...The lives of people on the home front were greatly changed by evacuation during World War II. How useful and reliable are these sources in explaining how people's lives were changed by evacuation during World War II. During World War II, children were moved to places such as the countryside due to area's being at risk of being bombed by the Germans. Pregnant women, teachers and the disabled were also evacuated. They all had to leave behind their families at home to move to area's where they were at lower risk of the bombing. All the evacuations took place on the 1st of September 1939, the evacuation was named 'Operation Pied Piper'. Over one million evacuees left London by train, all the children would have a label attached to them with their destination they would be staying at. The aim of this essay is to see why the lives of many people were changed due to the evacuations. I will be analysing a range of primary and secondary sources to decide how reliable and useful they are to she how they changed people's lives. In Source A1, it informs people that the government have made plans for the removal from what are 'evacuable' area's to safer area's known as 'receptional' area's, the source tells you that this for school children, children who are too young for school as long as they are accompanied by their mothers and also for the blind people. This source is reliable as it was written in 1939 when the bombings were about to take place, it was also written by the government...
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...History CASS During the Second World War, Britain’s civilians faced a major number of problems due to the amount of bombs falling continuously night after night during the 8 months of the Blitz in 1940 – 1941. I am going to use three criteria in my assessments of these representations to determine a judgement of which is ‘best’ for describing the reaction of civilians. Representation 1 is not complete in it’s analysis of the civilians reaction as it fails to mention certain key points. One would be that there is no mention of any civilians showing high spirits for the Blitz, this article for example, shows the vast amount of devastation, disenchantment and suffering caused by the Blitz but they all had to continue with their ordinary lives and bounce back as quickly as they could in order to restore their homes and I am aware that people ripped up their fences for the use of metal to construct planes to support the soldiers, however there is no mention of this at all in Representation 1. Another key point would be that there is only mention of bombs and the ruin they caused however there is no mention of evacuation of children and how it affected the families in the process or how many people had to ration throughout the Blitz in order to survive with the little amount they had. Representation 1 is not objective as the author (Craig Stewart-Hunter) is clearly trying to break the idea of positivity. The article is modern (2011), therefore there should be some objectivity as...
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...World War II “The largest armed conflict in human history.” The largest armed conflict in human history is World War II. World War II was a world war with many countries taking part in it but the main countries who fought in the war were the United States, Germany, Japan, Italy, France, and Great Britain. The main six countries who fought in the war did not all enter the war at the same time. All the countries suffered many losses during and after the war. And finally, World War II was a terrible war that led to many deaths. Germany started World War II in 1939 when they had invaded Poland. Great Britain had earlier said they would support Poland if Germany attacked them.(World War II History Info) Germany ignored them, so Great Britain declared war on Germany. On September of 1940,...
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...“In 1941 Great Britain developed radar (McGowen 27).” This was a must since there were many weapons that couldn’t be seen by a naked eye and they helped warn soldiers of an incoming attack. Some of the weapons that needed radar to see were submarines and fighter planes. These weapons were very important, yet they weren’t the only important weapons used in World War II. In World War II, many important weapons significantly helped countries gain an advantage, and changed the way wars were fought. America had a variety of weapons that gave them an advantage. First, America had the F4U Corsair fighter plane or The Corsair. “The Corsair was mainly used in fighting against Japan (World Book Online).” Second, America had the Boarfish submarine which helped...
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...Home AS and A Level History International History, 1945-1991 Was the "Battle of Britain" a Major Turning Point In World War II. Level: AS and A Level Subject: History Topic: International History, 1945-1991 Word count: 2716 Save Was the “Battle of Britain” a Major Turning Point In World War II For this essay I am going to study the Battle of Britain and analyse its importance as a *turning point of World War II. *A turning point is a particular decision or act that significantly alters the turnout of a conflict. In 1939 Adolph Hitler led Nazi Germany on a crusade to dominate all of Western Europe. After crushing Poland, Norway and eventually France with their vicious and relentless “Blitzkrieg” or “Lightening War” tactics Germany had only one obstacle left before it attained total Western European domination; Great Britain. After a humiliating defeat in France, the British Expeditionary Force, or B.E.F. as it was better known, was faced with a terrible choice. Either stay to fight the German advance and risk encirclement, or pull back to the beaches of Dunkirk, and attempt to get as many men as possible back to Great Britain. Eventually the British and French commanders decided that France was lost and that they should evacuate as soon as possible. What followed was a mass withdrawal using as many floating vessels as were available. Under heavy bombardment from both land and air, cargo ships, freighters, battleships and even fishing boats were used in an...
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...WORLD WAR II Name: Richard Barrett ID#: 1500836 Tutor: Mr. Oswy Gayle Date: November 8, 2015 School: University of Technology Jamaica TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Introduction 1 Leading up to World War II 2 Starting of World War II 3 Allied Victory of the World War II 4 End of World War II 5 INTRODUCTION The insecurity was produced in Europe by the First World War I (1914-1918) set the opening for another international conflict which is World War II- which broke out two decades later and would have proven more devastating/ destructive. Rising to authority in an economically and political uncertainty Germany, Adolph Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazis Party) rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to further his plan of world domination. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany and at this time World War II had begun. Over the next years, the war would take more lives and destroy more land and property around the world than previous wars. Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed, where 6 million Jews were killed by the Nazis in the Nazis concentration camps as part of Hitler diabolic evil “Final solution” known as Holocaust. LEADING TO WORLD WAR II The devastation of the Great War also known as World War I as known...
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...World War II: The American Experience Kristi Dodd History/120 November 13, 2014 Christina Winn World War II: The American Experience It is no known secret that America attempted to reframe from becoming a part of what was projected as being a major war which started with the European culture. Historians believe that the second war was a contribution of the Great Depression which caused for America to seize from their investments in Europe. This caused for a struggle of power in Europe which provide an opportunity for Hitler and Stalin to obtain control over Europe. However receiving control over Britain would become a challenge. The prime minister at that time knew in order to survive he would need an alliance; the United States. With Germany, Italy, and Japan seizing majority of Europe, President Roosevelt agreed to support Britain in the war in order to promote the “Four Freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom for want, and freedom for fear” (Schultz, 2012). With the booming of Pearl Harbor on December 7, President Roosevelt requested that Congress declare war. The beginning of World War II took place right after war was declared by the Congress and with Hitler also declaring war on the United States. The Military Experience At the Casablanca Conference held in Casablanca, Morocco in January 1943; the decision was made to invade Italy. The Allies had their first war conference to discuss the invasion. This launched the Italian Campaign which placed...
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...Kolyn Ferguson Introduction World war ll was one of the deadliest wars in history. Countries like Germany, Italy and Japan were allies of the axis while, the other countries like Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China and the United States Of America were allied. What started World War ll according to (history.com/topics/world-war-) ‘’France and Britain declared war on germany beginning World War ll’’ That shows that Germany did something that annoyed France and Britain and so it caused them to declare war. According to the article (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history) ‘’Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934. Obsessed with...
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...The devastation of the Great War (as World War I was known at the time) had greatly destabilized Europe, and in many respects World War II grew out of issues left unresolved by that earlier conflict. In particular, political and economic instability in Germany, and lingering resentment over the harsh terms imposed by the Versailles Treaty, fueled the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist (Nazi) Party. After becoming Reich Chancellor in 1933, Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934. Obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the "pure" German race, which he called "Aryan," Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain the necessary "Lebensraum," or living space, for that race to expand. In the mid-1930s, he began the rearmament of Germany, secretly and in violation of the Versailles Treaty. After signing alliances with Italy and Japan against the Soviet Union, Hitler sent troops to occupy Austria in 1938 and the following year annexed Czechoslovakia. Hitler's open aggression went unchecked, as the United States and Soviet Union were concentrated on internal politics at the time, and neither France nor Britain (the two other nations most devastated by the Great War) were eager for confrontation. Outbreak of World War II (1939) In late August 1939, Hitler and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin signed the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, which incited a frenzy of worry in London and Paris. Hitler had long planned...
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...Ellie Smith POSC 344.03 Dr. Faegri September 23, 2014 Events Precipitating World War Two The subject of war has always been a touchy one. War, and all of its unpleasant components- death, fighting, and destruction- are never suitable for an agreeable discussion. Acts of war are invariably followed by suffering, which is exactly what Europe was doing in 1918 and the following years. The burden of World War I was so oppressive that it left Europe, in its entirety, in ruins. The countless efforts to ease the strain generated by the war had ultimately failed, sending Europe into a perpetual state of angst. The downfall of post World War I Europe gave way for World War II- a disaster that changed the global spectrum with enough significance...
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...6. World War II had a great impact on society and Germany played a major role in it. Germany attacked Poland through blitzkrieg, making it easy since Poland couldn’t fight back. Following Germany’s attack, Russia invaded Poland, which split the country in half. Hitler, the leader of Germany and Stalin, the leader of Russia, had now controlled not only Poland, but the Baltic states as well. Hitler didn’t stop there. Germany invaded Denmark and Norway next. Throughout World War II, Hitler made sure that the “northern front was secure, and he now had both air and naval bases closer to Britain” (908). After France had fallen, Britain was on it’s own. Churchill, the British prime minister and Roosevelt, the president of the United States, had become...
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...Causes of World War ll After World War l, the world was trying to recover from the harsh effects of the war. In the 1920’s, twenty years after World War 1, the world was able to maintain world peace within. Everyone had the mindset of avoiding another war at all costs. Then ironically, in the 1930’s, new threats to the world peace arose, and another war seemed to be inevitable. No actions taken to stop the war from happening proved to be effective. A convergence of events contributed to the beginning of World War 11; including the failure of the League of Nations, Hitler’s actions, and the declaration of war on Germany by Great Britain and France. The League of Nations proved to be ineffective, and failed to tale appropriate actions toward countries when problems arose. a. The League of Nations basically allowed Japan to take Manchuria and other parts of China from China i. Textbook p. 712 ( Japan blew up their own railroad and blamed China) ii. Textbook p. 712 (The League of Nations failed to thoroughly investigate, and Japan got away with little chastisement) iii. Textbook p.712 ( China lost Manchuria, Japan admitted to blowing up their own railroad, and the countries went to war with each other) iv. Textbook p. 712 (Japan occupied ¼ of China) b. The League of Nations didn’t take much action when Italy expanded to Ethiopia i. Textbook p. 712 ( only placed economic sanctions on Italy) ii. Textbook p. 712 (Mussolini still declared Ethiopia...
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...for the fall of Germany during World War I. With this idea, he won the election of 1933 and sought to exterminate all of the existing Jewish people. According to an article written by Michal on the National World War II Museum website, Hitler triggered World War II by invading Poland on September 1, 1939. Soon after that, he began the annihilation of the Jewish people in 1941. At this time, the world realized Hitler was a dangerous man, and he needed to be stopped. Throughout World War II, the Jewish people were lost. Many countries did not...
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...Japan's entry into World War II marked a significant turning point in Australia’s history, fundamentally altering its international relations and social dynamics. Before 1941, Australia maintained a strong alliance with Britain, relying on its support during conflicts like World War I. However, the Fall of Singapore left Australia vulnerable and disillusioned with British assistance, prompting a shift toward the United States for military aid. This new partnership led to cultural exchanges that resulted in a rise in "war brides," challenging traditional Australian views on relationships. At the same time, the war intensified fears of Japanese and other immigrant communities, leading to internment and discriminatory policies that deepened societal divisions. Thus, Japan’s entry into the war not only reshaped Australia’s foreign alliances but also significantly influenced its social landscape, reflecting a complex mix of admiration, envy, and injustice....
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...World War I and World War II were both destructive conflicts that had hundreds of thousands of casualties. For Australia, the First World War was the costliest conflict in its history, followed by the Second World War. [g] Although Australia had no need to join the First World War and wasn’t directly affected, Britain was our “mother-country” and Australia was still a part of the British Empire. Because of this, Australia was pressured into joining the war and fight for our allies. [d] Unfortunately, the country was not experienced with way of war and was vulnerable towards other forces. Roughly 4,000 men were captured, 60,000 killed and 150,000 injured on the Western Front. [a] The prisoners of war from Australia in World War I was an uncommon sight with only approximately 4,082 prisoners compared to the thousands from World War II. Together, the Germans and the Ottoman Turks managed to capture them from the Middle East (Gallipoli, Sinai-Palestine and Mesopotamia) and Europe. [b] For the first time, Australians understood the true meaning of being a prisoner...
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