Assignment (Poster) for Monday, October 20th

Now that I've finished reading.....

I think it was very unfortunate that during Hitler's reign as fuhrer there was a mass killing of German jews (in the thousands). What I didn't know what was those known as "gypsies", Roma and Sinti, were also killed. The United States was also guilty of punishing innocent citizens because of their race, as seen with the imprisonment of Japanese American families & 'resident aliens' being sent to a somewhat more humane version of a concentration camp (on U.S. soil). It's a shame that President Roosevelt made that an executive order. Tsk tsk.
Another interesting piece of information I learned was that the weather played an overlooked role in the war. D-Day was postponed by the "adverse weather forecast". Fighting, especially in mountainous regions, would be suspended for snow/cold related reasons, making movement difficult for any army.
The infamous atomic bomb. Do we all agree that one could have been enough? (not to say that an atomic bomb should have been used or was necessary....but if we really wanted to have Japan surrender why did we have to grace them with two?)
A few years ago I visited my sister at her military base in Germany. The first thing she pointed out to me was an office building atop a hill that overlooked all the smaller buildings. Right in the middle of the building, in all it's WWII glory, was a swastika. The building was purposely designed like that. This army base was a former Nazi base. Go figure.

World War II

I think it is interesting how all the countries allied together to create and maintain power in case the countries were at war. Germany had secret allies. Together all those allies were trying to dominate and control certain countries and regions of the world. Germany secretly allied with Japan, which attacked the U.S creating tension with many of the various countries in the World. The World war began because of Germany. Many of the wars created, lives lost, tension, insecurities and financial debts. Germany was rightfully blamed. But, if Germany was not blamed and made to pay all the debt the destruction brought, then Hitler probably wouldn't have risen to start another war. It was also, interesting to see how Hitler was able to manipulate other countries to believe in what he was doing. The idea that there was a dominant race with certain physical characteristics might have turned some countries against Germany. I wonder how he even came to think this. Why did he believe this? Why does the dominant race have blonde hair with blue eyes?

Glorious Atomic Bombs in WWII

Ending the war with Atomic Bombs did somehow changed the world and the lives of many people. I believe that the US played the big "role" in this war. Thus, it caused the many loss of many lives. However, it was the only way of putting a balance and bring peace around the world. Therefore, it also ended the terrifying and horribles plans of Adolf Hitler, who planned out to kill all Jew in Europe. As I still remeber, the first bomb was dropped in Hiroshima and the second in Nagasaki City, Tokyo. I know that bombs somehow are not that glorious but in this case of WWII they were. It is not right to think that bombs are always the solution to war, but in WWII they were necessary. Thus, it brought peace even though it killed many people. I recommend to all to watch Pearl Habor the movie on Chanel 43 @ 7 p.m. It is really based on the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii. If you saw it, do not see it again. However, it is very romantic and heart kinded.

War World Two

Since middle school, I have been studying about World War 2 and every time I get to read more about it, I learn more new things. My basic overview of this War starts off with Hitler becoming the leader of Germany and him wanting to control as many countries as possible. He entered Czechoslovakia and once this happened Britain and France came into defend Czechoslovakia. Hitler started this mass chaos between all countries that were the allies and the axis. Only the neutral countries were saved. There were many people involved in this war and the most important were Stalin, Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt. There were very important battles during the war, Pearl Harbor, and after, the Holocaust. Germany had to surrender the War in 1945 when the allied powers (America, France, Britain and Russia) closed in on the city of Berlin. As the result of the war, there was much detestation and help along with peace was needed. Some peaceful moves that occurred was the creation of the United Nations, and the injunction of the Nuremberg Trials. Nevertheless, it is hard to remember this War without including the deaths of millions of people. Only 6 million alone died during the Holocaust!

WW II Issues

When I read about the issues that went on before, during and after WWII, I learned that many technological changes going on in the world affected the U. S. as well as other parts of the world. Many Americans were working in cities rather than rural areas. A new economy emerged dominated by unregulated industrial capitalism that caused many conflicts. More and more immigrants were joining the US labor force. Meanwhile down south, blacks were being denied the right to vote and exploited economically.What interested me about WW I was how Germany lost to France, England and the US. The Germans were blamed for starting the war and had to pay for its many repairations. I believe that this great defeat for Germany caused them to rely on Hitler when he rose to power and led to the creation of the Nazi party and the Holocaust.
It amazes me how Hitler had the power to influence the entire country of Germany and pu them all under the Nazi spell. Germamy began invading many countries such as Austria, France and Belgium. He wanted to prove that Germany was superior to every other country. As WW II o started to arise the US promised to not intervene, however when they were attacked in 1941 by Japanese forces at Pearl Harbor, the US felt it was there duty to fight in battle against Japan. Even though the US didn't want to be involved in the war it was for the better because it ended economic trouble that was going on for a long time during the Great Depression. I didn't agree with the fact that the US dropped the atomic bomb on Japan. I beleive there could've been another solution to ending the war between the US and Japan. Even though the end of WW II left the US as the most powerful nation, the Cold War soon changed that.

My Haiku Of The Civil War

Shrapnel surrounding

Killing Brothers, North and South

All for one union.