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    The Inevitability of World War II The causes of World War II have been traced back by many historians and figures as the unresolved problems from World War I. Economical and political problems left most countries in strife after the war‚ with many leaders wanting to fix their countries by any means possible. Shortly after‚ peace treaties were signed after the end of World War I but many predicted the inevitable subsequent world war. They feared that the victors would demand too much out of Germany

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    Poland in 1939‚ the United States knew that another World War was coming on. After World War I America decided that they did not want to be involved in another war due to the devastation that it had caused before. However President Franklin D. Roosevelt decided differently. With competing views among the isolationists and the interventionists‚ FDR concluded that the only way for the Great Depression to end was to become involved in another war. The Great Depression destroyed the economies of the

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    World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. It involved the countries of Japan‚ Germany‚ and Italy. Those three formed the Axis Powers. The countries that fought against them were Great Britain‚ France‚ the United States‚ and in part the Soviet Union. Notable names in the war were: Franklin Delano Roosevelt‚ (president of the United States); Adolf Hitler‚ (Nazi Party leader and German chancellor); Benito Mussolini‚ (Italian fascist dictator); Hideki Tojo‚ (Japanese military leader); and Joseph

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    goals‚ such as the development of an Aryan racial state that would dominate Europe and possibly the entire world. This goal was one of the reasons Hitler carried out the massive expulsion of nearly six million Jews during the Holocaust. He wanted to eliminate any race that would stand in the way of the domination of the Aryans. Another one of his tactics was the Blitzrieg‚ or “lightning war”‚ which depended on mechanized columns and massive air power to cut quickly across battle lines and encircle

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    World War II Propaganda

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    Propaganda during World War II was‚ by far‚ the most powerful weapon of war used by both Nazi Germany and the United States. Without the the increase in production and productivity encouraged by propaganda‚ the United States may have not been able to win the war (Carter). The main goal of propaganda was to shape public opinion‚ and countries were desperate to have influence over the information their citizens received. In Germany‚ the government agency Ministry of People’s Enlightenment and

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    Causes Of World War II

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    The beginning of World War II. The contestants in WWII were divided into two groups‚ the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The following countries were in the Allied Powers: Soviet Union‚United States‚Britain‚ China‚ France‚ Poland‚ Belgium‚ and the Netherlands. The Axis Powers consisted of the following: Germany‚ Japan‚and Italy. The Allied Powers during WWII were those that opposed the Axis Powers. At the beginning of war‚ Britain and the Commonwealth Nations stood almost alone‚ but the United

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    In the early 1920s‚ as World War I ended‚ nations looked for peace as an outlet and hope for the future. As time passed‚ most countries were happy that the Great War had ended‚ however they were upset with the outcome. Since there were many costly expenses from the war‚ it caused many of the hostile nations to look for strong rulers for change. This allowed many harsh dictators to rise to power. These dictators were aggressive rulers and took forceful actions. In order to combat these aggressive

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    Aftermath of World War Ii

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    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

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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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