Allies of World War II

the United States into World War II, the second world-wide war in a 25 year period. The United States had made a good effort to stay neutral during World War II, though we clearly sided with the Allies. The United States wanted to remain having the option of selling and trading goods with any country. During World War I, the United States lost approximately 117,000 men and women, though mostly men, and spent over 27 billion dollars. Because of the damaging effects of World War I, the U.S. was…

States at the time, made the decision to drop two atomic bombs on the major Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II. A lot of questions have arisen from this attack, but there is one question, bigger than all of these, that is still argued to this day: was the decision justified? It can be said that it is not justified due to the prediction of a Cold War between the United States and Russia, and that the atomic bomb was used to threaten Russia. Also, revenge is not a…

This had the opposite effect the Palestinians. They saw the Jews as essentially illegal immigrants who didn’t belong in Palestine. Americans originally viewed Zionism as a good thing due to the religious idea of restorationism. However, after World War II, politics played…

The Battle of Midway was fought in World War II. The battle occurred between 4-7 June 1942, but on 5 June 1942 the United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll. This marked a turning point in the war of the Pacific theatre. Due to the United States being able to break codes, they could anticipate and takeover Japan’s planned ambush of its few lasting aircraft carriers, imposing permanent damage on the Japanese Navy under Admiral Chester Nimitz. Nimitz interpreted the codes…

When the US entered World War II, It turned the tides of the entire war for the Allied Forces. After the bombing of Pearl Harbour, the Nazi forces and their allies were pushed back, and several countries and concentration camps were liberated almost immediately. Ohrdruf was the very first concentration camp that was liberated by the US. It wasn’t until then that the US realized exactly how bad things were for the jews. When soldiers liberated the camp, they were met with piles of bodies. Those…

United States and Allied Engagement against the Soviets in the Cold War After the Allies defeated the Axis in World War II, Europe was devastated by the destruction of the War. The United States, and allies, including, Great Britain and France and Union of Soviet Socialist Republic occupied zones in Europe to help rebuild. The Soviets took the East and the Unites States and allies took the West. The Soviets power was a communist regime and they ruled as communist throughout the land they…

During World War II the United states ran into an interesting challenge which they had to be creative to resolve. The challenge was regarding what to do with the prisoners of war (POW) that were being captured in Europe, Africa, and other places of the World. The United States did not have any POW camps and had not had to retain large number of prisoners in over 100 years. When the United States was compelled to enter World War II following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. They were…

After World War II the United States seemed to "open up from its shell" of isolationism. Due to unforeseen circumstances the US military had to intervene in the global catastrophe and fight which in turn interrupted their current policy of isolationism they had been maintaining basically since George Washington times. This transfer from isolationism got the US way more involved and in touch with the rest of the world. This change affected the United States in three major ways. It made the United…

Hitler and World War II Ryan Markowski 11/21/2014 Honors History B-Day 4th Period Mrs.Gianino Ryan Markwoski 11/21/14 Mrs. Gianino Honors History B-day 4th Period To satisfy his inner turmoil, Adolf Hitler projected his own internal struggle onto the world stage. He was able to take advantage of the German people’s plight brought about by the rigors placed on them as established by the Treaty of Versaille which socially and economically bankrupted the nation. The German…

while for the UN to arrive and inforce the peacemaking but they were too late. Multilateral actions can be useful when it comes to intervening when there’s a huge problem with a state because the state can get more benefits like more exposure to the world and charities to help out. Plus, it’s less expensive since more than…