The Einsatzgruppen was a German killing squad organized by Reinhard Heydrich. They consisted of several thousand men, divided into units of 800 to 1200. They were mainly composed by Schutzstaffel (SS,) and personal police. The Schutzstaffel was established by Hitler to serve as his personal guard at…
The Nazis aimed to rebuild the army, navy and air force. They wanted to rearm Germany so that the country would be able to protect itself without having to rely heavily on outside help. Once more, this policy appears to be appealing to everyone: it would make sense that German citizens would want their country to be able to defend itself. The only issue is that this policy directly opposes the condition in the Treaty of Versailles that limits the size of the army, which could cause the other countries involved with the Treaty to take action.…
The Nazi’s gained power due to the fact that no one had the strength to oppose them. Hitler positioned himself to be influential in government, which meant that he could help in the passing of laws. He established a dictatorship through a mixture of illegal and legal means.…
If it wouldn’t have been for WWI, Hitler would have been a failed artist, and a jail bird. Instead he became the Chancellor of Germany leading to the death of many Jews, and then himself. Hitler was put in prison for trying to overthrow the Government and was tried for treason. This lead him to join the Nazi Party.…
By expressing their confidence in continued American prosperity, government financial experts and leaders such as President Herbert Hoover gave tacit approval to the bankers' and brokers' action. But in spite of all of the optimistic speeches, both government and business leaders knew by the fll of 1929 that a crash in the market was not only possible but probable. They had been afraid that talking about it would only start panic selling sooner. However, they could not postpone the inevitable.…
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the United States knew that another World War was coming on. After World War I America decided that they did not want to be involved in another war due to the devastation that it had caused before. However President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided differently. With competing views among the isolationists and the interventionists, FDR concluded that the only way for the Great Depression to end was to become involved in another war. The Great Depression destroyed the economies of the United States and Europe. Economies were struggling worldwide and were running out of options. The outcome of World War I “led to a major repositioning of world power and influence.” This shift in power towards the United States laid the grounds for the emergence of totalitarian governments in Europe. Since World War I, the struggle for world power became a popular subject among governments. World War II exemplifies the power struggle among Germany, Italy, and Japan and also gave American political leaders such as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman the chance to prove their true leadership abilities domestically and internationally.…
He had a natural gift for propaganda and an extremely aggressive speech style to whip the crowd into a Nazi fuelled frenzy. He also believed that it was his destiny to become the German Fuhrer, which he called the Inevitable Truth, and was based on a social adaptation of Darwin 's Evolution Theory. While this may seem like a ridiculous claim, he did in fact become the Fuhrer, so it is not as far-fetched as it sounds. Hitler was very clever, and while he was remembered for his failure in the Munich Putsch of 1923, it seemed to most of the public that he was now intent on achieving his power…
World War 2 was the first war to introduced the atomic bomb.In World War 2 it was one of the bloodiest wars, one of the first wars to bring out new weapons, New stuff as well.In world war 2 there there was many country's involved in the war. Their was the war happening in Germany with hitler and his army the nazi who were against the Jews. Then America and Japan had gone into war. The US had introduced in world war 2. So the war wasn't just like two country's involved it was a few involved. World war 2 was a disaster with atomic bomb introduced.…
Adolf Hitler came to power following the death of President Paul Von Hindenburg, the roles of President and Chancellor merged to form the position of Fuhrer. Hitler promised to return Germany to its former glory. When he was in power the Germans began re-militarization, by expanding their army and forming relationship with countries like Italy and japan. They also began the mass production of tanks and aircraft weaponry. In September of 1939, the Germans put their plan into motion by invading Poland. Following this Great Britian and France declared war on Germany. The Nazi’s are responsible for introducing a new form of warfare, blitzkrieg. This was the German word for “lightning warfare”, this emphasized the quick movement of troops, tanks and the mass use of air power. This was effective of the Germans as they were able to roll over Poland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands and eventually France. With this new form of warfare to also brought in expansion of technology. World War 2 saw the refinements of aircrafts and tanks. While also introducing the world to new technologies such as radar and radio navigation. To show how fast technology advanced in World War 2 an excerpt from an article said “The entire technology of radar, which is the ability to use radio waves to detect objects at a distance, was barely invented at the start of the war but became highly developed in just a few years”. This showed how…
The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies after Japanese attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th, l941. World War II was fought between the Axis, which included Germany, Italy and Japan, and the Allied included Britain, United States, Soviet Union and France. More than 50 million people died during the war. It was the most terrible war in the history of humanity.…
When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and the United States became involved in the war, the nation was prepared for the challenges ahead. In the first few years of American involvement in World War II, wartime manufacturing facilities had been constructed throughout the country, creating a vast need for every industry. Employers were in need to fill positions as quickly as possible to meet war production demands. The demand for work made industrialists offer higher wages and other benefits to lure potential laborers away from the competition. They offered medical insurance and an exemption from the draft. As a result of this, many Americans including women started to work in factories. Women played an important role during…
The beginning of the 1900s marked the start of the Second World War Although the U.S did not want to become involved in this war, it eventually joined after the Japanese attacked U.S forces in Pearl Harbor. By dropping two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and declaring war on Germany, the U.S had officially entered the war. Reasons why the U.S dropped these atomic bombs were and still are the subject of much controversy. After the first atomic bomb detonation in 1945 taking place in New Mexico, speculations arose disputing whether or not the implementing of these bombs was necessary to attain the surrender of the Japanese. The U.S claimed that the reason it dropped the bombs was to end…
World War II started as an act of hatred directed towards the Jewish people. Since the leader of Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, blamed them for Germany’s loss during World War I and for the economic crisis they were having. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939 and claimed he did this for Lebensraum Living space for German people even though it was because he wanted to kill Jewish people. After this mistake, war was declared on Nazi Germany and the Axis powers to win what was considered, the war to end all wars.…
During 1939 to 1945, two governmental superpowers ruled on opposite sides fought with similar ideas but ironically tried destroying one another. These groups were the USSR Communists of Russia and Nazi Germans of Germany. The Nazis and Communists battled over the Eastern front during World War 2 due to their political and mission goal. However, these groups shared a common evil and execution of their ideas.…
After the deaths of 37,508,686 soldiers by the end of World War I, Europe was a mess. Countries had been dissolved and rearranged, governments had fallen and been replaced, and economies were thriving then crashing, all as a result from World War I. One of the main goals at the end of World War I was to prevent another tragedy like World War I from happening again. Clearly that did not happen, as World War II still happened, causing over 50 million deaths. The repercussions of World War I caused World War II due to radical ideology, bad economic conditions, and nationalism to the point of extremity.…