World War II is the most gruesome large scale war in recent history, leaving Europe in ruin even worse than World War I. WWII saw ushered in a time of unprecedented military production and might, with ever improving war technologies such as in airplanes, battleships (the Yamato, Musashi, and Bismarck for example), and most importantly, nuclear weaponry. WWII helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression, and established America as the world leader it had neglected to be during and after WWI. While much scientific and technological advancement came from the war, it also inflicted tremendous amounts of suffering, between the battle carnage and the Holocaust, over 60 million lives were lost. One of the positives of the war was
