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People in World War II. Brief biographies of key people

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They were also in a nuclear battle, each side building nuclear bombs, which were used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki causing many deaths

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There were 2 main groups of soldiers the Allies (US, US territories, England and the Soviet Union) and the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan and the many smaller countries under the rule of the Axis Powers)

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Germany did alot of air raids.England and Germany had alot of air battles

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Germany did alot of air raids.England and Germany had alot of air battles

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1939-1945

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The city of Berlin (Where our main character lives) was an important German city during the time of WWll it was considered the 'heart of Nazi Germany' and it is now the current capital of Germany

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Young people were very important to Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler spoke of his Third Reich lasting for a thousand years and to achieve this he would have to ensure German children were thoroughly indoctrinated into Nazi ideology.

To this end, from the age of 10 boys and girls were encouraged to join the Nazis' youth organisation, the Hitler Youth (the girls' wing of which was called the League of German Maidens). Membership from age 10 was made compulsory in 1936 and by 1939 90 per cent of German boys aged 14 and over were members.

The Hitler Youth

The League of German Maidens

Its aim was to prepare German boys to be future soldiers

Its aim was to prepare German girls for future motherhood

Boys wore military-style uniforms

Girls wore a uniform of blue skirt, white blouse and heavy marching shoes

Activities centred on physical exercise and rifle practice, as well as political indoctrination

Girls undertook physical exercise, but activities mainly centred on developing domestic skills such as sewing and cooking

Nazi control of the young through education

As well as influencing the beliefs of young Germans through the Hitler Youth, schools indoctrinated young people into the political and racial ideas of Nazism.

All teachers had to join the Nazi Teachers' Association, which vetted them for political and racial suitability.

The curriculum was altered to reflect Nazi ideology and priorities:

History - lessons included a course on the rise of the Nazi Party.

Biology - lessons were used to teach Nazi racial theories of evolution in eugenics .

Physical Education - German schoolchildren had five one-hour sports lessons every week.

Chemistry and Mathematics - were downgraded in importance.

Again, the aim was to brainwash children so that they would grow up accepting Nazi ideas without question.

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BBC Bitesize - GCSE History - Life in Nazi Germany 1933-1939 - Eduqas - Revision 3

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Germany invaded Poland, then two days later Britain and France declared war on Germany

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The leaders of the Allies were Franklin Roosevelt (the United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Union).

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The innocent people of Germany in WWII had to face many deaths and destruction, causing them to be in despair. For Michael, who is a spy in Berlin, has to face people dying because he can help because if he does, he might get caught and out into a concentration camp.

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Germany has lots of business freedom and investment freedom.

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Quick Facts

Germany's economic freedom score is 73.5, making its economy the 27th freest in the 2020 Index. Its overall score is unchanged from the 2019 Index, with an uptick in the government integrity score offset by a drop in judicial effectiveness. Germany is ranked 14th among 45 countries in the Europe region, and its overall score is well above the regional and world averages.

The German economy has resided in the lower half of the mostly free ranks for more than a decade. GDP growth has been expanding steadily although perhaps less than optimally.

Excessive government spending and costly labor regulations are the chief culprits slowing the expansion of economic freedom and the economy itself in Germany. Prospects for market-oriented reforms in either category are slim under the current administration. The government has doubled down on an expensive package of measures to address climate change that The Economist estimates will cost €54 billion by 2023.

Background

Germany remains the European Union's most politically and economically influential member nation. Chancellor Angela Merkel, in office since 2005, secured a fourth term in 2018 when her centrist Christian Democratic Union and Christian Social Union parties formed a tenuous coalition with the Social Democratic Party after inconclusive 2017 parliamentary elections. The ongoing political stalemate and the general weakness of centrist political parties have hampered the government's ability to address key issues. Germany's solid economy, the world's fourth largest and Europe's largest, is based on exports of high-quality manufactured goods. Germany has come under fire from other European countries and the United States for its low level of defense spending and construction of a second natural gas pipeline link with Russia.

Under the government's policy of national treatment, property owned by foreigners is fully protected under German law. Secured interests in property, both chattel and real, are recognized and enforced. The judiciary is independent, judges are highly competent, and the rule of law prevails. Rare cases of public corruption occur (for example, in the construction sector), but corrupt acts are typically prosecuted and punished.

The top personal income tax rate is 47.5 percent (including a 5.5 percent surcharge). The federal corporate rate is 15.8 percent (effectively above 30 percent with other taxes). The tax burden equals 37.5 percent of total domestic income. Government spending has amounted to 43.9 percent of the country's output (GDP) over the past three years, and budget surpluses have averaged 1.2 percent of GDP. Public debt is equivalent to 59.8 percent of GDP.

Germany's legal, regulatory, and accounting systems can be complicated but are transparent and generally applied evenly. The nationwide statutory minimum wage was raised again in 2019. Germany's "dual vocational training" teaches and develops practical skills that employers value. The government continues to fund heavy green energy subsidies, especially for electric vehicles, although falling technology costs may permit those subsidies to be reduced.

The total value of exports and imports of goods and services equals 87.2 percent of GDP. The average trade-weighted applied tariff rate (common among EU members) is 1.8 percent, with 637 EU-mandated nontariff measures reportedly in force. Germany has one additional country-specific nontariff barrier. In late 2018, the government expanded the scope of its foreign direct investment screening mechanism. The competitive financial sector offers a full range of services.

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German Economy: Facts, Population, GDP, Inflation, Unemployment, Business

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Download PDF Quick Facts Germany's economic freedom score is 73.5, making its economy the 27th freest in the 2020 Index. Its overall score is unchanged from the 2019 Index, with an uptick in the government integrity score offset by a drop in judicial effectiveness.

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In September 1939, Britain entered into what would become the world's most devastating war to date. Learn all about the events that changed the lives of millions in our World War 2 facts....
World War 2 facts

1. World War 2 was a battle between two groups of countries

- the " Allies" and the " Axis ". The major Allied Powers were Britain, France, Russia, China and the United States. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan.

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2. Before World War 2 began, Germany was ruled by a man named Adolf Hitler

Together with the Nazi Party, he wanted Germany to rule Europe. To gain more land and power, on 1 September 1939 German troops invaded Poland. After Hitler refused to stop the invasion, Britain and France declared war on Germany - World War II had begun.

3. During the course of the war, German forces advanced through Europe.

Did you know that we have a FREE downloadable Second World War primary resource? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!

4. Millions of Germans were imprisoned and killed because they didn't fit the image of the 'perfect' German

Hitler wanted to create what he thought was the "best" and strongest race - and to the Nazi Party, this excluded certain groups, such as Jews, Gypsies and those with physical and mental disabilities. In an attempt to eliminate a "racial enemy" outside of Germany, such groups were also persecuted in the countries invaded by German forces.

5. The group most heavily targeted by the Nazis were the Jews

Around six million Jewish people were killed during World War 2 in one of history's most terrible events - the Holocaust. Racist in his views, Hitler blamed Jewish people for Germany losing World War I and claimed they were dangerous to German people and society.

6. Around the same time that Germany fought for power in Europe, Japan wanted to control Asia and the Pacific

In 1937 (before World War 2 had officially begun) under Emperor Hirohito, Japan attacked China, bringing the two nations into years of conflict.

7. The US didn't join the war until 1941, when Japan attacked the United States

- at their Naval Base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. On 8 December 1941 (the very next day), the US declared War on Japan and, in turn, its German allies.

8. Some countries remained 'neutral' in World War 2

Such countries were Spain, Sweden and Switzerland - who chose not to join either side.

9. The Germans surrendered on 8 May 1945

In 1944, an Allied army crossed from Britain to free France from Nazi rule. One year later, Allied armies invaded Germany, forcing the Germans to surrender. After nuclear attacks on Japan's major cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan also surrendered to Allied forces in August the same year. World War 2 had ended.

10. Around 64 million people died in World War 2

- that's more than the entire population of the United Kingdom.

Find out more about the countries involved in World War 2 with our Germany, Japan and USA facts. Plus, learn about the life of Anne Frank, a young German girl who wrote a world-famous diary...

*Yugoslavia was a country established in 1918 in south-east Europe, which included modern-day Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

*USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, or the Soviet Union) was a former country which included modern-day Russia, Ukraine and Estonia, as well as other socialist states.

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Learn astonishing World War 2 facts with Nat Geo Kids. When did the war start? Who fought in in the war and why? How did it change the course of history?

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The city was harshly run by the Nazis and has been officially been declared 'Jew Free' by the time our book takes place

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WW II began on September 1, 1939 when Hitler invaded Poland.

The swastika is a sacred religious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism and dates back to before the 2nd century BC.

Nearly 40,000 Soviet civilians lost their lives during the Battle of Stalingrad.

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Our book is about a boy named Michael O'Shaunessey who is a spy for the allies. he lives in Berlin and he spies on other children in the Hitler Youth.

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Historical analysis of Race in World War II. World War II through the lens of Race

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The beginning of Germany's need for power started with the Great Depression. This made Germany need "living space", which made then Hitler established the Luftwaffe, a violation of their peace treaty. This started ciaos in Europe, leading up to Germany's invasion with Poland.

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The carnage of World War II was unprecedented and brought the world closest to the term "total warfare." On average 27,000 people were killed each day between September 1, 1939, until the formal surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945. Western technological advances had turned upon itself, bringing about the most destructive war in human history. The primary combatants were the Axis nations of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Imperial Japan, and the Allied nations, Great Britain (and its Commonwealth nations), the Soviet Union, and the United States. Seven days after the suicide of Adolf Hitler, Germany unconditionally surrendered on May 7, 1945. The Japanese would go on to fight for nearly four more months until their surrender on September 2, which was brought on by the U.S. dropping atomic bombs on the Japanese towns of Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Despite winning the war, Britain largely lost much of its empire, which was outlined in the basis of the Atlantic Charter. The war precipitated the revival of the U.S. economy, and by the war's end, the nation would have a gross national product that was nearly greater than all the Allied and Axis powers combined. The USA and USSR emerged from World War II as global superpowers. The fundamentally disparate, one-time allies became engaged in what was to be called the Cold War, which dominated world politics for the latter half of the 20th century.
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When did World War II begin?

Some say it was simply a continuation of the First World War that had theoretically ended in 1918. Others point to 1931, when Japan seized Manchuria from China. Others to Italy's invasion and defeat of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935, Adolf Hitler's re-militarization of Germany's Rhineland in 1936, the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), and Germany's occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 are sometimes cited. The two dates most often mentioned as "the beginning of World War II" are July 7, 1937, when the " Marco Polo Bridge Incident" led to a prolonged war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state in retaliation. From the invasion of Poland until the war ended with Japan's surrender in September 1945, most nations around the world were engaged in armed combat.

Origins of World War II

No one historic event can be said to have been the origin of World War II. Japan's unexpected victory over czarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05) left open the door for Japanese expansion in Asia and the Pacific. The United States U.S. Navy first developed plans in preparation for a naval war with Japan in 1890. War Plan Orange, as it was called, would be updated continually as technology advanced and greatly aided the U.S. during World War II.

The years between the first and second world wars were a time of instability. The Great Depression that began on Black Tuesday, 1929 plunged the worldwide recession. Coming to power in 1933, Hitler capitalized on this economic decline and the deep German resentment due to the emasculating Treaty of Versailles, signed following the armistice of 1918. Declaring that Germany needed Lebensraum or "living space," Hitler began to test the Western powers and their willingness to monitor the treaty's provision. By 1935 Hitler had established the Luftwaffe, a direct violation of the 1919 treaty. Remilitarizing the Rhineland in 1936 violated Versailles and the Locarno Treaties (which defined the borders of Europe) once again. The Anschluss of Austria and the annexation of the rump of Czechoslovakia was a further extension of Hitler's desire for Lebensraum. Italy's desire to create the Third Rome pushed the nation to closer ties with Nazi Germany. Likewise, Japan, angered by their exclusion in Paris in 1919, sought to create a Pan-Asian sphere with Japan in order to create a self-sufficient state.

Competing ideologies further fanned the flames of international tension. The Bolshevik Revolution in czarist Russia during the First World War, followed by the Russian Civil War, had established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), a sprawling communist state. Western republics and capitalists feared the spread of Bolshevism. In some nations, such as Italy, Germany and Romania, ultra-conservative groups rose to power, in part in reaction to communism.

Germany, Italy and Japan signed agreements of mutual support but, unlike the Allied nations they would face, they never developed a comprehensive or coordinated plan of action.

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World War II: Facts & Info About the Bloodiest War in History

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Facts, information, and stories about World War II, the global conflict that killed tens of millions between 1939 and 1945.

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The German government during WWII was basically a Dictatorship and/or a Tyranny this made them think of Hitler as a god and it made others, like the Jews lose their freedom

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Research Starters: The Draft and World War II. On September 16, 1940, the United States instituted the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940, which required all men between the ages of 21 and 45 to register for the draft. This was the first peacetime draft in United States' history.Assuming KIAs accurately represented age groups serving in Vietnam, the average age of an infantryman (MOS 11B) serving in Vietnam to be 19 years old is a myth, it is actually 22. None of the enlisted grades have an average age of less than20. The average man who fought in World War II was 26 years of age.

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21 rare and weird facts about World War II

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Read about the strange truths from WWII that the history books often wash over.

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More Chinese were killed by the Japanese than Jews killed by Germans

The German submarine U-120 sunk when its toilet malfunctioned.

The youngest person to serve in the US armed forces was 12 years old, his name was Calvin Graham

Of all the Soviet Males who were in WW2 only 20% survived

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Of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats only 10,000 survived.

The US Air Corps lost more men than the Marine Corps. A serviceman in the Air Corps had a 71% chance of dying. Not that bombers were totally helpless. The 8th Air Force brought down 6,098 fighters, 1 for every 12,700 shots fired.

German U-boats were present in every ocean of the world and sunk ships as far away from Europe as the Arctic Ocean and the East Indies.

During the war, 12,000 heavy bombers were shot down.

The Japanse fighter ace Hiroyoshi Nishizawa brought down over 80 planes.

Axis forces never attacked US soil, though German Me-264 bombers were in the range of New York City.

Some airmen died from farting. At an altitude of 20,000 feet gas in the intestine expands 300%.

Russian pilots knocked out at least 270 airborne German planes by ramming them.

The German submarine U-120 sunk when its toilet malfunctioned.

The US Army possessed more ships that the US Navy.

Coca Cola was considered essential to the US troops in North Africa. Three complete Coca Cola bottling plants were sent there.

The first of the enemy captured in the D-Day Landings was actually Korean. The Japanese had forced several Koreans to fight for them. These were then captured by the Russians, who forced them to fight for them. Then the Germans captured them. Finally, they were captured by Americans.

A third of all German generals who died in the war were killed in air attacks.

Germany officially declared war on only one country - the United States.

Niels Bohr was a Danish nuclear physicist wanted by Hitler to help him construct an atomic bomb. When the Germans invaded Denmark, he fled from his house while resistance fighters held off the soldiers. Bohr stopped, however, to pick up a beer bottle full of 'heavy water'.

The first American serviceman killed in Europe was killed by Germans in Norway in 1940, at a time when the USA was not yet officially at war.

The German cruiser Graf Spee was not sunk by enemy action. After an attempt to scuttle her had failed, the wreck was bought by Great Britain.

The infamous Nazi salute was based on the Italian Fascist salute, which itself was based on the salute of the ancient Romans.

Kiska, one of the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, was invaded by 35,000 US and Canadian troops on August 15, 1953. In the landing, 21 soldiers were killed under heavy bombardment. But there was no enemy. The expected Japanese had completely abandoned the island. Casualties were from friendly fire and booby traps.

Most of the Waffen-SS were recruited from countries outside of Germany.

The youngest person to serve in the US Armed Forces was twelve years old. His name was Calvin Graham. He was wounded in battle and given a Dishonorable Discharge for deceiving the Navy about his age. An Act of Congress later restored the benefits due him as a veteran.

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45 Surprising & Weird Facts About WWII That Will Leave You Baffled! - Page 2 of 2

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Of the 40,000 men who served on U-boats only 10,000 survived. The US Air Corps lost more men than the Marine Corps. A serviceman in the Air Corps had a 71% chance of dying. Not that bombers were totally helpless. The 8th Air Force brought down 6,098 fighters, 1 for every 12,700 shots fired.

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Out of the more than 16 million Americans who served, 2 million served in Europe, though the war against the Nazis has an outsized place in the American imagination. That number of enlistees is remarkable. The US population in 1945 was 140 million, so roughly 11% of all Americans fought in World War II.

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Over 60 million people were killed, which was about 3% of the 1940 world population (est. 2.3 billion). World War II fatality statistics vary, with estimates of total deaths ranging from 50 million to more than 80 million.

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How many people died during World War 2?

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Answer (1 of 15): First, the word ''Casualty'' means; person killed or injured in a war or accident. World War II gathered the richest harvest of human life in the history of the world. In total, it is said that 72,468,900 people died However Estimating the number of deaths caused by war or ot...