What We Should Learn About World War II

There are many stories of many tragedies, loses, and sadness that was in and followed World War II. To start, there were many ways the war impacted America and it changed American home life. There were many people who gave their lives to the war from America and other countries. A cause of the war was the stock market crashed. This led to very dark times for America. As you can see, many people all over the world suffered from this disagreement between countries.

World War II was one of the most significant wars in history. It is also the deadliest with a death toll of, approximately, 56.4 million; almost half of which were Soviet fatalities. Furthermore, the amount of people who met their demise during the time of this war is absolutely devastating. World War II could have been avoided if there was better cooperation and communication across the globe.

War is a conflict that destroys countries, lives, and alliances. The occurrence of the Second World War was a lesson unlearned, it happened despite the fact that the First World War had caused so many casualties and hardships to countless countries and families. After WW2 had started, the United States of America decided to stay neutral based on how they were trying to get out of previous economic troubles from the Great Depression and the World War I. United States foreign policy allowed us to supply to the Allies while still remaining neutral, however, our oil embargos on the Japanese prompted their attack on Pearl Harbor. America’s outrage over this infamous event brought us into the Second World War with all our might and anger. America’s

Stud Terkel’s “The Good War” is a book of oral histories from World War Two that shows many different accounts and aspects of living life in World War Two or actually being on the battlefield. The interviews range from soldiers, admirals, house wives, kids, nurses and many other people in the world experiencing World War Two. There are also people who had firsthand accounts from Russia, England, France and even Japan. I believe this book of memories is a far more effective way of understanding the history of World War Two rather than a book of hard facts and statistics because “The Good War” demonstrates how firsthand accounts in World War Two makes you feel like you’ve been on the battlefield or out on the home front. It creates visual images in your head with the amazing detail that some of the soldiers described. These stories are compelling to read and it draws your attention in. There are limitations of just having a book about oral histories, the person could emphasize and talk about something that was important to them and not others, they could distort the memories to what they want to remember or they could even exaggerate or do the opposite and leave very little detail. Interviews such as Lowell Steward’s, Akira Miuri, John H Groove, and Telford Taylor show how effective oral histories can be.

World War I was a ghastly experience for the soldiers due to what they experienced during the war. Many of the Soldiers that were drafted in the war were young and fresh out of high-school. These young soldiers left their home, away from family and friends, to fight a war not knowing if they were going to return home. These young soldiers hardly had any training before being forced to fight a war and many had lost their lives. These young soldiers were finding themselves losing their youth and innocence during the war. For those who returned from the war they came back a different person. While the outside world was living carefree lives; these soldiers were living in monstrous horror.

The battle of World War II was a very difficult thing to go through. “World War II began on September 1, 1939, when 1.5 million German troops invaded Poland.”(World War II) World War II made people leave their families and go fight. It also got countries involved that originally weren’t and don’t need to be involved. There were allies and there were Axis powers, allies helped other people and then there were countries that just kept attacking others.(World War II) The war kept causing more damage and harm but didn’t force countries to join. “The number of countries participating in the war on either side increased over the course of the next two years to include virtually all the countries of the world.”(Canada Enters World War II)

World War Two really was the greatest war ever! Who could forget about the brave soldiers that died ever so gloriously? What about the way that we went from the worst economy in American history back to relative economic normality? And most importantly, how could anyone ever forget about the unity that arose on the home front from this foreign crisis? World War Two did have its glamorous points, but we must never forget about some of the horrors that emerged. The citizens of the United States of America have a distorted memory of the war and this has led them to a misleading legacy. The negatives of this long and deadly war are often overlooked for the sake of military glory and pride. In the book The Best War Ever by professor

From 1939 through 1941 millions were faced with the violence and devastation of World War II. Life on the Homefront in the United States and Great Britain was difficult and overwhelming.World War II was one of the most bloody battles in history, and most of whom were civilians.In this paper, we will explore what life is like for people during a terrifying war.

Even though over sixty million people died during the war, it brought major leaps in technology, many of our modern technology came from World War II. The war also laid groundwork that was occurring, such as, the end of European colonialism, Women’s rights, and the civil rights movement of the United States. Americans didn’t want to enter the war because

Scenario 1: A 5-year-old child arrives in the emergency room with her father who does not readily understand or speak English. The little girl has severe arm pain and is visibly scared. Her dad insists he accompany her into the imaging suite and only wants a female tech to do her study.

World War II, also called Second World War, was one of the most significant events of the twentieth century. The primary combatants were the Axis powers―Germany, Italy, and Japan―and the Allied Powers―mainly France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and to a lesser extent, China. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, initiating what would be the most destructive war in all of history, taking tens of millions of military personnel and civilians down with it. The Allies were victorious. Many unforgettable and iconic events ensued, including the commencement of concentration camps, persecution of Jews, attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day, and bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

My grandfather’s story was an amazing one. While he talked he spoke about so much passion the soldiers had fighting in the war. He told the story how the one day he had to go out into battle. The United States troops fought in the horrible plains, and tangled, unbearable woods. They walked through swamps, and lived in horrible conditions. My grandpa said that being on the field there was an almost seventy percent chance of being killed. The living conditions were so bad than many of the soldiers died along the way while moving locations.

World War II was a horrible event that will be remembered as one of the darkest Points in human history. With estimates of deaths ranging from 60 to 80 million, it is unthinkable to imagine that this chaos was allowed to grow and erupt as it did. Many Americans in the United States, simply thought the madness in Europe would be contained to that continent. However, a new enemy brought the war to our shores.

During the Thirty Years War, Armand-Jean du Pleases, Cardinal de Richelieu, France’s chief minister, thought of the brilliant idea to create a foreign policy that would have Europe at a satisfactory level. The foreign policy would have Central European countries run divided but there would be a balance of power between all the major powers at that time (23). The Peace of Westphalia was were “the concept of state sovereignty was established” (26). The Peace of Westphalia ensured that each country would have their own religion, structure, and politics, and it would not be taken over by another country. For more than two centuries, Richelieu’s time as France’s chief master, to Bismarck’s proclamation of the German Empire, that foreign policy

The United States has been involved in many conflicts, but the World Wars are two of the major conflicts, which many people lost their lives. World War II, being the more recent war, is the war that the United States should have entered earlier than they have. The World Wars are two of the most violent wars we have had in the world, but World War II, was by far, the more hurtful war out of the two. World War II has violated many human rights, and has produced many social injustices to the people who have suffered during this war. Millions of people could have been saved from the Nazi’s lust for purity if the United States would have entered the war earlier than they have.