War is inevitable, and when it occurs America must know how to properly handle it. In the 1940’s war hit hard across the globe, marking the time of World War II. America decided to respond with closed arms, secrecy, and useless utilization of our power.
The majority of World War II revolved around the persecution of Jews, so naturally the Jews fled to other countries attempting to escape their doom. When these refugee’s came to America, “Americans still opposed admitting large numbers of Jewish refugees into the United States” (LaCapria, Kim), our country was hesitant to let them in. This was caused by the irrational idea that Jews were harmful, and put American’s lives and jobs at risk, especially in recovery from the Great Depression. …show more content…
In 1944 there was a bombing in Rome, Italy at Monte Cassino; one lieutenant named General Mark Clark claimed, "I say that the bombing of the Abbey...was a mistake...It only made our job more difficult, more costly in terms of men, machines and time"(“Famous Quotes”). Although this is one of the smaller battles amongst the war, it still meant the brutal death of innocent citizens and soldiers lives’ and used precious time. There could have been many other wasted battles similar to that one and smaller mistakes like this lead to bigger more destructive mistakes, which cannot be afforded in the time of war. Towards the end of the war America sent a major bomb to Japan who was already in the process of surrendering, these were Dwight Eisenhower’s thoughts on it, “….Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, …. I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives”(“Hiroshima”). Eisenhower was right, the country abused the power of the atomic bomb, and sacrificed thousands upon thousands of innocent lives and not only that, but it was costly, atomic bombs are not cheap to make or deploy. It also put a bad reputation on America’s name, the ones who used extreme measures for unnecessary
The majority of World War II revolved around the persecution of Jews, so naturally the Jews fled to other countries attempting to escape their doom. When these refugee’s came to America, “Americans still opposed admitting large numbers of Jewish refugees into the United States” (LaCapria, Kim), our country was hesitant to let them in. This was caused by the irrational idea that Jews were harmful, and put American’s lives and jobs at risk, especially in recovery from the Great Depression. …show more content…
In 1944 there was a bombing in Rome, Italy at Monte Cassino; one lieutenant named General Mark Clark claimed, "I say that the bombing of the Abbey...was a mistake...It only made our job more difficult, more costly in terms of men, machines and time"(“Famous Quotes”). Although this is one of the smaller battles amongst the war, it still meant the brutal death of innocent citizens and soldiers lives’ and used precious time. There could have been many other wasted battles similar to that one and smaller mistakes like this lead to bigger more destructive mistakes, which cannot be afforded in the time of war. Towards the end of the war America sent a major bomb to Japan who was already in the process of surrendering, these were Dwight Eisenhower’s thoughts on it, “….Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary, …. I thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives”(“Hiroshima”). Eisenhower was right, the country abused the power of the atomic bomb, and sacrificed thousands upon thousands of innocent lives and not only that, but it was costly, atomic bombs are not cheap to make or deploy. It also put a bad reputation on America’s name, the ones who used extreme measures for unnecessary