Jaeyeong Ko
Professor Mike A. Martinez
HIS 113-601
21 December 2015
World War II The treaty of Versailles was not fulfilled President Wilson’s purpose. Instead of achieving peace, it caused a defeated nation’s resentment. Germans believed that this peace settlement was not fair and created their poverty and social problems. To solve these problems, people turn to dictator. Germany had tremendous war debts and had to depend on American loans after World War I. Adolf Hitler became a jobless soldier after the war and joined the National Socialist German Workers’ Party which is called Nazi party which was based on nationalism and racism. He quickly became a leader of the Nazi by showing remarkable abilities as public speaker and organizer. As Great Depression occurred in the United States, Germany faced
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To defeat Germany, the Allies conducted D-day invasion. On June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied troops parachuted on German beaches. As a result of the D-Day invasion, the Allies held the beachheads and they got an ideal route to invade Germany. In consequence of losing control of France, Germany should defend wider area and it lead to lose other areas’ domination. By April 25, 1945, the Soviet army attacked Berlin. Hitler could not defend anymore and he shot himself on April 30. Finally, the Allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Germany. In the Pacific, the Japanese still continued the war. To end the war, the United States warned Japan. However, Japan refused and the United States decided to release bombs. On August 6, a code-named Little boy atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima which was an important military center. Even though the city was devastated, Japan’s leader did not surrender. The second bomb code-named Fat Man was released on Nagasaki and emperor of Japan ordered military leaders to surrender. The emperor announced Japan’s surrender on August 15 and World War II was
Throughout the 1930s, countries who were upset over the outcome of World War I started to take aggression toward the other countries who had oppressed them through the Treaty Of Versailles. When Germany was defeated they became embarrassed and wanted to prove their superiority to other countries. However, Germany was in severe debt from World War I. As they struggled through financial ruin, many citizens were frustrated with the situation they faced and were extremely unhappy. This allowed the Nazi party and Hitler to rise to political power in Germany. Hitler was determined to restore glory to Germany and enact revenge on the countries that embarrassed them.
After the end of the first World War (1914-1918), Germany and its citizens were to take the blame for the war. A document known as the “Treaty of Versailles” explained the actions and reparations Germany had to take in order to pay for the war damage and casualties. A higher power known as Hitler rose to power after recognizing the harmful effects of the treaty and fueling the hope and pride of Germans. The Treaty of Versailles contributed to the beginning of WWII because Germany lost a lot of land and resources, Germany’s army was diminished to almost none, and Germany finally recognized the extent of the harsh treatment in the treaty. With the introduction of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was forced to give up a lot of its land and territory.
Truman suggested that the United States warn Japan that, if they didn’t surrender, the bomb would be dropped. Japan refused to Surrender. On August 6, 1945, the bomb exploded over Hiroshima, Japan. On August 10 Japan sued for
In August of 1945, a drastic event happened in Japan that would leave a mark on Japan forever. The event was Japan had an atomic bomb dropped on two cities, by the United States. The bombings all happened in a four-day period. The first atomic bomb that was called "Little Boy" got dropped over Hiroshima, a city a Japan. "Little boy" was dropped on August 6th 1945.
On August 6, 1945, the United States Air Force dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Thousands of people died in the initial explosion, and many more died later from radiation exposure. Three days later, the United States dropped a bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Approximately 120,000 citizens died. On August 8, the Soviet Union declared war on Japan and invaded Japan, Japan formally surrendered to the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union on September 2, 1945.
On September 1, 1939 World War II began. Germany and the axis powers were trying to get Europe to be in Nazi control. With this came the wrath of Adolf Hitler. He believed the reason why Germany lost World War I and had a huge economic crisis was because of the Jewish population, the mentally ill, blacks, and gypsies. He believed the only way to cleanse the world and prevent that from happening again was to exterminate those people.
D-Day was on June 6, 1944, and was to become a naval, land, and air attack on Nazi-controlled France. The attack was a team of the American, Canadian, and British armies, “D-Day required unprecedented cooperation between international armed forces.” (Jalter 1) The code name for the mission was “Overlord.” Ground troops landed at several beaches and captured them.
The D-Day Invasion happened on June 6, 1944. It was where the American, British, and Canadian forces landed on the five different beaches along the France 's Normandy region. The D-Day Invasion was considered one of the largest planning and military attack by sea in history. Their mission was to set freedom to the people who were under Nazi´s control.
D-Day was the massive invasion of France by allied forces in World War II, and is considered to be the largest invasion from the sea in history. Allied forces invaded Nazi-occupied France with more than five-thousand ships and over thirteen-thousand aircraft (U.S. Army). This invasion was executed on June 6, 1994, and carved a path through the Nazi controlled territory, in order to reach the Capital of Germany, Berlin. The invasion took years to organize, and was the beginning of the “Grand Strategy” that President Roosevelt had planned (Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Musem). The invasion was massive, attacking all five beaches at once at Normandy, France, all struggling with stormy weather, rough seas and heavy defenses (Landing at Normandy: The 5 Beaches of D-Day).
On August 6, 1945 the United States ordered to drop a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, a city in Japan. The bomb instantly killed between 70,000 and 80,000 people but due to the radiation more people suffered death after the attack. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima was known as “Little Boy” which was the first atomic bomb created. The plane that had dropped the bomb was known as the Enola Gay a B-29 bomber flown by Colonel Paul W. Tibbets. On August 9, 1945 the second nuclear bomb was dropped by the US on Nagasaki.
There we a number of major events that occurred during World War II. The photograph above was the mushroom cloud above Hiroshima, Japan from the atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb, by the name of ‘Little Boy’ on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb itself weighed a whopping 10,000 pounds and was over 10 feet long. The explosion created a substantial amount of destruction killing tens of thousands of people.
By 1945, those involved in the Second World War were exhausted. There had been millions of casualties, millions were still suffering and countries were in turmoil. After six years of war, those involved were ready for it to be over. By the end of 1944 the Axis had collapsed. Once Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 8, 1945, the Allies were hoping Japan would surrender too.
This is how the war began. Fighting continued until November 11th, 1918. Although Germany had started off strong, it ended up losing the war. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 marked the ending of The Great War. It ensured a state of peace between Germany and the Allied Powers.
We all know exactly what happened, An invasion of Japan would have caused casualties on both sides that could’ve easily exceed the toll at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So the U.S decided to drop two bombs on the cities of Japan. First on Hiroshima which nearly killed 100,000 people and 1000 more were dying from the radiation poisoning and then three days later the second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. This ended World War II.
There were 2 atomic bomb that was dropped in the World War II. The 2 atomic bombs is called The Fat Man and The Little Boy. Little boy was dropped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. An American B-29 (a type of plane) called the "Enola Gay" was piloted by Paul W. Tibbets, dropped a uranium atomic bomb that is called The Little Boy, the bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb with its name Little Boy on Hiroshima, Hiroshima was Japan's seventh largest city. In minutes, half of the city was destroyed.