The basic causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions‚ unresolved issues‚ and resentments resulting from the First World War and the interwar period in Europe‚ plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s. The culmination of events that led to the outbreak of war are generally understood to be the 1939 invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the 1937 invasion of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan. These military aggressions were the decisions made by authoritarian ruling
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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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World War 2 was one of the biggest wars in history. Japan started WW2 for the US by attacking Pearl Harbor. There was many important battles that the United States had win in order to not lose the war. Two were Midway and D-Day. The Holocaust was a big issue in the war‚ which was started by Adolf Hitler. Japan got what they deserved by making the United States drop two atomic bombs. Pearl Harbor was an attack on a US naval base by Japan. On the morning of December 7‚ 1941‚ hundreds of Japanese fighter
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already seen one world war‚ and they weren’t prepared for another. Originally‚ America wanted nothing to do with the second world war‚ and they were not fully recovered from the first world war. America was not ready financially‚ for the most part‚ and supplies were cut down and needed to be replenished. Once America joined the war‚ it was once they were ready to‚ and they were also pushed to no other choice. America originally planned on staying neutral and keeping out of another war. Even after declaring
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use to them. You know who this is geared towards people from the early decade that weren’t affected by this event. However‚ little do people realize how this event has shaped the world in what it is today? With that being said World War one had major lasting effects on entertainment‚ media‚ and technology in Canada. As you may already know World War one was a brutal event that took place in history;
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World War II was one of the most toxic wars in history‚ having over sixty million casualties‚ most were civilians. This was impacted a lot of countries almost all of the world‚ that’s why the name was given. World war II impacted most countries in the world‚ and damaged nearly all of the countries involved greatly. This led to the downfall of Western European countries as world powers‚ so they left it up to the Soviet Union and the United States. World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945‚ with
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The Russian Empire founded in 1720‚ it was the third largest empire in world history‚ and it stretched over three continents. The 20th century in Russia started with the catastrophe of the Russo-Japanese War. With the lost‚ Russia was economically devastated and the national morale was virtually non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia‚ unlike the rest of Europe‚ was backward society. In Russia‚ they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed
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World War II: Hitler’s War (1939-1945) Name :Aziz Ahmed Institution : World War II: Hitler’s War (1939-1945) An Introduction A question that is often asked with regards to the Second World War is that could it have been stopped before it began? A man at the thick of things in the war was Adolf Hitler. Scholars the world over agree that WWII was Hitler’s war. It was a conflict that Hitler desired for a long time due to political‚ ideological‚ psychological as well as economic reasons. All these
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Ananya Sharma ‘The Treaty of Versailles’ was too harsh. Do you agree? In some ways the Treaty of Versailles was Too Harsh on Germany and in many ways it was also fair. Some historians also argue that the Treaty of Versailles was in fact too lenient. The Treaty was too harsh on Germany as it crippled them‚ economically and physically. They had to accept all the war guilt when technically it wasn’t their fault. It angered many citizens of Germany as they were being blamed for crimes they had
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The decades following World War I consisted of European leadership averting conflicts that could lead to large-scale war. Accordingly‚ this concept was easily achieved prior to 1933 due to European leadership in countries of military might striving for peace in Europe. Following Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933‚ Germany disregarded the provisions of the Versailles treaty without challenge. Germany re-occupied the Rhineland in 1936 and annexed Austria in the spring of 1938 without confrontation
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