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That is to say, if Hitler had been given a much longer jail sentence in Munich and kept behind bars so he couldn't have taken power and WW2 could never have happened? And what would Europe be like today? Any different?
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I am sure it would be. Not only Europe but the rest of the world as well. But your question is really a two part answer. Taking WWI and the Treaty of Versailles into account, WWII would probably have happened anyway, it was not only Hitler that caused the war all by himself, single-handedly. But be that as it may, WWII and its outcome caused many changes to the power structures in the world, for example:
If WWII hadn't happened:
- Britain, France, etc. would have remained colonial powers, as they only gradually lost their colonies after the war due to a changing world order
- US only became a "super power" after leaving isolationist policy to join the war [and be the only country on the winning side to not have been devastated]
- Communism via Russia wouldn't have had such a vast or powerful impact and would certainly not have had as much territory
- use of nuclear energy and the atom bomb would either not have happened at all or have taken a lot longer to achieve [nuclear race during war]
- computers and the internet would have taken longer to realise [military "inventions"]
- women's rights movement would probably not have taken place in the 60s [women working during the war helped the WRM a lot]
- the state of Israel would probably not exist today [without the holocaust and its associated guilt, the Jews would not have had the same kind of bargaining power]
- the holocaust wouldn't have happened and there would be many more Jews still in Europe; also many thinkers, scientists, artists, Romany, homosexuals, etc. etc. would still be alive, or at least wouldn't have died in death camps [the Jews weren't the only ones murdered in those camps]
- many thousands of immigrants to other countries [such as US, SA, Australia, NZ, etc.] would in all probability still be in their European country of origin [many Europeans immigrated after the war]
- the world population would have been a lot higher than it is now, since an estimate of between 50 to 70 million people died during the war
The list goes on. The fact remains that WWII [nevermind its causes] changed the world.
I am sure it would be. Not only Europe but the rest of the world as well. But your question is really a two part answer. Taking WWI and the Treaty of Versailles into account, WWII would probably have happened anyway, it was not only Hitler that caused the war all by himself, single-handedly. But be that as it may, WWII and its outcome caused many changes to the power structures in the world, for example:
If WWII hadn't happened:
- Britain, France, etc. would have remained colonial powers, as they only gradually lost their colonies after the war due to a changing world order
- US only became a "super power" after leaving isolationist policy to join the war [and be the only country on the winning side to not have been devastated]
- Communism via Russia wouldn't have had such a vast or powerful impact and would certainly not have had as much territory
- use of nuclear energy and the atom bomb would either not have happened at all or have taken a lot longer to achieve [nuclear race during war]
- computers and the internet would have taken longer to realise [military "inventions"]
- women's rights movement would probably not have taken place in the 60s [women working during the war helped the WRM a lot]
- the state of Israel would probably not exist today [without the holocaust and its associated guilt, the Jews would not have had the same kind of bargaining power]
- the holocaust wouldn't have happened and there would be many more Jews still in Europe; also many thinkers, scientists, artists, Romany, homosexuals, etc. etc. would still be alive, or at least wouldn't have died in death camps [the Jews weren't the only ones murdered in those camps]
- many thousands of immigrants to other countries [such as US, SA, Australia, NZ, etc.] would in all probability still be in their European country of origin [many Europeans immigrated after the war]
- the world population would have been a lot higher than it is now, since an estimate of between 50 to 70 million people died during the war
The list goes on. The fact remains that WWII [nevermind its causes] changed the world.
What do you think are the 20 most significant locations of WWII?
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Why do you think the country is at it's place of 1, 2, 3 and so on til 20?
You don't have to do all 20, just as much as you can.
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Please support your answers
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In no particular order:
Munich (The Burgerbraukeller) ~ Hitler's first political success
Poland ~ Invasion of Poland brought England and other Allies into direct conflict with Germany
The Warsaw Ghetto ~ The first step in Hitler's 'Final Solution' for Europe's Jewish population
Berlin ~ Centre of Hitler's government
The Bunker (Berlin) ~ Where Hitler retreated in the last months of the war, leaving his country to its fate
London ~ Hub of Allied war efforts
Paris ~ Centre of continental European efforts against the Nazis and later of the Petain Government which supported the nazis
Rome ~ Centre of Mussolini's government
Singapore ~ Entire Australian Division lost
The Kokoda Track ~ Death march
Dunkirk ~ the great evacuation from under Hitler's nose
Tobruk ~ Australian soldiers held siege for five months, breaking the 'blitzkrieg' tactic and sapping dwindling German supplies and resources in North Africa
Pearl Harbour ~ Attack on the US by Japanese forces led to US becoming combatants
Leningrad ~ Where Hitler became bogged down on the 'Russian front', sapping his resources
Guam ~ Victory by US forces signalled beginning of US 'return' to South Pacific, and a turning point in the war against Japan
Changi ~ POW forced labour camp and scene of internment of thousands of Australian and other troops by Japanese military
Dachau KZ (concentration camp) ~ the first concentration camp
Auschwitz ~ the biggest and most 'efficient' concentration camp, and the first opened to public view by victorious Allied forces
Borneo ~ Beginning of end for Japanese forces when Australians captured Borneo
Hiroshima ~ Site of first atom bomb drop took Japan virtually out of the war
Best wishes :-)
In no particular order:
Munich (The Burgerbraukeller) ~ Hitler's first political success
Poland ~ Invasion of Poland brought England and other Allies into direct conflict with Germany
The Warsaw Ghetto ~ The first step in Hitler's 'Final Solution' for Europe's Jewish population
Berlin ~ Centre of Hitler's government
The Bunker (Berlin) ~ Where Hitler retreated in the last months of the war, leaving his country to its fate
London ~ Hub of Allied war efforts
Paris ~ Centre of continental European efforts against the Nazis and later of the Petain Government which supported the nazis
Rome ~ Centre of Mussolini's government
Singapore ~ Entire Australian Division lost
The Kokoda Track ~ Death march
Dunkirk ~ the great evacuation from under Hitler's nose
Tobruk ~ Australian soldiers held siege for five months, breaking the 'blitzkrieg' tactic and sapping dwindling German supplies and resources in North Africa
Pearl Harbour ~ Attack on the US by Japanese forces led to US becoming combatants
Leningrad ~ Where Hitler became bogged down on the 'Russian front', sapping his resources
Guam ~ Victory by US forces signalled beginning of US 'return' to South Pacific, and a turning point in the war against Japan
Changi ~ POW forced labour camp and scene of internment of thousands of Australian and other troops by Japanese military
Dachau KZ (concentration camp) ~ the first concentration camp
Auschwitz ~ the biggest and most 'efficient' concentration camp, and the first opened to public view by victorious Allied forces
Borneo ~ Beginning of end for Japanese forces when Australians captured Borneo
Hiroshima ~ Site of first atom bomb drop took Japan virtually out of the war
Best wishes :-)
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