How things changed after World War II
World War II started with a healthy list of rich powerful countries. At the end of the war only two so called super powers were left. The United States did not want any part of the war effort originally. The only program that was in place was the Lend-Lease Act which was put in place to provide relief to free countries to help bounce back from what the war was doing. This essay will cover why the United States joined the war and how the war was ended. The war did change the world, but exactly how did all this change things on the home front? Was it for the better? Or worse? Just as the introduction paragraph states we did not want anything to do with the war. The U.S. was fairly fresh off of another war and let’s not forget about the depression that was going on. It was not until December 7th 1941 that the United States …show more content…
It became painfully clear that simply providing aid was not making everyone happy. Japan pulled off a massive sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which costs a huge amount of American lives. This callous act essentially forced the hand of the country to join in on the …show more content…
and the Soviet Union. This would led to the Cold War between the two countries that would last for many decades. One other major change was the beginnings of the baby boom. After my time in the military I have seen a very similar result from quite a few co-workers having children after deployments. Of course it was not to this scale, but one other interesting similarity is the war brides many of our military members end up marrying women from the country they serve in much like that in World War II. Another change was the location in which people lived most went from living on farms and in the bigger cities to living the suburban life. This may have also been another driver in the baby
World War II started with a healthy list of rich powerful countries. At the end of the war only two so called super powers were left. The United States did not want any part of the war effort originally. The only program that was in place was the Lend-Lease Act which was put in place to provide relief to free countries to help bounce back from what the war was doing. This essay will cover why the United States joined the war and how the war was ended. The war did change the world, but exactly how did all this change things on the home front? Was it for the better? Or worse? Just as the introduction paragraph states we did not want anything to do with the war. The U.S. was fairly fresh off of another war and let’s not forget about the depression that was going on. It was not until December 7th 1941 that the United States …show more content…
It became painfully clear that simply providing aid was not making everyone happy. Japan pulled off a massive sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which costs a huge amount of American lives. This callous act essentially forced the hand of the country to join in on the …show more content…
and the Soviet Union. This would led to the Cold War between the two countries that would last for many decades. One other major change was the beginnings of the baby boom. After my time in the military I have seen a very similar result from quite a few co-workers having children after deployments. Of course it was not to this scale, but one other interesting similarity is the war brides many of our military members end up marrying women from the country they serve in much like that in World War II. Another change was the location in which people lived most went from living on farms and in the bigger cities to living the suburban life. This may have also been another driver in the baby