How Ww2 Changed America

Imagine countless bodies lying on a ravaged battlefield soaked in the blood of fallen soldiers, craters scattered over the land from the impact of heavy artillery, smoke tainting the air. This is what the second world war was like, and in all of the fighting, all of the death, America left the war changed forever, and most importantly for the better. World War II was the sole war that spurred the greatest change in the United States of America than any war it had experienced, in its past and the future. During the war, the United States had many weapons and military advancements that were created due to the conditions of the war, which changed the the nation and the world forever. Likewise, at the war’s conclusion we emerged as a world superpower with great economic and military …show more content…
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