alliance. In order to enter this gruesome war‚ each country had their own reasons and motives. Germany was dealing with an economic downfall‚ due to the backlash the country received after WWI with the Versailles treaty. The Nazi party led by Adolf Hitler was an anti-semitic group that took the country by storm and led Germany to war. Japan was a militaristic self-centric country that was led by a right-wing leader. They thought of themselves as the world’s greatest power‚
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simultaneously the Germans bombed the Airfields and attacked the Polish navy. the Germans said that it was a defensive act but Britain and France weren’t buying it. For Hitler the invasion would bring the Germans more living space. His plan was that the Germans would colonize in Poland and the native slavs would be enslaved. As Hitler had already invaded Austria and Czechoslovakia in the same year he was hoping that the invasion would be tolerated by other countries. The Germans signed a nonaggression
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first independent declaration of war. Over 1 million citizens served in the military and by the end of the war Canada had the fourth-largest air force and third-largest navy fleet in the world. Around 41% of Canadian males 18–45 served in the military. WW2 would not have been won if it weren’t for the huge contributions Canada made to help the allies. Canada made one of the largest commitments to the effort‚ and was very important for its role in liberating Europe. We supplied the British people when
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In World War II the English government turned a blind eye to Hitler and his followers as they slowly took back the land the once owned. The English government did this as to try prevent a Second World War. They believed that if they continued to agree to the Germans commands the would be able to prevent another world war. The English became blind to what Hitler and the Nazis were doing and continued letting the Germans receive what they demanded. Albert Einstein once said ’The world is a dangerous
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your great-grandparents. Lets go back to the years of Adolf Hitler. Why was he who he was and what made him that way? Did something happen to him in his younger years and why did he have such hatred towards the Jewish? Also what was his purpose for the Hitler Youth? Another question to ask yourself is can one person change the world and if so‚ how? I believe that one person can change the world‚ some for the good and some for the bad. Hitler did change the world in more ways than one. He opened up
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It was 1939‚ and Germany was becoming a threat‚ breaking the Treaty of Versailles which did not allow them to build an army‚ but under Hitler they were building an army and had mad ideas. As it started gaining back land from which they lost in World War 1‚ neighbouring countries became alert of its aggressiveness. It was given the little land it wanted in hope that it would back down from other countries. But as how Winston Churchill anticipated‚ it did not. Germany began conquering
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Adolf Hitler was born in Branau am Inn‚ Austria‚ on April 20‚ 1889. He rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party‚ also known as the Nazi Party. Hitler was chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945 and dictator from 1934 to 1945. His policies precipitated World War II and the Holocaust. Hitler committed suicide on April 30‚ 1945‚ in his Berlin bunker. When Hitler was three‚ the family moved from Austria to Germany.Hitler showed an early interest in
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France with their tactics like blitzkrieg (lightning war). With them having an amazing victory in France over the Allies‚ causing them to surrender in six weeks‚ it seemed like there wasn’t much the Allies could do to stop Hitler’s army. However‚ once Hitler turned his army towards the USSR‚ we saw that they were able to slow down and eventually defeat. Now it leads to the question of what factors led the Germans to be so unstoppable against the Allies in the east and what factors hindered them in the
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On the Home Front World War 2’s main causes were the militarism of nations and the imperialism of Axis powers such as Germany. The war was also caused by nationalism‚ people in poverty rallied around strong socialist leaders such as Mussolini and Hitler. Lastly‚ the totalitarian dictatorships of Italy‚ Germany and Russia helped create the past three causes (All 4 of these causes create the acronym MINT). Without strong Allied leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt‚ the Axis Powers could have very
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Grizcely Hernandez Mrs. Perez English-II-CP-Pd-4 18 February 2014 Adolf Hitler “Heil Hitler” was the saying people would shout when they saw Hitler throughout the country of Germany. Throughout my year in school I’ve studied many different historical figures‚ but the one person that has a great influence and impact on world history on Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau Am Inn‚ Austria on April 20‚ 1889. He was a solider during the WWI and during combat he was exposed to dangerous
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