...