Why the Axis powers were so successful from 1939-42 The primary reason for the Axis powers’ success during this period of time was the fact that they were militarily superior to most other countries in Europe. By 1939‚ they had the second largest air force in the world with 8295 aircrafts. Only Russia‚ (10382 aircrafts)‚ had a larger air force. The German’s and the Russians were allies at this time and so Germany didn’t view Russia as a threat. There was a similar scenario with troops. Hitler
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The Crusades were a Christian army fighting against the Muslims to gain the “Holy Land” (Jerusalem). The Crusades were referred as “Histories most successful failures “‚ because they were able to conquer Jerusalem (holy land) but weren’t able to keep it because the Muslims took their land right back. I agree that the Crusades were failures more than successors because of the fact that they failed to keep the “holy land” from the Muslims: when they spent so much time and effort trying to conquer it
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could get my body in shape to reach my goals. 3. Why were you successful or unsuccessful?’ I was successful because I never gave up and kept on working hard. I also never gave up no matter how hard it was. 4. What did you find hard‚ new‚ or difficult‚ about the process? When we first started to do the 15 minute run I found it very hard to run for 15 minutes without stopping because I got cramps as I didn’t have a lot of stamina. The pushups were very hard too as I never really did pushups before
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root of important events has been and will continue to be an ever-present conflict throughout history. A notable example of this conflict is regarding the origins of World War II in 1939‚ specifically
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1. Why did Hitler declare war on the United States in 1941? Hitler declared war against the United States on December 11th of 1941‚ just a few days after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th. I think the basis upon which Hitler declared war was his signing of Tripartite Pact towards the end of September of 1940. The pact was signed by Germany‚ Japan‚ and Italy‚ along with some other smaller eastern European states‚ and was aimed at bring the signatories‚ who seemingly had aligned
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The role of Hitler in the formulation of Nazi policy between 1923-1939 Hitler was the most significant figure in the formulation and the implementation of Nazi policy. However‚ it is interesting that some of the most famous Nazi policies were not produced by Hitler and this has caused fierce debates between the intentionalist historians who believe that Hitler was in control and personally determined policy and its implementation opposed to structuralist historians who believe he actually was
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Hitler rise to power 1930-1939 Germany was in an exceedingly unpleasant state after the WW1. The Treaty of Versailles meant the people had to take full blame for the war. Reparations were even harder to pay since Germany was in the midst of one of the worst depression the world has ever seen at the time. Not to mention a brand new government‚ one that had nothing to do with the signing of this treaty‚ had taken over power. All of the people of this once superpower of a country was in a state of
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The Imperial Japanese Army had a reputation during and after World War II as being the most hated enemy the allied western forces had encountered. This partly stems from acts of brutality committed by the IJA that are both infamous and synonymous with the wars fought in Asia and the pacific‚ and partly because of their alien philosophies and attitudes which are deeply embedded in the psyche of the Japanese soldier and which were consequently demonstrated through out their involvement in World War
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Why was the Roman Army so successful? Dorothy Kwok The Roman army was the most successful and powerful army in history‚ they built the Roman Empire‚ which spread over continents and lasted for a very long time. The Romans achieved fame for its amazing army. There are many reasons why the Roman army was so successful. The army offered Roman citizens to return with glory and money after serving Rome in battles. Their weapons and equipment was a lot more advanced than their enemies‚ which requires
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used by the Vietcong in Vietnam were unsuccessful" The Vietcong were a communist movement in the South who were against the South Vietnamese government and the USA’s involvement with the civil war. The use of tactics (the plans‚ weapons and battle strategies used in war) were prime in minds of the Vietcong and they went to all means to gain the upper hand in the conflict. For example the use of booby traps‚ tunnels and trails. Some like the Ho Chi Minh trail were a huge success among the Vietcong
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