Thursday, November 18, 2010

Pearl Harbor, a Conspiracy?





          So i was doing some research on all the things that make people think that pearl harbor was all a conspiracy that was originated at the top; FDR. There was some really interesting things that made it sound pretty convincing. For instance, it said that the oil embargo with Japan was on purpose because they knew it would make the Japanese angry. Also there was a coded message intercepted by the navy the day before the attack that they gave to FDR. It basically was a secret declaration of war of Japan on the US. After reading it, FDR did nothing about it. There was another message that said pretty much the same thing that Washington denied the existance of. Also three days before attack, Australian intelligence saw a fleet of Japanese aircraft carriers headed towards Hawaii. FDR was informed but he said it was just a rumor started by republicans. So my question is, why would FDR ignore the evidence? Because he wanted war but didn't want to start it? That sure gives him an excuse to start a war. What do you think?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Why/How did the Germans go to such legnths to destroy Britian's empire?

The Germans wanted to destroy Britians empire because that would give them all of the British colonies across the world. If Germany had all of this land they would be that much closer to world domination, which was what they wanted.

How was WWI a Global War?

World War One was a global war because Germany and Britian had colonies all over the world. This caused fighting in many different countries across the world including Europe, the Middle East, in the Pacific, and throughout Africa. With battles taking place in many different countries, WWI turned global.

Nick Driscoll's WWI Propaganda


Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Blame Game

Although not many people agree with me, I believe that it is Russia's fault for the start of WWI. When you really look at the whole alliance system, it shows that the cause for everyone getting into the war was Russia. Ill explain; if Russia never declares war on A-H to back up Serbia, then Germany never jumps in to help out A-H. And then, by Germany not being in the war, France and Great Britian don't have to get involved because they only come in because of Germany being in the War. And to top everything off, Russia was the first to mobalize their troops. So bascially, without Russia in the war, it is a one-on-one fight between A-H and Serbia, and there wouldn't be a World War.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

The Madagascar Plan

In the late 1930's the Nazis considered the idea of taking all of the Jews and forcing them to emigrate to Madagascar. Then in 1940, the plan started to take life. The plan involved moving four million Jews over the course of four years. Since Madagascar belonged to the French the Germans needed to create a peace treaty that involved the German control of Madagascar. Another thing that needed to happen was a German victory in the Battle of Britain so the German controlled British fleet could be used for transport. The plan fell apart because of the heavy resistance of the UK in the Battle of Britain, and because in 1942 French and British forces took complete control of Madagascar.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

What Creates a World War? What Would Create One Today?

I think that a world war is created by one extreme act by one country. Then another country steps in to protect the people that are affected by that act. Eventually it will snowball into a world war because the other countries that are allied with the original countries will step in to help. With all of these countries fighting on one side or the other it creates a world war. I believe that a world war could be created today if other countries went to the aide of the middle eastern countries fighting the U.S. This would force the U.S to get back up from our allies causing a world war.