Last week’s essay talked about who‚ how and why the World War II started. Today‚ we are going to talk about who and how did the war end‚ why did it get to an end and what could have happened if Adolf Hitler would have won. The World War II ended in the 8th of May in the year of 1945‚ the end of the war was named “VE” that stands for “Victory in Europe”‚ announced by Winston Churchill. People celebrated in the streets of Britain. But in the far east people was furious and claimed for life. Japan did
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World War Two did not change the way Australians lived completely‚ but it caused significant changes in many aspects of life‚ such as women’s independence‚ Australia’s multiculturalism and Australia’s foreign affairs. Women were able to go out into the workforce‚ Australia’s population increased greatly with a lot of ethnically diverse families formed and relationships with countries such as the United States were created. During World War Two‚ husbands‚ fathers‚ sons and brothers were called upon
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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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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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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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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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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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On 30th January‚ 1933‚ Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany by President Hindenburg‚ but why did he get this prestigious honour - why did Hitler become Chancellor? There are four main reasons as to why this happened‚ and they are as follows: the Weimar government ’s weaknesses; his own leadership skills and the Nazis tactics; the Great Depression; and political manoeuvring between von Schleicher and von Papen. It is to be shown‚ however‚ that it really down to the involvement of von Schleicher
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Have you ever wondered about the reason why people choose to follow Hitler or chose to resist? What were these two groups of people thinking? Even though Hitler had obtained a great amount of power during this period of time‚ people chose to fight back. Due to the fact that political‚ economic and social factors had played a big role in people’s morals and opinions‚ which eventually led them to follow or resist. For example‚ when the Germans had been informed that they had surrendered during the
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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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