Hitler wanted the large amounts of natural resources (minerals‚ oil and gas) and more living space (Lebenstraum) Relevance – Fatal Error for Hitler‚ repeated what Napolean did. Russia proved their land power superiority. Pearl Harbour Who – Japan (Hirohito) and USA (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
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Many Americans did not oppose to placing the Japanese into relocation camps or fight against the relocation policy because the United States government decided to remove thousands of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Prejudice‚ wartime hysteria‚ and politics all contributed to the United States government during World War II. Prejudice contributed to the government because on December 7‚ 1941‚ the United States entered World War II once the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Wartime hysteria played
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on the city of Nagasaki‚ it is estimated to have killed about 40‚000 people. Although the bomb that was dropped on the city of Nagasaki was said to be more powerful than the first one‚ the terrain prevented them from more damages. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced a surrender from the war on August 15‚ addressed on the radio. The two cities were ultimately chosen to be target because they were untouched during the war. Harry Truman’s decision is both unjustifiable and immoral. Albert Einstein
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“I felt like the moon‚ the stars‚ and all the planets had fallen on me.” Harry S. Truman‚ our thirty-third president of the United States‚ spoke this on April 12‚ 1945. This was a significant day in which two major things happened; President Franklin D. Roosevelt died unexpectedly‚ and Harry S. Truman was sworn in as president. Henry L. Stimson‚ Roosevelt’s secretary of war‚ who later became Truman’s‚ reintroduced the proposal of the Manhattan Project and its person in charge‚ Major General Leslie
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On August 6th‚ 1945‚ at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time‚ an American B-29 bomber‚ Enola Gay‚ drops the world’s first atom bomb‚ over the city of Hiroshima. Upon the explosion of the bomb‚ Approximately 80‚000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast‚ and another 35‚000 are injured. At least another 60‚000 would be killed by the effects radiation poisoning and starvation from the fallout. Despite of the great effort of the Air-force through the use of the atomic bomb‚ Japan refuses to surrender.
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References: 1. "Dropping the Bomb & the End of WWII ." https://cacpeaceday. com/The+end+of+World+War+Two+and+the+decision+to+drop+the+bo mb (accessed September 12‚ 2010). 2. "Emperor Hirohito‚ Accepting the Potsdam Declaration‚ Radio Broadcast. ." http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/hirohito.htm (accessed September 12‚ 2010). 3. Rosenburg‚ Jennifer. "Hiroshima and Nagasaki." http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/hiroshima
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out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80‚000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later‚ a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki‚ killing an estimated 40‚000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II in a radio address on August 15‚ citing the devastating power of “a new and most cruel
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Eisenhower general in Europe‚ D-day invasion‚ Neville Chamberlain British Prime Minister before Churchill‚ appeasement policies‚ Winston Churchill‚ Prime Minister of GB during war‚ big three Tojo‚ Main general and prime minister of Japan‚ main guy Hirohito‚ emperor of Japan during war‚ mainly a figure head Yamamoto Main admiral of the Jap fleet. Know the Nye Committee Report. What was its findings. A report that investigated the financial interests that underlay US involvement in WWI. Found that
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Following World War I‚ the entire globe started to see the emergence of new totalitarian regimes. Whether it was due to the lack of leadership within a country‚ the people wanting change in economy‚ or new candidates becoming prominent‚ there were many different leaders throughout rising governments. Countries such as Germany‚ Italy‚ Japan‚ and the Soviet Union all had new elected officials within their totalitarian governments for one reason or another in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Adolf Hitler rose
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United States (1933-1945) when WWII began Winston Churchill - Prime Minister of Great Britain (1940-1945; 1951-1955) Joseph Stalin - harsh ruler of the Soviet Union (1922-1953) Benito Mussolini – Fascist dictator of Italy (1922-1943) Emperor Hirohito - leader of Japan; longest reigning and last emperor of Japan (1926-1989) Adolf Hitler - Nazi dictator of Germany (1933-1945) Harry S. Truman - President of the United States when WWII ended Third Reich - Nazi regime of the German Empire‚ established
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