Ww2 Documentary

Documentary September 1, 1939, World War II began between all of the great powers in the world. This was was the most widespread war in American history still to date. More than 100 million people and over 30 countries were involved in this war. Approximately 85 million people died by the end of World War II on September 2, 1945. On September 16, 1940, the United States required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to sign up for the draft, this was called the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. During World War II, camera men also worked as bomb spotters for the intelligence community. Today, the military has a separate, trained unit for tasks like these. This film talks about two separate wars, World War II and the Iraqi

Adolf Hitler was a decorated war veteran of World War I, who was angry with Germanys’ defeat in the war which lead the country into an economic crisis. Adolf Hitler joined the German Workers’ Party. After a short time with the Workers’ Party, Hitler began giving speeches blaming the Jewish community for the poverty and economic difficulties Germany was experiencing. This attracted many new members. He later took control of the Party and renamed it the Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party, also know as the Nazi Party. This party gave Hitler he power to rule the people of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Hitler continued to give his speeches drawing crowds bigger than ever, preaching that if the Jews were not in the country, Germany would recover from there postwar economic crash. Later, the Nazi Party took over all ruling in Germany, banning any other political parties. In 1933, the Nazi Party opened up its first concentration camp where thousands and thousands of Jews died. Jews were also banned from public places and were being murdered by German soldiers under Hitlers ruling. In April of 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide, leaving over six million Jewish people

I was in second grade on September 11, 2001. Being that young I was sheltered from the news and what was really happening. I remember being in class and parents coming to my school and taking their children out of class. Our teachers were watching the news in rooms that were not occupied by children. By the end of the day, there was only four or five children left in my class and we really did not know why. When I got home from school, my mother let me watch a little bit of the news but not much and did not inform me with all the information. Now that I am older, I watch a lot more television specials to better understand what happened. I think enjoy would be the wrong word, but I find it interesting to watch and listen to all the facts. I do find it hard to watch, again being older, I find this day and all the coverage related very emotional. Watching the thousands and thousands of innocent people dying that day is horrible. Seeing film of fireman walking up the steps while everyone else is walking down them and the not returning from the building is awful. Seeing people taking matters into their own hands and jumping from floors higher than the seventy second floor makes me cringe. Everything about that day breaks my