The Aftermath of World War II Introduction: World War II ended with the surrender of the Axis powers. A week after Adolf Hitler committed suicide‚ Germany surrendered‚ on May 7th to the Western Allies‚ and on May 8th to the Soviet Union in 1945. Japan was able to pull through for few months‚ but soon atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the USA on August 6th and 9th respectively. This finally convinced the Japanese Government that they had no choice but to surrender. The
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known as the “lightning war”‚ was a German military strategy in World War II that consisted of high speed attacks by airplanes along with tanks to destroy German victims. The Nazis damaged a lot of Poland’s largest cities and bombed the civilian population. Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the President of the United States during the beginning of World War II‚ believed that the military tactics of the Nazis were horrible and wanted to stop it. Once the United States entered the war in December 1941‚ because
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Causes of World War II World War I was one of the most destructive wars in modern history. Nearly ten million soldiers died as a result of hostilities. The enormous losses on all sides of the conflict resulted in part from the introduction of new weapons‚ like the machine gun and gas warfare‚ as well as the failure of military leaders to adjust their tactics to the increasingly mechanized nature of warfare. A policy of attrition‚ particularly on the Western Front‚ cost the lives of hundreds of
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World War II DBQ 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
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The aftermath of World War II had left Europe devastated. After the end of the war in 1945 USSR‚ USA‚ France and Britain‚ had decided to occupy and rebuild land in Europe. Poland‚ Romania‚ Czechoslovakia and the eastern half of Germany were occupied by the Soviet troops‚ while the Americans‚ British‚ and France occupied the other half. The two superpowers‚ USA and USSR‚ had very different plans of how they wanted Europe to be rebuilt. The United States wanted Europe to be rebuilt with a Democratic
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Identify and explain at least two causes of World War II. Then analyze America’s foreign policy before the war‚ and describe how that policy changed as the war progressed. Be sure to include a discussion of how the Battle of Britain influenced American opinion. Make sure you use enough details to support your answer Two causes of World War II were the harsh provisions of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I and the rise of nationalist leader Adolf Hitler. Treaty of Versailles - The
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When World War I ended it left behind agression that lead to the start of World War II. There are many reasons that caused World War II started. Some of the main reasons that caused World War II to start where the Treaty of Versailles‚ The Great Depression‚ Japanese Imperialism‚ and the Attack on Pearl Harbor. World War I ended when they signed the Treaty of Versailles on June 28‚ 1919. Because the U.S. senate rejected the Versailles settlement it was very dangerous years that were going to start
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During World War II (WWII) several countries including the United States were fighting against Nazi Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy. During the end of the war American B-29 Superfortress had dropped “little boy” in Hiroshima‚ then later in Nagasaki. Both atomic bombs ruined cities and villages‚ and many families‚ leaving people without parents‚ siblings‚ grandparents‚ cousins and aunties and uncles from the explosion alone. Many people suffered even after the explosion like Sachiko’s older brothers and
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World War II was started by nationalism‚ militarism imperialism‚ and alliances. Militarism‚ imperialism‚ nationalism‚ and alliances all made Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy to start the war. Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy were brought into the war by nationalism. Nationalism means patriotic feeling‚ principles‚ or efforts. Nationalism started World War II when Hitler wanted to rebuild Germany when Hitler took power. He said that that the Jews were the source of evil and ruining the country. The reason
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Causes of World War II The German people were very unhappy about the treaty and thought that it was too harsh. Germany could not afford to pay the money and during the 1920s the people in Germany were very poor. There were not many jobs and the price of food and basic goods was high. People were dissatisfied with the government and voted to power a man who promised to rip up the Treaty of Versailles. His name was Adolf Hitler. The causes of World War Two can be divided into long term causes and
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