Band 6: Describe a historical period/time you want to know more about. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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Well, I'm a guy who loves to explore the historical aspects of the past because from my childhood I used to learn a lot by reading history books. So now I want to learn many things about a specific period, which is none other than World War II. I know we have many books and documentaries about World War II, but I don't really know if they are accurate because of the biased information. I learned that Adolf Hitler was one of the greatest leaders of Germany, but I don't know how he chose to kill many people during the war. He killed more than 2 million people in Germany, specifically targeting minority groups, particularly the Jews. I know many countries were involved in World War II, but I don't really know why they were involved and what the causes and reasons behind it were. If I ever get a chance, I want to learn more about those incidents. I heard that nuclear weapons were some of the most detrimental weapons of that time because they killed more than 20,000 people in Japan. A weapon that can kill 20 or 30,000 people is dangerous. So I really want to know why they used those kinds of weapons and what the necessity was for using them. This is what I would like to know about.

Actual audio transcript (What native speakers are likely to hear):

Well, I’m a guy who loves to explore the historical history of the period because from my childhood I used to learn a lot of things by reading the books of history. So now I want to learn about many things about a specific one and which is none other than about the world war 2. I know we have many books and documentaries about the world war 2 but I don’t really know if they are accurate because of the biased information. I learned that Adolf Hitler was one of the greatest leader of Germany but I don’t know how he chose to kill many people during the war. He killed almost like more than 2 million people in Germany and specifically the minor people actually and they were the Jews. And I know many countries were involved in world war 2 but I don’t really know like why they were involved and what was the cause and the reason behind it. And if I ever get any chance I want to learn more about those incident and I heard that nuclear weapon was one of the detrimental weapon for that time because it killed more than like 20,000 people in Japan on that time. So you know one weapon which can kill 20 or 30,000 people is dangerous. So I really want to know why they use those kinds of weapons and what was the necessary to use those kinds of weapons. So this is what I would like to know about.

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