AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand
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Pearl Harbor
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Germany’s invasion of Poland
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Battle of Britain
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Detailed explanation-1: -German troops invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, triggering World War II. In response to German aggression, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany possessed overwhelming military superiority over Poland.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hitler was demanding Danzing corridor from Poland as it was inhabited mainly by the Germans. Realizing the danger, Britain and France pledged assistance to Poland against Germany. Germany accused Poland for committing atrocities against Germans living there and it became a cause of World War Second.
Detailed explanation-3: -Hitler had attacked Poland because he wanted Germans to live there. He considered the Polish people inferior and only fit as a work force. In the last three months of 1939, the Nazis murdered 65, 000 Jewish and non-Jewish Poles.
Detailed explanation-4: -Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. German forces broke through Polish defenses along the border and quickly advanced on Warsaw, the Polish capital. Hundreds of thousands of refugees, both Jewish and non-Jewish, fled the German advance hoping the Polish army could halt the German advance.