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World War II interview

 

            
             Today is Saturday November 15, and I"m going to interview my Great-Grandfather about World War II.
             : Today grand-dad I"m here to interview you about World War II. .
             : Okay.
             Now can you give me a specific date or year when World War II began.
             the second world war began in 1939 as a European conflict between Germany and an Anglo-French coalition but eventually widened to include most of the nations of the world.
             Were there any advances in this war?.
             Yes I"ll have to say that the greatest advances were in air craft and tanks.
             What is one cause of this war?.
             One cause of the war was Europe's refusal to pay their War debts.
             l: What was going on during World War II?.
             During World War II isolationism was going on in Europe and Hitler was trying to take over Germany.
             This may be a odd question but did World War II scare you.
             I wouldn't say that world war two scared or frightened me but it did frighten thousands of people around the world.
             When did World War II end?.
             World War II ended in 1945, leaving a new world order dominated by the United States and the USSR.
             l: Well I think that's enough questions thank you very much for you time.
             : Alright, April.
             This concludes my interview with my grandfather. Now that I have heard his feelings about World War II it makes me think how the world can go into World War III.
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