Allies of World War II

The Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp was most notably the worst of all of the German concentration camps in World War II. This camp the highest percentage of Jews that were murdered in this camp. It went from a work/concentration camp to a death/extermination (whichever you prefer to call it) camp, especially towards the end of the war. Many historians have an ongoing debate regarding the likelihood of the American military not bombing the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration/extermination camp…

Everyone knows about World War II, Hitler rose to power in Germany and created a Nazi Regime to persecute as many Jews as possible in an attempt to purify the human race. However, in November of 1938, a mere nine months before the official start of the war, the British Consulate, signed a bill declaring that Eastern European children under the age of seventeen would be welcomed into England with the condition that a sponsor was willing to board you and pay 50 pounds (approx. 1,000 pounds in…

friendship with other countries. This allows their economy to stay above water, have other allies, but keep a loyal and obedient population. The Skinhead is poorly thought out because it’s simply an act of hatred and jealousy. Approximately the entire world’s population despises Skinheads, and they have no possible chance of successfully reviving the fascist ideas of Hitler due to the result of World War II. The only similarities the Queue and the Skinhead have in common are that they’re…

shaken up from World War II and many countries, especially Germany, were hit hard. Even though the Soviets believed that they had control over the destiny of West Berlin, the Berlin Airlift was an example of the determination of western nations to not give in to the threats of communism and oppression. Many lives were saved through this act of heroism. The Berlin Airlift is a time in history that will always ring in the hearts of those that bore witness to it. The end of World War II led to the…

democracy and freedom in the Second World War, like Britain, against the Nazis and their allies (the Axis) through provision of weaponry and other supplies. However, in order to do so, he thanks current contributors and requests the help of more American people to put in their efforts to produce this massive amount of weaponry. In this time of crisis, the United States is not as safe as it thinks it is. For this reason, Americans are asked to assist in creating a better world for the present and…

being the most powerful country in the world, the United States has to decide how to use their power. A common but controversial topic is if the US should be the world’s policeman. Time and time again, the world has seen the US act as a global policeman, but there have been no benefits to foreign police actions. It is futile that the United States of America realizes that its role as the world’s policeman is unnecessary and troublesome. The Korean and Vietnam wars were the product of a…

Bombing to End the War Japan will never forget the day the bomb was dropped. “The people look like monsters! What happened? Where is my house? Everything’s been knocked flat,” said Gen (Nakazawa). The memories of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki reflect with the character Gen in the manga “Barefoot Gen” written by Keiji Nakazawa. The terror the Japanese civilians saw that day leads mankind to inquire the common question linked to the topic: Was it necessary for the U.S. to drop the atomic bomb on…

reasoning, because I’ll start with the general idea of the relation of the cold war and space exploration as a whole and will work my way in figuring out why those reasons of competition then union amongst the powerful nations of the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States. The Cold War cause a terrible fear between the United States and the Soviet Union and competition, but what was it that caused that. Effects of the Cold War included competition between the nations whether they were…

“In the Battle of Iwo Jima, 22 Marines and 5 sailors received the Medal of Honor” (World Book Online 3). This was the most Medals of Honor given out in one battle. Iwo Jima was a hard-fought battle between the US and Japan over the island of Iwo Jima. The battle was one of the deciding factors in World War II. Iwo Jima was significant to World War II because it was a turning point on the Pacific Front. The United States attacked Iwo Jima for a couple of reasons. To start, the US attacked Iwo…

The Cold War was a time of extremely high tensions primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union, with the involvement of their respective allies. This time of heightened tension in history was very long and lasted from 1947 until 1991. At this time the United States and its allies wanted to stop the spread of communism while the Soviet Union and the other members of the Warsaw Pact wanted to spread it. During this time the threat of nuclear weapons weighed over all the countries…