After WW1, the treaty of versatil was passed which blamed the war on germany and forced them to pay the war debts, this lead its economy to debt and facilitated the Great depression. Its people were furious and were in need of a change, this gave way to a Adolf Hitler, a dictator, and authoritarian whose public speaking and action quickly gained him support and control over the German people. Hes hatred towards jews(seeing them as inferior being) and allied nations made him prep and remilitarized germany for revenge. Adolf hitler first hinge towards way was breaking the munich agreement made between germany, italy, great britain and france when they attacked Czechoslovak capuring half and leaving the rest to the soviet union in other not …show more content…
Fascism arose in the world during the 1920’s in places such as Germany, Italy and Japan. These nations had instituted authoritarian and militaristic governments led by Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and Hideki Tojo. These nations resembled the Axis Powers which fought against the Allies that fought for democracy. One of the Allied nations was the United States which had the Great Depression to deal with, which many americans were more concerned for the economy, thus citizens wanted to avoid war at all costs. The united states, although supporting its allied nations, hoped to stay out of war as much as possible because this was between European counterparts but were forced to enter the war due to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 at 7:55am hawaiian time. Japan’s attack strategy confused american forces because they thought it was a regular aviation routine, until the island was bombarded by japanese aircrafts. Not only did this invasion affect people on the island; when word reached civilians and military officials they were startled, yet angry. This action resulted in the United States declaring war on Japan. The United States began strategized their attack by fighting from island to island advance closer to japan. This strategy was called island hopping. American forces began their campaign in the
On December 7, 1941 an attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. The japanese navy air service surprisingly attacked the United States naval base located on Hawaiian Territory. As a result, the united states entered world war 2. The US and Japan had been in conflict with each other for a while now. Japan then decided to attack pearl harbor for multiple reasons. Some reasons were due to the oil embargo, the us fleet expansion, and Japan's desire for a new world order.
On December 7, 1941, a horrific day. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. The U.S. took action and joined World War II. The President addressed the nation in a calm manner. The U.S. took action and joined the war after everything that happened.
During the interwar years of 1919-1939, the beginnings of fascism started with WW1 which did not end up in Germany's favor by making Germany accept full responsibility for the war, in turn, pushing the allied powers to decide the fate of Germany with its treaty of Versailles, known for making Germany forced to pay reparations, lost territory, and prohibition of a large military. During this time, the Great Depression began in the U.S., causing the global economies to go down and people all over the world to live in severe poverty. Nationalism produced a rise in fascism when Benito Mussolini released his “doctrine of fascism” detailing how a person should be the best version of himself to benefit one's country. Additionally, Hitler used fascist
The United States ultimately ended up joining the war after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. However, there were many things going on that caused the event to happen. The U.S stopped giving the Japanese oil, the U.S froze Japanese bank accounts, and Japan saw the U.S building up their army. These events are the main reasons why Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Due to Germany taking back the colonies lost after World War I and forming an alliance with Austria, Germany’s actions against the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the cause of World War II. After Germany got slapped with a $33 Billion dollar war reparation bill and Kaiser Wilhelm was removed from power, Germany was a mess, which allowed the rise of Hitler. Hitler, being a former Iron Cross winning
Before the United States joined World War II in response to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the great battle had been raging in Europe since 1939. While the British and Russians struggled against the German Reich, the United States remained officially neutral and refused to enter the war.
Pearl Harbor, the beginning of the war between Japan and the United States, was the start of dreadful war organized by Japanese aircraft. The attack was a withheld, destructive attack against the United State's naval base in Hawaii. This attack on December 7, 1941 was originally a plan to conquer the Dutch East Indies without being interrupted by the U.S. Pacific fleet. The Japanese were tired of negotiations with the United States, they wanted to continue their expansion, but the United States had placed an extremely restrictive embargo on Japan in the hopes of curbing Japan's aggression. This terrible ambush resulted in the United State's entry into World War II. The aerial attacks were sent in two waves, this resulted in the sinking of multiple U.S. Battleships, Destroyers, Cruisers, and Auxiliaries, which led to thousands of U.S. personnel casualties and many wounded army, marines, and navy soldiers including many citizens.
During the 1930’s when Fascism was at it height, populist art fought against the domination of fascism by diverting the fashionable ideals of fascism with the ideas of populism. The US was producing popular art in its populous country to share the rest of the world as an attempt to ward off the Fascists. They decided to distract everybody from Fascism by art, film, dance, etc. that appealed to the similar but different enough ideals of populism and democracy.
World War I and its aftermath contributed to the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920’s through economic crisis, nationalism and citizens seeking a strong leader. Most countries had no experience with democracy as they had been monarchies. Benito Mussolini in Italy promised to make Italy a respected country. The people were looking for a strong leader and Mussolini was that. He created a private army and punished or killed anyone who opposed him. In Germany it was Hitler who rose to power. Germany suffered the most economically. The country was forced to give up weapons, land holdings, and pay for the damages done to other countries by the war. A Nationalist Socialist Workers’ Party rose to power and Hitler became the leader of it He too said
What really pulled the United States into WWII was an attack on Pearl Harbor. Wanted so badly to stay out, the US joined WWII on December 8th by Declaring war with Japan. This started the end of the Ironic WWI, “War to End All Wars”. The reasons Japan attack Peral Harbor Sunday, December 7th, 1941 is debated and talked about. The Reasons Japan Attacked Peral Harbor were because of Japanese Expansion, a need for oil and an expansion to the US American Fleet.
Once in power Hitler quickly established himself as dictator. He started hauling off thousands of anti-Nazis to concentration camps. The economy, the media, and all cultural activities were brought under Nazi authority by making an individual’s livelihood dependent on their political loyalty. His desire was to establish German rule over Europe and other parts of the world. He realized that this would lead to a European conflict and so he started his plan to conquer Europe by invading Poland in 1939 and started World War ll . The war started off good for the Germans but once the United States entered the war they started to lose. As time passed, defeat became more certain, but Hitler refused to give up. Finally with all of Germany overrun by Allied
Fascism is a political ideology that developed once war I in European nation and Germany. Fascism is characterised by sturdy nationalism, an extreme level of tyranny, corporatism, militarization and hostility towards each liberalism and Marxism. (Web 2016) Fascism is created of fourteen purpose that follows. Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism from the distinguished displays of flags and bunting to the omnipresent overlap pins, the fervor to show patriotic nationalism, both on the half of the regime itself and of voters held in its hysteria, was always obvious. Catchy slogans, pride in the military, and demands for unity were common themes in expressing this nationalism. It was usually including a suspicion of things foreign
Fascism became very prevalent following the first World War. This is a system in which the state was totalitarian and heavily revolved around nationalism, militarism, racial superiority, and imperialism. Fascist states showed immense pride in their countries and built up strong, powerful militaries. Additionally, this caused fascist states to believe their race was more superior than others and, consequently, did many things in the attempt to purify the race. To increase the living space for the so-called “superior race,” the governments relied on imperialism. Fascist leaders believed the sole purpose of the government was the preservation and advancement of a society of a single uniform race.
However, Japan developed the strategy of island hopping to help them to quickly travel to this island before the Americas with more resources, fuel, and military aid, and this allowed Japan to capture and secure their positions at the Guadalcanal. After the advancement of this strategy it became more adapted amongst the Japaneses and later came to their aid in the navel Battle of Midway in the Pacific when the Japaneses air force was able to quickly reach Midway Atoll to bomb U.S. carriers in order to capture these islands for themselves. Soon America realized how useful island hopping was in the victories earned by Japan and therefore, America adapted and advanced this strategy for themselves. Later America began to use this strategy against Japan by attacking islands that weren’t strongly defended by the Japaneses in order to advance their military bases and
Fascism is a type of extremist, right-wing, totalitarian and nationalist ideology which first emerged during the beginning of the 20th century in Europe. The growth of fascism in Europe after the end of the First World War was caused by a combination of the socio-economic and political conditions which enabled Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler to come to power over the period prior to the Second World War. Indeed, Blinkhorn comments that "European fascism is, and always will be, inextricably associated with the years between the end of the First World War and the end of the Second" (Blinkhorn 7). These conditions saw the development of nationalist ideologies and the emergence of the fascist party in Italy and the National Socialist Party in Germany.