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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.
22,395 Questions
Hitler's violations of the Treaty of Versailles?
He demilitarized the Rhineland,
united with Austria,
increased his army,
expanded his country and began to take more land (eg. Sudetenland)
How did the Nazis become antisemitic?
It was mainly Hitler's hatred for the Jews and the massive Nazi propaganda that was set out. Also, Hitler was angry that Jewish people got top jobs etc. For example, he wanted to be an artist, and his Jewish art mentor told him he couldn't paint. He had a Jewish officer during WWI, whom he didn't like.
Where did the allied forces first invade axis controlled Europe?
They came into Normandy on the beaches of France and then worked their way up into the rest of Europe. This is what is called "D Day." A good example of what happened is the HBO series Saving Private Ryan.
What happened to adolf Hitler after the surrender?
The surrender during World War II? He killed himself a few days before Germany surrendered. What happened to his corpse is unclear- supposedly, his body was doused with gasoline and burned; but also the Soviet Army supposedly found the body, buried it, and later destroyed it because they feared that it would become a sort of holy site for neo-Nazis.
What took the us so long to get involved in the Holocaust?
If you count the fact that they changed their immigration policy for Jews to make it harder for them to escape the Nazis, then you could say that they got involved very quickly.
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No, the US immigration laws were tightened during the early 1920s.
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No, in the mid-1930';s though the quotas for German emigration stayed the same as those introduced in 1927 (if memory serves), it became harder for Jews to fill those places as people could no longer apply in person at an embassy. The US wanted to keep a tighter reign on where an when visas were granted, before by issuing them from the embassy there was a fair amount of 'lag' and it was unsure whether an applicant was using the previous or the next years visa, so the system became more centralized and the criteria for being granted a visa harsher. It has been many years since i studied US immigration policy, but as i remember, this is accurate.
How did Hitler and the Nazi government single out the Jewish population and curb their rights?
Hitler developed his twisted theories early on,and solidified them in "Mein Kampf" written largely when he was in prison. At the bottom line, his theory was: "All of the world's miseries from before World War I until now are caused by" (what he called) "International Jewry". This automatically made all Jews "enemies of the Reich".
What is the value of a German luger with all same serial number 3892?
Between $100 and $10,000, depending on model and condition. There are MANY different Lugers.
Why did the Nazi Germans dislike Jews?
The reason why Hitler and Nazis hated Jewish people is for many reasons. One is becuase of their color of their skin. Like how it went the rasicm in America and black and whites. The whites hated blacks and thought they were nothing. Not people. Same thing with Jewish and Nazis. The Nazis used Jews as slaves even.
Was World War 2 fought in the pacific?
Yes, WW2 was fought in the pacific. Once Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, we entered a two front war, Europe and the Pacific.
What caused Hitler's invasion of the soviet union to fail in 1914?
The weather,starvation extreme cold,and his insanity and belief he had to control..and could control. he was a horrible human..if that's what one copuld call him..
What was the ultimate purpose of the concentration camps according to Hitler?
i doubt that he thought that far, they were created to deal with an existing crisis, no ultimate purpose was considered.
Very cold. It snows and people ski. My butter froze in my kitchen because there is no central heat and you only heat one room at a time.
What did Hitler do when Hindenburg died?
what Adolf Hitler did when Hindenburg died...
HE ACTUALLY THREW A PARTY CELEBRATING THAT IT WASN'T HIM WHO DIED! AND SHORTLY AFTER THE PARTY.................................................................................................................................................
HE SHOT HIMSELF THROUGH THE RIGHT TEMPLE IN HIS BUNKER IN BERLIN WHEN THE AMERICANS WERE ABOUT TO CAPTURE HIM! (he also took a poison capsule during the wedding ceremony for he and his wife. it killed the wife but not Hitler)
Well, in 1945 Hitler shot himself, so he kind of defeated himself.
What were labor camps like in the 1940s?
- Yes.
- Concentration camps were labor camps. The exceptions were the extermination camps (Auschwitz II - extermination section only), Belzec - not to be confused with Bergen-Belsen, Chelmno, Sobibor, Majdanek (part only), Treblinka II, Maly Trostinets (near Minsk, Belarus): these aimed to kill newly arrived Jews within 12-48 hours of arrival.
- In addition, there were also labor camps mainly for foreign workers kdinapped from areas like Poland, Belarus and Ukraine. Conditions were harsh (sometimes very harsh) but these were not concentration camps. In 1939-41, when the Nazi regime was still trying to decide what to do with the Jews, some were sent to such camps, but most were later sent on to extermination camps.
So, a reasonably full answer is quite complicated.
Did Adolf Hitler operate under absolute monarch?
no, no, no.
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By COMMIEOFTHEDAY:
Depends on what you mean by Monarchy and Monarchism. He would fit some, and if he was a monarch he would be an absolute one.
As with most fascists(expect Francoists), he was anti-monarchist. So he, and the Nazis, didn't see him as a king or a baron but just Mein Führer.
Hoped that answered your question.
What did Stalin hope to achieve in eastern Europe following World War 2?
After Hitler had so easily Invaded Russia, Stalin wanted to form a "buffer" of countries to avoid another invasion, but he also wanted to spread communism, and so he did that at the same time as protect Russia
What was the allies plan for victory over the Nazis?
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How did the appeasement policy start World War 2?
It didn't. World War II would have happened even if appeasement hadn't been offered by Britain and France because Hitler wanted to dominate Europe.
Who told where the Franks were hiding?
well i don't know who ALL of the helpers are, but here are a few of them to get you started:
miep and her husband Jan gies
victor kraler
and Bep Voskuij
see if you can find out the rest of the helpers because i can't seem to recall all of them.
Why is the Nazi system of systematic genocide so brutally effective?
Germany was a mess after World War 1, so Hitler used this to unite the people against a "common enemy", the Jews. Why the Holocaust was so effective? most people didn't even know about it. They were told they were simply rounding the Jews up and sending them to prison camps, however, the typical German citizen would of figured these prison camps to be just like they sound, not death camps, so of course they took up arms to help. Propaganda is a dangerous weapon my friend.
Who was on trial for war crimes after the Holocaust?
There were several trials for war crimes and crimes against humanity after World War 2. The best known is the Nuremberg Tribunal (1946). - Please see related question. In addition there were several people directly involved in the holocaust were tried elsewhere. One of the first was the Bergen-Belsen Trial (September-November, 1945) held in Lüneburg. Forty-five concentration camps guards and the commandant were tried and 12 were sentenced to death and hanged. Other noteworthy trials include the Dachau Trial. There were also trials in Poland of some of the Auschwitz and Stutthof guards. In addition, Rudolf Hoess (not to be confused with Rudolf Hess), who had been Commandant of Auschwitz from 1940-43 was tried in Warsaw and hanged at Auschwitz in April 1947. Some of the worst criminals escaped to Latin America, where Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil gave them asylum.
But why didn't the Germans invade Sweden?
During the invasion of Scandinavia, Sweden remained neutral; but, because much of their income was generated by exporting iron, they continued to sell it to Nazi Germany. Sweden would not help Finland fight off the Soviet attack, but 8,000 Swedes volunteered for the Finnish army, to bolster the Swedish defense lines. The meager Swedish army nearly doubled overnight, and--by war's end--tripled from that. Civilians built shelters; scanned the skies for enemy aircraft; donated time and money, and made military vehicles and supplies.
Northern Europe, meaning Denmark and Norway, were invaded for important strategic reasons, one of which was that Scandinavia supplied iron ore. This raw material was critical for the success of any modern war effort. The allies (Churchill) had as an objective to stop the flow of iron ore to Germany from everywhere possible, including Scandinavia, as well as to get as many European nations involved in the war one way or the other, and on their side, as possible. England then breached Norwegian neutrality by mining some of its waterways and when Germany reacted, Britain launched its own attempted occupation of Norway, which led to the actual German invasion.
Germany invaded through Denmark whilst England entered Norway from the north. Germany won this theatre, the British had to evacuate, and thereby Germany secured its flow of iron ore as well as cut off the Baltic Sea from the British navy, securing shipping routes from Scandinavia (Norway, Denmark and Sweden, Finland actually is not officially considered part of Scandinavia) to various European ports. Thus Germany had achieved its objective by holding only Norway and Denmark. If a world atlas is studied it can be seen that holding Sweden and Finland as well was not necessary.
Some other perspectives:
- Germany also needed a neutral country as a conduit for goods and foreign currency, and a stage for negotiations and an outlet to the world. Some goods and materials were purchased by neutral 3rd countries from Allied nations (the US for example) and sold to the Germans via Sweden.
- Only nations that posed a threat to Germany, one way or the other, were attacked by the Germans.
- The only strategically valuable things were steel and passage to Norway which were located more strategically and Germany got that without having to invade Sweden.
- Sweden was also afraid of being invaded by the Soviet Union through Finland (a German ally at the time) due to the Finnish winter war. If Sweden was invaded by Germany this would provide an excuse for the Soviet Union to invade Sweden in turn. It was believed in Sweden that the Soviet Union wanted to incorporate Sweden and Finland and not leave after the war was over and that the allies would stand by and let this happen because of the Soviet Union's strategic importance in the war against Japan. So Sweden was desperate to remain neutral and stay out of war and bowed down to the German demands and by doing that there was no reason for Germany to waste troops by invading.
