Question

How did invasion affect the Jews in World War II?

Answer 1

Hint: The Axis forces (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies were the major combatants (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China).

The Allies are led in the first place by the United Kingdom of Winston Churchill; the Soviet Union of Joseph Stalin; Charles de Gaulle; and Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. (United States). Adolf Hitler (Germany), Benito Mussolini (Italy) and Hideki Tojo were the leaders of the Axis (Japan).

Complete answer:
Second World War -
The Second World War, also known by its name as the Second World War, involved virtually all parts of the world in 1939–1945. The main warriors were the Axis – Germany, Italy, Japan – and the Allies – France, UK, US, Soviet Union and, to a lesser degree, China. China was the most powerful warrior. The war was a continuation of the disputes unresolved by World War I, following an inconvenient 20-year hiatus. During the Second World War, 40,000,000 – 50,000,000 deaths have made it the most bloody and the largest war in history.

Causes of WWII –
On 1 September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, World War II began in Europe. On 3 September Great Britain and France reacted with a declaration of war against Germany. On June 22nd, 1941, with German occupation of the Soviet Union, the war between the USSR and Germany began.

The Pacific war began on 7-8 December 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor's American naval base and other US, Dutch and British military installations in Asia.

WWII invasion affect the Jews –
i) German Jews had previous to the outbreak of World War 2 already suffered violence discrimination and marginalisation. The fate of European Jewry became much worse when Hitler invaded Poland and began the 2nd WW.

ii) In Poland, the Jewish population was around 3.3 million at the start of the war. More than 3 million had to die.

iii) In Eastern and Western Europe, this pattern was replicated often with the active cooperation of local people and authorities. Only Denmark has made serious attempts collectively to protect its Jews.

iv) Jews were rounded up and imprisoned in ghettos in the East under the most dreadful conditions. Hundreds of thousands of people died as a result of this. There were also mass shootings, such as in the Baltic states and near Kiev at Babi Yar.

v) Hundreds of thousands of Jews were killed by killing squads known as Einsatxgruppen, which were part of the regular German army. Local militias and even civilians who were encouraged by the Germans also assisted them. Anti-Semitism was not limited to Germany; it was prevalent in Europe and had a long history.

vi) At last the Germans developed a network of extermination camps primarily in Poland, in view of the numbers involved, for reasons both logistical and humanitarian (that is to say, the murderers and the victims).

Therefore, the invasions trapped the Jewish communities and frequently sealed their destinies with the support of indigenous peoples.

Note:
The war's turning points were -
The Battle of Midway (June 3–6, 1942), an American victory that disabled Japan's first-line carrier force and, along with the Battle of Guadalcanal, ended Japan's ability to wage an offensive war, turned the war in the Pacific against them.

With the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad, the tide of the war in Europe changed (February 1943). In the defence of the capital, more than a million Soviet troops and tens of thousands of civilians died, but the defeat of two entire German armies marked the beginning of the Third Reich's demise.