The United States entered the war on the side of the Allies after Japanese attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7th‚ l941. World War II was fought between the Axis‚ which included Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ and the Allied included Britain‚ United States‚ Soviet Union and France. More than 50 million people died during the war. It was the most terrible war in the history of humanity. Since America entered the war suddenly after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor‚ many people
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For many African Americans‚ the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Black joined the military in large numbers‚ escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet‚ like the rest of America in the 1940s‚ the armed forces were segregated. The Army accepted black enlistees but created separate black infantry regiments and assigned white commanders to them. Of the more than 2.5 million African Americans who registered for the draft
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Introduction Two pieces of technology that stand out in the history of World War II are Radar and Bombsights. Both technologies played a crucial role in the defensive and offensive strategies of all the countries involved. During World War II RADAR saw its first use in combat operations. Although radar came of age during the war (Goebel) it is often referred to as the weapon that won the war and the invention that changed the world. Radar was a technology that allowed land bases to detect incoming
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if Britain wouldn?t have been involved in World War II? Britain played a major role in the war and had many major victories. ?I have nothing to offer but blood‚ toil‚ tears and sweat? (Churchill). Britain was considered a powerful force during World War II at sea‚ land and air due to expertly executed tactics‚ strong leadership‚ and the support of allies and troops. The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II‚ running from 1939 to 1945. The Battle of the
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Although World War II originated in Europe‚ Japan’s views on expansion aligned well with Germany’s and led to a strong alliance between the two‚ allowing war to spread towards the Pacific. Prior to Germany’s expansion into Sudetenland‚ Rhineland‚ and annexation of Austria‚ Germany had already withdrawn from the League of Nations. Hitler had convinced all of Germany that they needed Lebensraum or “Living Space” for the Aryan race‚ otherwise known as Germans (Fascist Expansion Notes). This push for
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Versailles was the peace treaty that officially ended World War I between the Allied and Germany. The Allies created a League of Nations and armed with concept of a 14 point treaty that would stop war forever. The treaty was forced on Germany‚ in doing so they had to accept sole responsibility for starting the war. And that they had to pay for all the damages‚ decrease their military and surrender territory. With Germany unable to pay for the war and the hardship that it was putting on the people.
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Segregation during World War II was at its lowest point in history‚ but one group called the Triple Nickles worked through it and became highly tuned fighting machines‚ never getting to show their worth in the front lines of the war. The African Americans of the 555th trained the same if not more than the regular caucasian paratrooper. Due to segregation of the time period all African Americans were treated worse than prisoners. Then they got a break‚ and felt their calling as smokejumpers out in
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World War II took place from 1939 to 1945‚ and led to over 60‚000 military and civilian casualties. The War affected every country in the world‚ so when it became clear that Germany and her allies were being defeated‚ the world breathed a sigh of relief. Unfortunately‚ the surrender that came from most German allies in the rest of the world was not a predisposition the Japanese shared. They refused to surrender until the United States dropped atomic weapons on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima
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Air Raid Shelters in the United Kingdom During World War II World War II broke out on the first day of September‚ 1939. Over 60 million people lost their lives in the war and the air raids which were taking place were one of the causes of the death of both civilians and soldiers. During the severe years of the world war‚ civilians in Britain had to be protected from the air raids of Axis powers‚ particularly from the air raids of Luftwaffe‚ the German air force. Therefore various types of air raid
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Pacifism during World War II During the World War II battle some people believed that pacifism was the answer toward stopping it. George Orwell‚ one of the most important controversial writers during the twentieth century‚ was stunned and enraged at the people who believed pacifism would help end the war. How can someone expect to win by being pacifist when the enemy cannot be reasoned with? Orwell’s passionate antifascism during War World II led him into conflict with the liberal pacifist movement
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