Home front during World War II

Second World War created job opportunities for women, opening the door for positions usually reserved for men. Between 1940 and 1945, the female percentage of the U.S. workforce increased from 27 percent to nearly 37 percent, and by 1945 nearly one out of every four married women worked outside the home (10, “American Women in World War II”). This active participation in the labour force in the United States was a catalyst for the women’s rights movements that took place post World War II.…

mainly known for World War II, for the attack on Pearl Harbor, and for the Holocaust. Because of the numerous events that occurred, the forties are known as the decade of a new era. From small inventions such as the creation of t-shirts to drastic events such as World War II, each has affected the world’s outcome in one way or another. Events during the 1940s have affected today’s society immensely. As the decade began, the world was already in World War II, a war that made the world a different…

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. However, the War of Ideas that Hitler and the Nazis launched had begun much earlier, when he began to censor and destroy literature that did not hold true to the Aryan race. In an attempt to unify the nation of Germany under one ideal, he burned millions of books. While just a short time later, America became unified by a contradictory approach. Instead of everyone being forced to agree to one ideal, they…

The nations of the world were divided by two alliances called The Central Powers and The Allied Powers. On the other hand, World War II began in 1939 and last until 1945. Germany was the primary reason for this war, and the alliances of each side fell into place. This war was divided into groups called The Axis and the Allies. World War I was triggered when Francis Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, was assassinated in June 1914. Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey were called the Central Powers…

away from the battle grounds of World War II. However, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, America was left with no choice but to join the war. Over two million men were deployed oversees to aid the allies; leaving their family and friends behind. At home, America struggled with missing their loved ones and wanting to help in any way possible. Americans occupied themselves during WWII with work, baseball, movies, and music. After husbands, brothers, and fathers left for war, America was left with…

The medical innovations crafted by the Americans during World War II were more effective at treating and saving soldiers than the practices used before, and significantly changed the way in which medicine is handled during wartime. These various treatments were so effective that many of them are still in use today, whether on the battlefield or in regular, civilian hospitals. After the carnage of World War I, which had just occurred just 21 years before, scientists and those in charge of army…

Christel Weiss Brandenburg and her family. This story starts off talking about how her father, Wilhelm Friedrich Weiss, was in The Great War and how that impacted the family after he was sent back home on medical leave after sustaining injuries from a Russian bayonet in his arm and his leg; this injury is the reason why Wilhelm was not drafted into World War II along with his sons. The Weiss family owns several farms that they mostly live off of besides the trips to a local town to get supplies…

contribution to World War II was caused by the increase in patriotic morale due to their influenced perspectives on the war. With censorship and approval from the American government, propaganda specifically advertised a certain point-of-view. Therefore, Americans were fed to believe what they see and trust publicized propaganda. Propaganda played a significant role through stimulating visuals and slogans that degraded or encouraged relationships with other nations. Propaganda promoted views on…

War, like everything else, is personal when it’s in your backyard. Your allegiance, bravery, and determination are usually available when connected to your patriotism, your love for your own country, but war fought for countries other than your own, more often than not, do not elicit the same strength of will and for a variety of reasons. Following the first World War, the majority of Americans became isolationists because they felt they had been fighting a war that was not their own, on land…

nationalism during World War II. Due to my assignment being about nationalism, I have decided to redact an essay. Owing to the complexity and extension of World War II, an essay purports to be referred to all audiences and will show in an orderly way the development of nationalism, apart from supporting a point of view upon the propaganda as a result of the onslaught of Britain by Germany in 1940. I intend to disclose how the use of posters invoked a ‘state of mind’ from 1937 to the end of the…