Tuskegee Airmen Research Paper

Like many great stories there is always a beginning. The legendary Tuskegee Airmen’s story would begin with the start of World War II. Europe was very vulnerable due to the first world war. As a country in Europe, Germany was effected by the instability. Adolf Hitler took advantage of this weakness and allied with the National Socialist party. This party is also known as the Nazi Party. Together, they changed how the people of Germany thought of Jews. Similarly to African-Americans in America, the mindsets they adopted were very negative. Pursuing world domination, Hitler signed many treaties with other countries such as Japan and Italy (“World War II History”). In September of 1939, Hitler and the Nazi party invaded Poland, and war was declared on them by France and Great Britain. World War II had officially began, which led to the creation of the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were used by the US Army Air corps as an experiment “to see if Negroes (primarily African-Americans) had the mental and physical capabilities to lead, fly military aircraft, and the courage to fight in war” (Who Are the Tuskegee Airmen?). As the first African-American men to ever fly planes in a war for the United States of America, their success was vital for ending inequality within the country. Even with unfavorable odds, the brave Tuskegee Airmen not only had a major impact on winning World …show more content…
Beginning in 1939, it was created through the Civilian Pilot Training Act as a response to the fear of impending war. It was also constructed because other countries in Europe had already made programs similar to the CPTP. However, The United States was especially concerned about the program that was created in Nazi Germany who were “claiming they were civilian in nature when their motives were actually militaristic” (Sargent). The program’s main goal was to train twenty thousand pilots each