World War 2 was one of the many wars that occurred during the 20th century. During this brutal war many countries, people, and history were changed. Now, years later from a different point of view, the Germans and Japanese accomplished nothing but killing innocent people. The greediness behind the Germans and Japanese in the 20th century would change everyone's lives .
forever.
How Did This War Start?.
The Germans had a powerful army in the 1930's led by a very powerful leader named.
Adolf Hitler. He was a greedy man who wanted everyone to have blonde hair and blue.
eyes. He wanted everyone the same and to be the only leader in the world. Hitler started his.
conquest for land in 1938 when he annexed Austria followed by threatening Czechoslovakia. When Hitler increased his demands on the Czechs, war seemed almost.
certain. The British and French had meetings with Hitler and Mussolini but they could not stop them from putting demands on other countries. Soon after the meetings Hitler captured Czechoslovakia and seized a former German port. He moved on by putting demands on Poland and the Polish Corridor. In September 1939, France and Britain agreed to support Poland and they soon declared war with Germany.
How Did The US Get Into The War?.
First of all Japan had no natural resources in their country therefore, they relied on oil products from the US. On July 27 1941, President Roosevelt stopped all trading with the Japanese. This meant Japan had no fuel to run their military forces. Japan forces then went and attacked the East Indies and took over all of their fuel. Shell was the company that owned most of the fuel products in the East Indies. Shell's head office was in England which led European forces to be involved in the war against Japan and Germany. When the US stopped trading with Japan they took this as a hostile act but, Japan still tried to make peace with them. A Japanese ambassador even asked for a peace discussion with the secretary of state.
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