Saturday, August 05, 2006

 

2nd World War

ANNE FRANK.

Anne Frank lived during the 2nd world war as a Jew. She lived in Amsterdam in a secret annexe to escape the German Nazis. While she lived there she wrote a diary about her experience.

PEARL HARBOUR

Pearl Harbour was were Japan bombed the USA colony of Pearl Harbour. This lead to America, a powerful enemy, being involved in WW2. Pearl harbour was a USA naval training base.

After the bombing of Pearl Harbour 4 more battles occurred in which Hiroshima and Nagasaki was bombed before America beat Japan.

PROPAGANDA
Propaganda is a type of advertising. In ww2 it was used to make people believe something. By doing it in a subtle way the people didn’t realize what was hapenining to them. In ww2 posters said things like “coughs and sneezes spread diseases. Trap germs in your hankerchief, keep Britain fighting fit” They also wrote things saying don’t waste money from the war effort on bugs with a picture of a bug with a Hitler hairstyle. To say don’t waste war effort money because that’s what Hitler wants.

Black propaganda is when you try and damage the enemies’ morale. An example of German black propaganda is when the English were fighting in Italy the Germans dropped leaflets saying back in merry old England the Yanks have lots of money and time for your women. The British dropped leaflets on Germany about anti nazi campaigns and pretended they were written by Germans to make German’s confused if there was a revolution against the Nazis or not.

THE NAZIS GAIN POWER

The requirement for the Nazis when they came to power was to sort out Germany’s economy (money). Hitler ruled a dictatorship and anyone who was anti-nazi, Jews, gypsies or did not agree with Hitler was sent to a concentration camp. However when news of Hitler poisoning himself seeped out weeping was common.

If you were a youth you were expected to go to Deutshes Jungvolk and then if you were a boy Hitler Jugend (HJ) or Hitler youth and Bund Deutsher Madel if a girl. Every man before becoming a soldier had to swear an oath to Hitler: “I swear by god this sacred oath, that I will give unlimited obedience to the leader of the German Reich and People, Adolf Hitler, and as a brave soldier will be ready to stake my life for this oath at any time”.

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