In 1933, Hitler, leader of the Nazi party, was named Chancellor of Germany. After World War I the League of Nations had forced Germany to accept responsibility for the war. They lost land, were banned from building new submarines and aircraft, and had to pay for damages caused by the war. (Gordon, page 343) Hitler and the Nazi party wanted revenge on the winners of World War I and the Socialists, Communists, and Jews, who he blamed for Germany’s loss in World War I. (Ward and Burns, page 16) Hitler decided to take over other countries and to kill Jews.
Germany established a submarine war zone around the British Isles and said they would sink any enemy war ships that entered that proximity. Innocent American trading and merchant ships were being shot down and sunk by ruthless German warfare at sea. Germany refused to let the neutral America trade goods with their enemy countries. This dramatically impacted America because much of the American economy was controlled by trade with Britain and France, and moving forward America knew it would be impossible to keep an expanding economy without GB and France. America, despite its efforts, could not remain neutral and was forced to enter World War 1.
Kyle 1 Mr. CHC 2D1/2D2 Tuesday June 10, 2014 Force’s with Bad Luck During world war two, Germany’s leader, Adolf Hitler, decides to break his pact with the Soviet Union and invade. This is one of the major decisions, which in time, helped Germany loose the war. It was also a factor in helping convince the Soviet Union to join the war and fight for the allies. In June 1941 after Germany had taken over most of Europe, Adolf Hitler decides to become greedy. How did Hitler invade the soviet Union, why did he invade the Soviet Union, and how does the novel “Soldier X” by Don Wulffson, describe war to what war was really like.
As World War II began, however, Franklin Roosevelt and Congress revised the acts to allow arms trading with the Allies. Lend-Lease Act Germany quickly occupied most of Europe and threatened to invade Great Britain. As German bombers ravaged British cities, the United States decided to help Britain by passing the Lend-Lease Act. This law allowed the United States to lend arms to Britain and, later, to the Soviet Union. Attack on Pearl Harbor On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
The evacuation of Dunkirk started when Hitler ordered the invasion of France in 1940, the German military technique called Blitzkrieg (lightning war) forced the British, French and Belgian troops back to a point where they were trapped. This meant that Winston Churchill was forced to launch Operation Dynamo, a plan to evacuate all troops and equipment from the French port of Dunkirk.
Nick Sevin Mr. Roso English III 28 March 2012 During the Great Depression tensions in Europe were still tight from the treaty that ended World War I. The Germans were still upset because they felt as though they were unfairly punished in the treaty. Adolf Hitler, the leader of Germany, began World War II when he instructed his army to invade Poland. Soon after this action, Britain and France declared war on Germany. This led Italy to declare war on France and Britain.
Eastern Europe, including both the small Eastern nations and Russia, were absolutely devastated by war. The Soviet had 20 million dead. Because of this, the vengeful Soviet Union wanted to lash back at beaten Germany, aiming at both fierce punishments of Nazi leaders and dismantling German factories and basically making German economic recovery impossible. The Soviets' damages were so immense that they were determined to rebuild their shattered land by extracting enormous reparations from the Germans. This is why the Soviet Union sought to take over many of the eastern lands that were once under German control Poland and Hungary became nearly dependent to the Soviets, and the Soviets also began to eye obtaining Greece and later Turkey.
They hoped the Luftwaffe (the German air force) could smash morale, radar installations and air power before they could sail there troops across the channel to gain control. The battle was a build up from the 10th of July to the 31st of October 1940. During this time, daily bombings were occurring from the Luftwaffe directed at the RAF to destroy them so that they safely sail troops across but Britain was putting up a fight. Taking over the air, the Germans would have had more chance in gaining power over Britain so they were trying hard to destroy the RAF. By June, the RAF had rebuilt it’s fighter force back up to about 660 serviceable fighter planes because most of them were destroyed before the battle when the Nazi’s pushed across Europe in 1939-1940.
Both soldiers and civilians blame the defeats in the war and the growing crises on the home front on Tsar. Even the Tsars only army stated it wouldn’t support him if a revolution occurred. Explain the importance/significance of World War 1 to the downfall of the Tsar WWI was a very significant event on the rule of Tsar Nicholas 11. Although it initially bolstered his position, it then became a large factor that contributed to Nicholas’ downfall. The Country was ecstatic when the Tsar made the announcement that Russia was going to fight against Germany in WWI.
World War II The Nazi recovery began as a result of changes in the Nationalist Party (DNVP) after its takeover by Alfred Hugenberg. Hugenburg attempted to bring the government down by organizing a right-wing front, including the Nazis. Their denunciation of the Versailles Treaty as the source of Germany’s troubles gained then popular support as the depression and panic spread. The economic catastrophe brought the Nazis strong support from groups that would not usually have voted for them, including workers and women. The outcome of the 1930 elections was a turning point in the destruction of the Weimar Republic.