World+War+Two

by Cameron, Grade 6
 On September 1, 1939, German forces invaded Poland. This was a very sad day for Polish citizens, as they raised their arms in a Nazi salute. Hitler began to set up concentration camps all over Poland. He was a ruthless monster who did anything to be supreme. Hitler believed that the Aryan race should rule the world. He wanted to conquer the world, and he got close, because he conquered most of Europe and some of Africa. If the US and Britain hadn’t stepped in, Germany could have ruled the world.

Japan and the United States fought against each other. They constantly fought at sea. They both sank their share of ships. The United States imprisoned Japanese- Americans in internment camps. These were basically prisons where they were treated unconstitutionally. These were American citizens who were denied their American rights.

In 1945 the Japanese bombed a small military base in Hawaii called Pearl Harbor. Almost 3,000 people were killed, and it also damaged many navy ships. This angered the United States so much that they decided to use a weapon they constructed with devastating power. It was called the atomic bomb. It used power which came from an atom which was split and unleashed enormous amounts of energy. This would become one of the most deadly weapons in history.

This weapon was dropped on two Japanese cities: Nagasaki and Hiroshima. This attack killed almost 70,000 people, and it affected Japan for years to come. World War II was a very violent war which claimed millions of lives. It was a war which separated families and left people in anguish and sorrow.