why were the germas called the axis in world war 2?
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The word axis has several meanings:\n\nIn mathematical contexts, including physics and engineering, it often means a coordinate axis. \nIn geometry-related contexts, such as engineering drawings, it can also mean an axis of rotation, or an axis of symmetry \nIn anatomy, the axis is the second cervical vertebra of the spine. \nIn politics, it may refer to: \nA quasi-mathematical parameter which is used to describe some characteristic of someone or something. See Political spectrum. \n\nThe Axis Powers of the Second World War were : Germany/Italy/Japan because they were pivotal powers that held a bloc of land which made other nations (the alliedpowers) need to attack them from different fronts. \n\nThe Axis Powers were those opposed to the Allies. The 3 major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, referred to themselves as the "Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis". At their zenith, the Axis powers ruled empires that dominated large portions of Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, but they were ultimately defeated at the end of World War II. Like the Allies, membership of the Axis was fluid, and some nations entered and later left the Axis during the course of the war.
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axis- germany(and its conquered countries), italy,japan were main ones here\nallies- england(and it's colonies),russia,france(before they were invaded), and eventually USA were main ones here
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They are derogatory terms meant to hurt the enemy. "Kraut" comes from sauerkraut, a food that originated in Germany. Hun refers to bands of uncivilized tribes who invaded Europe during the Dark Ages. And Bosch is a French term used to insult the Germans.\n\nThese names are comparable to calling Islamic terrorists "Towel heads." Not nice.
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I worked for Germans ..its in their blood. When people think of "the GESTAPO" they think of b movie SS guys following you around. That was not true. The GESTAPO for the most part were just beurocrats, clerks for the most part who shifted through info that people were giving them. The neighbors WOULD SPY ON EACH OTHER, and they would turn each other in. In East Germany they kept the same system, but it was the STASI. I have some eurotrash german neighbors, and the grandma said knew by boss and would report me cause I told her to shut the he11 up!My old job I was told on all the time, either to the boss, or to the friggin union, because I wouldnt put up with their crap.The left wing guys over here are really funny...they will spend all day talking about how they hate the cops and how they are big anarcists and the law is all scum, but again when I told a guy he was full of it the first thing he screamed was "Im gonna call the police"  I really wish we gave them the Morgantau Plan instead of the Marshall Plan
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The germans held most of the allies in high respect, certainly the British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African, and U.S.\n\nThey were contemptuous of the French.\n\nIn World War one, the Canadians held a piece of front line where there was heavy fighting and thousands died on both sides. This is a place called Vimy Ridge and it is now a  living memorial with all of the trenches and tunnels preserved and a big monument. The French government gave this little piece of France to Canada as a mark of thanks and respect.\n\nInterestingly when the Germans took France in 1940, Hitler himself visited Vimy Ridge and insisted that its status as a part of Canada should remain unchanged.\n\nI guess you can take from that that the Canadian nation was held in high regard, even by the enemy.
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During WWII, Canadians and Americans joined the British Air Force to fight against the Nazis before their own countries were at war.  That is a good example of fighting for another country against a tyrant dictator.
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Yes, because Germany used submarine warfare against our friends, Great Britain. They also used the Zimmerman Note to make Mexico against us.
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It widened due to the expanisionist policy of the Nazis.  Simply: they wanted to go and invade everyone else.  This caused some people to get a bit peeved, and they started to fight back.  The more the Nazis threatened or invaded other nations, the more countries joined the allies.
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germany,Japan,Italy (Axis powers)
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WWII was thought of Germany's "revenge" or rebirth after the shame it was brought due to the Treaty of Versailles. Germany was made to pay the countries it affected after the war and limit the number of military troops. Germany was not present during the discussion of the treaty and it felt wronged. Hitler used this is a spin to bring the Germans to rally behind him. WWI is actually considered the "unfinished war" and WWII was just a continuation.
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Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the control of the National Socialist German Workers Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP), or Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as chancellor and head of state. Nazi Germany worked in close proximity with and was allies with Imperial Japan (under Emperor Hirohito) and Fascist Italy (under Benito Mussolini) under the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo Axis, which participated in World War II against the allies, led by the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union.\n\nThird Reich, used as a near-synonym for Nazi Germany, is the English for the German expression Drittes Reich, roughly Third Empire, but the second word is seldom translated. It refers to the government and its agencies rather than the land and its people.\n\nThe Nazi Party deliberately attempted to combine traditional symbols of Germany with Nazi Party symbols in an effort to reinforce the perception of their being one and the same. Thus the Nazi Party used the terms "Drittes Reich" and "Tausendjähriges Reich" ("Thousand-Year Reich") to connect the glorious past to its supposedly glorious future. In speeches, books and articles about the Third Reich post 8 May 1945, the 1000 years is often juxtaposed against the twelve years of the Third Reich's existence. The terms were used only briefly and dropped from propaganda in 1939, officially to avoid persiflage, possibly also to avoid religious connotations.\n\nDuring their twelve year rule, the Nazis sent massive armies throughout most of continental Europe. Ideologically, the Nazis endorsed the idea of a Greater Germany, with Berlin renamed Germania as its capital, and integration of all people of supposed pure Germanic origin. This policy manifested itself in the systematic extermination of an estimated eleven million people of racial minorities within Germany and majority populations in some other European countries (Jews, Gypsies, Slavs), political opponents (liberals, communists), social outcasts (the disabled, homosexuals), and politically neutral groups and religions (such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons), as well as opposing inhabitants and tens of millions of others as a direct or indirect result of combat.\n\nChronology of events\n\n    * Weimar Republic (includes the events leading to Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany in 1933)\n    * Hitler's rise to power\n    * Gleichschaltung (for the legal measures taken by the Nazis to establish their dictatorship)\n    * World War II (with a focus on military events)\n    * Axis Powers\n\n[edit]\n\nPre-War Politics 1933-1939\nBerlin during the Nazi era.\nEnlarge\nBerlin during the Nazi era.\n\nIn the wake of the First World War and subsquent economic depression, many German voters began turning their support towards Adolf Hitler's radical Nazi Party, which made great promises of an economic, cultural, and military renewal for the fledgling country. On January 30, 1933, Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg after attempts by General Kurt von Schleicher to form a viable government failed. Hindenberg was put under pressure by Hitler through his son Oskar, as well as intrigue from former Chancellor Franz von Papen following his collection of participating financial interests. Even though the Nazi Party had gained the largest share of the popular vote in the two Reichstag general elections of 1932, they had slim majority in parliament within the Papen-proposed Nationalist DNVP- NSDAP coalition. This coalition ruled through accepted continuance of un-Constitutional Presidential decree issuance under Article 48, prevalent in all Chancellorships since October 1931.\n[edit]\n\nConsolidation of power\n\nThe new government installed a dictatorship in a series of measures in quick succession (see Gleichschaltung for details). On February 27, 1933 the Reichstag was se
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Thule is both the German and the Panamian name for the lost continent of Atlantis.Hitler sought it fervently,or maybe he knew about its destination...you never can tell.
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World War 2, was won by the allies, Due to their ,Unity, Discipline, &Superior Weapons, Training, STRATEGY,& Courage.\nAlso due to the ULTIMATE ISOLATION, of GERMANY, & THE fact that the GERMANS, tried to fight on SO MANY FRONTS, SIMULTANEOUSLY.
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Actually, due to the treaty of Versailles, post WWI Germany was susceptible to many forms of totalitarianism.  There were communist, socialist as well as the group that finally won out, the National Socialist.  While the Nazis sounds like a left leaning organization, they were in fact a right leaning fascist party.  In fact, the Germans had units fighting in Spain, during the Spanish Civil war fighting for Franco and his group.
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Don't you mean PATTERN?? Patton was a general during WWII.\n\nChow!!
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over 45 million. world war 2 was because Hitler was being a jack ass.
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Although anti-Semitism had existed since the establishment of Christianity Jews were only one of Hitler's target groups for elimination. In his quest to purify and strengthen the German race Hitler ordered the killings of Jews, Blacks, Homosexuals, Gypsies, Handicapped persons, the mentally ill hospitals, the elderly, the homeless, Slavs, and even World War One Veterans who had lost limbs or had otherwise become dependent. The reason Jews seemed to have been singled out in the Holocaust is because Hitler used them as a scapegoat for the problems following WW1. Hitler gave the downtrodden German people a face to put the blame of their dire situation. He accused the Jews, because they were different, of bringing down Germany from the inside. You would have to admit that Hitler's greatest achievement was making a whole country believe that less than 1% of their population, the Jews, were to blame for WW1 and it's consequences. With everyone's attention and anger directed at the Jews Hitler was free to eliminate other "unacceptable" people, many his own countrymen, without opposition or even notice. The reason that it's usually a Jewish person who speaks at assemblies is because they made up the largest portion of the Holocaust therefore others didn't survive or have likely passed on.