Decade - 1940s

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Then the US forces would have had to invade Japan, probably resulting in the massive loss of life on both sides. The Japanese civilians would have certainly been involved in suicide attacks in order to protect the homeland and Emperor. Japan would have been a bloodbath as they would have refused to surrender because of their honour system.

It depends on where you were. In most modern countries, the automobile was now an essential part of life. Not every city had good roads, but more and more people were buying cars. There were also buses, trains, trolleys, taxi-cabs, and there was some air travel. In poorer countries, people still relied on the horse, but even poor countries had some access to trains or buses.

He was one of the main perponents and orchestrators of the Holocaust. He believed that the Jews were responsible for all of Germany's problems and that an "ethnic cleansing" would fix those problems.

They invaded North Africa instead of France

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Christopher Columbus was looking for a water route to India, because the only trade routes by land to India were controlled by the Muslims. Columbus was sent by the King and Queen of Spain to eliminate the middleman (the Muslims) so they could trade with India. Columbus didn't find India, but we all know in 1492, Columbus discovered America, though he did not know it at the time. He thought they had found India, which is why they called the people Indians.

Many children's games have stood the test of time & still remain popular today. Jacks, yoyo's, hopscotch, tig, pin the tail on the donkey, hide & seek, tiddlywinks & snap just to name a few.

life in the 1930s was very bad to all you young kiddys look up wat a concentration camp is you escaped it but they didnt thanks to adolf Hitler in the ww2. life was mainly bad for the Jews who got the blame for things that weren't their fault. it was all down to adolf Hitler for these untrue answers. as a result of this belief they were sent to concentration camps in which they were either put in a room with poisonous gas or forced to do unnecessary jobs.he only wanted people with blonde hair and blue eyes known as the Aryan race, as it stood for purity, however Hitler himself and his wife both had brown hair

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when you say "bad" it depends on what your looking for. The Nazis brought Germany out of an econmic crisis between 1933-1939, it was also a very safe environment with the crime rate lowering. Living in Nazi Germany was alright if you fit the apperance of a Arian decendant.

His acts of aggression included mainly the invading of other countries and the killing of millions of innocent people.

No I don't think that there were computers in the 1940's TV's just started in the 50's if there were computers (which I highly doubt) thaey wouldn't be anything like today's computers. A little bit of searching will show that there were primitive computers. They were mostly mechanical analog computers rather than electronic digital devices like we have today. They were mostly used for computing bomb and rocket trajectories. Some very early electronic computers were built in England and the U.S. to help decode encrypted Axis messages.

Before the beginning of the United States involvement in World War Two, a large portion of the United States public did not favor entering into the war. These individuals were called Isolationists and they favored the United States to not involve itself in any foreign wars. Another term for an individual who opposes military action and war is called a pascifist.

the Chinese government is like a company

LIfe in Germany during World war two was kind of suspsious. Every corner you turned there could be a Nazi solider of a person running away from a Nazi. Someone could have been holding a gun. Anything could of happened. Everyone was suspicious.

The 1938 Adolph Hitler youth knife with a the motto could be worth as much as $500 or more depending on its exact variety and condition. Some models are worth a bit less and some are worth more.

Technically, one does not invade a city, once invades a country but captures a city. Hitler invaded France partly to gain revenge for Germany's defeat in World War I and also because he knew that Britain and France would try to stop him from his aim of conquering vast territories in Eastern Europe. Thus they had to be defeated first. He captured Paris because it was the capital of France and when it was shown that they couldn't even defend their own capital the french quickly lost whatever stomach they had for a fight and sued for peace. Michael Montagne AnswerGermany invaded France officially because France had declared war upon Germany when Germany invaded Poland, an ally and friend of France. But Germany was deeply revanchiste and her foreign policy was to reclaim the areas lost in the previous war, which would have led to war with France sooner or later anyway. Germany wanted the war with France (unlike the war with the British, but it sort of came in the bargain).

Technically, when Paris was lost, the French no longer had very much stomach left to lose, since they had already lost more men than the USA would do in the entire war to follow.

Germany directed her full power at France. France 1940 was no peripheral "second" front with only a minimalistic German presence like Normandy 44, with 70% of Germanys power on a primary East Front, and 20% equally divided between UK and US (the rest on occupation duties or in Italy).

France was Germanys only front in 1940. France was alone, with only the BEF to aid her, and the BEF consisted of five divisions, a parenthesis of no significance.

The forces that hit France were the same that hit the Soviet Union the following year, and the Soviets lost over 5 000 000 men before they could stop this rolling horror and turn the course of events. In fact they lost 10 000 000 troops killed before it was all over.

France had a total population of just 50 000 000 all souls counted. Her army was slightly smaller than the number of Soviet troops that died in the battle of Stalingrad.

Hopefully this will enlighten some on the scale and proportions of things. The French didn't suddenly lose stomach when finding they could not "even" defend their capitol. Nobody asked how they felt about it, they were overrun and crushed, stepped on like a bug.

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Whilst broadly I would agree with this answer it is worth noting that the figures for French deaths in the fighting were 90000, the BEF lost 66000 - hardly "a parenthesis of no significance" NB Source; taken from part of a record for the British War Office in 1940.

There were 16 Major League Baseball teams in 1960. There were no divisions yet, so it was just two leagues (American and National) of 8 teams. The regular season winners of each league met for the World Series.

In Ireland in the 1400 the land was divided into many clans and different kingdoms. The life was in classes nobles and such and then peasants there were wars amongst and many great kins tried to unite England but none really prevailed except brian boru who was murdered by viking invaders but that was in the 11th cnetury i don't know much i like history and ma studying it in college and happen to be Irish.

8 at night was the same as the old work days

I married into a Filipino family and have been researching family history with my children. What the relatives tell me is that Filipinos were not allowed to enlist as soldiers. My husband's grandfather, for example, enlisted as a cook. In exchange for enlisting, Filipinos were offered US citizenship and their veteran status made it easier for them to get civil service jobs in America. So, perhaps you will not find a list of soldiers. Check your assumptions.

College in the 1950s was focused on classes and campus activities. Students went to school dances and enjoyed parties on and near the campus. Many classes were smaller than the classes of today, though in some cases students still attended lectures in large groups.

The standard outfits for the 1940's consisted of long skirts for the girls with a sweater top. For the guys, khaki pants were preferred with button-up tops.

There were three main Axis members. Germany, Japan and Italy.

Germany invaded:

Poland
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
France
Denmark
Norway
Soviet Union
Greece
Yugoslavia

Japan Invaded:

Korea
China
French Indochina (Vietnam)
Burma (also called Myanmar)
Singapore
Dutch New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
Dutch East Indies (Indonesia)
Philippines
Manchuria (Now apart of present day China)
Malaya
Hong Kong
Borneo (Brunei)
Some parts of British India

Japan also captured many small islands throughout the Pacific

There is a map of the Japanese Empire

http://www.talkingproud.us/ImagesHistory/BurmaBanshee/JapEmpire1942.jpg


Italy Invaded:

Abyssina (Ethiopia)
Albania
South-East France
British Somaliland
Egypt
Greece
Yugoslavia

There were also many smaller Axis allied nations like Bulgaria, Romania, Vichy France, Hungary, Finland, Siam (Thailand), etc which took part in the above invasions.