The Spanish Flu and COVID-19 are actually very similar. Not only are the symptoms the same, the way to get the disease is the same. you get both diseases through touching your mouth or face after having touched something with the virus on it, or through the air. they also share the same non-pharmaceutical  interventions such as social distancing, wearing face mask, hygiene, quarantine and most stores were shut down indefinitely.

those who carried out the Holocaust really had no choice but to listen to the higher ups, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t accountable. instructions or not they have blood on their hands. holding responsibility depends on context, but matters of life and death cant be persuaded into moral correctness. it doesn’t matter if they were instructed to kill the Jewish. they still were part of the genocide of 6 million innocent people.

Its hard to choose one turning point of WWII, there are too many to choose from. For example the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Germany invading Poland, the battle of Britain, Hiroshima, and the Nazi’s surrendering ETC. I think that i think the Germans defeat was the most major out of all of them. You could argue the fact that the bombing of Hiroshima was the biggest turning point because it ended the war, but Germany was the strongest country during the war and the most troubling. After all they were the ones who started the war by invading Poland.

They shouldn’t have interned them when they have done nothing wrong. in today’s society the government would have extreme backlash if they interned an enemy alien. its wrong to give out imprisonment just because of your nationality or race, but i do understand where they were coming from. back in those times enemy aliens not being interned would grow fear amongst the Canadians, but Canada has evolved into a more accepting country over the years when it comes to race and nationality.

Hitler exploited people with their own fears and fed their anger by taking advantage of the democratic institute’s situation. He put all the blame on jewish people out of fear, anger and bigotry. his followers fought protesters in the streets raising fear of communism saying only he could restore law and order. Hitler can only be seen as evil using manipulative strategies based on lies and deceit on the people to carry out his wishes, but ill give credit where its due. Hitler was able to do all of this with his own strategies and skills making the whole nation believe him.

My favorite letter was from Rufus Snider, his inability to work because of his health is very prevalent as of now. not being able to work now and especially back then is life changing considering the economy is in such a struggle at the moment. with prices for goods getting more expensive by the day and shortage on essentials, you need to make as much money as you can to survive.

The great depression and 2020 have similarities. For example economy, in 1929 the economy crashed due to over priced goods, and because of that all Canadian citizens income were cut in half. you could say the same thing is happening as of now during COVID-19. The quarantine has resulted in income being cut because of restrictions on work. the economy has also been going through a stock market plunge for the past few months.

Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the Canadian expeditionary force for service overseas. Furthermore hundreds of thousand of additional Canadians worked on the home front. Canada’s contribution to the war impressive as it was over 7 percent of their population. Although a vast amount of Canadians participated in the war, many volunteers were rejected because they didn’t meet the specific criteria such as being 5’3 or taller, and being 18 to 45 years old. good eyesight, arched feet, and healthy teeth were essential. With 66,000 Canadians dead and more than 172,000 wounded, their immense sacrifice lead to Canada’s signature on the peace treaty.