Causes of the Second World War The Interwar Years A Brief Period of Prosperity • Some countries‚ like the U.S.‚ were strong during the post-WWI era • What is this time period known as in U.S. History? Problems in Germany • The punishment of Germany goes too far and cripples their post-war economy in 1923 • Hyperinflation occurs • German money is worthless (when the general price level rises‚ each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services) Worldwide Depression •. Stock Market Crash of
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Throughout the twelfth and sixteenth centuries‚ Japan was being ruled by Shogunates‚ which were established and decentralized military governments. It was during this time that Japan was finally brought to peace from the internal warfare from within the country due to the efforts of three leaders. One of those leaders was a merciless man when it came to warfare named Oda Nobunga. During his reign he wiped out most of the Ashikaga shoguns and daimyos while also slaughtering Buddhist monks at the Mount
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During the World War II era‚ which was from September 1st‚ 1939 to September 2nd‚ 1945‚ many countries had conflict with each other and the development of the atomic bomb began. As time progressed in the war era‚ the bomb was fully developed as the United States dropped two on Japan. As the bombs demolished two cities in Japan‚ many people questioned if the usage of the bomb was necessary or not. The atomic bomb impacted the conflicts between the United States and Japan by forcing Japan to surrender
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tested the first atomic bomb at Alamogordo‚ New Mexico on July 16‚ 1945. The Potsdam Proclamation asked Japan to surrender unconditionally to end the war. Unconditional surrender simply meant the demilitarization of Japan and the end of the emperor Hirohito. The U.S. warned Japan of “utter devastation” if it did not accept the unconditional surrender. The emperor was beyond the politics and the god for the Japanese. Prime Minister Suzuki declared the Potsdam Proclamation a "thing of no great value"
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I think that it is justified. One reason I think it is justified is that it saved Japanese and American lives. It saved Japanese lives because it shortened the war which would of killed more than 18‚000 soldiers. Millions of Japanese soldiers would have been killed if they had more battles. Also that was the most number of soldiers that had died in one battle‚ 6‚800‚ of The battle of Iwo Jima. The US then got worried about the soldiers so President Truman decided that he had no other choice than
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Here’s an interesting piece of WW II history. Tinian Island‚ Pacific Ocean. It’s a small island‚ less than 40 square miles‚ a flat green dot in the vastness of Pacific blue. Fly over it and you notice a slash across its north end of uninhabited bush‚ a long thin line that looks like an overgrown dirt runway. If you didn’t know what it was‚ you wouldn’t give it a second glance out your airplane window. On the ground‚ you see the runway isn’t dirt but tarmac and crushed limestone‚ abandoned with
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Propaganda was an important tool which was used during World was 11. The purpose it played was to change the way people viewed what was happening during the war. Persuasion was used in the form of posters‚ art‚ and television in order to change people’s perspectives. Just like anything else in life‚ there were pros and cons to the formats utilized to do this. One of the pros‚ which was of the utmost importance‚ was to boost morale. This would have been effective during this time because of all the
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Another key person‚ and Hitler’s collaborator was Benito Mussolini. In the photograph above are Benito Mussolini (left)‚ and Adolf Hitler (right)‚ were allies during World War II. Benito Mussolini‚ Dictator of Italy‚ is known for the creation in 1919 of his own political party‚ called the Fascist Revolutionary Party later being renamed the National Fascist Party. The National Fascist Party ruled Italy from 1922 when the March on Rome took place‚ to 1943. The original idea of Italian Fascists was
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people‚ and the aftershocks of the most eventful day in the history of the world. I would like to have seen the destruction first-hand of what a bomb that size could destroy. Although my heart goes out to the individuals of Japan‚ their emperor‚ Hirohito‚ had the opportunity to have stopped the bombing all together; it was his decision to carry on with the war after President Truman had sent The Potsdam Declaration to him outlining the terms of surrender for Japan. Bad as it may have been for the
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CW History Mr. Rioux 06.05.11 Was it right to drop two atomic bombs? “If you have to deal with a beast you have to treat him as a beast”1‚ said President Harry Truman to justify the use of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But isn’t this the exact opposite of what is preached in the bible? “If someone slaps you on one cheek‚ offer the other also” (Luke 6:29)‚ it does not say that we should slap back to even the score. So was dropping the bombs the wrong decision‚ or was it the only
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