Many people have different ideas about the way World War 2 really started. It’s recorded in history that on the date of September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland. The reaction to the attack was six longs years of war between many different countries. Many people wondered what provoked the Germans to attack other countries. The Germans took over Austria and Czechoslovakia without a fight. The reason for this was that the British did not want a bloody repeat of World War 1. The British thought they could avoid conflict by giving up the two of those countries. France and Britain did not understand Hitler’s goal of gaining land more than their own country. France and Britain soon realized that giving up some of their land to please Hitler would not work out. To eliminate the possibility of the Soviet Union attacking the Germans, Hitler made a pact with them. This pact was called the “Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression pact.” The reason the Germans made this pact was so they would not look like the attackers even though they were. The effect of this was the Soviet Union did not realize what the Nazis were doing until it was too late to try and stop them. The Nazis needed a reason to attack Poland so they came up with one. A Nazi by the name of Heinrich Himmler was the man who thought of the idea. Heinrich named the idea operation Himmler. Himmler’s plan was to take a man from one of their concentration camps and dress him in a polish uniform. After that they took him to the border of Poland and Germany to a small town called Gleiwitz. After that Himmler had a Nazi soldier shoot him dead. This made it look like a Polish attack on a nearby German radio station. The Germ... ... middle of paper ... ...e Congress gave the president power to freeze prices, salaries, and wages on September 15, 1942. The United States imposed a special tax on luxury items like jewelry and cosmetics. The government set up a civil defense system to protect the country from attacks. Many cities practiced blackouts that made cities on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts dim their lights. Works Cited http://www.historyonthenet.com/WW2/causes.htm http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/world-war-ii/why-did-world-war-ii-start http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/sept-1-1939-nazi-germany-invades-poland- startingworld-war-ii/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://middle.usmk12.org/Faculty/taft/Unit7/wwii_legacy.htm http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1661.html http://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/tv-and-culture/world-war-ii-affect- television.htm
...ldn’t help but want to get their own revenge on France and Britain that had joined in due to the alliance they had with Russia.
•She joined the Polish Underground when WWII broke out. (The Polish Underground aided Polish Jews)
Major Wilhelm Trapp, a WWI veteran and career police officer headed the battalion. On July 13, 1942 the 101st Police Battalion arrived in Jozefow where Major Trapp informed his men they had received orders to perform a "very unpleasant task". They were to round up all the Jews, separate the males of working age (to be taken to a work camp), and the remaining women, children and elderly were to be shot immediately. Pappa Trapp (as he was called by his men) then offered the battalion an unbelievable proposition; any of the older men who did not want to participate in the assignment, could excuse themselves without consequence. Very few refused. This was to be the beginning of one of the most brutal, steadfast, ruthless campaigns in Poland.
This essentially left Britain as the only power that had not picked a side and therefore the deciding point for the balance of conflict. If they choose the Franco-Russian alliance, then the delicate balance of power that had so long existed would remain. Lafore explains the reasons in which Britain may have wanted to join either alliance and finally gives the reason for joining the Franco-Russian alliance by saying that the effects of the Boer war and other events had led Britain into an uncertain alliance with the two countries (140). Thus Britain, France, and Russia formed the Triple
... on the fighting and paid no attention to the genocide happening in the camps in Poland. When the decision was finally made to bomb Auschwitz in 1945, it was because the camp was used as a production center of synthetic oil and rubber.
In unit three of Nation of Nations, there were many social/cultural and political issues that affected the Jews in Germany and the Japanese in America. The social/cultural groups were roused due to the conflicts arising over ethnic backgrounds, race, and class differences. The Jews and Japanese faced discrimination in both countries whether they were born there or not. (Davidson, 2008)
“Since the end of the Napoleonic wars England has been the dominant nation of the world, and that her participation in the Great War will probably be the decisive factor in its length, if not in its termination” Page 12 bernadotte The question Germany and many other nations began to ask themselves was: “Why should so commanding a position belong to a couple of islands whose population was less than that of France (until a few years ago), Germany,...
...ch Security Main Office, to draw up a complete plan for the “final solution of the Jewish question.” Heydrich then hosted a secret conference on January 20, 1942 to coordinate the plan. It was held in Berlin at a Wannsee villa used by the Reich Security Main Office as a guest house and conference center. The fifteen participants, high-ranking representatives of the SS, the NSDAP, and the government, approved a program of annihilation that was actually already well under way.13 The protocol was drawn up by Adolf Eichmann at the behest and under the control of his boss, Reinhard Heydrich, who instructed Eichmann to “cook” the protocol to reflect what he wanted to preserve as a record of the meeting. It was the testimony of Eichmann at his trial that exposed the truth in regards to the protocol of how it was written and the discussion held at the Wannsee meeting.
... him to conciliate.” (pg. 216) Finally, Taylor explains, after Britain’s failure to help reach an agreement, the aggression dragged both France and Britain into war with Germany.
The 1940’s was a time of great conflict between the United States and Europe. This led to World War II, which began on June 14th, 1940 when German troops were sent to France to occupy Paris (Nash 500). Before the United States entered World War II many conflicts erupted throughout Europe such as the advancement of German troops into various countries (Nash 501-502). The main source of these conflicts was a man by the name of Adolf Hitler. Hitler was a power hungry man who had the drive to become a political leader (Nash 492). But, the ways by which he obtained leadership were repulsive. He struck fear into the eyes of those in which opposed his teaching and killed whoever stood in his way (Nash 493). Germany faced troubling times after World War I. Hitler looked at this as the perfect opportunity to rise to power. He turned a party that consisted of a small amount of workers into the National Socialist German Workers’ party, which later became known as the Nazi party. During the 1920s, Hitler performed many speeches in order to make the Nazi party better known. In his speeches he talked about eliminating the differences between the rich and poor in order to prevent divided social classes. This made his party strong, attractive, and it quickly gained many supporters (Nash 494). By August 1934, Hitler became the Dictator of Germany and began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 495). It was at this point when he began mass takeover of Europe and World War II began (Nash 500). He sent Nazi troops to take over nearby land, which made neighboring countries nervous. One of these countries, Russia, made a non-aggression pact with Hitler as a way to try to protect their country. Even though H...
This enabled Hitler to rise to power in this country in the years after World War I and leading up to World War II. France and Britain still had the memory of World War I when Hitler started to rise to power and take over new lands. Because they did not want to enter another conflict with Germany France and Britain hoped that taking an approach of “appeasement” with Germany would prevent another World War. It was this philosophy of appeasement, which led them to sign the “Munich Agreement” in which France and Britain agreed to allow Germany to take over portions of Czechoslovakia. Those who Neville Chamberlin argued in defense of appeasement, “….if I were convinced that any nation had made up its mind to dominate the world by fear of its force, I should feel that it must be resisted”(379). He clearly felt that the threat of Nazi Germany was not as serious as it would ultimately become. “As long as war has not begun, there is always hope that it may be prevented”(379). France and Britain hoped desperately that by appeasing Germany they could prevent a total war. However, by giving Germany land and power France and Britain strengthened Germany and weakened themselves for when they would eventually have to fight
“September 1939, the German forces defeated the Polish Army in two weeks. Jews were ordered to register all family members and relocated to major cities. More than 10,000 Jews from the countryside arrive in Krakow daily” [1]. Oskar Schindler, a German member of the Nazi Party, arrives to the to the city as well to make his fortune from the war, he staffs his factory with Jewish workers for basic reasons, but when the Nazi Party begins to exterminate Jews in the Krakow area, Schindler organizes his workers his workers to be protected to keeps his factory operational, in doing so he begins to realize he is also saving innocent lives.
...h Himmler. In this way an odd system of insulation was created. These crimes, these murders of millions, were all carried out in absentia, as if by no one in particular" (Griffin 435).
The aim of the plan was to avoid fighting two wars at once (France and Russia)
The road to World War II was built by several different causes. Under Adolf Hitler and the Nazis, Germany had desire to expand and dominate over most of Europe. This expansionism could be seen in Germany’s allies too. Japan set its eyes on China, and Italy set its eyes on Northern Africa. Hitler also ignored many of the agreements under the Treaty of Versailles, and begun breaking the treaty more and more up until the start of World War II. Unfortunately he couldn’t be stopped, a policy of “Appeasement” from the League of Nations allowed Germany to build an army and begin the annexation of its European neighbors. This policy of appeasement was accompany by the belief that collective security would pull through. If all the nations banded together and declared collective security, no other country would dare attack. Unfortunately when Germany and her allies did attack, collective security proved useless. Ultimately the policies of appeasement, the belief that collective security would work, and the over aggression of the Axis forces would lead to the start of World War II.