Essay On 1940's Decade
1940’s Decade, Political Leaders/Historical Events
The start of the 1940’s, it wasn’t something to be glad of, the second world war, a major event that occurred almost half the decade; was taking place and has Hitler, a major politician and leader of the Nazi Party may have been the cause of the major deadly historical event. World War II was fought between two sides, the Allies and the Axis powers. In the Allies side consisting of the U.S, Soviet Union and the UK, with political leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, fought the Axis Powers consisting of Germany, Japan and Italy, with political leaders Adolf Hitler, Hirohito and Benito Mussolini. The result of WWII was the Allies winning with the invention of the …show more content…
Even though these 2 world powers were allies, they still had a major difference that would start a new war, communism and capitalism. The United States wanted to contain communism also called ‘containment’. The president of the United States Harry Truman, agreed that the United States should contain communism. In the other hand Joseph Stalin the leader at the time of the USSR wanted to spread communism. (http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history) Another historical event that happened during the 1940’s that wasn’t so great either, that happened during WWII was the Holocaust. Hitler ordered to eliminate all the Jews by using the concentration camps and the gas chambers. Hitler said that the Jewish race was a threat to German racial purity and community. As a result of this Hitler killed more than 6 million Jews and tried to eliminate all the evidence of the horrific historical event. (information from http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust) The 2 U.S. presidents that were in office during the 1940’s were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. They both went through horrifying terms because both went through war related events. FDR went through WWII and Harry S. Truman went through the
The start of the 1940’s, it wasn’t something to be glad of, the second world war, a major event that occurred almost half the decade; was taking place and has Hitler, a major politician and leader of the Nazi Party may have been the cause of the major deadly historical event. World War II was fought between two sides, the Allies and the Axis powers. In the Allies side consisting of the U.S, Soviet Union and the UK, with political leaders Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill, fought the Axis Powers consisting of Germany, Japan and Italy, with political leaders Adolf Hitler, Hirohito and Benito Mussolini. The result of WWII was the Allies winning with the invention of the …show more content…
Even though these 2 world powers were allies, they still had a major difference that would start a new war, communism and capitalism. The United States wanted to contain communism also called ‘containment’. The president of the United States Harry Truman, agreed that the United States should contain communism. In the other hand Joseph Stalin the leader at the time of the USSR wanted to spread communism. (http://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/cold-war-history) Another historical event that happened during the 1940’s that wasn’t so great either, that happened during WWII was the Holocaust. Hitler ordered to eliminate all the Jews by using the concentration camps and the gas chambers. Hitler said that the Jewish race was a threat to German racial purity and community. As a result of this Hitler killed more than 6 million Jews and tried to eliminate all the evidence of the horrific historical event. (information from http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust) The 2 U.S. presidents that were in office during the 1940’s were Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. They both went through horrifying terms because both went through war related events. FDR went through WWII and Harry S. Truman went through the