DBQ: WW2 Though the 20s began with a favorable outlook for peace‚ near the end of the decade and throughout the 30s the clouds of war were forming. Dictators arose in countries dissatisfied with the results of the previous war‚ World War I. Nations such as Germany‚ Italy‚ and Japan took aggressive actions against other nations and neither the League of Nations nor other democratic countries were able or willing to stop them. Multiple methods were suggested to deal with Hitler and his forces.
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Prior to the interactive oral discussion the information I knew regarding the history of Czechoslovakia was vague. I had known that Hitler invaded the country in the 1930s and that communism was present until the late S1980s. After this interactive oral discussion‚ I now understand the history behind the country. One of the effects of the ongoing political events in Czechoslovakia was social realistic art. This style was practiced in the Soviet Union as a way of controlling the messages that artists
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holding back the aggressor. After Hitler’s seizure of Austria in March‚ I appealed to the government I asked that Britain‚ together with France and other powers‚ guarantee the security of Czechoslovakia. If that course had been followed‚ events would not have fallen into this disastrous state…..in time Czechoslovakia will be swallowed by Nazi regime”. In document 2‚ Haile Selassie had requested the League of Nations to help stop the invasion and when the League of Nations response was ineffective he
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Heda Margolius Kovaly who wrote “Under a Cruel Star” writes about her horrible‚ suffering and tragedy life she endured first in the Nazi communist rule in her citizen Czechoslovakia. She was born in Prague to a Jewish family. She was young at the time when the Germany attacked Czechoslovakia during the World War II. Heda was in concentration camps during the World War II she escaped from the Nazi‚ she hardly survived‚ but her family died. At the end of the war; she returned to Prague and took part
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This did not dissuade Hitler due to the fact he annexed Austria and dismantled and annexed Czechoslovakia without a shot being fired. Hitler had his eyes set on his next target‚ Poland. On April 28‚ Hitler announced Germany’s “withdrawal” from the non-aggression pact signed with Poland and the London Naval Agreement that was signed five years ago
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include the Munich Pact‚ the Atlantic Charter‚ Executive Order No. 9066‚ and the Yalta Conference. The Munich Pact‚ also known as the Munich Agreement‚ was a pact between France‚ Great Britain‚ Germany‚ and Italy which allowed Nazi Germany to annex Czechoslovakia through Sudetenland. The pact was signed September 29th‚ 1938 in Munich‚ Germany. The purpose of the agreement and meeting was to discuss the future of
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“Assess the significance of the Truman Doctrine for the origins and development of the cold war” The Truman Doctrine was significant to the origins and the development of the cold war between 1945 and 1991 as it had many effects on the Ideologies of Communism and Capitalism‚ the Sphere of Influence and Universalism. Other significant events that helped shape the Cold War were the three big war conferences‚ which were the Yalta‚ Tehran and the Potsdam all of which were attended by the big three
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take Danzig and all the colonies that use to belong to Germany‚ they would defend the British Empire. The next day‚ Hitler invaded Poland. It became obvious that Hitler was not someone to be trusted. Chamberlain commented on Hitler’s invasion of Czechoslovakia as "a shock to the confidence". Just as things couldn’t get any worse‚ something shocking happened. Mortal enemies‚ Stalin and Hitler‚ signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression pact. The two countries agreed to not go to war with one another for ten
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Lorraine) and the Polish Corridor Bringing all Germans within the Reich This last aim included the annexation of Austria and the acquisition of territory from Czechoslovakia and Poland‚ both which had large German minorities as a result of Versailles. Define: Lebensraum – Living space under the single empire. (Austria‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia). Volksgemeinschaft – People’s community Fuhrer – Leader Autarky – Self sufficient Social Darwinism – The belief of ‘survival of the fittest’‚ when
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Rhineland‚ Munich Conference and The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. Britain and France could have also lowered reparations for Germany as Germany was bankrupt and with extremist parties taking power such as The Nazis would dislike the Allies and The Treaty of Versailles. The major causes of WW2 were not the weaknesses of Britain and France as Czechoslovakia was too far away from Britain and France to help if the German Army invaded but Czechoslovakia would have been a very
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