While the causes of World War II are multifaceted, the role of civilians in influencing and being influenced by these causes cannot be understated. From economic struggles to propaganda campaigns, civilian populations were both participants in and recipients of the mounting pressures leading to war. ...
Hiroshima was bombed on August 5th. Truman learned of the complete success of the bombing. Truman was very happy and had a broad smile upon the news of mass destruction. A quick end to the war with the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT was only a positive thing for Truman. Truman expla...
On June 22, 1941, at 4 am, Nazi Germany, aided and abetted by other regimes and economic giants of Europe, unprovoked attacked Russia/ the USSR. The Great Patriotic War that cost 27 million of precious lives of Russians, Ukrainians, Belorussians and all Soviet people began! My family lo...
France, Australia, and New Zealand also declare war on Germany. September 5: The U.S. proclaims neutrality. September 14: Canada declares war on Germany; Battle of the Atlantic begins. Invasion of Poland Radio Broadcasts 9/3: CBS News from London: Britain's Declaration of War on Germany...
the attacks were the result of a decision made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war armed resistance or both. The Nazi Party came to power in Germany by democratic me al...
However, the Red Army underwent substantial reorganization and received significant support from Allied nations, particularly after Hitler’s declaration of war against the United States in December 1941. As the conflict progressed, the Soviet Union mobilized its vast resources, including manpower and in...
over a few years. Some are from archives and others are from the family of Reg and his brother Bob. The author has really brought the character of this man to the front, showing his fun side but also the tougher side that I would associate with someone in the thick of war in this ...
It is unfortunate that Mexico’s significant contributions are often overlooked. Even before their official declaration of war—and despite the presence of important German interests in the country in the form of iron, hardware, chemicals, and pharmaceutical companies—Mexico closed its ports to German...
Investigators who studied the political and economic factors preceding the surrender concluded that neither the atomic bomb nor the Soviet declaration of war were the central factors in Japan’s capitulation, although they probably hastened its arrival. It was concluded that the Allied naval blockade ...
When Congress assembled on December 8, 1941, to respond to the attack of the Imperial Japanese Navy on the fleet at Pearl Harbor, the resulting declaration of war was on Japan alone, not Japan and Germany. War with Germany was the result of a very bad decision by Adolf Hitler. He ...