WWIII?

I don't think there will be a WWIII in our lifetime. There are lots of wars going on and there will be lots of wars in the future, but I don't think there will be a war as large as WWI and WWII. There hasn't been a world war in over 60 years so I don't see any reason for one to break out now. The United Nations is now a big organization which is doing its best to keep peace. During the first two world wars there was no such organization keeping peace and the League of Nations was just a failure because there weren't too many countries that joined. The United Nations plays a big part in keeping the peace and tying together the countries so that they can talk over problems and not go to war. Nobody likes war and I'm sure if a war did break out, it would end quickly before too many countries joined.
Also, now, unlike 50 years ago, people keep traveling and moving to different countries. Before, there weren't many nationalities in one country and if there were, they all wanted freedom. Now it's different because if people move to a country other than their own country, it is because they want to. People from all different parts of the world are friends now. There isn't a high chance that many countries will go to war on a large scale. Before, countries all wanted power, colonies, fame, etc. but now they get money and power by building their economy, and not trying to take over other countries. We don't have people like Hitler who want to take over the world. Lastly, if some countries were having a problem, they wouldn't go to war to fix it because now we have technology much better than the technology we had before and communication is much better. This is why I don't believe there will be a WWIII in our lifetime.

Anne Frank Roundtables

4) Anne Frank wrote: “I don’t believe the war (World War II) is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!” (May 3, 1944.)The Nazis needed Dutch collaborators to carry out their fascist decrees. What would have influenced someone to become a collaborator? What factors would have encouraged someone to join the resistance? Do you think these factors were based on personal characteristics or political beliefs? How should accountability for wars be assigned? So many say they never understood what was happening. How likely could that have been?

I agree with Anne Frank and I think that the common man is also guilty for the actions taken during WWII. Politicians did play a much bigger role, Hitler was by far the worst, and it was his fault, but I think that if the common man hadn't allowed it, Hitler wouldn't have gotten so much power. People might have been influenced to help the Nazis because they were scared of Hitler, and scared of dying. Many of them were also desperate and wanted their economy to be boosted and be able to live a better life. They also wanted money and a job, so they joined the Nazi party. At the beginning, I don't think they really knew what was happening too much. As the war started going on, they must have known what was happening though. If they quit their jobs, it wouldn't have allowed Hitler to kill so many people. The people who mainly joined the resistance were probably Jews, and other people Hitler was seeking to kill. They were people who didn't fear their lives as much as the people who joined Hitler. They knew he was wrong in what he did and that is why they stood their ground and did not join him.
This is why I think Anne Frank was right in what she said.

World War II: A Letter from the Battlefront

Wolburgsweg 36c, 10825 Berlin

October 15, 1939

Dear Mom,
Today, I am sitting in one of the multiple recovery rooms of St. Peter's Hospital. I am slowly recovering from the several injuries I received during the German invasion of Poland which I was a part of. We, the Germans, won the battle, but as a person, I can't say I won. Bombs were dropped on helpless towns killing the screaming women and children in seconds. Tanks were coming in from every side of Poland leaving no one to know what was coming next. The Polish were greatly outnumbered with their 180 tanks, and 240 aircraft compared to our 2,600 tanks and 2,000 aircraft. They were not prepared for an attack like this and had no chance to win against our 1.8 million troops. I had been excited for war, but now I can hardly live knowing that I have killed so many innocent people for the good of Hitler. I try to assure myself that its the good of Germany and the rest of the Germans, but how can anyone obtain good from murdering and slaughtering people like you would chickens?


We invaded Poland from 3 fronts. East Prussia from the north, Germany from the west, and Slovakia from the south, forcing the Poles to retreat to the east. About two weeks after we started the invasion, on September 14, Warsaw was completely surrounded by our troops. This is when, on September 17, the Soviet Union attacked from the east leaving Poland completely surrounded by enemy forces. (Just a week before the attack, we signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, a treaty of non-aggression between us and the Soviets which allowed us to attack Poland.) In order to get the rest of Poland under our control, we started using our "Blitzkrieg" tactics and also bombed many villages and towns which left the air black with smoke and the ground orange with fire.

By early October, Poland had surrendered to the German forces, but not without doing enough damage to us. They lasted twice as long as we had suspected killing about 50,000 men, and destroying 697 planes and 993 tanks. This wasn't the only damage the attack of Poland cost us though, on September 3, just 2 days after our attack, Britain declared war on us followed by France, and many other countries. Here I am at the hospital, getting better from these injuries while I think of all the people we killed, people who can never get better. People just like us, who won't get to live the rest of their life, and the people who are getting into war as I write, many who will die as young men. It is a requirement that I go into war again when I recover, but I hope to be home soon, and I hope this war ends soon before too many more lives are taken.

Your son,

Albrecht

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Recipe Poem for World War II

Ingredients:
-1 cup of a failure of the Treaty of Versailles
-2 cups of the failure of the League of Nations
-5 cups of fascism
-1 pint of Hitler
-1 teaspoon of Mussolini
-1 table spoon of Stalin
-5/8 cups of aggression from Japan
-3 cups of aggression from Germany
-4 teaspoons of appeasement
- 1 cup of an invasion of Poland and Czechoslovakia
-1/2 cup of anger

Directions:
In a large bowl of hatred, mix the 1 cup of a failure of the Treaty of Versailles with 2 cups of the failure of the League of Nations until smooth.
Blend in 3 cups of aggression from Germany with 5/8 cups of aggression from Japan.
Combine with 5 cups of fascism, 1 pint of Hitler, 1 tablespoon of Stalin, and 1 teaspoon of Mussolini. Stir the mixture with spoonfuls of power.
In a separate bow of regret, for the icing, mix together 1 cup of an invasion of Poland and Czechoslovakia with 1/2 cup of anger.
Bake for 10 minutes while the mixture slowly starts changing. When it's ready, add the icing which will be just enough to complete this blend of emotions.
Now you'll have a well done World War II.

Animal Farm Critique

I think the movie Animal Farm was a pretty good adaptation of the book. When I found out that it was a cartoon, and that the animals didn't speak much, I didn't think it would be too good, but it was. I didn't find too many important ideas in the book that were missed out in the movie, or many ideas in the movie that were not originally in the book although there were differences. One difference was how characters such as Clover, Moses, Muriel, and Mrs. Jones were not clearly identified in the movie. The movie did do a good job in showing characters such as Napoleon, Boxer, and Squealer though. They also showed Benjamin in the movie, although he seemed much more cynical and negative in the book compared to the way the movie showed him. The one major difference I found was the ending. The novel ends when Clover, Benjamin, and some other animals watch as the pigs and humans take advantage of them and learn how Napoleon was only thinking of himself and was no better than Farmer Jones. At the end of the movie, there were no humans, only pigs, and there was a glimpse of another revolution where the animals would get rid of the pigs.
I liked the novel and the movie, but I think the book was better. It's hard to pick one, because they were both good, but I did think the book was better. First, although the movie might have been visual, the book described everything much better. Secondly, the animals actually talked in the book which made it easier to understand while the movie was rather vague because no one said anything. It was kind of annoying when the narrator kept coming in, too. Lastly, the characters were better shown and described in the book than in the movie. Also, there would be no movie without George Orwell's book, so I think the book was better.

Which Animal Are You?

The character that I am most like in this book is Clover. This is because she is like me in many ways. First of all, she is a very supportive friend. When Boxer was sick at the end, she stayed by him the whole time. She not only loyal to her friends, but to all the animals on the farm too. She's a hard worker and she doesn't let them down. Also, she knows somethings wrong when Napoleon takes over, and she knows that things aren't going right, but she doesn't really know what to do about it. She has difficulty speaking out for herself sometimes, although she knows somethings wrong for fear of the pigs and dogs. I am similar in a way because sometimes I know what to do, but I won't always speak out about it. She doesn't give up because she knows that everyone has to work in order for the farm to run correctly. When anyone's sick, she stays to help them and she also comforts the younger animals from the dogs. I share these characteristics with her too, and this is why I think I'm most like Clover.