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- Essay on
- World War 2
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- War is one of the most tragic things in our
- world today. It is even sadder that usually it comes around at least once
- in our lifetime. In the 20th century alone we have already had two huge wars.
- These wars were call the World Wars simply because they involved most of the
- big countries of the world. Many people have died in these wars.. especially
- the second World War. That is my focus for this essay.
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- The leader
- of Germany at the time of WW2 and the person who most think started WW2 was
- a man named Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. By the time that
- World War 1 started in 1914, he was living in Germany. He served well in the
- German Army and for that he earned a medal for bravery. At the end of the
- war Hitler decided to take up politics. By 1921 he was already the founding
- leader of the Nazi party. Hitler was an incredibly racist man and he had a
- great hate for Jews. By 1933, Hitler gained political power by winning the
- election. Soon after he made himself absolute dictator, calling himself the
- Fuhrer which means "Leader". By the end of the 30's he was already sending
- Jews off too concentration camps to meet a horrible death.
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- I believe
- that Hitler was one of the greatest causes of World War 2. Although there
- are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them. Another reason was
- the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was signed at the end of
- World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that Germany must follow because
- of their defeat by Britain and France. Many Germans were angered by the treaty,
- for most of the rules in the treaty were unfair and Germany lost a great amount
- of wealth. One of the cruelest reasons for the war was Hitler's racist hate
- for Jews. He would send them off in cattle cars to places called concentration
- camps were they would be slaughtered by the thousands.
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- World War 2
- was huge and involved a lot of countries. There were thousands of battlefronts
- and warsites. The two main battlefronts were the battle front between Britain
- and Germany and the battlefront between the Japanese and the Americans. These
- battlefronts were split up into smaller battlefronts even still. Many lives
- were lost in the air, on land and in the sea. Some of the most notable battles
- were: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Midway and The Battle of the Atlantic.
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- Since the US and Canada were at war with the Japanese, Japanese Canadians
- were treated very poorly. The government had decided that all or most Japanese
- Canadians, even if they were born in Canada had either go home or go and live
- in one of the camps.
- These camps were made to keep all the Japanese Canadians
- together in one location. But the fact was that these camps were very dirty
- and not fair treatment. Also, the government took away all Japanese possessions
- and without the Japanese knowing, they were auctioned off at a fraction of
- their original value! This treatment went on for all of World War 2 and Japanese
- Canadians were not treaty fairly for many years after. Just recently the government
- of Canada has decided to pay compensation for their losses but most agree that
- it doesn't even come close to what they lost.
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- One of the greatest outcomes
- of the war was the great world power shift. For more than a century Great
- Britain had been the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. But
- they used up too many resources in the wars and their status greatly decreased.
- One person even wrote that it is not Great Britain any more... it is just
- Britain. People all over the world suffered through this war. Hundreds of
- thousands of people died. All for the sake of their countries. And you know
- what? No one actually gained anything from it. The fact is that all of the
- countries (excluding the US) lost much, much more than what they gained. Britain
- lost their power, France lost lives and land, Germany lost everything and
- Japan
- lost thousands of civilians in their suicidal attacks called Kamikazes.
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- In my opinion the war was a total waste. Although some people will tell
- you that we fought and gained the peace that we have today and have had for
- almost fifty years. People fought for 5 years and lost more than 50 billion
- dollars. Do think it was worth it? Now, maybe if governments use the past
- as a guide to the future we won't have to fight such a bloody battle ever again.
- Especially with nuclear weapons so easily obtainable.
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