Harry S. Truman, the former president of the United States, once stated, “Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid; they have earned our undying gratitude America will never forget their sacrifices (“The G.I. Bill of Rights”). Indeed, he witnessed such a sacrifice in his lifetime: World War II was the deadliest war in American history with approximately 291, 557 killed in battle, beating the Civil War by only 87, 487 confirmed deaths. War World II was a horrendous war, that led to a colossal amount of carnage. While the war took the lives of many valiant American soldiers, it introduced new technological advancements that not only changed the outcome of the war, but it also changed the
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Nazi scientists conducted tests on volunteer soldiers to see how the human body would react to certain situations. Being unsatisfied that they had all the data they could get, the Nazi scientists as a result moved on to the concentration camps (“Top 10 Things The Nazis Got Right”). Experiments performed on unwilling participants, such as the twin experiments were extreme methods of torture. Such as the case with the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele, who supervised a horrifying surgical procedure sewing two Gypsy twins together to create Siamese twins. As a result of this experiment, gangrene rapidly spread throughout their body and they died a few days later (“Josef Mengele, Angel of Death”). The cruel and unusual torture methods demonstrated in these experiments shows just how corrupt people can become as they psychologically spiral out of control and continue their descent into …show more content…
World War II may have led to the destruction of many unfortunate lives, but the outcome of the war outweighed those who had lost. The war permanently changed the world, whether it was for the better or the worst. In other words, new technological and medical advancements ultimately came into existence because of increasing pressure of the war effort and trying to get an advantage over the enemy. Many valiant American soldiers perished on the battlefields, but the memory of their sacrifices will forever live on as long as we remember why we are here and that they died for our freedom. Their heroic sacrifices for our country inspired some of our greatest advancements in modern history that not only turned the tide of the war in the favor of the Allies, but it also changed the world for the
Nazi scientists conducted tests on volunteer soldiers to see how the human body would react to certain situations. Being unsatisfied that they had all the data they could get, the Nazi scientists as a result moved on to the concentration camps (“Top 10 Things The Nazis Got Right”). Experiments performed on unwilling participants, such as the twin experiments were extreme methods of torture. Such as the case with the infamous Dr. Josef Mengele, who supervised a horrifying surgical procedure sewing two Gypsy twins together to create Siamese twins. As a result of this experiment, gangrene rapidly spread throughout their body and they died a few days later (“Josef Mengele, Angel of Death”). The cruel and unusual torture methods demonstrated in these experiments shows just how corrupt people can become as they psychologically spiral out of control and continue their descent into …show more content…
World War II may have led to the destruction of many unfortunate lives, but the outcome of the war outweighed those who had lost. The war permanently changed the world, whether it was for the better or the worst. In other words, new technological and medical advancements ultimately came into existence because of increasing pressure of the war effort and trying to get an advantage over the enemy. Many valiant American soldiers perished on the battlefields, but the memory of their sacrifices will forever live on as long as we remember why we are here and that they died for our freedom. Their heroic sacrifices for our country inspired some of our greatest advancements in modern history that not only turned the tide of the war in the favor of the Allies, but it also changed the world for the