would surmise he didn ’t have much choice in the matter. Suffice to say‚ the European Imperial rule was ill-received by the Burmese people. They seemingly despised their foreign occupants. Orwell even stated that during his time as a police officer in Burma he was "hated by large numbers of people" (Orwell‚ 1950). "There were several thousands of them in the town and none of them seemed to have anything to do except stand on street corners and jeer at Europeans" (Orwell‚ 1950). Though‚ no matter how
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Scavenger Hunt 36. What was the estimated death toll in the bombing of Hiroshima? Nagasaki? The estimated death toll in the bombing of Hiroshima was over 100‚000. http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/hiroshima.htm The estimated death toll in the bombing of Nagasaki reached around 70‚000. http://www.cfo.doe.gov/me70/manhattan/nagasaki.htm 37. What was the largest problem faced by US troops and dependents in heavy military-based areas? The largest problem faced by US troops and dependents
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How effectively did colonial governments deal with of nationalist movements in Southeast Asia the period before WWII? Colonial initiatives during pre-war nationalism in Southeast Asia took the form of both colonial suppression and concessionary measure. The extent of effectiveness of these measures is depended on how the colonial masters carried put these initiatives and also the extent to which the nationalist movements could resist them. Colonial suppression was the most effective in the short
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world a better place by helping people in special ways. 1. Our first individual who is making a difference is a refugee from Burma. Thousands of people flee Burma each year to escape poverty‚ oppression and civil war. Many of them choose to stay in Thailand. Cynthia Maung is a Burmese doctor who operates a small public health center near the Thai border with Burma. She is making a difference in her community by providing services that are not available to most people in this area. 2. Many
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to support a number of countries to form provisional governments in the captured regions‚ including those in Burma‚ the Philippines and Vietnam‚ and in addition‚ the Provisional Government of Azad Hind‚ presided by Bose.[5] Bose’s effort‚ however‚ was short lived; in 1945 the British army first halted and then reversed the Japanese U Go offensive‚ beginning the successful part of the Burma Campaign. Bose’s Indian National Army was driven down the Malay Peninsula‚ and surrendered with the recapture
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constitutes it was closely linked‚ for trade‚ economy‚ movement and education‚ to the adjoining areas of the East Bengal or Burma. The Khasi‚ Jaintia and Garo Hills maintained close relations with Sylhet‚ the Mizo hills with the Chittagong Hills Tracts and Tripura with Comilla‚ Noakhali and Sylhet. Parts of the Mizo Hills‚ Manipur and the Naga hills had direct links with Burma‚ where many of their ethnic kinsmen lived. The areas of the former North-East Frontier Agency (now Arunachal Pradesh) had close
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to support a number of countries to form provisional governments in the captured regions‚ including those in Burma‚ the Philippines and Vietnam‚ and in addition‚ the Provisional Government of Azad Hind‚ presided by Bose.[4] Bose’s effort‚ however‚ was short lived; in 1945 the British army first halted and then reversed the Japanese U Go offensive‚ beginning the successful part of the Burma Campaign. The INA was driven down the Malay Peninsula‚ and surrendered with the recapture of Singapore. It was
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government website. | I believe that this is reliable because it is a website | Cause: The Cause of the Tsunami was because of a 9.3 earthquake. The earthquake was caused because of the collision of the Indian Plate and Burma plate. The Indian plate actually slipped under the Burma plate because of a fault line. Location: The Epicentre of the original earthquake was located in the Indian Ocean near Banda Acen in North Indonesia. Countries Affected: The Countries that were severely affected by the
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(USGS). The earthquake that shook the West of Northern Sumatra‚ Indonesia‚ as well as many other neighboring countries‚ was of a great 9.0 magnitude on the Richter scale. “At the source of the earthquake‚ the interface between the India plate and the Burma plate dips about 10 degrees to the east-northeast. The subducting plate dips more steeply at greater depths”(USGS). The quake occurred when the Earth’s crust‚ a 1‚200 km segment of the crust‚ shifted
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Southeast Asian Languages by Xia Lee Southeast Asia‚ a term used since World War II‚ consists of the regions south of China and east of India which includes Thailand‚ Laos‚ Vietnam‚ Kampuchea (Cambodia)‚ Burma‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines and Singapore. Between these countries‚ their languages differ tremendously even though some scholars have suggested that all the different languages are related to the Indo-Pacific Family. Approximately one thousand unintelligible languages are spoken
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