Recent questions tagged wwii

Description : Why did holocaust happened?

Last Answer : Which holocaust? There have been several.

Description : How do these photographs make you feel?

Last Answer : Sad. I hope it will never happen again, but I'm sure it will. Next time they probably won't target the Japanese, they will target another people group (there are plenty to choose from). They, meaning ... the power to do so, in the US or anywhere else. History is full of this type of behavior.

Description : Do you think President Obama is right in saying that he will not apologize for Hiroshima bombing?

Last Answer : He has nothing to apologize for. Was he even alive at that time?

Description : What is this Oskar Gröning and Eva Kor story about?

Last Answer : My guess, it's for them about reconciliation. The man accused made no attempt to deny the charges, though it may well be argued that his involvement was peripheral. This guy's conviction ... faced the decisions confronting him at 22 nor the decision of whoever bore responsibility for his conviction.

Description : Have you ever known someone who is angry all the time, and also blames other people for mistakes that are obviously their own mistakes?

Last Answer : I did and it turned out they were bi-polar.

Description : To what extent should those who joined the Nazi party to avoid persecution be condemned?

Last Answer : I think if someone joined becasue they were genuinely in fear for their lives or they were in fear for their families lives then I don't think they should be punished at all. I think probably ... torture people against your will to save your or your loved one's lives, should be punishment enough.

Description : If the Confederate States seceded from the US during the 1860's and became a sovereign nation, would they have become an ally of Nazi Germany during WW2?

Last Answer : They would’ve remained neutral, but why wouldn’t they be on their side? They were in the business of preserving our lord and saviors master race and obtaining more lebensraum for them. Lol.

Description : Do people in Germany and Japan feel that their countries "started" WWII?

Last Answer : The actual people of these countries were not in control, it was the governments of these countries who started WWII. In Germany an egocentric took center stage & swept the people along who were ... think the government was looking for a way to surmount trade restrictions & a sense of superiority.

Description : Why was the US military occupation of Japan and Germany peaceful compared to Iraq and Afghanistan?

Last Answer : If you’re just going off pictures…....There are many pictures out there of soldiers having a good time with the locals of the cities they inhabited while in the Middle East. Conversely, there are also pictures of horrors from both wars.

Description : Would the Nazis have lost without US involvement?

Last Answer : The Germans had been broken at the battle of Kursk. US invasion only accelerated eventual German defeat.

Description : Today we remember Pearl Harbor,the Holocaust, the beginning of World War Two, but why do some hold this generation accountable?

Last Answer : Based upon car sales I’d say that Japanese / German prejudice is a thing of the past. I just came from a Bar Mitzvah celebration this weekend in Westchester County. There were so many BMWs in the parking lot it looked like an Oktoberfest Celebration.

Description : Can anyone recommend a good autobiography (or two) by jewish authors that survived the Holocaust?

Last Answer : There’s Elie Wiesel’s Night.

Description : Can you please direct me to some resources about life in the Japanese internment camps?

Last Answer : answer:I have an old friend from high school. He and his family were interned in a camp in the Philippines. He described how he, aged 4, and his sister, aged 6, were forced to watch another American ... nightmares and he is now 75. Would you like me to ask him how he feels about being interviewed?

Description : If Hitler had been assassinated, could the holocaust & world war II have been averted?

Last Answer : answer:I think there is every chance that things would have been changed. His generals thought his conduct of the war was wrong. I am not at all sure there would have been the will to see the Holocaust through.

Description : What is your opinion about using medical knowledge obtained in atrocities such as the WWII Holocaust?

Last Answer : answer:Of course we can't condone what happened, but knowledge is knowledge, no matter how come by. How many deaths could be prevented using the information they gained, and how many lost if we ... to reinvent the wheel by waiting for someone to discover the same information by more mundane means?

Description : Who was "CNO" (chief of naval operations) during Cuban Missile Crisis?

Last Answer : George Anderson

Description : Could Hitler have pulled off the Holocaust without Joseph Goebbels or someone of his skill?

Last Answer : I feel like all world leaders, particularly those who do terrible things, need someone to be the front man for their operation. Humans (hopefully) don't want to be part of atrocities, but ... spoon-fed the pablum of an administration spokesperson or a News channel pundit is not actually helpful.

Description : How much blame can you assign to WWII Nazis, and where is the line drawn between personal maliciousness and cooperation in order to not be persecuted?

Last Answer : Following orders during war is one thing. Human rights violations is another. They knew that what they were doing was wrong. Their actions went agents the Geneva Conventions. One thing being a soldier following orders. Another, when you help with the architectural design.

Description : Short Story of WWII Solider?

Last Answer : Average daily life for a German or Italian soldier, or daily avg. life for an Allied soldier in one of those countries?

Description : If you believe in ghosts can you tell me this?

Last Answer : I would say there are a few answers to this question. 1. First, not all spirits are here because of tragedy. It is only one possibility. Of course according to your example that would just add ... belief system wherever it comes from. But this is some information I have picked up about the topic.

Description : I want to know about jazz around WWII.

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Description : Why do kamikaze's wear helmets?

Last Answer : radio in the helmet, so that you can receive orders till the very end maybe?

Description : How many P-38s, P-40s, B-17s, B-24s, and B-29s are left that fly?

Last Answer : I don’t know but there are plenty of DC-3s still around.