1941

In 1941 Nazi Germany other axis powers began taking over the world. The United States of America, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union fought against them. Many people know of historical events that occurred in Europe and the Pacific but do not know of events that occurred in Africa. A lot of Africans fought in world war two along with the colonial leaders, some were overtaken are in control by the axis powers other by the Allies. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, president of the United States,…

freedoms. In Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech he made a good point about this, “In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms” (The State of the Union Address to Congress, 1941). Roosevelt is pointing out that what they are fighting for is the four essential human freedoms, these freedoms are the freedom of speech and expression, the freedom of religion, to have economic understandings, and the freedom from fear. This…

During and after the Second World War many leaders, soldiers, and officials of Germany were tried for war crimes because of their in humane practices and policies. Many viewed these Nazi Germans as ruthless savages that lacked any regard for the treatment of their enemies, prisoners, and even their own soldiers. Erwin Rommel was a field marshal that fought for Nazi Germany, leading many successful campaigns throughout Africa and Europe against the allied forces, but he was unlike the other Nazi…

Americans In 1941, the United States was very sure that a conflict with Japan was inevitable. World War II was breaking out all over Europe and Japan was starting to invade China. When the invasion of China occurred the emperor agreed to negotiate some terms the U.S had asked for but not all. The U.S was not going to back down and started an embargo on Oil, something that Japan desperately needed from the U.S. Japan was angry and in September of 1941 the U.S had…

However, the aid that Finland desperately needed came to the rescue at this moment. Finland turned to Nazi Germany for military aid, which was named Operation Barbarossa in which both Finland and Germany tried to invade the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. (“Military History of Finland during World War II”, 2017). The ending results was of course the Soviet Union dropping more bombs on Finland’s’ cities and declaring war on…

The Walt Disney Animators’ Strike of 1941 During the early 1930s, unions began to organize in almost every industry across the United States, including the Hollywood entertainment industry. Unions for actors, directors, stagehands, and writers sprung up to unify laborers and collectively bargain for better working conditions. The Screen Cartoonist’s Guild was formed in 1938 to organize the previously unrepresented cartoonists and animators in Hollywood. The Guild enjoyed success during its…

The bombing of Pearl Harbor devastated the United States on December 7, 1941 and the country immediately entered World War ll. After the bombing, the American citizens were uneasy because they believed that the Japanese people in America were behind the attack and that they were going to harm them in their own country. To fix this problem, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 creating Internment camps. Within two months the first internment camp opened and they continued to…

The Germans converted their tanks to Mark III and IV medium tanks after the 1940 French campaign. But when the new generation T-34 and KV-1 tanks in Russia came during the year of 1941 that made the Germans want to have more armor and gunpower. The third generation included Mark V The Panther and Mark VI The Tiger tanks. In 1943, Germany manufactured only 5,966 tanks, as compared to 29,497 for the US, 7,476 for Britain, and an…

spending on World War II caused accelerated recovery from the Great Depression. And it also helped in reducing unemployment because they needed labor to produce war materiel and for the army. It lead the U.S. unemployment rate down below 10 percent after 1941. U.S. GDP also increased over 600 billion dollar from 1938 to 1945: 800 billion to 1474 billion. It was perfect way of escaping from the economic…

During the Holocaust, Nazis put Jewish people into gas chambers. The Jewish people they killed first were the people who had mental and physical disabilities. They killed them first because the were deemed “unworthy of life” by the Nazis. The Nazis made six gas chambers, and put one in Bernburg, Brandenburg, Grafeneck, Hadamar, Hartheim, and Sonnenstein. In these chambers, they used pure, chemical manufactured carbon monoxide gas. They used the gases to form the “Final Solution”, to kill off all…