After the fall of Memphis and New Orleans in 1862 Vicksburg
Mississippi remained a transit point for Confederate supplies
across the Mississippi River. The high bluffs which the town sits
on are a singular feature of the Mississippi Delta region and made
the city a natural fortress for the Confederacy. Control of the
town and the bluffs meant control of the Mississippi river and all
the commerce and communications that went with it. Therefore the
town became the most important strategic objective of the Union
Army in the West from December 1862 until the town surrendered on
July 4 1863,
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World War II proved to be the deadliest international conflict in history, taking the lives of 60 to 80 million people, including 6 million Jews who died at the hands of the Nazis during the Holocaust.
The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI, the worldwide economic depression, failure of appeasement, the rise of militarism in Germany and Japan, and the failure of the League of Nations.
September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
The one characteristic of command economy is that the individual pursuit of wealth is replaced by a concerted effort from all economic channels to improve society as a whole.
