Alliances During World War II

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Throughout the Fall 2016 semester in Modern World History II, many topics and battles were discussed from August all the way to December. For instance the first attack on U.S. soil during the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria causing WWI. Both and most of the events we learned about had to do with alliances, which was the most important topic we discussed in this semester. Alliances have always found their way to either help or destroy a side, during any given situation we learned about during this semester. Alliances were and are currently one of the biggest contributing factors to major conflicts and resolutions around the world. Countries found it vital to make alliances with other countries …show more content…

During WWI, a group that worked together similar to an alliance met. Named the Big Three, consisting of George Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britain), and Woodrow Wilson (USA). The three men set up goals that would benefit almost everyone involved in WWI. During WWI, a group that worked together similar to an alliance met. Named the Big Three, consisting of George Clemenceau (France), David Lloyd George (Britain), and Woodrow Wilson (USA). The three men set up goals that would benefit almost everyone involved in WWI. Although the Big Three was not yet an official alliance, the three men were able to work together and share knowledge for the benefit of others. The ideas that they processed were goals that would be accomplished together, in the form of an alliance. Besides creating goals together, alliances were able to create a strong presence and create dominance over other countries that were a potential threat. The Social Darwinism Theory clearly states that the strong will survive, and the weak will die out. Alliances are known to help fellow countries financially by distributing loans and physically to fight opposing countries. Social Darwinism is usually related to a humans, however Herbert Spencer related the theory to governments and society. With alliances, the heads were able to make decisions to help out the weaker countries within the alliance. Creating an overall strength. (Dove, 10/20/16). All alliances strived to be the best, creating weaker links for others to die off. This can be displayed as alliances altering themselves to go through a funnel of survival, with only strong coming out and the weak getting trapped dying off. Besides helping other countries and resolving conflicts, alliances are are huge contribution to major conflicts.The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia of

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