...Causes of WWII The road to appeasement, and thus to armed conflict, began in 1932 when the National Socialist party took control of the German government through a congressional election that gave Hitler authoritarian power. Tyranny must be fought when it first occurs as it is a virus that can spread if it is not eliminated. As Winston Churchill said, “I have always held the view that keeping peace depends on holding back the aggressor.” Unfortunately, Churchill’s predecessor believed in appeasement and diplomatic means when dealing with Germany, choosing not to believe that Germany had “made up its mind to dominate the world by fear” already. Unfortunately, by the time Great Britain, France, and Italy, had no choice but to knowledge this, plunging into WWII was their only chance of stopping Germany and Adolf Hitler’s reign of terror. There were many instances where one would hope that the international community would step in. The League of Nations was created by the Treaty of Versailles. However this organization did not react to earlier similar aggressions. For example,Italy attacked Ethiopia in 1935. Haile Selassie was the emperor of Ethiopia at the time. He approached the League of Nations and asked them to defend them with military sanctions. They did nothing. Selassie’s response was that “God and history will remember your...
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...tension and turmoil from World War I and also from Hitler is what really led up to the world having its second world war. Some causes of the war is Hitler not going by the orders of other countries. Another is the Great Depression that was around the world and led to a bunch of turmoil and bad blood and led up the second World War. One big cause that led up to WWII was the turmoil left behind from WWI. According to the article “The causes of World War II” on sunysuffolk.edu there was an economic collapse and Germany started getting a strong military and disobeying the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was not happy and felt they were being treated harsh and unfair because of...
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...Protection Strategies Adolf Hitler led with violence, aggression, manipulation, and military strategy, and because of that he became a target of assassination. This developed into an acute paranoia, which led Hitler to implement some of the most brilliant security strategies seen to date. Before an understanding of the reasoning behind the assassination attempts can be deduced, an accurate depiction of Hitler’s early rise to power is necessary. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria on 20 April, 1889. Being the son of a poor young cottager, Hitler was never satisfied with his stature in life. He fled to Germany to avoid being arrested for dodging military service in Austria. This did not define him, as he went on to serve in the German Army during World War I and was wounded twice. He received several medals, and maybe more important, found a direction in life in which he had been searching. World War I left Germany in a state of unease. The sanctions placed on the country left it almost financially crippled. Hitler used this vulnerability to come in and take the nation by storm. This, coupled with his determined necessity to completely rule Germany, was a recipe for disaster. It wasn’t long before Adolf Hitler became a party leader, and from the very beginning he needed, at least some form, of protection. Hitler emerged as not only a politician, but the leader of the most hostile and violent political party in the country. Adolf Hitler’s personal security...
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...The Holocaust was one of the most traumatic and horrific events of the 20th Century. It played a very significant part of not only World War II (WWII) but of Germany and Europe’s history. WWII lasted from 1939-1945. Throughout this time many innocent European people were killed because of their Jewish religion or their ancestor’s Jewish religion or culture. In the years of WWII, Germany was under Adolf Hitler’s total rule. Hitler and his Nazi party planned to kill all nine million European Jews. This mass scale genocide was referred to by the Nazi’s as “the final solution”. Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany after The Great Depression when Europe and the rest of the world was in an economic crisis. Some elements of European society and in...
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...Adolf used this story as propaganda to try to persuade the German population into getting into a movement that would transform the German society into a one based race. As Germany was in a financial, political, and social downfall at the time, the book became intriguing to the German population. As Adolf wrote two volumes, he shows zero mercy in giving his perspective on powerful expansion using brutal force and Semitism. Although the book contained profanity, frequent content of grammatical errors, and what seemed to be unachievable goals/targets, the book was able to produce over five million copies in eleven different...
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...To what extent was the Treaty of Versailles a cause of WWII? Treaty of Versailles was the main trigger that sparked the start of the most devastating war in human history. Due to its enforcement and terms, it caused the ideological fascist movement after WWI, German’s patriotism, and the violent expansion of Germany’s economy which violated terms of the treaty, ultimately resulting to World War II. After WWI the ideology of the Fascist movement became influential in Germany in reaction to the harsh terms of the Versailles Treaty. Fascistic views of political violence, war, and imperialism as a means to achieve national rejuvenation were appealed to the citizens (Wikipedia, 2014). This was in response to the Treaty of Versailles. After WWI, Germany was on a road to repair, but they were handicapped, and weakened by the terms of the treaty (History Learning Site, 2000). They had no major military or strong industry to support the growth of the country (Hikman, n.d.). The people were angered and infuriated by the ruinous effect of the Treaty. Hence, the nation realised that in order to regain the national strength, Germany would need to take on board a new form of political system that was iron-fisted and disregard anything but the restoration of pride (English Online, n.d.). This brought the rise of Hitler, the Nazi Party and Fascism. Adolf Hitler was a radical advocate who fought to overturn the harsh Treaty and restore Germany to her former glory (English Online, n.d.)....
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...World War II Events Do you know about WWII? What events do you know of? I will tell you the most important and war changing. There are many events that happened that you should know about. I Will talk and tell all about them. The most horrific events are the War, Holocaust,and the cruel Final Solution. The war was horrible. These are the World War II Events. The people of the War are important and a big part of what happened in WWII. Adolf Hitler was the leader of Germany when World War Two was just beginning. He was an excellent war tactic officer at the beginning of the WWII. He later lost most battles and ended up committing suicide. Adolf Hitler let him army kill 2 million Jews by the end of WWII. During WWII, Franklin D. Roosevelt was the president of the United states of America when Pearl Harbor was bombed, in 1941. He died in April, of 1945. After his death Harry Truman took over office. Next, a very important event ,the Holocaust. It started in 1933. This was a time where Jews were targeted...
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...In the years between WWI and WWII, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany, a country recently devastated by the loss of the first world war. At the end of WWI all the countries involved in the war meet in Versailles to discuss the terms of peace. The peace treaty, known as the Treaty of Versailles, placed harsh punishments on Germany. Germany was forced to pay for the cost of the war, and accept full blame for the war. Also, in order to weaken Germany, territory was taken from Germany and given to other countries, or used to create new countries. These terms of peace left Germany impoverished and its people angry. Hitler’s inevitable rise to power was a direct result of the reparations, war guilt, and loss of territory demanded by the Treaty...
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...Garcia1 Adolf Hitler From Mein Kampf 1925 A German dictator Adolf Hitler “My Struggle” in Germany. The truth about the Nation and Race, the higher breeding of all life thus sacrificing his own greatness. It will be the task of the People’s State to make the race the center of the life, of the community and make sure that the purity of the racial strain will be preserved. As well as the national socialist must hold to aim the foreign policy, to secure the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled on this earth. The truth about the Nation and Race during the struggle of Adolf Hitler. In the struggle for domination same level of weakness or strength of survival. Male struggle against female rights or opportunity...
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...War I, people believed that there was no way that the world can plunge into war against each other once again. Unfortunately, as they found out a few decades later, that was not the case. War reparations that Germany was forced to pay after WWI tanked their economy, as well as the Great Depression that affected everyone else. It hit Germany the hardest and they were forced to somehow find a way out of debt. Because of this, Germany was weakened politically and emotionally, and a person like Adolf Hitler was easily able to persuade the people that he will make Germany the best nation in the world, as well as the rise of his Third Reich. Separately, Japan and Italy wanted to also become powerful nations and hypothetically rule the world, but needed help in achieving that goal, so they allied with Nazi Germany in order to form the Axis of Power. The opposition to the Axis was called the Allies, and they are mainly led by the United State, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. As time passed, WWII would become the bloodiest battle of all time, casualties as high as 70 million, about 30 million more than at the end of WWI (Cole, 700-705). After WWI, Germany began to change by adopting...
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...descended him into madness, despair and evil, just as Hitler has done in past history. According to Wikipedia, “power is the ability to influence or control the behavior of people. The term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure. Power can be seen as evil or unjust, but the exercise of power is accepted as endemic to humans as social beings”. I agree with this quote, because that is a statement that both Macbeth and Hitler lived by being the power hungry leaders they were. Macbeth in the beginning on Shakespeare's play was decent man, he was a noble soldier. In the first act, Macbeth is described by Duncan as a kind and brave hearted soldier. ”Like valor’s minion carved out his passage, Till he faced the slave; Which ne'er shook hands, nor bade farewell to him, Till he unseamed him from the nave to th' chops,” (Act 1 Scene 2 19-20 ). This portrays Macbeth as a fearless, and gutsy in the face of his enemies, the Thane of Cawdor. Leader of Nazi Germany, the creator of genocides and arguably solely responsible for the European half of the Second World War, Adolf Hitler (considered to be one the most evil persons the world has ever known), probably needs no introduction. Hitler was of similar status to Macbeth. Adolf Hitler before labeled an absolute ruler had a good reputation as a political leader, who only wanted the best for the Germany that the Americans left in ruins. Hitler came to power by democratic election and like Macbeth...
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...need for retribution. During WWII, Adolf Hitler had brokered a policy with the Soviet Union, the German-Soviet Pact, with promises not to attack one another and to supply one another with manufactured goods from Germany, and raw materials from the Soviets. As we, all know from High School History class, this was only a temporary way to keep the Soviets from countering Hitler’s defeat of Poland. The National Socialist and Adolf Hitler considered the mass Russian lands to be a prime location for a future long-term settlement, and their politics to be an expansion of the Jewish community. Since the German assault on the world began, they always viewed the USSR to be an enemy with intentions to deliver the same fate to the Soviet Jews as he did in the European countries. In June 1941, Germany launched its first invasion against the Soviets, with complete disregard of the nonaggression pact. Three German army groups overwhelmed the unsuspecting Soviets and easily advanced deep into the Russian territory, with troops following with mass murder operations, and eventually stopping in September 1941, at the gates of Leningrad. The German forces occupied a large portion of Western USSR for nearly two years. However, in the winter of 1943, the German army suffered a massive defeat, with nearly 100K soldiers surrendering, at Stalingrad to the Soviet military. The USSR forces went on winning several battles along their way to Germany’s defeat and the end of WWII in Berlin, Germany. With the...
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...The dictator of Nazi Germany was Adolf Hitler. He seemed to have a hectic childhood. He was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, on April 20th 1889, and when he was three he moved to Germany. He and his dad always were disagreeing with each other because Adolf liked fine arts while his dad preferred business. When Adolf’s brother died Hitler became detached and introverted from his family. Early in his life Adolf showed a love for German nationalism by hating Austria-Hungary. Before Hitler became a dictator he had to get his power. So, the German Great Depression gave Hitler a huge opportunity, they would now be open to more extreme options. In 1932 Hitler ran against Paul von Hindenburg for president although Hitler lost. But, in order to promote...
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...Justin Hrabosky Mr. Wojcik WWII Through Film 7 March 2016 Holocaust The Holocaust was an extremely unfortunate and tragic event that was led by the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and all of his followers. The Holocaust was the systematic killing of over 6 million Jewish people in Europe, as well as Slavic and homosexual people, with the casualty total reaching up to 11 million. After World War One, Germany was blamed for most of the destruction done across Europe. Because of this, they were forced to compensate for much of the decimation done to many countries. This put them in a state of financial turmoil. However, while the majority of Germans were impoverished, the Jewish population saved their money and were ahead of most people in the classes. This somewhat revived the tradition of anti-Semitism throughout Europe. The disdain for Judaism came to a head when Adolf Hitler rose to power of the Nazi party. “In Germany, Hitler and the Nazis succeeded in segregating the Jews from the rest of the population, despite the fact that German Jews were among the best assimilated in Europe. Jewry was also linked to communism (in ‘Judeo-Bolshevism’), thus making the Nazis capable of presenting the Jews as one the German middle class’s greatest fears.” From 1939 to 1945, Germany began to segregate the Jewish population from the rest of Germany in fenced-off areas called ghettos. Other Jewish people were taken on trains and transported to either death camps or work camps. The...
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...Unlike Hitler, who openly murdered the Jews, Stalin’s involvement in the murder of millions are the results of political decisions, terror, and oppression. Stalin’s notions of “collectivizing” Russia would “destroy” the “autonomy” Russia’s peasant had established since the Russian revolution (Keefe, pg.1). A push to make Russia industrialized and the decisions that were made by Stalin would have devastating effects on the people of Russia. The main reason why Russian leaders had serious incentives to make their economy stronger was to rival Western economies, but unlike the West, Russia had forced its citizens to do what their told to make this a reality (Keefe, pg.1). At the time Stalin was in office he had proposed two five-year plans to transition...
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