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