Adolf Hitler killed an estimated 12 million people during World War II. Hitler grew up with the hatred of Jews. He started concentration camps to get rid of all of the Jews because he thought they were the reason for Germany losing World War I. This is why World War II happened. Adolf Hitler was a powerful leader who had a significant role starting World War II. During the early life of Adolf Hitler‚ he had very rough times. To start‚ Hitler was born April 20‚ 1889. His parents were Alois and Klara
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SAISE Summary – US internment camps during WWII Analysis – not much taught in our schools about US internment camps‚ taught about German and Japanese camps‚ US had many camps/detention centers – some were almost as bad as the German concentration camps‚ not called concentration camps – had a negative connotation – camps sounded better‚ number varies in research 24 – 30‚ Seagoville most unusual camp run by INS‚ set up like a college campus‚ had dorms‚ had many luxuries‚ had more freedom than those
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The Treaty of Versailles was the primary treaty that ended the Great War in 1919. It is arguably one of the worst treaties in world history. It solved none of the problems in Europe that lead to World War I and it was one of the leading causes for World War II. The Treaty of Versailles punished the losers of World War I; instead of working together to resolve the issues that caused World War I‚ it created more hostility between countries in Europe. Germany and Austria-Hungary were the countries
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How did America see its roll in entering and the ending of world war 1. America during the first two years of world war one remained neutral. When the war broke out President Wilson presented congress with his explanation of why America should stay of the war. One of Wilson’s reasons for staying out of war was that Americans were made up of immigrants from all over Europe and including many of the countries who were now at war and there would be a variety of sympathy from everyone for different causes
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The Treaty of Versailles contributed to the causes of World War 2. One condition was the restrictions on Germany’s military. The treaty required Germany to get rid of its air force and most of its army and navy. Also‚ a demilitarized zone was made around Germany where the German military wasn’t allowed to be. A second condition was the war reparations Germany had to pay. The treaty required Germany to pay for all the damage they and their allies caused during the war. These reparations caused great
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Germany during WWII‚ a ruthless place for Jews in concentration camps. A large number of people who got put into concentration camps died either from being gassed or being worked to death. The bodies of those Jews would either be cremated or buried in mass graves‚ or not even buried at all. Hitler thought that the loss of WWI was the Jews fault‚ thus Hitler started the mass murder and Genocide of all Jewish people in Germany and Central Europe. There were approximately 20‚000 German concentration
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The beginnings of World War II‚ which started in 1939 and officially ended in 1945‚ can be linked to the results of World War 1‚ which ended just two decades before. The Allied nations‚ who emerged victorious in WWI‚ imposed bleak punishments on Germany‚ through the peace treaty agreement known as Treaty of Versailles. Instead of accepting their penalty‚ Germany became bitter and the harsh terms of the treaty fuelled the rise of nationalism‚ Economic factors‚ and Appeasement and isolationism. An
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On April 2‚ 1917‚ President Woodrow Wilson declared war. In previous years to this declaration‚ Wilson advocated neutrality. In his reelection of 1917‚ the people who stood with him promoted his presidential candidacy by claiming “He kept us out of war.” Although‚ Wilson didn’t use this in his own campaign because he knew that entering the First World War would be inevitable. Subsequently‚ the United States sent the first American Military Force to fight in the European War when German policy of
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World War II The enigma machine helped the Allies win the war by preparing the British‚ indicating Germany’s next moves to win battles‚ and destroying the element of surprise for the Germans. The enigma machine was used to find secret messages the German soldiers sent to each other. After the Allies discovered a way to decipher the codes‚ they were able to prepare themselves for future battles. Prior to the Normandy landings on D-Day in June 1944‚ the Allies knew the locations of all but
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The world was plunged into World War II in 1939 for many reasons. There were reasons such as Japan invading Manchuria‚ Mussolini’s attack on Ethiopia‚ and when Hitler defies The Versailles Treaty. Appeasement was one of the biggest things that lead to WWII. It basically just postponed the War from happening. The Most effective response to aggression at this time was surely collective security. Using Appeasement got the countries no where and didn’t benefit them in the least. Many things brought
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