Bulgarian, Romanian and Hungarian involvement in the Second World War

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

5 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

07/13/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction
Role of Nazi's in the 2nd world war
Bulgaria as a part of Axis Powers in 1941
Role of Germany
Role of Romanian-Hungarian animosities in undermining the alliance with Germany
Conclusion
Bibliography

Abstract

The second world war is commonly misconstrued as an ongoing altercation perpetrated by the singular vision of a power-hungry maniac. Yet to assign accountability to Hitler himself is to ignore the conspiratorial actions of the Nazi's minor allies, whose participation in the war was less about the realization of Hitler's dream of world domination and more about the protection of national interests. More specifically, smaller powers like Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria each had their own reasons to join forces with the Nazis, none of which had to do with the collective Nazi effort. As Nazi Germany grew in the early years of the war and shrank in the final days of battle, peripheral regions like Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary became crucial to the changing tides of the war. Yet throughout the conflict, each country functioned as something of an indiscriminate revolving door, allowing Nazi Germany to occupy their territory and direct its military involvement. Yet in all three cases, neither Bulgaria, nor Romania, nor Hungary supported the ideology of the Nazi Regime, yet was often found to be complicit in the war effort. The question remains, then why where these countries involved? As smaller nations tied to the war by virtue of geography, none of these countries had the ability to exercise their own political will in the face of Nazi Germany, and were forced to adopt this ideology only insomuch as the preservation of the nation was in jeopardy.