How Did Ww2 Change The World

Seventy-five years ago, one word repeated three times changed the world forever. “Tora, Tora, Tora” was heard through the radios on Japanese fighter planes. They had been given the final go-ahead for their attack on pearl harbor. The pacific theater of World War Two was the most savage and cruel of the many fronts the war was fought on. The Pacific war had a large impact on the world as we know it. Some historians will argue that the second World War did not begin in 1939 with Hitler’s invasion of Poland. They would claim that the war began in 1931 when Japan invaded Manchuria. Manchuria was a region in northeastern China that was rich in natural resources. Japan pursued expansion for the same reasons as its allies in Europe. They believed that they were racially superior and desired more space for their people to live. The invasion of Manchuria is chronicled as extremely brutal as executions and rape were commonplace. The United States did little to prevent Japan’s atrocities until August of 1941 when President Roosevelt banned the sale of oil to
Their most famous defeat came at the Philippines. The Japanese began their attack on the Philippines on the same day as the Pearl Harbor attack. The soldiers stationed in the Philippines were badly outnumbered and were being overrun on the Bataan peninsula. President Roosevelt commanded General Douglas MacArthur to flee. As General MacArthur was leaving, he made his famous vow saying: “I shall return.” Although General MacArthur fled, the GIs were left to fend for themselves. Without their general, they couldn’t last long. The American and Filipino soldiers defending the Philippines were forced to surrender. The American and Filipino soldiers were forced to march eighty miles in just six days to a prison camp. Anyone who stepped out of line or showed signs of fatigue was shot. A total of ten-thousand men died along the