Amidst the various horrors of World War II‚ none was more devastating then the mass murder and forced labour of Jewish people and other targeted groups by Nazi Germany‚ in a genocide most often called the Holocaust. In it‚ more than 11 million lives were claimed‚ ultimately leading to one of the most devastating war crimes and genocides in the entirety of history. The horrors of the Holocaust and World War 2 in general still greatly impact society today‚ from Neo-Nazi groups around the world to international
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Ra·tion: a fixed amount of a commodity officially allowed to each person during a time of shortage‚ as in wartime. This means that people were only allowed to get a certain amount of items because of war. This occurred mainly with food. The amount of food and the type of food changed during World War II. The amount of food people consumed changed during World War II. Red meat was really important as a big source of energy.The protein from the red meat was their only main source of protein. While
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The end of World War II left Americans confused about what their future held. Soldiers returned home to reclaim their occupations before the war. This led to many women losing their jobs and freedoms that they obtained during the war. Legislation of nuclear warfare became imminent and citizens were unsure of their safety. Although there were many uncertainties about the future of the society at the end of World War II‚ the ending was very beneficial to the United States of America. It led to
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Seventy-five years ago‚ one word repeated three times changed the world forever. “Tora‚ Tora‚ Tora” was heard through the radios on Japanese fighter planes. They had been given the final go-ahead for their attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion
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The United States never made the rescue of the Jews a priority‚ during World War II. Even with ongoing persecution of Jews‚ the State Department of the United States made it almost impossible for Jewish Refugees to enter into the States. The hardships brought on by the depression‚ was one of the deciding factors towards the attitude of the State department. In 1924‚ the US congress passed a law that further restricted the number of entry visas. They were restricted further‚ when the American consuls
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To what extent was Japan’s desire for natural resources the main reason for its entry into World War Two? * Prior to the outbreak of World War II‚ China was heavily supported by Germany (until 1938) and the Soviet Union. The latter readily provided aircraft‚ military supplies‚ and advisors seeing China as a buffer against Japan. The United States‚ Britain‚ and France limited their support to war contracts prior to the beginning of the larger conflict. Public opinion‚ while initially on the
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World War II officially started September 3‚ 1939. This war ended September 2‚ 1945. The invasion of Poland is what started World War II. It all came down to Truman’s decision to launch the atomic bomb‚ or to go in person. President Truman made the correct decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan because the war ended much faster‚ he also ended up saving resources‚ and we got revenge from Pearl Harbor. The first reason why President Truman made the correct choice was because war ended much faster
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In World War 2 Hitler stirred up a lot of hate toward the Jewish people in Germany and all of Europe. Hitler brainwashed the Germans into having so much hate for the Jewish people. So Hitler started the Holocaust where he basically tried to kill as much Jews as possible where over 6 million Jews were killed. In school we’ve all learned about this horrible event in history but we never focused on how the survivors and Jews were affected by all‚ of this when it was finally over. So I am going to be
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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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Many people automatically assume that because Hitler killed so many innocent people and was an awful person in many people’s eyes‚ that he was the sole cause of World War 2. This paper will be taking a look at all the things that Hitler did to decrease the time it took to start another World War. Hitler’s leadership was very significant in the fact that it increased the rate at which peace collapsed all throughout Europe‚ empowered German Nationalism and how his actions assisted in the disbandment
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