WW2 Axis Powers

Hitler really never intended to get involved in this theater of operations, preferring to leave it to his Italian allies. But once the British began driving the Italians not only out of Egypt, but towards Tripoli, Hitler decided it was time, once again, to bail his ally out. The Germans had already done a survey of this region, the findings stating that as long as Malta was in British hands, no more than 4 Panzer divisions could be sustained in Afrika. And anything less than 4 would not be sufficient to accomplish the stated goals. So Hilter invaded Egypt as a method to propping up Mussolini. The problem that the Afrika Korps experienced was that the eastern front consumed all of Hitler's attention. It was not until after Operation Torch that Hitler finally send over the level of troops that were required. If he had done this in either 41 or even early 42, then Rommel would have had the strength to have driven into Egypt and beaten the British

Nazism was unique because of the mass popular appeal behind the movement. By comparing the Nazi case to the cases of other regimes, we can see the drastic differences between the generation of popular appeal under Hitler, and how it far surpassed the popular appeal generated by any other regime in history. When we remember Nazism, we must consider how this party gained its support to understand how they accomplished so much, and rewrote not only German, but global history forever.

National Socialism: What seemed to be a small fractional party with no real threat to the democratic system became a nation-wide infatuation within a matter of years. How did they do it?

The German elite and general electorate both supported the Nazis in their rise to power. Even though it may seem that most of the Nazi message was based upon anti-Semitism, some scholars argue that it was not the appeal of anti-Semitism that attracted these voters. According to Dieter D. Hartmann, (who formulated his opinion on the basis of Kershaw and Noakes' beliefs) author of "Anti-Semitism and the Appeal of Nazism", there were many reasons for the increase in Nazi popular support after 1929:

The upsurge of Nazi votes after 1929 was due to many factors. Quite probably, national greatness and economic despair loomed much larger in most people's minds than did the rather remote issue of the so-called Jewish question. But if so many Germans paid little regard to the very core of Nazi ideology, they could do so only because they did not truly resent it. Nazi propaganda was, after all, drenched in hatred for the Jews from beginning to end. Although the Nazis sometimes adapted anti-Jewish propaganda according to its popularity in different regions in the country, they never had to abandon it altogether. Hitler's hatred of the Jews did not lessen his popularity. Most people apparently found anti-Jewish sentiments both familiar and abstract, nothing to object to and nothing to worry about much.

So it goes that people were drawn to anti-Semitism because they were first drawn to Nazism. But as Hartmann proves, there was much indifference surrounding anti-Semitism. How did Hitler and the Nazis change this view around? A denunciation system was put in place, which relied on the people of Germany to turn in Jews and others who were not "suitable" for the German population. This system offered a great deal of incentive for people - if they turned in others, they eliminated the possibility of being persecuted themselves. People began to flagrantly dismiss others for reasons as petty as settling old grudges. The officers who were in charge of monitoring the denunciations became so overwhelmed with the multitude of cases they faced on a daily basis, that they began to take people for their word without looking further into the cases. Thus, many people were denounced without just cause, and sent to concentration camps to die. For whatever personal reasons people rapidly began to take to this system, the important fact is that it worked. People liked being in control of who was in their neighborhood. Plus, they were offered financial incentives in many cases. A denunciation, reliable or not, could be worth a great deal of money. And at a time where money was scarce, people did anything they could to get their hands on cash.

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Money and the promise of economic success was another reason why people were so attracted to the Nazis. With the Stock Market Crash of 1929 that led to the Great Depression, many Germans were devastated financially and unable to recover for quite some time, if ever. Already poor civilians became poverty stricken, homeless, and jobless. The upper class citizens who had money invested in the stock market lost everything they had, and were not willing to reinvest to inject money into the German economy, for they feared losing the little they had left. People lost faith in the Weimar government, which seemed to do nothing to help them get their money back. And then came Hitler, boldly promising economic reform. He preached the same message as he had been saying before 1929, but now people were more willing to listen. In a state of crisis, Hitler seemed to be calm and collected. It seemed to the people of Germany that Hitler would be the hero that would save the German people from the financial woes associated with the Weimar democracy.

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Hitler gained mass appeal because he seemed to promise everything to everybody. Initially the Nazi party was aimed at the working class patriots who had returned from the war to see communism taking root in their communities.

Hitler used communists just as much as Jews as propaganda tools.

The Nazis were prepared to meet the communists head on in the streets and break up their demonstrations. This was covienient to the former ruling class.

As The Nazis began to adopt the Fascist doctrine of Mussolini, again this had more appeal to the rich. Instead of taking over industry, The Nazis wanted to be their biggest customer. The idea of a centralized Government big issuing contracts to private industry during the depression was going to be a life saver for all. The middle class which had sen their savings wiped out by hyper inflation could look forward to a new age of prosperity through Hitler's "Economic miracle" as Germany spent its way out of recession.

The conservative right thought they could use Hitler and his Nazis to destroy the threat of Communism and challenge the French and British over the conditions of the Versailles treaty and then resume business as usual. Had the Allies stood up to him at any point, that may well have happened. If Hitler was forced out of office by a major confrontation over the Rhineland or Austria, then a new government would have probably made a comprising deal with the Allies to avert further problems. As it was every success the Nazis gained consolidated their power.

Differences * Germans sought revenge for what happened to them after WWI * Japanese sought imperial might and resources * Germans blamed their problems on Jews * Japanese were, in a way, forced to take resources because of USA * German armies were comprised of people of German decent from all around the world * Japanese recruited direct from home. Similarities * The Aryan Race was thought to be superior to all else * The Japanese believed themselves to be superior * The Germans committed war crimes against Jews * The Japanese committed war crimes against Chinese * Both were Axis aligned * Both used German tactics (Japan had some German advisors)

Italy, Germany and Japan were the 3 leaders (Main) of the Axis powers.
Minor powers were:Hungary,Romania,Slovak Republic , Bulgaria and Yugoslavia.
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The countries allied with Germany were the Axis Powers : Germany, Japan, and Italy (until 1943). They were also supported by Bulgaria and Romania (until 1944), by Hungary, and by Thailand (pro-Japanese occupation government). Spain, nominally neutral, covertly aided Germany.

The Axis powers were Germany, Japan and Italy who worked toward their own goals of world power. The Allied powers were the US, Britain, France, China, and the Soviet Union who actively helped one another. The Soviet Union (Stalin) had a separate agenda and behaved similarly to the axis powers but in the end they all worked toward subduing the Axis powers.

It is an advertising technique. Card Stacking is used when the best features of a product are emphasize but problems that the product can cause are made to seem less important. Like when you see an advertisement for medication on T.V. They tell you all the great things about it, but the side effects are read really fast or they try to distract us with something in the commercial so we won't hear them. Side effects would be problems that they don't want you to know about because you might think less of the product and you may not buy it, therefore they use cardstacking.

Whilst the commonly cited figure at Wikipedia is 64 Kg (141 lbs), the actual figure is 56 kilograms of 80% enriched Uranium 235, as cited in "The Last Mission, The Secret History of World War Two's Final Mission," published 2002 by Jim Smith and Malcolm McConnell giving the story of B-29 missions in the final days of WW2.

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The Quantity used was to ensure achieving natural critical mass, which falls in a range from 52 kilograms to 64 kilograms.

Various factors affect what determines natural critical mass such as:

Warhead temperature (cooler the better)

Density of fissile material

Geometry of the Warhead (spherical is smallest mass)

Isotope Purity

Neutron Flux & Uniformity

Use of Reflectors (ie containment of stray neutrons)

Of the 56 kilogram warhead of Little Boy which exploded over Hiroshima, only 780 grams or so exploded at the very heart of the Uranium sphere, or about 1-2% of the mass. That is because Neutron flux only attained criticality at the very heart of the sphere and not at the extremities where the Uranium 235 was wasted. When you increase efficiency of the Neutron Flux you require less fissile material. This is the key to shrinking a nuclear warhead.

In terms of the Hiroshima bomb however, 640 kilograms of un-enriched Uranium Oxide needed to be enriched to 80% 235U for a single weapon.

Uranium 235 is almost never used for nuclear weapons now. Pakistan still uses Uranium for it's warheads. Almost everywhere else now Plutonium is favoured for it's fail safe features.

Plutonium is harvested in a nuclear reactor by the radioactive bombardment of fuel which is enriched to 20% Uranium 235. The remaining Uranium 238 is converted to Neptunium 239 and then decays to Plutonium 239. The Plutonium is harvested by chemical separation from nuclear waste.

Only about 40 kilograms of un-enriched Uranium Oxide is required to obtain enough Plutonium via a heavy water nuclear reactor for a Plutonium weapon.

Germany, Japan, Italy +

Hungary, Romania, (Finland - Alliance of convenience with Germany)

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The commanders, listed in technical order, were Georgy Zhukov, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Boris Shaposhnikov, Nikolai Vatutin, Ivan Konev, Semyon Timoshenko, Ivan Isakov, and Alexander Novikov.

The ones most 'popular' were most likely Zhukov, Rokossovsky, and Konev, all a part of the Russian War Department.

JIG Japan, Italy, Germany

Germany-Hitler, Japan- Hideki Tojo, and Italy- Benito Mussolini

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French Indochina, Thialand, China, and Manchuria.

Originally at Italian-German statement of common interest, first used on Oct. 12, 1936. It was formally expanded into a military alliance, known as "The Pact of Steel" on May 22, 1939. The term "axis" came from Benito Mussolini's proclamation of the 1936 agreement as the axis around which states with common interests might collaborate. The Axis became enlarged when Japan, which had previously signed the Anti-Comitern Pact, adhered to an agreement for a 10 year military alliance with Germany & Italy on Sept. 27, 1940. Richard V. Horrell WW 2 Connections.com

Dr. Wernher Von Braun helped develop the V2 rocket missile and later helped the Americans use it as a Paperclip scientist at White Sands Missile Range. HEe also was a pioneer in rocket technology.

Do you want to know who ruled the Axis Powers?

He died of cancer, I believe

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No Italy and japan joined the axis because they wouldnt to be allied with germany, other countries such as slovakia and croatia becomed puppet states for the axis because they were conquerd by germans

Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 10th 1940.

The Eastern Front became very difficult for the Germans. == == 1942 saw the German Afrika Corps defeated at El Alamein and begin their retreat and ultimate defeat in North Africa, and it also saw the Battle of Stalingrad in Russia from August 1942 to February 1943. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, with an estimated total 1.5 million casualties. From then on the allies were always on the offensive.

1937. Italy joins the axis powers because Germany attacked them and broke their Neutrality act.