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“Old soldiers never die, they just fade away” stated Douglas MacArthur. People hoped that World War II was the beginning of the end of the last great world wars.. It all started on September 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland which sparked the journey of people's hope for peace. (“World War II in Europe”)
Italy had many roles to play during World War II. They were one of Three major military power who controlled Africa and other nations during World War II. Italy occupied British, Somaliland and eventually joined Italy in 1949. They obtained the Somaliland in 1889, and was converted into the state of Italian East Africa in 1936. Britain invaded Italy in 1941 and it remained under Britain’s control
In the first few years after World War II, there was conflict between European powers over which nations should found and lead the united Western Europe. Sir Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister, stated in 1946, “France and
The people persevered through their tough times and came out stronger. World War Two began on September 1st, 1939. Specifically, the Axis power consisted of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan. Additionally the Allied nations consisted of the United
Introduction: The Second World War, WWII, was a global war as it involved most of the world’s countries, lasting from 1939 to 1945. There are many points of view as to why WWII was fought, but it ultimately goes back to the end of World War I, and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles. Adolf Hitler slowly rebuilt German forces and, driven by his expansionist policy, first invaded Czechoslovakia in March 1939 and then Poland on 1 September 1939 prompting the declaration of War from Britain and France. America managed to stay out of the war, citing neutrality, until 1941.
World War II was an immense war that involved every part of the world. The war was fought between axis powers: Germany, Italy, Japan and the Allies: France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, China was also involved, but on a lower scale (Hughes, 2014). Close to the end of World War II allied leaders met together to make a plan that would
To be able to hold their own, Ethiopia purchased a formidable combination of weapons from France and Russia. According to the Ethiopian textbook, Ethiopians also expressed incredible courage and patriotism in their fight against the Italians. With these two things going for them, the Ethiopians successfully drove out the Italians and became one of only two African nations to resist
Soon after the Treaty of Versailles’ ratification, Hitler unified Germany by scapegoating Jews and “liberal traitors”, radicalized a new Nazi nationalism, and used anger towards the Treaty of Versailles as a platform to create “justified” conflicts with other nations. Meanwhile, over in Japan, increased propaganda directed at youth, such as the Japanese booklet in Doc. J, ridiculed Western leaders (creating tension) and glorified Japan’s taking over of surrounding land in an attempt to foster Japanese pride, a behavior that would prove to effectively intimidate the Western powers. Similarly, in America, new pride as the world’s “best hope” for mankind (Doc. C) led to a national sense of American “superiority”, which isolated it from the rest of the world while granting further unification. Finally, in Italy, Mussolini united his people under a new doctrine of Fascism, which attacked all forms of communism, socialism, and capitalism.
When considering Italy after its formation as nation-state in the late 19th century, it has never been required to change by other countries. However, throughout the entire history Italian territory has faced many invasion and battles which have influenced it. But unfortunately, this country has also been involved in cruel events for the purpose of conquering new lands. Some of the most recent terrible actions done by this country were the conquest of African colonies during the Fascism. Indeed, the purpose of these mission in Africa were to destroy other countries such as Libya and Eritrea in order to provide benefits to Italians.
World War II had massive affects on everyone in Italy, but the poor and middle classes had it the worst and were on the miserable end of the experience. During the war, all the lower classes were deprived of the important essentials of life; many Jewish people were traumatized enough to not even leave the house to buy food; and the post-war affects took its toll on the survived Jews who were still discriminated, this time by their appearance. Starvation was an enormous complication during World War II. About a year had passed since Ida and Useppe, Ida’s youngest son, took shelter in the dormitory for the homeless. One of the men, Giuseppe Secondo, left for the military with Nino, Ida’s oldest son.
Through the organization by the British Red Cross and St. John of Jerusalem, voluntary aid was given to the soldiers who returned from the war as injured combatants. Nurses tended to their wounds in mansions that converted into an at home hospitals for the military casualties. Nurses experienced traumatic events while tending to the injured soldiers on the home front; but the nurses located on the war front experienced different tragedies. The nurses who aided injured soldiers in the war carried admirable qualities and the general public viewed these ladies as sentimental heroines. Due to the nurturing nature of nurses, these roles seemed fit for women as opposed to the munitions worker girls.
World War I lasted for four years and the signing of the Treaty of Versailles marked the defeat of Germany. Adolf Hitler rose to power for his promise to rebuild Germany. His aggressive attitude initiates the Second World War when he arranged an unprovoked attack on Poland. While Germany reclaimed his land, Japan joined the Axis alliance with Germany and Italy in order to dominate Southeast Asia. The United States stay neutral in WWII until the attack on Pearl Harbor.
World War II officially began September 1st, 1939. Most countries were involved in the war except for a few neutral countries. Countries that were allies with Germany in World War II were Italy and Japan. Their plans were to conquer neighboring countries and expand their growing empire. Bigger countries like Great Britain, France and The Soviet Union (that was Russia a long time ago) were fighting against them to stop their terror.
A major contributor to World War II was the extreme aggression of Germany and other Axis powers. This happened with Germany’s ally first, “Italy
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany were similar in that both were dictatorships. Both Mussolini and Hitler came to power through legal means and believed that people were divided into either inferior or superior races. For example, Hitler was obsessed with the Aryan race and called for the genocide of Jews during WWII. In addition, both Mussolini and Hitler favored the wealthy, believed that an individual was meaningless and must submit to the decisions of their leaders, and aimed at self-sufficiency so that each could survive entirely without international trade. Furthermore, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy “had aimed for prestige and power for their countries, and brought instead humiliation and destruction” (Tarr, R.,
The fact of the matter is World War II was started by the Axis powers which were Germany, Italy and Japan. The Axis powers alone turned Europe upside down. The Axis powers main goal was to conquer the world. Germany was set to own Europe, Italy to gain Africa as well as other little parts of Europe, and Japan was set to rule all of Asia. They signed their steel pact treaty and began
Which was 1 an agreement between France, Italy, Nazi Germany, and Britain. [Since] Germany invaded the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, the British and French prime ministers tried to get Hitler to agree not to use his military in the future in return for the land he had taken. This act was unsuccessful as Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia, then this led Britain and France to declare World War II. Another cause of World War II was Fascism. Since the World War I left the economy a mess, countries were being taken over by dictators, as these dictators looked for new lands to conquer.