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Germany in WW2
The Germans were a member of the Axis forces and the primary belligerent in the European Theater of war.
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What is the subplot of The Diary Of Anne Frank?
One main conflict that occurs in Diary of Anne Frank is that, Anne Frank and her family must go into hiding with other Jews. They must live in the annex of Anne's father, Mr. Otto Frank, in the annex of his work place. They must live in their without much food, drinking supplies, water supply, with other Jews, a cat, and themselves. That is the main conflict. There are many others, but I only listed one.
Were Italians who fought in World War 2 in 1942 on the side of the allies or the axis?
Yes. They fought in North Africa. At first the Germans were under the command of the Italian Commando Supremo (Supreme command). It wasn't until Hitler promoted Gen. Rommel that the Italians served under the Germans.
Many Italians fought at Stalingrad in winter of 1941-42. When the German VI Army was surrounded, the 6th Alpini (Mountain troops) lead a force of Germans out of the entrapment.
On 8 Sept 1943, the Italian government surrendered. However, the Fascists remained loyal to the Germans and continued to fight on their side. There were several Italians divisions formed, but most were used to as anti-partisan forces. An Italian SS Division was created.
Other Italians remained loyal to the Allies. Four Italian combat groups were formed and fought with the Italians in late 1944 and 1945.
Why were the Jews being persecuted in the Holocaust?
Well the German were facing political and economic troubles. Hitler blamed Jewish people for these problems. So Hitler convince the people that by persecuting the Jewish people this would fix there problem.
I just learned it in school just so you know I am not making it up LOL =D
Who are famous Australian people during the 1920s?
Can someone please list some famous Australians from the early 1900's- they have to have been alive before 1920
Why did Germany capture Russia in World War 2?
Germany didnt capture russia cause russia was too good and smart for Germany. they started attacking russia but russia just kept running away and burning down all the houses and food so the Germans didnt have anywhere to stay and it was very cold and they ran out of food but coulnt get more because the Russians had burned it all so the Germans all starved to death or froze and the ones that were left were really weak so the Germans killed them easily
anti-semitism or the superiority of Aryans...i think
I think it was to control the world and to put his "perfect image" in to place. He thought (possibly) that the world was impure of other religions and races, so he wanted to get rid of them all and for all of mankind to all be one. He almost did it.
Why did Hitler decide to invade russia?
Hitler spoke of the inevitable battle of philosophies (fascism vs. communism) and races (Germanic vs. Slavic) for decades and wrote about the coming war between Germany and Russia in Mein Kampf and other places. Much of the early war was setting the stage for the final meeting of the totalitarian philosophies (Poland was split between the two, Germany wanted to secure the western front with France and England before invading Russia) which was viewed by Hitler as the main battle of his great war.
Of course, Germany was not able to destroy or disable England (which would have discouraged the Americans for getting involved, he felt) and thus attacking Russia opened up a gigantic second front and eventually stretched the Germans to breaking point. The great, inevitable struggle became Hitler's downfall.
The frightening thing is how close Russia was to collapsing as the Germans rolled towards Moscow. They very nearly won.
AnswerThe main reason for Operation Barbarosa was to give Germany living space to expand. Hitlers plan was to make the Slavs living in Russia (up to the Urals at least) 'disappear' except for the ones he kept around as servants for the new German residents he would send in to colonize. The plan was to send in German far families after the war was won who would have alot of kids who would be able to supply the German army with millions of new recruits in the future. AnswerAdolf Hitler needed more resources for its hungry machines. Germany has a small area, with little supplies. USSR(Russia) was rich in oil and other resources, Germany needed that resource to continue the war. Also, if Hitler wanted to control Europe, he must take down USSR, it was the largest country in Europe as well as the world. AnswerHitler wanted land in the east for the German people to expand into and settle on. He regarded Slavs, like the Russians, as inferior subhumans. Therefor he thought there was absolutely nothing wrong, indeed it was the right of the German people, with invading Russia, enslaving or exterminating the population, and settling Germans on the empty land. He also thought that the inherent superiority and racial purity of the German people would make it easy to defeat the inferior Russians. AnswerHitler believed the Bolsheviks were a cause of Germany losing WWI. And Hitler also thought that if he was able to defeat Russia, that Britain would succumb to the power of Germany and surrender. AnswerThe invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 was a result of several things. Firstly, Hitler regarded the Slavic population as 'untermensch' or sub-human, and believed that the Aryan German race should have 'living space' or lebensraum in the East. Moreover, Hitler believed, as with many other leading Nazis, that Germany's defeat in WW1 was a result of a Jewish-Bolshevik conspiracy, and that the threat of this needed to be purged. Thus, as a communist nation, the USSR was a likely target for invasion. AnswerHitler always hated the USSR specifically, because he detested Communism. His plans to invade were revealed as early as 1924 when he wrote his political testament, "Mein Kampf". The specific timing is probably as a result of the early German successes in the war: Hitler got over-confident. AnswerBoundless expansion in Russia had been Hitler's dream ever since 1918. AnswerAll of the current answers do not reflect the new information that has come from the Soviet archives and the German archives that the soviets took back to Russia after WWII.There is much new information that has come from Russian historians that have searched these archives and painstakingly documented what really happened and are now trying to set the record straight.
There are reams of evidence that Stalin was less than 2 weeks from invading NAZI occupied Europe and it was Stalin's intention to take the whole thing. Hitler knew this. He also knew that the Russian war machine was decisively better equipped for offensive operations and many times more powerful than the German army tank for tank.
The personal reasons that Hitler invaded are also true but the only hope of survival for the Nazis and was a preemptive strike on the Russian army which was all bunched up at the border and poised to invade with no defensive plans or training.
The evidence is overwhelming and I will not be argumentative or disparage any of the other answers. They are also true but only tell a part of the picture.
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The information about a planned preemptive Soviet strike comes almost entirely from Victor Suvorov, who defected to the West in 1978. There's this strange notion that because he was a defector had privileged knowledge of Soviet history. In fact the information that he 'revealed' was already in the public domain at the time.
After the fall of France in 1940 the Soviet general staff opted for 'forward defense' but the proportion of troops based near the western frontier of the Soviet Union was nowhere near enough what would have been needed for a preemptive strike.
I wonder of the person who is making these claims above can name a couple of respected historians of World War 2 who support this claim.
Note the following comment from the Wikipedia article on Suvorov's Icebreaker :
"Summarizing the western scholars' opinion on IcebreakerHugh Ragsdale concludes that the book is "generally considered discredited" by now, whereas Jonathan Haslam notes that Suvorov's claims "would be comical were it not taken so seriously".
Which countries were the major losers of World War 1?
Germany and Britain both suffered heavy casualties, as did Russia.
Answer:Allied Powers:Military dead: 5,525,000
Military wounded: 12,831,500
Military missing: 4,121,000
Central Powers:Military dead: 4,386,000
Military wounded: 8,388,000
Military missing: 3,629,000
Why did Hitler wanted to dominate Europe?
Hitler wanted to dominate so "much" as you say because he wanted to rid the world of the un pure races, and wanted the world to be run by the pure Aryan race.
How far west into Europe did the Ottoman empire?
Almost 15 degrees East longitude, in Croatia, near the current Karlobag during the reign of King Suleyman I (1520-1566).
What was the name of the machine used by Germans in ww2 to make and decipher messages?
The Enigma machine. Several nations used this message coding device; the Nazis' use of it just gets discussed more.
How did Anne Frank become famous?
Anne Frank is a kid who lived in the Secret Annex because of theNazi's were taking Jews to concentration camps to murder them so many Jews went into hiding. Durining the time she was living in the Secret Annex she kept a diary and wrote almost every day. So she basically wrote what is was like to be living in hiding.
What actors and actresses appeared in The Diary of Anne Frank - 1967?
The cast of The Diary of Anne Frank - 1967 includes: Theodore Bikel Diana Davila as Anne Frank Suzanne Grossman Viveca Lindfors Lilli Palmer as Edith Frank Marisa Pavan Donald Pleasence as Mr. Dusseli Max von Sydow as Otto Frank Wolfgang Zilzer
What were Adolf Hitler's plans for Germany?
Adolph Hitler fought for the supremacy of his own ethnic group (which he described as the Aryan race) over all other ethnic groups. He had a particular hatred of Jews, whom he sought to destroy (and he did, as it turns out, manage to kill most of the Jews of Europe). He wanted to establish a new and very large German Empire called the Third Reich, based upon racism and violence, which he intended to last for a thousand years (and which he often referred to as the Thousand Year Reich) but which, as it turned out, only lasted for about 15 years, doing tremendous harm during that time period.
What was Germany's two front war plan in World War 2?
The effects were that Germany's troops had to be spread out, if they fought on a single front Germany would not have to spread out troops, meaning more organization, and it would be generally easier for Germany to win the war.
Akkad (there's king sargon)
Babylonia, later on defeated by the
Assyrians,
then Persia
and Macedonia, and roman
How many german civilians died during WW2?
3.25 Million German Civilians died during World War 2, 2.45 Million being people from Germany and 700,000 being Ethnic Germans in other Nations.
In what country did Hitler gas the Jews?
Poland is where the camps were, Germany built them and ran them.
How has hydroelectricity affected the lives of people who use it?
the water floods over and kills the plants and forces humans and animals to move
What governmental body can declare war?
The Congress. The president can engage in military actions, however, these must be stopped without congressional support within 90 days.
Value of 1 Deutsches Reich mark coin from 1881?
sammler.com, a major German collectibles site, lists the following values for an 1881 1 rm piece in average circulated condition:
"A" mint mark: $2.50
"D" mint mark: $3.25
"E" mint mark: $6.50
"F" mint mark: $5.00
"G" mint mark: $26.00
"H" mint mark: $21.00
"J" mint mark: $8.00
Prices for coins with only slight wear are about 2.5 to 3.5 times higher.
When was The Yellow Peril created?
It started when the Japanese and Chinese and Japanese population was increasing immensely. This is what made the yellow peril. Discriminatory laws started in the early 1900's.
