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This is a good book about WW2 and about the Holocaust. It is about this family that tries their best to survive. The moral of the story was if this little girl found 4 perfect pebbles the same size and that they are super round then her whole family would survive. This wasn't the case for her family........

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Cause of United states' intervention during the Vietnam War

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Cause of United states' intervention during the Vietnam War

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Why Did America Fight the Vietnam War? | 5 Minute Video

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This image shows the civil war how people can go against each other over something they did; such as slavery.

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The secession war in United-States, which the Americans call "Civil War", is the most murderous conflict according to the number of US death. It took place between 1861 and 1865, making 617.000 deaths, more than both World-Wars (still according to US deaths). It achieved on stronger United-States, with the consolidation of American institutions, the abolition of slavery and the industrial development of the Nordic states. It also spread the federal model over the globe, thanks to the growing prestige of the United-States in the World.

One of the root causes of the conflict was quasi-ideological, with a growing border between an industrial north and slavery south. The Confederation opposed the Union. Each part had its capital, Washington DC and Richmond. Each part had its president, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Each part had its generals, its army and war logistics. The issue was the sovereignty of the states within the federation. Could American states end the federal contract to determine their own will?

In the beginning of the conflict, the success of the South could make think that they were able to win, even if the forces were very unbalanced. On 21 July 1861 in Bull Run, the federal forces (19.000 soldiers) were defeated by the confederates (15.000 soldiers). The South benefited from very good strategists, such as the general Robert Edward Lee. Although 1862 was a turning year in the conflict with the massive involvement of the North, the Southerners won a battle in the beginning of May 1863 and Lee's army went to Pennsylvania, destroying everything in its path. The North was therefore weakened, with many desertions and lynchings. In 1864, the "wilderness campaign" caused huge losses in both sides. Nothing was completely played at that time. And we, as historians, must take care not to be theologians, which mean not to study the beginning of the "Civil war" on the outcome of the conflict, the victory of the north. What would have happened if the South had won the War? I am not used to think history by history-fiction/an-history. However, it might help to think better the importance of the real historical events.

I will propose four political systems which could have been produced, involving different narratives.
First, the outcome of the victory of the South could have been another Union, ruled by the Southern States. The United-States of America would have another capital in Richmond. They would have kept the name of "confederation" in memory to the "civil war" and to the position of the Southern states, but being a true federal country. We can imagine that the northern countries would have been much weakened, politically and economically. Their industrious prosperity would have been stopped and slavery would have remained in all the United-States for a long time. Therefore, the epic narrative would have not gone further than the military conquest itself. The general economic situation would have quickly darkened the speeches, especially in the north. The United-States would have been unable to surpass the British Empire and to become the first industrial power. It would have weakened its economic and military powers, making the US unable to intervene in Europe in 1917 and change the course of war. They would not have had the prestige to spread the "14 points" in 1918 which influenced the creation of the League of Nations.

Secondly, the United-States could have been a large confederation where states would have kept their sovereignty and have built a system of treaties between each others. There would not have been any powerful federal state among the states. The South would have continued its epic narrative of the War, using also this narrative to try to maintain its power and prestige. The north would have used a more comic narrative, about a defeat which will not prevent a happy end. The north could have continued to develop its industry and would have been free to abolish slavery. The south would have remained slavery and would not quickly decline, benefiting from commercial agreements with the north. The entire confederation would become wealthier, even if it would have sustained very few elements of cooperation. Whether this system had worked, it would have been spread all around the world, accelerating the idea of confederation of Europe for instance. It would have played in favor of peace in the early XXth. If it had not worked, as the tensions between the north and the south of the confederation would have risen again, it would have brought new tragic narratives, with new wars and disbeliefs in the confederation system.

Thirdly, the outcome could have been the constitution of an independent confederation of Southern States. On the one hand, the industrialized north would have used a deeper comic story. Even though it would have been unable to maintain the Union, it would have continued its ascension to become one of the most powerful states of the world. Its transition to the post-industrial era and to the tertiary age would have been fastened. On the other hand, the confederal south would have remained in a primary economy close to Latin America and South America. Its economy would have relatively declined, to the extent to be dependent of the North. Therefore, its political independence would have been weakened by the intervention of the North-America, as it has been in South-America. Migrations and walls would have arisen between the two sides. In this case, the South would have developed these tragic narratives of a country doomed to decline, despite past victories.

Fourthly, we can imagine a complete collapse of any regional system. The narratives would have been tragic everywhere first, as all the projects of federal unions and confederations would have disappeared. Each state would be completely independent, with its own laws and without common policy. The tragic would have remained in many of the unindustrialized states. It would have refrained the US to be the first economical power but a country like California would be successful in the top of the world order and begin to develop a comic story, with no hero but a happy end.

If the confederates had won the war, the contemporary world order would be very different, as the Federal United-States have played a determining role to forge the world we know. Many can defend it would have strengthen the world tragedies, such as World-Wars, Cold-Wars, post-cold-Wars. Others would have defended a comic plot, where a weakened United-States would have helped to lead toward world peace.

As it is an imaginative exercise, you would be welcome to add other alternatives!
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WHAT IF - THE CONFEDERATES HAD WON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR?

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The secession war in United-States, which the Americans call "Civil War", is the most murderous conflict according to the number of US death. It took place between 1861 and 1865, making 617.000 deaths, more than both World-Wars (still according to US deaths).

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This is a picture of Jews being treated like trash. Jewish adults and Children were forced to do harsh labor until they were freed by the United States and other rival Countries or killed in gas chambers which the Nazi's held.

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History is replete with wars and conflicts. The Holocaust was one such thing but it was somewhat different as it covered a huge number of people altogether. Holocaust also called Shoah basically means, sacrificing or killing by fire. It is derived from two Greek words, Holos and Kaustos. Holos means whole and Kaustos means burned. In early history, the word used to have its usual meaning which means sacrifice by fire but this remained only until World War II.

The Germans used to consider themselves racially superior. They at any cost did not want a mixed progeny. At that time many Jews used to live in Europe and the Germans found them racially inferior and hence a series of mass killings began. The Holocaust referred to these mass killings or in other words, "genocide" (genocide because it was intended to end the whole race of Jews so all those genes would disappear from the gene pool). From 1941 to 1945 six million Jews were killed which included 1.5 million children. This operation of mass murders is considered one of the deadliest that has ever happened. Not only the Jews, the Germans targeted other races too who they considered inferior, like the gypsies and the Slavic people.

It all began when Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933. At that time the number of Jews that existed were approximately 9 million. This was something unacceptable to Hitler as he considered them racially inferior. Therefore, he proposed a plan named as "the final solution" to eliminate Jews completely and this operation was later renamed the Holocaust. Even before Hitler came to power (in 1919), he wrote, "Rational anti-Semitism, however, must lead to systematic legal opposition and its final objective must unswervingly be the removal of the Jews altogether." To this anti-Semitism, later racial aspect was also added.

Thus soon after Hitler took over the office, his main aim was to culminate the non-Aryans and of course his policy of expansion. Laws were made to restrict the marriage between Germans and Jews and the Jews were also not given the basic rights. Therefore, the Jews tried their best to move out of Germany. The ones who were left behind suffered. This happened till 1940 after the expansion policy of Hitler accelerated. At this time, the religious institutions of Germany and the famous leaders expressed their resentment towards Hitler's attitude and hence he stopped his regime even though secret killings continued.

The expansion policy still continued and in 1941, the Soviet Union was captured. This was the time when Hitler's policy of eliminating the Jews gained momentum and a policy named "the final solution" came up. Beginning from that time, every Jew was openly killed and there was no stop. Mass gassings began so that maximum people could be killed in a go. The first targets were the old, sick and children. And of course, since there was gassing, along with the Jews many other people also succumbed to it.

As the World War II came to an end and Germany lost its power with Hitler committing suicide the Holocaust too came to an end but the aftermath was devastating. Things could not be restored quickly since so many people had lost their lives.

Watch the narration of the spine-chilling experience that Eva Mozes Kor and her twin sister faced during the Holocaust, as they were used as a human experiment on being Mengele twins.

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The Holocaust - The unfading and spiteful memory from the World War 2 !! - Amazing Scribbles Magazine

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History is replete with wars and conflicts. The Holocaust was one such thing but it was somewhat different as it covered a huge number of people altogether. Holocaust also called Shoah basically means, sacrificing or killing by fire. It is derived from two Greek words, Holos and Kaustos.

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The United State's intervention  in the Korean war 

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When all hope seemed lost for South Korea the United States had to aid South korea because the president at the time believed in the domino effect or if the communists take korea then they will take more countries and communism will eventually reach America.

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The Impact on war is very Harsh. Families are destroyed by their love ones being killed. War can cause poverty issues and many more issues. War isn't pretty and can seriously hurt someone. War can also hurt the area by economics and habitat life.

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NPR news and stories about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Interviews with soldiers, world leaders, veterans, and families on the home front. Read and listen to stories and subscribe to RSS feeds.

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War happens because of many reasons and on this padlet it will show you the causes of war.

1. Economic Gain

2. Territorial Gain

3. Religion

4. Nationalism

5. Revenge

6. Civil War

7. Revolutionary War

8. Defensive War

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What are the main reasons for war? This article lists, examines, and gives examples of the most common causes of conflict.

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The Civil War was a war between North and South states of America; also known as the Union and the Confederate States. This war was about Slavery and that it was right and it was wrong in the opinion of the "different" countries.

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Confederate Spies in Washington Located 60 miles south of the Mason-Dixon Line, Washington, D.C. was full of southern sympathizers when the Civil War broke out in 1861. Virginia's Governor John Letcher, a former congressman, used his knowledge of the city to set up a nascent spy network in the capital in late April 1861, after [...]
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American Civil War: Causes, Dates & Battles | HISTORY

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The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 over the issues of slavery and states' rights. Learn about Civil War battles, generals, political leaders and more.

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World War 2 was a very harsh 6 years of time. The Nazi's power gained by the new Ruler named Adolf Hitler. Millions of Adults: Men and Women, teenagers, and kids died. There were 9 countries involved in World War 2.

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World War II, conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939-45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers- Germany, Italy, and Japan-and the Allies- France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year hiatus, of the disputes left unsettled by World War I. The 40,000,000-50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history.

Along with World War I, World War II was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history. It resulted in the extension of the Soviet Union's power to nations of eastern Europe, enabled a communist movement to eventually achieve power in China, and marked the decisive shift of power in the world away from the states of western Europe and toward the United States and the Soviet Union.
(Read Sir John Keegan's Britannica entry on the Normandy Invasion.)

Axis initiative and Allied reaction

The outbreak of war

By the early part of 1939 the German dictator Adolf Hitler had become determined to invade and occupy Poland. Poland, for its part, had guarantees of French and British military support should it be attacked by Germany. Hitler intended to invade Poland anyway, but first he had to neutralize the possibility that the Soviet Union would resist the invasion of its western neighbour. Secret negotiations led on August 23-24 to the signing of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact in Moscow. In a secret protocol of this pact, the Germans and the Soviets agreed that Poland should be divided between them, with the western third of the country going to Germany and the eastern two-thirds being taken over by the U.S.S.R.

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Having achieved this cynical agreement, the other provisions of which stupefied Europe even without divulgence of the secret protocol, Hitler thought that Germany could attack Poland with no danger of Soviet or British intervention and gave orders for the invasion to start on August 26. News of the signing, on August 25, of a formal treaty of mutual assistance between Great Britain and Poland (to supersede a previous though temporary agreement) caused him to postpone the start of hostilities for a few days. He was still determined, however, to ignore the diplomatic efforts of the western powers to restrain him. Finally, at 12:40 pm on August 31, 1939, Hitler ordered hostilities against Poland to start at 4:45 the next morning. The invasion began as ordered. In response, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, at 11:00 am and at 5:00 pm, respectively. World War II had begun.

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World War II | Facts, Summary, History, Dates, Combatants, & Causes

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World War II was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during 1939-45. The main combatants were the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China). It was the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in human history.

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The korean war was started by the invasion of Kim Il Sung the leader of North korea when he order his army to cross the 38th parallel, the border between the communist North and capitalist South Korea. the North quickly overran the South and all hope seemed to be lost for the South

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Why did the Korean War break out in 1950

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The underlying reason that the Korean War broke out was because it was just another episode in the ongoing Cold War between the USA and the USSR.On the surface, the Korean War seemed to be a war between South Korea and North Korea, but really the superpowers were just using it as a front to combat each other without actually going into a 'hot war' which - as both had the atomic bomb - would have been MAD (mutually assured destruction).

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This shows the economic war damage on the different countries.

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graphs on effects on war - Google Search