genocide (fun right) Flashcards
when was the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima also who caused it
august 6 1945 in Hiroshima
august 9th of the same year in Nagasaki both caused by USA
why dis America do things
American politicians felt that it was their national interest to drop the atomic bombs because the Japanese were not going to
surrender It was thought that this action would save thousands of
American soldiers.
how many people died during Hiroshima and Nagasaki
in Hiroshima 80 000 of the instant death toll but around 100 000 to 200 000 of total deaths
nagasaki estimated killed around 75 000
how was propaganda used against the Jews in 1940s Germany
it was used to push that they were the root cause of the treaty and everything bad in their nation the government admits they dies but not that it was a genocide
what is the Armenian genocide
Armenians were targeted for being Christians and for fighting for self-determination and stuff so the Turks had to kill them
what is the ukriane famine?
this is when Russia made collective farms after they took over Ukraine and then the Ukrainians refused so Russia locked then in their country and nothing could get in or out and they had to sell all there food
what were the crimes in former Yugoslavia
in the country, there were Serbs and non-serbs and the Serbs formed an ethnic-national in so they had to kill all the non-serbs this caused war and UN tried to bring people to refuges but that wasn’t enough some people thought thus the country was gone
what is the term ethnic cleansing
genocide but with a different name to make it sound better
what about the Rwandan genocide
in 1994 the genocide started this genocide was of the Hutus killing Tutsis both groups have been struggling to keep power but when the presidents plane was shot down it started and in the end, 800 00 people or 90% of Tutsis died
