Was the Second World War primarily caused by the appeasement policy? The appeasement policy is adopted first by the Britain and then by France to avoid war with the aggressors‚ namely Germany‚ Italy and Japan during the interwar period in 1930s. The policy is to give way and fulfill the aggressors’ demands as much as possible‚ like what historian Paul Kennedy defines: the appeasement is “a policy of settling international quarrels by admitting and satisfying the grievance through international
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The Second World War started for many reasons but the most important were: the treaty of Versailles and the negative impact it had upon Germany‚ the foreign policy of Adolf Hitler and what did the other countries do to stop Hitler’s actions. The treaty of Versailles was a very important factor for the break out of war. The treaty took away land from Germany and gave it to Poland‚ France and Britain. This land included the colonies that Germany had in Africa that was given to France and Britain.
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Germany and Japan formed an alliance to fight soviet communism Spanish Civil War A. started by a revolt led by Francisco Franco B. Mussolini and Hitler sent troups to help Franco C. Hitler viewed the Spanish Civil War as a dress rehearsal for WWII D. by 1939 Spain became a Fascist dictatorship German Aggression A. Germany annexes Austria B. Hitler wanted the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia to be given Autonomy C. Munich Conference 1. was a meeting held to decide what to
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However‚ from Australia’s point of view at the time‚ ANZUS also offered protection against a potential threat from Japan. Australia was concerned that Japan would try to conquer the Pacific region again after suffering defeat in the Second World War. Hanson.M (2001:28) sates that shortly after the end of World War Two‚ Australia wanted the Japanese government turned into a democracy. She even wanted a peace treaty that punished those leaders responsible for Japan’s aggression‚ broke the great industrious
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The effetc s of film on WWII propaganda Without the advent of the medium of film to wage a war of propaganda both the Axis and the Allies of World War II would have found it difficult to gather as much support for their causes as they did. Guns‚ tanks‚ and bombs were the principal weapons of World War II‚ but there were other‚ more subtle‚ forms of warfare as well. Words‚ posters‚ and films waged a constant battle for the hearts and minds of the masses of the world just as surely as
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imagined. Aerial warfare was originally used in the First World War in a tactical way. Planes began their journey in war by being unarmed and solely used for reconnaissance. Shortly after airplanes were introduced for reconnaissance‚ air-to-air combat was initiated as each country attempted to gain aerial supremacy. After ‘fighter planes’ were introduced to take control of the skies‚ new ideas emerged for the next role of aerial warfare: ground attack. These ideas of surprise attacking ground forces
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To what extent were the consequences of WWI the causes for WWII At the end of World War One‚ Europe was left in a devastating state‚ four major empires disappeared and the economy was profoundly damaged. The first global war had taken place and fear of a second one was strongly felt across the continent. In order to bring political order to European politics and to prevent such a catastrophe from ever happening again‚ the Paris Peace Settlement took place. The outcomes were the signing of the
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the complete biased view that other Israeli of origin historians had at the time praising their nation. We can therefore say with certainty that the evidence in the source carries a large weight. It refers to the Jews having a right to a homeland after “the trauma” they had went
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The Prison System History: The history of the prison system was basically functioned through principles that were commonly used in England in the early 1700’s and 1800’s. The prisons were so different in England because the prison facility was at one point dark‚ overcrowded and dirty. The prisoners were put all together with no separation of men‚ women nor the children. Who so had committed a crime was convicted of such. As the prison began to reconstruct in the 1800’s‚ most of the prison systems
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During the early 1940’s many European‚ countries and the United States‚ were recovering from World War I and the depression. Due to the fact that no one initially could or wanted to control Hitler’s dictatorial power his extreme racism got out of control and he was able to slaughter millions of Jews. Though eventually Hitler brought destruction upon himself‚ if other countries would have stopped him in the early stages‚ World War II may have never happened. Though countries might have wanted to stop
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