Allies of World War II

The United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, during the final stage of the Second World War. The war was reaching its end and the allies’ forces were preparing an anticipated costly invasion on Japanese mainland. Meanwhile the United States continue its campaign of bombing many Japanese cities in hopes of Japanese Leaders to accept their unconditional surrender. Japan who ask the Germans for help, the United States an aware of Japans…

With the victory at the conclusion of World War II, Americans experienced an all time high and viewed Dwight D. Eisenhower, Presidential candidate, as a savior—the man who defeated Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, and the man who ended the Korean War (after becoming President). Despite his early success, it soon became one of his administrations to avoid long, expensive, and inconclusive wars similar to Korea. While doing this, they also intended to balance the budget and control taxes and inflation.…

United States, with the help of scientists from around the world. During World War II, the Germans made advancements in the making of nuclear weaponry. This led to scientists to collaborate in the United States and create a nuclear weapon before Germany did. The race to create the world’s first atomic bomb between the United States and Germany began. Why did the United States make the atomic bomb? Well, science communities throughout the world found out that the Germans had made progress in…

The beginning of the Cold War occurred roughly near the end of World War II, where the Soviet Union divided occupied territory with the U.S. and the other Allied Powers. Desires among the emerging great powers caused relations to freeze over, causing little progress being made to maintain peace in the coming era. These failures were a result of the Yalta Conference, and the Korean War, with McCarthyism being a small factor. The Yalta Conference was the second meeting of the most influential…

In late 1942, the Bielski’s carried out a special mission that saved over 100 Jews from the Iwie Ghetto just before the Germans began to liquidate it. Throughout 1942 and 1944, the Bielski Partisans were able to save more than 1,200 Jews from World War II (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,…

The Battle of Stalingrad. Here's a video to help you visualize the attack (video link- http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad) The Soviet Union also known as the Soviet Red Army was a Marxist- Leninist (communist society) state that existed from 1922 to 1991. Germany launched the massive invasion,…

and World War II were two of the most dramatic wars that America faced. The way America felt about World War II and Vietnam was a dramatic difference once they were both over. Many Americans had come out of the World War II certain that they had won a good war, but that same was not said about the Vietnam. World War II was the Second World War that was considered the “good war” where involving over 60 different countries and 75 million troops coming from all parts of the world. World War II…

Cold War Following years of brutal fighting, a war which engulfed the entire world, feelings could not simply be thrown away. Bitter rivalries had arisen out of World War II, even ones between former allies. Just after the war America’s public support and trust of the USSR was higher than 50%, within months that number would drop lower than 35% as hostility grew between the two nations. Many began comparing it to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in ways such as the autocratic government and labor camps.…

Britain would bring massive consequences. Now, the war in Europe expanded. Hitler attacked the Soviet Union and was advancing until winter hit. History always finds a way to repeat because once again a foreign army would succumb to defeat by Russian troops and weather. After this surprise attack, the U.S. and Britain offered aid…

Invasions, seizing portions of Italy, onto moving forward of World War II (WWII) and into the 1990s with the multiparty system dominated, into later on becoming part European Union and the Council of Europe. Becoming and playing a fair important role in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Italy has carried itself into a vital country to NATO due to its location, economy, and government structure and military it provides for their allies. As a country that is always referred as…