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World War Two from an alternative point of view

Adrian Rodriguez

RWS 1302
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World War Two from an alternative point of view

In most cases our history books show us for the most part, the bright side of history, the

Anglo point of view, or for example in a war or conflict we always learn it from the victors or the

conquerors point of view. One great example of this is how we are used to learn history is World

War Two. World War Two was conflict that started out in Europe with the rise of power of one

nation and its ambition for world domination. In the early 1939 Germany invaded Poland, which

initiated World War Two. Our history books usually shows the perspective of the main

contributors to the war, or Allies which were the ones who came to victory. I plan to not talk

about the Allies point of view, but the Axis powers point of view either Throughout the war or

certain events. By doing this we would be aware about that specific nation's values of why they

believe what they are doing is the right thing. Learning history from another point of view is

super important because we can have a better understanding of the event that occurred.

"The Battle of Berlin: An Eyewitness Account" by Gerda Drews, this topic's genre type

is a typography. The Thesis of this topic explains the how German people are living and what

they are going through during and after the battle of Berlin. Gerda wants to inform people that

the German people suffered too, especially towards the end of the war as they are closer to

defeat. The intended audience is to anyone studying history or simply just an average person.

Gerda's main rhetorical appeal was pathos, as throughout her story she wants to raise awareness

of what occurred in those times. Gerda establishes credibility and appeals to ethos by informing

the reader about names and dates. In the end Gerda appeals to logos by using personal

experiences of the event.

Also another source would be "World War Two from the German point of view" has no

clear author, this source is an iconography. The thesis of this source is how the Axis powers are
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going through the war. The intended audience for "World War Two from the German point of

view" is to anyone studying history. The intended audience for "World War Two from the

German point of view" is mainly to Nazi fanatics. The video appeals to pathos as it uses a

depressing tone or mood to describe or portray its information. The video's ethos is utilized by

using dates, names and locations . The video appeals to logos as it used personal accounts like

stories and quotes of the German people.

Both topics speak about the horrors committed by the allies, while using a depressing

tone as they include information and eye witness accounts. One of the differences is that "The

Battle of Berlin" talks about atrocities committed by the allies, while "world war two..." talks

about the war in general. Both topics achieved their purpose as they both tried to inform us.

Iconography was more effective as it had visuals, music, color and had more information.

The goal of this assignment is to learn the motives, values, and the point of view of the

side we are not used to learn from. This is important because we can learn more about this event

and also why it happened. Throughout this topic we would learn what is going on in the minds of

the Axis power's leadership, military, and civilian population. We might even see that if we

where to put ourselves in their shoes we might have reacted the same or if not believed and

accepted what was going on was right. It is important to learn history from both sides of the story

so we can have a much better understanding of the topic or event