One big changes that happen in the beginning to the middle of 20th century is militarism because of advanced weapons and new tactics. An example is on document F, when the text says “The equipment for the build-up alone included 6,000 machine guns, 2000 pieces of artillery, 595 tanks, and 150 aircraft. Before these arrived, the Italians had 3,000 machine guns, 275 artillery pieces, 200 tanks, and 205 aircraft.” In April 1935,the Italians had a build up in East Africa. Italy, by virtue of its massive …show more content…
An example is on document WWII, when the text says “The war that came in 1939 was not the result of Versailles, but in some measure the reality of Germany’s defeat in 1918- which German nationalism wished to reverse- and to a larger extent the product of that ideological perversion that is called Nazism. Hitler did not want war in 1939; he wanted victory. He wanted victory in a series of campaigns that would be but the prelude to the real war- the struggle for racial purity within the German master race.” This shows how he wanted power but not in violence because all he wanted was victory in all campaigns. The struggle was that there was some racial purity with the German race. Another example is on that sheet of paper that talks about Kamikazes and how those suicide bombers had to follow the Bushido code. This shows a Japanese military culture because from the Bushido code, it was death before dishonor. The suicide bombers had to sacrifice their life to show honor to their family, for their nation, and so they wouldn't be a disgrace to