At the end of World War I, Germans could hardly recognize their country. Up to 3 million Germans, including 15 percent of its men, had been killed. Germany had been forced to become a republic instead of a monarchy, and its citizens were humiliated by their nation’s bitter loss.

The First World War had a profound impact on Minnesota. Political movements at home clashed with growing efforts to silence opposition to America’s involvement abroad. Growing patriotic fervor led to fear and suppression of Minnesota’s immigrant, and especially German, populations.

During World War I, Minnesota nativists waged an all out war on German culture in the state. Leading the charge was the Minnesota Commission of Public Safety, headed by Governor J. A. A. Men tarred and feathered in Minnesota during 1918 campaign by anti-Nonpartisan Leaguers, c. 1918.

He made mistakes but he nor Germany were the “bad guys”. Germany bullied Austria in to attacking Serbia and then bullied them into rejecting peace overtures from Russia, and actively sabotaged peace overtures. Then they declared on France and Russia. Then they attacked Belgium, who was entirely neutral.

World War One Essay Although Germany is blamed for World War One because they contributed greatly to the sequence of events that led to the catastrophe, war clouds were hovering over Europe by early 1914 due to extensive military build up by European nations, violent nationalistic aspirations amongst cross border Slavs …

Russia was part of Triple Entente along with Britain and France, waging war against central powers, but in 1917, Russia withdrew from the great war( aka World War 1), since there was an socialist revolution was taking place in the country and it was going under a turmoil with internal revolution, that they could not …

Dunkirk evacuation, (1940) in World War II, the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and other Allied troops from the French seaport of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) to England. When it ended on June 4, about 198,000 British and 140,000 French and Belgian troops had been saved.

1940s

• Winston Churchill Becomes British Prime Minister. Battle of Britain.
• Four Freedoms. Lend-Lease Act.
• “Final Solution” for Jews. U.S. Interns Japanese-Americans.
• Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Casablanca Conference.
• D-Day. Battle of the Bulge.
• Roosevelt Dies – Harry Truman President.
• Nuremberg Trials.
• X-1 Breaks Sound Barrier.

Famous actors, sports stars, authors, artists, and scientists are all represented in the 1940 census, including well-known celebrities such as Clark Gable, Albert Einstein, E. E. Cummings, Babe Ruth, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Entertainment in the 1940s were watching movies, going to sporting events,watching TV, listening to the radio, and going to dances or party’s.

The 1940s (pronounced “nineteen-forties” and commonly abbreviated as “the 40s”) was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949….1940s.

Motion pictures were also extremely popular. Ninety million Americans went to the movies every week during World War II. Many of the most popular movies and even the cartoons sported war themes, especially after the U.S. and its allies experienced some success in their campaigns.

Here are a few of the most popular foods from the 1940s.

• Gold Nugget Cake. It turns out that banana bread isn’t the only sweet treat that calls for days-old bananas.
• Jell-O Salad.
• Lord Woolton Pie.
• Potato And Hot Dog Salad.
• Deviled Lobster.
• Plum Charlotte.
• Oslo Meals.
• Meatloaf.

Here are 30 foods and drinks people were discovering and enjoying in the first decade of the 1900s.

• Popcorn. C Creators & Co./Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain.
• Campbell’s Soup.
• Orange Omelette.
• Milk Chocolate Hershey Bars.
• Lady Baltimore Cake.
• Peanut Butter And Jelly Sandwich.
• Oysters Rockefeller.
• Pigs In Blankets.

The United States later declared war on German ally Austria-Hungary on December 7, 1917. Germany’s resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917 became the primary motivation behind Wilson’s decision to lead the United States into World War I.

Over a million were evacuated from towns and cities and had to adjust to separation from family and friends. Many of those who stayed, endured bombing raids and were injured or made homeless. All had to deal with the threat of gas attack, air raid precautions (ARP), rationing, changes at school and in their daily life.

In response to World War II, some American artists served government and military agencies by creating art to celebrate American history and culture in the name of defense. Ultimately, the visual arts in America were fundamentally transformed as the United States took a prominent role on the global stage.