World War II resulted in an estimated 70
to 85 million fatalities, making it the deadliest conflict in human
history. This number represents roughly 3% of the global population at
the time. The majority of these deaths were civilians, with estimates
ranging from 50 to 56 million, while military deaths are estimated between 21
and 25 million.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_casualties
Although most Americans
are familiar with the cause of the war in Europe, less understand is WHY Japan
became an aggressor in the war.
The link below
(from the History channel) provides more answers, and some of them go back
nearly 50 years:
There are a number
of factors that led to the wars in both hemispheres, but a complete analysis of
all of them would necessitate an article that could easily require at least 200
pages (with lots of notes) – which is why it is a project for another time.
In brief, though, here
are a few of the factors that contributed to the wars:
Henry Ford – author
of “The American Jew”
Eugenics – a course
of study that first started in 1893
The treaty of Versailles
The League of
Nations – although a total of 63 nations joined the league between 1920 and
1946, the United States was not one of them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_states_of_the_League_of_Nations
The burning of the
Reichstag on February 27, 1933
The appointment of
Adolf Hitler as chancellor on January 30, 1933 (he became president by decree
in August of 1934)
The Bank of
International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_for_International_Settlements
If all of the
factors listed above had been handled differently, it is entirely possible that
WWII would not have occurred at all.
For starters, read
the definition of a narcissistic personality.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/narcissistic-personality-disorder
You’ll quickly
realize that Donald Trump “checks all the boxes”
The nest step is
to look at the 14 characteristics of fascism:
https://ratical.org/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Again, Trump “checks
all of the boxes”
The political news
that we all get becomes more disturbing by the day, since we are rapidly becoming
very similar to the German of the 1930’s. The link below provides more details:
https://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2025/04/lets-pretend-that-we-are-germany-of.html
I recently
finished reading a book titled “The School that Escaped the Nazis “, written by
Deborah Cadbury.
In brief, it is
the story of brave German woman named Anna Essinger who successfully moved her
school in Berlin to England as the Nazis gained more power in Germany. If you
are interested in reading the book, I have listed some of the relevant pages
and topics below
Page 1 – the ghettos
in Poland in 1942
Page 5 – Anna Essinger’s
awakening
Page 13 – the rally
in Anna’s home town of Ulm in November of 1932 – Hitler was greeted with large
enthusiastic crowds, some of whom believe that Hitler was sent by God (does
this remind you of the Trump rallies in his first term?)
Page 15 – the burning
of the Reichstag
Page 17 – the establishment
of the first concentration camp in Dachau (which has a striking resemblance to Alligator
Alcatraz in Florida)
Page 23 – the role
of the Quakers
Page 28 – the opening
of the new school in England
Page 34 – the burning
of Jewish books on July 15, 1933
Page 37 – the capitulation
to Hitler (much like the Republican party of today)
Page 57 – the established
of Bunce Court
Page 66- the
Nuremburg Laws
Page 70 – the rise
of Nazi ideas
Page 82 – the rise
of the Gestapo
Page 95 – the establishment
of the SS
Page 99 – the alliance
with Mussolini
Page 106 – the Munich
Agreement of 1938 and Kristallnacht
Although I am opposed to almost all of Trump’s ideas, the one that infuriates me the most is the role of ICE. Like the Gestapo, officials of ICE have been kidnapping innocent people from a variety of places, often without due process.
The disgusting bill
that was just rammed through congress on July 4 increased funding for ICE to
$175 billion, which is more than the military budget of every country in the
world except for Russia and the United States. As of today, there are roughly
20,000 people employed by ICE, but there are plans to hire 10,000 more. The Gestapo
employed 32,000 people. In 1934, the population of Germany was 79,000 people,
which meant that the Gestapo terrorized roughly half of the population of
Germany.
The architect of
Trump’s immigration policies is his deputy chief of staff, a truly evil man
named Stephen Miller. Not surprisingly, Miller owns stock in Palintar, the data
processing firm started by Peter Thiel in 2003.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir_Technologies
The company has been criticized for its role in expanding government surveillance using artificial intelligence and facial recognition software. Former employees and critics say the company's contracts under the second Trump Administration, which enable deportations and the aggregation of sensitive data on Americans across administrative agencies, are problematic. Since Stephen Miller owns somewhere between $100,00 and $250,000 in Palintar stock, he benefits financially whenever someone is deported
I wrote an article about Miller in April
of 2019. If you read it again, you will have noticed that he bears a striking
resemblance to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister.
https://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2019/04/the-nazi-in-white-houe.html
So, where do we go
from here?
So far, the courts
have been able to rein in some of Trump’s excesses, but congress has been unable
to exert much control due to the fact that both parts of congress are controlled
by the Republican Party. Since their grip on power is extremely thin, the 2026
midterms have become very important. That also explains why Texas and a few
other states are thinking about modifying legislative maps now instead of 2030 –
and it also is why Gavin Newsome and other Democratic governors are fighting
back.
For now, all the rest
of us can do is to stay informed, stay calm, and protest whenever we can. Just
as importantly, try to focus on something besides politics as much as you can
so that you don’t go completely crazy.
