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The British and German Home Fronts during World War II, 2002.
Explores the similarities and differences experienced by the civilian German and British populations during and after WWII.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 18.95
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There are many truths of war that were evidenced in both Germany and Britain during World War II. First was destruction, second was death, third was rebuilding. Destruction came to the homes, businesses, schools, churches, and lives of millions of civilians in Great Britain and Germany alike during the conflict. Death came by the tens of thousands. Rebuilding took decades. It is the purpose of this paper to explore the similarities and differences found on the home fronts of both Great Britain and Germany during World War II.
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WWII and the British Home Front, 2003.
Examines the effects that the Second World War had on the British home front.
2,311 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 49.95
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On the home front, Britain was affected in a multitude of ways by the Second World War. First, the paper discusses how the war permeated people's daily lives through rationing, blackouts, air raids, the destruction of homes, limited transportation, and the interruption of education, and how all this failed to lower morale. Secondly, the paper examines the rise of war work and the entry of women into traditionally male jobs. Finally, the paper discusses the social effects of the war: the effects of women's re-entry into the workforce, the evacuation of children, the wartime attitude of egalitarianism, the many ways in which civilians came into contact with people whom they would otherwise never meet, and the effect of war on the arts. The paper concludes that the war affected every aspect of civilian life. Many of these effects positively expanded a citizen's experience, while others were hardships surprisingly well-endured. Some of these effects of the war would have lasting consequences into peace time.
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"Many children, especially those of the working class, were sent away to less vulnerable locations for the duration of the war. Angus Calder claims "Evacuation failed," but this is an exaggeration. Beginning on 1 September 1939, "1,473,500 people left the cities for rural billets under the official aegis" in the "phoney" war. Bombs did not fall for another eleven months, but this was an excellent test run. The Second Evacuation began August 1940 and the third in 1944. Mothers and children evacuated, along with "homeless persons, expectant mothers, children in nurseries, camps and hostels, old people, the crippled, the blind, civil defence personnel and emergency medical staff." Churchill thought this was defeatism, but it was not viewed as unpatriotic by the populace. The evacuation scheme became primarily "a receiver of social casualties" by 1941, and not a means of taking children to safety."
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Allan M. Winkler's "Home Front U.S.A", 2001.
An analysis of Winkler's book "Home Front U.S.A.: America, during World War II".
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 0 sources, £ 19.95
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This paper briefly takes a look at the arguments presented in Winkler's book "Home Front USA." The author claims that American society changed dramatically as a result of World War Two and the writer looks at these claims on a social, racial and cultural level. The country as a whole changed on a industrial level.
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"World War II transformed the map of Europe. It changed the balance of power across the world. It also changed the face and the structure of American society. According to Allan M. Winkler's Home Front U.S.A.: America, during World War II, American society was completely reconfigured. These changes continue to impact our lives today.
Winkler does not deny the fact that certain changes were already underway before the even of war. Yet he states that the impact of the war was such that without it, today we would be living in a completely different world from both a social and an industrial perspective."
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Patrick Fridenson's "The French Home Front", 2000.
A review of Patrick Fridenson's book, "The French Home Front," analyzing the changes in French society during World War I, with an emphasis on the change in women's roles.
1,180 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 1 source, £ 28.95
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"Patrick Fridenson has collected a series of essays regarding the "Great War" in France. Also known as World War I, this war brought about major changes in France politically, financially, and socially. Though several people and groups did not agree with many of the changes and/or advances, they were almost inevitable."
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Hitler's Home Front Program, 2002.
Discusses how the Nazis kept the Germans loyal.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, £ 33.95
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Discusses how the Nazis kept the Germans loyal. Germany's economic problems following WWI, and a bankrupt Germany. How Hitler revitalized the German economy. Providing work for the unemployed. Use of propaganda that blamed the Jews and Communists for Germany's problems. Initiation of health and pension programs to ensure loyalty. Hitler Youth.
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"HOW THE NAZIS KEPT THE GERMANS LOYAL
Money talks; and a bankrupt Germany looked for any and all reasons to get out from under the severe penalties that the Treaty of Versailles imposed on it. It was the early financing by German industrialists, most of whom were not merely angry at the terms of the 1919 Versailles Treaty, but saw their nation sink into severe Depression and high inflation, who backed Hitler from the very outset.
Some of the 'influential industrial magnates' were…Emil Kirdorf, the union-hating coal baron who presided over Treasury'. . . Fritz Thyssen, the head of the steel trust…Joining Thyssen was Albert Voegler, also a power in the United Steel Works. . . George von S industrialists and their firms, plus the major banks ..."
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War on the Home Front, 2007.
This paper discusses the costs of and threats posed by illegal immigrants to the United States.
1,706 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 38.95
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The paper details how illegal immigrants cost legal taxpayers billions of dollars a year. The paper presents the Republican and Democratic views on illegal immigration and discusses how an unsecured border could allow another terrorist attack. The paper includes personal stories of how the issue of illegal immigration impacts individuals. The paper strongly contends that since the problem of illegal immigration has been overlooked and avoided for years, the situation is becoming dire with potentially catastrophic consequences.
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"What would you do with $1.3 billion? You could buy 419,490 widescreen HDTV's. How about 5,002 new 2005 Ferrari 612 Scaglietti's? Or perhaps you could use that obscene amount that Arizona alone spent on illegal immigrant's education, healthcare, and incarceration fees to hire 38,229 new border patrol agents to reinforce a broken and battered border. Or consider California taxpayers who, in contrast, spent $10 billion on illegal immigrant fees. That's a whopping 3,226,847 HDTV's, 38,483 of those Ferrari's, or 294,074 new border patrol agents. There were around 1.1 million border arrests last year with 51%, or 516,109 in Arizona. The reason our state has the largest influx of illegal immigrants is because Arizona has lagged behind the advancements made along the borders in California and Texas. They have stepped up measures to put an end to this invasion, which has channeled this steady stream of aliens into Arizona's open borders. Border control is like a balloon: squeeze one area and another area expands. Arizona needs to squeeze back. There are now an estimated 34 million immigrants in the United States, with about a third of them, 11 million, being illegal."
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Total War on the Western Front, 2003.
The convergence of science, technology, and ambitious war plans creates the phenomenon of total war in World War I.
5,350 words (approx. 21.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, £ 92.95
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This paper argues that the phenomenon of "total war", the total mobilization of the human, economic, and material resources of belligerent nations for the total destruction of the enemy, was born on the Western Front in World War I with the convergence of science, technology, and ambitious war plans. Discusses the war plans of the Germans, British, and French, the industrial mobilization in the combative nations, and the different forms of warfare developed and implemented.
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"No single event shaped the 20th century as The Great War. The blazing guns of August in 1914 created a new world order and a new standard by which modern wars were fought, phrased by German General Erich Ludendorff in 1935 as der totale kreig, or total war. This phenomenon was the unlimited warfare waged as a result of the total mobilization of the human, economic and material resources of belligerent nations. In many ways the totality of WWI was born as synthesis of the independent developments in technology and industry, military organization and planning, and the breakdown of diplomacy that had evolved over time and wars, aligning themselves by 1914 to produce a war of attrition that would leave its mark on the remainder of the new century."
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African-Americans in World War II, 2006.
This paper explores the racism and inequality African-American soldiers suffered both on the front lines, during the war and back at home.
2,050 words (approx. 8.2 pages), 14 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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This paper probes the history of the 99th Fighter Squadron, created in 1941. This writer of this essay discusses the racism experienced by the entirely African-American squadron, in which the men were segregated from the white pilots on the base and had to deal with separate barracks, toilets and even drinking fountains. This paper reviews the squadron's involvement in WWII and shows how during the Battle of the Bulge, African-American soldiers finally had the chance to prove their might. While race lines had become fuzzy as the harsh reality of war began to set in, the writer explains how the military dealt with racism, which resulted in General Eisenhower desegregating the army, in 1944, so that black soldiers were placed within existing units on the extremely volatile front.
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"Ultimately, the military's approach to its black soldiers in World War II can be summarized by an editorial in the News Leader, a prominent Southern newspaper, which stated first that "Negro soldiers...must be treated as fellow soldiers and not as vassals or as racial inferiors," but which added the stipulation that "this does not mean that either whites or Negroes are at their best in the same company, the same branch, the same mess." [27] Despite countless acts of courage and sacrifice - many of which have gone unrecognized by the media then and now - the African American soldier was not officially segregated into the US military until after the Korean War."
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Racism in World War II, 2005.
This paper discusses the role of racism in WWII in Europe, China, Pacific and the American home front
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 3 sources, £ 55.95
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This paper examines the racist aims of Hitler and the Nazis and Japan's war crimes and atrocities in China. The author points out racial stereotypes held by Japanese and Americans. The paper cites the racial tensions and discrimination on the American home front and white hypocrisy.
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"This research paper analyzes the role played by racism and its significance during World War II. Racism in the form of the German Nazi belief in the superiority of the Aryan race' and the willingness of Adolf Hitler to expand by force ..."
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The Korean War, 2005.
This paper discusses "Heartbreak Ridge" and other areas of wasteful conflict in the Korean War.
3,030 words (approx. 12.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 62.95
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This paper relates that the battle of control of "Heartbreak Ridge", like most battles glorified by the media of the time, is filled with nothing but half truths and downright lies; in reality, it was nothing more than a pawn for the negotiators at the peace tables. The author uses the newly released, under the Freedom of Information Act, "After-action Reports" (DF-214s) by the Department of Defense to graphic report about this "Police Action", which began in 1950, with the cease fire agreement signed and implemented in July, 1953, although a a state of war still exists on the peninsula of Korea. The casualties were heavy and soon the war on the home-front became quite unpopular and a political football; the main thrust of the 1952 election campaign between Truman and Eisenhower was this single issue.
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"This created a salient in the lines which the Chinese quickly capitalized on. They drove Southeastward and cut off the 1st Marine Division and a contingent of other United Nations forces totaling nearly 40,000 from the remainder of the troops. Their only route of escape would be a forced march to the Sea to the port of Tanchon where they could be picked up by Naval forces and be returned to Pusan. This too is where the 2nd Division received its now infamous nickname. Previously and proudly the members of this proud Division proclaimed they were "Second to None." GI's being what they were at this time once they realized what had happened quickly tacked onto the proud motto the words "And First to Run" a motto that has forever stuck with this Division however unfairly attached it is."
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Minorities During the War, 2002.
An essay on the changing roles of minorities and women during the second world war.
3,308 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 66.95
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This paper explores how minorities and women were affected by the second world war, specifically focusing on three areas where their role was changed due to the war effort. The first is the active repression that existed for women and minorities during this time, and the barriers that existed to their participation in the war effort. The second is the way in which women and minorities were actively recruited to get involved with the war effort on the home front. Finally, the paper explores the role played by women and minorities, who served in the national dialogue and propaganda campaigns which colonized so much of the thought of the era. This paper explores these three topics.
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"It must be recalled that before the Second World War, racial minorities and women were very much second-class citizens. The civil rights movement had yet to really get underway, and segregation was still a common and even expected practice in many states. Those who got out of hand were actively punished by society, lynchings were common, and restrictive legislation of one sort or another was on the books in most locales. Blacks suffered the most far-ranging and systematic legal repression, though the social constraints put on women to remain in the home were also significant and the dual-wage system prejudiced. Japanese minorities also suffered extensively during World War II, though for quite separate reasons. Other subgroups, such as Hispanics and Jews were also persecuted to varying degrees. Each group experienced repression and patriotism in very different ways."
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War in Literature and Reality, 2005.
This paper reviews E.M. Remarque's "All Quite on the Western Front" and discusses the U.S.A., its wars and the war on terrorism.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, £ 45.95
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This paper explains that E.M. Remarque's "All Quite on the Western Front", about young German boys in the trenches of WWI just after completing school, argues strongly against war. The author points out that United States of America entered the twentieth century as a potential super power and its participation in WWI proved its ambitions for domination in world politics; the U.S.A. was saved from the Great Depression by WWII but, in the Korean War, there was no real change of borders. The paper stresses that the ideology of terrorism and religious fundamentalism has nothing to do with political ideologies and economical basis of aggression.
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The Book: E.M. Remarque's "All Quite on the Western Front"
The United States of America and War
The War on Terrorism
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"The horrors of the war as well as the death of his close friends had shown Paul the immorality and injustice of warfare: he participated in pointless military operations, stood one step away from death, he saw innocent people dying and shot English and French soldiers he bathed with during peace time. The main problem of Paul, his comrades and of all fighting soldiers from both sides was disillusion as they had no idea what they were fighting for. Their personal interests were not represented in the war, as they were not defending their motherland from invaders; they were not struggling for freedom but just were fighting for the private interests of their imperial governments."
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Ernie Pyle's War, 2002.
An examination of "Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II", by James Tobin.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, £ 18.95
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This three-page undergraduate paper examines the book, Ernie Pyle's War: America's Eyewitness to World War II, by James Tobin. The author discusses the reasons for Pyle's popularity with the GI's and the people back on the home front, and analyzes why his stories made him such a legend.
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