...World War II vs. World War I World War I and World War I are two of the deadliest and costly conflicts to occur in world history. With over 100 million casualties they combine to be two of the most devastating wars ever. They both are very similar and destroyed a good amount of land in Europe, while also involving the same allies on both side. Although they both have high casualties World War II is more important to Europe for many reasons. Some reasons are the holocaust, advancements in technology, and the results that occurred from the war. World War II was the deadliest war in history accounting for over 70 million casualties. About 6 million of those deaths were caused by the holocaust. The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators (Holocaust History). During the Holocaust, Hitler and the Nazis also targeted other groups because they believed they were inferior to the German race. Those groups included the Slavic people, Gypsies, and disabled. Other groups of people were killed because they believed something different or had different political views. Those groups were Communists, Socialists, and homosexuals. The Nazis spread concentration camps or death camps, across Eastern Europe and Germany. These camps ranged in size and were hidden from the public. Many tactics such as the Euthanasia Program, where at least 200,000 mentally or physically disabled...
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...April 10, 2014 American History Final Essay Throughout American history, democracy has been an ever changing system of government; however it is far from perfect. It is constantly shaped by wealth and people of higher power. This played a significant role throughout the early 1800s in limiting the power of African Americans and people of lower socioeconomic statuses. These issues began to rise between the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy from the start of the American Revolution through the Civil War. During this time period, a vast number of changes were implemented into the system of democracy, many of which still remain active today. Democracy created a variety of conflicts between the “Whigs” and the Democrats during the mid-1830s. These battles were fueled by their different beliefs regarding the economic issues of policy, political leaders and different class powers. “Like the Federalist of the 1790s, the Whigs wanted a political world dominated by men of ability and wealth” (Henretta 313). The majority of Whigs were yeomen whites who did not support the power of democrats who were mainly planters (313). These planters were driven by the sole purpose to acquire property and combine man labor with the world’s resources, they did this through slavery. These men believed they possessed the right to replace government if they felt it could not properly protect them and their property (Farless lecture). Most southern planters began to blame their short-comings on...
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...the deadliest and bloodiest war of all time began. The war was a battle between the North (union soldiers) and the South (confederate soldiers). Many people thought this war would be a short war, but it lasted 4 years. This war was the Civil War and it is an important event in history. Many people say the civil war was over states rights, but a majority of people say it was over slavery. Slavery was said to be the #1 conflict between the North and the South in the 1860’s (Guelzo 1). People from the North were being used as slaves in the south. The south liked/ wanted slaves, but the North did not agree, which is why the country was divided (Luce 1). Fifteen out of 34 of the states were slave states...
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...April 10, 2014 American History Final Essay Throughout American history, democracy has been an ever changing system of government; however it is far from perfect. It is constantly shaped by wealth and people of higher power. This played a significant role throughout the early 1800s in limiting the power of African Americans and people of lower socioeconomic statuses. These issues began to rise between the Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy from the start of the American Revolution through the Civil War. During this time period, a vast number of changes were implemented into the system of democracy, many of which still remain active today. Democracy created a variety of conflicts between the “Whigs” and the Democrats during the mid-1830s. These battles were fueled by their different beliefs regarding the economic issues of policy, political leaders and different class powers. “Like the Federalist of the 1790s, the Whigs wanted a political world dominated by men of ability and wealth” (Henretta 313). The majority of Whigs were yeomen whites who did not support the power of democrats who were mainly planters (313). These planters were driven by the sole purpose to acquire property and combine man labor with the world’s resources, they did this through slavery. These men believed they possessed the right to replace government if they felt it could not properly protect them and their property (Farless lecture). Most southern planters began to blame their short-comings on...
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...HISTORY by Chakeithdria McCray AIU Online 1 April 2012 Abstract The focus of this paper is on the wars in the world. World War II was a global armed conflict. There were many consequences that resulted from this war. The focus is on the outcome of the war and the impact that it had on the United States. UNIT 2 IP Introduction World War II was a global armed conflict that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945. It was the most under spread war in history. The war consisted of more than 100 million serving in military units. In the war there was the mass death of civilians, including the Holocaust and the only use of nuclear weapons in warfare. It resulted in 50 million to 70 million fatalities. These deaths make the war the deadliest conflict in human history Davidson 2010). World War II had a great impact on the United States. The Cold War emerged due to World War II. The timeframe of the Cold War was in 1945-1948. The Cold War was the most important and diplomatic issue of the latter half of the 20th century. The emerge of nuclear weapons also came from World War II. The first bombing occurred on August 6, 1945, and then three days later the second occurred on August 9, 1945(WWII). The outcome of the war could be stated to have a positive affect n the United States. The United States economy was greatly stimulated by the war. The depression was brought decisively to an end, and new industrial employees were built all over the United States. The...
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...World War I (WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. From the time of its occurrence until the approach of World War II in 1939, it was called simply the World War or the Great War, and thereafter the First World War or World War I.[5][6][7] In America it was initially called theEuropean War.[8] More than 9 million combatants were killed; a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents' technological and industrial sophistication, and tactical stalemate. It was the fifth-deadliest conflict in world history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved.[9] The war drew in all the world's economic great powers,[10] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (based on theTriple Entente of the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire) and the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy had also been a member of the Triple Alliance alongside Germany and Austria-Hungary, it did not join the Central Powers, as Austria-Hungary had taken the offensive against the terms of the alliance.[11] These alliances were both reorganised and expanded as more nations entered the war: Italy, Japan and the United States joined the Allies, and the Ottoman Empire andBulgaria the Central Powers. Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the...
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...Nationalism and WWII Germany Alex Grausnick Charles de Gaulle, the French general and statesman who led the Free French Forces during World War II, once said; “Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism is when hate for people other than your own comes first.” After the German nation was first formed and nationalism began to grow in Germany in the late 19th centuryas, they could have no idea that it would come to be one of the focal points behind the world’s deadliest and most disturbing war almost 30 years later. Nationalism was an extremely strong and popular idea in the 1920s and 30s because Germany was simply looking for something to believe in after its defeat in WWI and the problems in the Treaty of Versailles. But how did the idea of nationalism come to be behind the Germans in WWII? There were countless reasons, but it mainly came down to one individual; a man named Adolf Hitler. The nationalist idea came about, at least in part, due to Hitler’s now infamous hate for the Jewish people that ended in the slaughtering of more than 6 million of them when he was in charge of the country, which became more important than the love of their own people, just as de Gaulle said. Let us begin with the one who exploited the nationalist German citizens the most during the 1930s; a man named Adolf Hitler. What movements did he represent? He became an extreme German nationalist and he despised the Austrian Empire which he thought was dominated by anti-German...
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...Kolyn Ferguson Introduction World war ll was one of the deadliest wars in history. Countries like Germany, Italy and Japan were allies of the axis while, the other countries like Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States Of America were allied. What started World War ll according to (history.com/topics/world-war-) ‘’France and Britain declared war on germany beginning World War ll’’ That shows that Germany did something that annoyed France and Britain and so it caused them to declare war. According to the article (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) ‘’Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934. Obsessed with...
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...The United States should be praised for the military actions and strategies it pursued during World War II such as the decision not to bomb the concentration camps. The military officials opposed bombing Auschwitz because the bomb might kill numerous prisoners. The U.S. should be acclaimed of their wise choice. Some of these prisoners survived in these concentration camps. The United States could not afford to reroute resources from military targets if they bombed the camp. The war was not really about the Jewish people so if we would have decided to bombarded Auschwitz it would have little effect on overall outcome of the war. It was a clever choice deciding not to bomb the concentration camp because one of the reasons WWII started was that...
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...Imagine being in one of the deadliest times in history: The Holocaust. Children screaming, wearing striped pajamas, being tutored and treated like you were nothing, seeing some of your closest friends die right in front of you. That’s what it was like for Jews during the Holocaust. You might be thinking we would learn from our mistakes but their are so many other genocides that have happened and are happening right now. Another genocide that has happened is The Stolen Generations. The Holocaust and The Stolen Generations both were terrible genocides in our world, however, these two genocides are different because of their intended goal, the impact in on the world, and how they were ended. The Holocaust was one of the deadliest and cruelest genocides. 6,000,000 Jews were killed during this time. Hitler’s goal for this genocide was for the German Arias to be the only group left. Hitler’s idea of the perfect person was a blond haired, blue- eyed, and tall. Everyone else that didn’t look like this...
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...Hitler's legacy will forever live in infamy and violence for the millions of lives that he affected. The author's statement of "... his cruel, violent legacy is often seen as a warning to the rest of the world..." And quite frankly, she supports her claim very persistently throughout the article. Following this statement, she introduces young Hitler as "stubborn" and "strong-willed". She then follows this by adding that he became independent shortly after high school in Vienna. Soon after Vienna, Hitler moved to Germany and enlisted in the German Army when World War I rolled around. When the war was over, he remembered it as "the greatest of all experiences". Conversely, many would say that being in the midst of war is one of the worst experiences,...
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...How Owen shows fear World war one also known as the great war, it was the first ever trench warfare and More than 9 million combatants were killed, it was one of the most deadliest conflict in human history’s and the people who came back from the war were lunatics and shellshocks they were called the lost generation. World war one was a very modern war at the time because it was the first time using gas and bombs. A lot of people lost their lives from the gas and explosions. It was a very different war from ordinary sword fighting. It was very hard for solders at that time because of the conditions they have to live in and what they do though out their lives. The tranches wasn’t a very good place to live in, there were so many disseise for example trench foot, it was caused when the solders kept their feet under the mood though a period of time and don’t have time to wash their feet. The solders that fought in the war were brainwashed and persuade from the propaganda posters. When the war was declared in 1914, many people thought that the war would be over by Christmas. The solders had their hopes because they fought it was going to be easy and have laugh, but it was nothing like that the war lasted for 4 years. Some of the soldiers fought they were fighting for justice and their King and Country. As the war was ending volunteers became fewer and Britain were losing a lot of men so now they stated to make a law were solders form 18 to 40 had to join the war because at that time...
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...War is an organized and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states or non-state actors. It is generally characterised by extreme violence, social disruption and an attempt at economic destruction. War should be understood as an actual, intentional and widespread armed conflict between political communities, and therefore is defined as a form of (collective) political violence or intervention. The set of techniques used by a group to carry out war is known as warfare. An absence of war is usually called peace. While some scholars see warfare as an inescapable and integral aspect of human nature,[1] others argue that it is only inevitable under certain socio-cultural or ecological circumstances.[2] For some, the practice of war is not linked to any single type of political organization or society. Rather, as discussed by John Keegan in his A History of Warfare, war is a universal phenomenon whose form and scope is defined by the society that wages it. Another argument suggests that since there are human societies in which warfare does not exist, humans may not be naturally disposed for warfare, which emerges under particular circumstances. The deadliest war in history, in terms of the cumulative number of deaths since its start, is the Second World War, with 60–85 million deaths, followed by the Mongol conquests.[3] Proportionally speaking, the most destructive war in modern history is the War of the Triple Alliance, which took the lives of over 60% of Paraguay's...
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...Civil War Paper The Civil War was fought between Americans from the North and the South. Many factors led to the eventual conflict, but none was more important than the issue of slavery. While Northerners felt slavery was essentially against what America stood for, Southerners depended on slavery to maintain their economy. The conflict resulted in the South wanting to secede from the Union and exist as a collection of Confederate states acting as their own country. The North (Union) insisted on keeping the United States in-tact and abolishing slavery from the South. After four to five years and a collection of bloody battles, the North won the war despite having military leaders who were not as experienced as the South’s and sustaining more casualties. In the documentary The Civil War, historian Shelby Foote stated, “Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an understanding of the Civil War . . . The Civil War defined us as what we are, and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things. It is very necessary if you’re going to understand the American character in the 20th century to learn about this enormous catastrophe of the mid-19th century. It was the crossroads of our being.” (Burns & Burns, Episode 1: the cause, 1990) What Foote was referring to in this quote was how the Civil War shaped the United States into the great power it has been known for since the end of the war. After the war ended, America began a period of tremendous growth, led by...
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...Deadly WWI WWI was a miserable and devastating war. There were many different battles in WWI but these are three of the deadliest. The battle of the Somme, the battle of Arras, and the battle of Passchendaele's total deaths is around 2,035,000. They were all difficult battles. The battle of the Somme was in the middle of a river for the British and Germans. The battle of arras was a diversion to draw German troops from their battle, which meant they were in the middle of two battles at once. The battle of Passchendaele, that battle was probably the worst battle in history considering the weather conditions. It was known as the battle of mud. The deadliest battles in WWI are the battle of the Somme, the battle of Arras, and the battle of Passchendaele....
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