Nothing was the same; what was left behind was mourning and nightmares. September 1‚ 1939‚ a day that changed the history of the world‚ a day that created a devastating situation for many countries. It was the beginning of World War II. The war that lasted six years‚ it brought hardships‚ pain and suffering to all involved and to the history of the world. What happened to cause the Second World War? The two primary causes of the war were the failure of the League of Nations and the rise of a dictator
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would provide safety. Q.2: what happened to the Iron Curtain countries of East Europe? A.2: The Iron curtain countries included: Albania‚ Bulgaria‚ Czechoslovakia‚ East Germany‚ Hungary‚ Poland‚ Romania and Yugoslavia. The actions taken in these countries were: in Bulgaria the communists executed leaders of other parties. In Czechoslovakia the USSR purged civil service‚ Security Police moved in. East Germany: industrial machinery and resources were moved to the USSR. The scientists and technicians
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1920-1945 Key Personalities Hitler’s Foreign Policy Aims ● ● ● GROSSDEUTSCHLAND: ’big Germany’‚ unite all german speakers into 1 big country (Germany‚ Austria‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ France) Remilitarise Rhineland LEBENSRAUM: ’living space’‚ more territory for Germany (e.g. Poland‚ Russia‚ Czechoslovakia) ● Increase size of military‚ navy‚ air force etc... ● Reintroduce conscriptions ● Stop paying reparations ● Colonies/empire ● Germany powerful Hitler’s
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working in the textile industry‚ he was living in Czestochowa‚ Poland. • Vladek meet Anja on December 1935. • Vladek moved to Sosnowiecz‚ Poland on December 1936. • Anja and Vladek got married on February 14‚ 1937. • Vladek and Anja traveled to Czechoslovakia the beginning of October‚ 1938 in order to stay in a Sanitarium because Anja was feeling depress and really nervous. • Bielsko factory in Poland was robbed on March‚ 1938. 2. World War II‚ 1939-1945: • Vladek is activated for military duty
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World War II killed more people‚ destroyed more property‚ disrupted more lives‚ and probably had more far-reaching consequences than any other war in history. The war‚ which ended in 1945‚ eventually involved 61 countries‚ claimed 50 million lives‚ and completely changed the geopolitical landscape. The causes of World War II can be easily traced back to many of the unsolved issues from the end of World War I and the treaties that ended it also created new political and economic problems. Forceful
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Hana’s Suitcase: CBC Broadcast‚ 2001 ’Hana’s Suitcase’‚ a true story of a little girl from Czechoslovakia who was one of 1.5 million people murdered in the Holocaust. The story was told by Fumiko‚ a woman from Tokyo‚ Japan who has created a museum in Hana’s honor‚ and featured Hana’s older brother‚ George Brady. At the beginning of the broadcast‚ Fumiko told the audience that the first piece of Hana’s story that she obtained was a suitcase of hers‚ from Auschwitz‚ in Germany. The suitcase had little
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didn’t want to fight Germany. They finally let them go on until they could invade Poland‚ while the only thing they could do was protest a bit. The Sudetenland was part of the Czechoslovakia while most of it was mainly ethnic Germans. Hitler wanted to organize these people into a bigger and better Germany. Czechoslovakia was threatened into agreeing with him. They couldn’t do anything about it if they didn’t want to go into war. Appeasement with Germany happened five times in the 1930’s.
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Germany suffered great losses after being defeated in World War One. The Treaty of Versailles had crippled Germany economically and socially‚ taking away large chunks of German land and population. The aims of Hitler’s Foreign Policy were to regain all that Germany had lost‚ and in order to do so‚ he would have to undo what the Treaty of Versailles had done. His objective was very clear and consistent‚ and in order to achieve his aims‚ he would have to take full advantage of the situation‚ exploiting
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“ Appeasement created the opportunity for Hitler to start World War II.” To what extent do you agree with the statement? Explain you answer. The First World War ended in an Allied victory‚ but the economies of Britain and France were shattered. In order to rebuild their economies‚ they had to disarm rapidly. The First World War had also given rise to strong anti-war sentiments‚ especially in Britain and France. Germany‚ who was blamed entirely for the outbreak of the First World War‚ received
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| The Soviet Union and Eastern Europe | | The world’s most powerful Communist country was the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics‚ or otherwise known as the Soviet Union. It contained 15 republics that were controlled by a central government. Over time‚ it developed into a large industrial power that dictated all aspects of the national economy. It set levels of wages and prices‚ controlled the allocation of resources‚ and decided what would be produced and how and where goods would
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