Essay, Research Paper: World War II -- Essay

Essay on
World War 2

War is one of the most tragic things in our
world today. It is even sadder that usually it comes around at least once
in our lifetime. In the 20th century alone we have already had two huge wars.
These wars were call the World Wars simply because they involved most of the
big countries of the world. Many people have died in these wars.. especially
the second World War. That is my focus for this essay.

The leader
of Germany at the time of WW2 and the person who most think started WW2 was
a man named Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler was born in Austria. By the time that
World War 1 started in 1914, he was living in Germany. He served well in the
German Army and for that he earned a medal for bravery. At the end of the
war Hitler decided to take up politics. By 1921 he was already the founding
leader of the Nazi party. Hitler was an incredibly racist man and he had a
great hate for Jews. By 1933, Hitler gained political power by winning the
election. Soon after he made himself absolute dictator, calling himself the
Fuhrer which means "Leader". By the end of the 30's he was already sending
Jews off too concentration camps to meet a horrible death.

I believe
that Hitler was one of the greatest causes of World War 2. Although there
are many other reasons, he was definitely one of them. Another reason was
the Treaty of Versailles. This was the treaty that was signed at the end of
World War 1. This treaty outlined the rules that Germany must follow because
of their defeat by Britain and France. Many Germans were angered by the treaty,
for most of the rules in the treaty were unfair and Germany lost a great amount
of wealth. One of the cruelest reasons for the war was Hitler's racist hate
for Jews. He would send them off in cattle cars to places called concentration
camps were they would be slaughtered by the thousands.

World War 2
was huge and involved a lot of countries. There were thousands of battlefronts
and warsites. The two main battlefronts were the battle front between Britain
and Germany and the battlefront between the Japanese and the Americans. These
battlefronts were split up into smaller battlefronts even still. Many lives
were lost in the air, on land and in the sea. Some of the most notable battles
were: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Midway and The Battle of the Atlantic.


Since the US and Canada were at war with the Japanese, Japanese Canadians
were treated very poorly. The government had decided that all or most Japanese
Canadians, even if they were born in Canada had either go home or go and live
in one of the camps.
These camps were made to keep all the Japanese Canadians
together in one location. But the fact was that these camps were very dirty
and not fair treatment. Also, the government took away all Japanese possessions
and without the Japanese knowing, they were auctioned off at a fraction of
their original value! This treatment went on for all of World War 2 and Japanese
Canadians were not treaty fairly for many years after. Just recently the government
of Canada has decided to pay compensation for their losses but most agree that
it doesn't even come close to what they lost.

One of the greatest outcomes
of the war was the great world power shift. For more than a century Great
Britain had been the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. But
they used up too many resources in the wars and their status greatly decreased.
One person even wrote that it is not Great Britain any more... it is just
Britain. People all over the world suffered through this war. Hundreds of
thousands of people died. All for the sake of their countries. And you know
what? No one actually gained anything from it. The fact is that all of the
countries (excluding the US) lost much, much more than what they gained. Britain
lost their power, France lost lives and land, Germany lost everything and
Japan
lost thousands of civilians in their suicidal attacks called Kamikazes.


In my opinion the war was a total waste. Although some people will tell
you that we fought and gained the peace that we have today and have had for
almost fifty years. People fought for 5 years and lost more than 50 billion
dollars. Do think it was worth it? Now, maybe if governments use the past
as a guide to the future we won't have to fight such a bloody battle ever again.
Especially with nuclear weapons so easily obtainable.

this has to be one of the worst essays ive ever seen...you'd probly be better off printing a screen shot of wikipedia....

this has to be one of the worst essays ive ever seen...you'd probly be better off printing a screen shot of wikipedia....

I actually love this essay helped me alot you shouldn't have made a subtitle on each new paragraph.