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721: The Manhattan Project: ... program was slowly organized after nuclear fission was discovered by German scientists in 1938, and many US scientists expressed the fear that Hitler would attempt to build a fission bomb. Frustrated with the idea that Germany might produce an atomic bomb first, Leo Szilard and other scientists asked Albert Einstein, a famous scientist during that time, to use his influence and write a letter to president FDR, pleading for support to ... successful Trinity test (Beyer 56). The responsibilities were soon placed upon Truman, the next president. Truman knew nothing about the bomb and its effects yet hastily decided that the bomb be used on Japan, considering Germany was no longer a target with the war in Europe over. Initiated by Szilard, a petition was made to offer the opinion that the bomb should be used only if Japan refused to surrender, even ...

722: World War 2: ... Czechoslovakia and seized a former German port. He moved on by putting demands on Poland and the Polish Corridor. In September 1939 France and Britain agreed to support Poland and they soon declared war with Germany. How Did The US Get IntoThe War First of all Japan has no natural resources in their country. So being that they replied on their oil products from the US. In July 27 1941, President ... fuel. Shell was the company that owned most of the fuel products in the East Indies. Shell's head office was in England which led European forces to be in the war against Japan and Germany. When the US stopped trading with Japan they took this as a hostile act but, Japan still tried to make peace with them. A Japan ambassador even asked for a peace discussion with the secretary ...

723: Holocaust: ... had. The anti-Semitism that was already apparent was that of the nineteenth century. The Germans naturally hated Jews. They blamed them for the declining of the German economy and whatever was going wrong in Germany, the Jews were held responsible. From this basis set, the Germans branched out a new form of anti-Semitism. It was the use of propaganda to rid Germany and the rest of the world of Jews and what they represented. They would take any measure to execute this task. To execute this task, the Nazi’s used new forms of publicity to receive ...

724: WWII: Why did the U.S. get involved in the war?: ... get involved in the war? At the beginning, the United States expressed the determination to remain a neutral nation. When W.W.II began, opinions among the Americans were divided. Some felt that the Nazi Germany was not only a threat to Europe and democracy, but to civilization itself. Other believed that Europe's wars were no affairs of the U.S. As the war progressed, the U.S. found itself ... totaled over 2,300. The United States weren't going to take that from the Japanese and on December 8, 1941, congress declared war on Japan and so did the British Parliament. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war on the U.S., and the congress replied with its own declaration of war. At this time, the United States of America were full-fledged belligerent in World War II.

725: The Manhattan Project: ... program was slowly organized after nuclear fission was discovered by German scientists in 1938, and many US scientists expressed the fear that Hitler would attempt to build a fission bomb. Frustrated with the idea that Germany might produce an atomic bomb first, Leo Szilard and other scientists asked Albert Einstein, a famous scientist during that time, to use his influence and write a letter to president FDR, pleading for support to ... the first successful Trinity test. The responsibilities were soon placed upon Truman, the next president. Truman knew nothing about the bomb and its effects yet hastily decided that the bomb be used on Japan, considering Germany was no longer a target with the war in Europe over. Initiated by Szilard, a petition was made to offer the opinion that the bomb should be used only if Japan refused to surrender, even ...

726: Analysis of the movie Contact: ... reception of the radio signal. The star "Vega" is said to be something like 26 light years away from earth which makes probability of receiving a signal from there after the first television transmission from Germany in 1936 very likely within the parameters of the movie. This attention to detail is undoubtedly due to the contribution of Ann Druyan who worked on the series "Cosmos" with Carl Sagan. Another scene that ...

727: Timeline of Art: ... and color were highlighted in two and three dimensions. A number of painters in Belgium, Holland and Denmark added the aggressive aspects of Abstract Expressionism to their own versions of Northern-European Expressionism. Again, in Germany and Italy there also emerged followers of the new fashion who strove to express their own feelings through unobstructed out-pouring in paint. This led to matter painting in which very thick layers of paint ...

728: Russia: ... equipment and materials, · food processing equipment, and · oil and gas mining equipment. Business in Russia is regional, and so is third country competition. In European Russia and the Urals, Western European firms, particularly those from Germany, Italy, Austria, France and the United Kingdom offer U.S. business strong competition. Surprisingly, Korean and Chinese firms have made strong progress in the Urals over the last year. In northwest Russia Scandinavian firms are ...

729: Austria: ... include of machinery, lumber, textiles, iron, steel, chemicals, and paper products. Tourism is an important industry. The cultural institution and scenic beauty attract millions of people every year. Many of their Tourists come from Italy, Germany, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Switzerland. People in Austria celebrate many of the same holidays as we do but they are on different dates. For example their New Year’s Eve is on January 6. We celebrate ...

730: Israel: ... has few natural resources. The import aircraft, chemical products, rough diamonds, and machinery. There main exports are fruits, fertilizer, processed foods, textiles, and clothing. Three main trading partners are the United States, Great Britian, West Germany, Italy, France, Belgium and Luxemborg.

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