Resistance during World War II

Hollands Underground WWII As the war continues, there is not much anyone can do about it, or can they? The Dutch underground in WWII is the Dutch resistance towards Germany. The underground is the Dutch resistance during the second world war. Germany didn’t realize that the Netherlands secretly resisted and doing things against Germany rules. Resisting included doing things such as hiding people with the Jewish religion or background. Holland resisted in a couple different ways. One way that…

Thesis: America’s war on Fascism during World War II provided false hope to African Americans, who in turn, expected reciprocating results on the Homefront. President Franklin D. Roosevelt reassured Americans upon entering World War II that the fight was just against evil and those that threatened our way of life. His four points were meant to provide American’s with more patriotism to the war effort. Freedoms of speech, religion, of want, and especially the freedom to not fear a…

the Nazi’s- who were German. It happened during World War II from the early 1930s to the mid 1940s. The Jewish people resisted admirably against the Nazis during World War II to regain their dignity through armed and unarmed resistances. One form of resistance perpetrated by the Jews was armed resistance; which is where the Jews would arm themselves with whatever could be used as a weapon and stand against Nazi soldiers. An example of armed resistance is the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. “As…

issues and military conflicts have been present and have shaped Vietnam into the country that it is now. Consequently, it would use that in order to combat American forces in Vietnam during the height of the Cold War. This paper will analyze and explain how the United States could not have won during the Vietnam War. In order to understand how the United States could not have won, one…

The contrasting colors of the vehicles reveal fascinating connections to World War II. Each of the vehicles are blue, indicating that they relate to the people on the bottom of the poster. This might describe that the people on the bottom have control over these methods of transportation. The position of each character at the bottom relative to the car, makes it seem that they just arrived at that location and are heading toward another place. The body language isn’t hostile, indicating that the…

During the Holocaust about 18 million people were killed. The majority of this number consisted of the Jewish community. The Holocaust took place during World War II and lasted about four years. Throughout this time period millions of Jews and "undesirables" were murdered. The Germans forced them to move into ghettos and some were sent to death camps. Most did not last days in the ghettos. At the time of the Holocaust, Jews and other "undesirables" used armed and unarmed resistance in order to…

therefore he deemed it appropriate for him to be the chancellor of the Third Reich of Germany. He was elected as chancellor and from that point onward fear is instilled into many around the world. To historians today, it is clear that the objective of Hitler 's plans were malicious. However, during the entirety of World War II, many did not question Hitler 's motives…

Joffo recounts his and his brother, Marurice’s, journey of survival as Jewish children who spend World War II hiding from Nazi soldiers in France. The movie Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, directed by Marc Rothemund, tells the story of the founding members of the White Rose resistance group, established during World War II, Sophie Scholl and her brother, Hans Scholl. They were student activists against the war and Nazi propaganda and wrote and distributed rebellious leaflets, but they were…

allowed for their disregard. During this time of indifference the Soviet Union came in and asserted their power over the smaller nations in an attempt to Sovietize them. It is of vital importance that the reasons why, how, and to what extent East Central Europe was Sovietized are explored as a means to understand the history of East Central Europe. The countries of East Central Europe underwent such drastic political changes partially due to the end of World War II. Social scientists…

The French Resistance first started on June 22, 1940. Germans had taken over France and people were not happy. They didn't want to be under the German rule, so they started a rebellion group. Some of the people in the group were very violent and wanted to kill the Germans at any cost and chance they got. These people were called maquis. But a lot of the time the group went with the less violent ways and turned to secret newspapers and radio stations to get their point across. A key person who…