Participants in World War II

In September of 1939, World War II (WWII) erupted; however, until the Pearl Harbor booming in 1941, the United States wasn’t militaristically involved (Native Americans in the Military, 2015). The destruction caused an irreversible response from the United States. The government made the decision to place innocent Japanese Americans into crude concentration camps located in Arizona. In order to obtain land to construct these camps, the federal government removed the Mohave and the Chemehuevi tribes from their reservation. The only reward granted to the Native Americans for their cooperation was a shaky promise. This was not the first or last time “Uncle Sam” made a “vow” in regards to returning land. Similarly, in Oklahoma and South Dakota,…

American naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the U.S had entered another war, the The Second World War, or known to many of us today as World War II. “World War II was one of the most monumental events in history and certainly one of the most significant events in the 20th century.” World War II presented many changes in the the normal lives of american citizen as well as the workplace for U.S. citizens on the homefront, especially for the women that were left behind. We had to work together we…

power to declare war. Congress has declared war eleven times since its first declaration of war with Great Britain in 1812. The last time that Congress formally declared war with another country or countries was during World War II. Since World War II Congress has authorized military force to bring about resolutions to conflicts around the globe and continues to use this policy to shape how our military interacts and oversees these actions without formally issuing declarations of war.…

After World War II ended when the U.S. used the atomic bombs on Japan, Washington was set to face many more challenges in the following decades. Some of these could of been unseen repercussions of the prior war, or might’ve been challenges caused by the advancement of technology. Though all different these challenges all did the same things, creating the Washington we know today. During the second World War the Soviets and the U.S.A. were both allies due to their similar interest in defeating…

Throughout the United States’ participation in World War II, the American film industry was called upon by the federal government to produce film after film to inform the public of the events overseas and to emotionally influence the American people in order to keep them invested in the war efforts. From films of live combat during the Battle of the Midway, to cartoons promoting the donation of resources like rubber for military purposes, to dramas of romance between a soldier and his lover back…

Adolf Hitler was the German dictator during the Third Reich, the period of history from 1933 to 1945 in the European superpower of Germany. Hitler, who was part of the Nazi political party, had two major goals as dictator. He wanted the German race, which he believed was superior to all other races, to be free of the 9 million Jews in Europe. Hitler also wanted more living space for the German race to expand. With these major goals, a World War was bound to set off. The first goal of Adolf…

Scrap Drives During World War II During World War II a lot of materials were used at the same time to create equipment such as guns, tanks, gas masks, and parachutes, but the resources were disappearing because of the mass production of materials. So there must have been a way to get more materials to build the equipment. There were events known as scrap drives held around the United States, these were events where the community would bring scrap to donate it to the army to build more equipment.…

Cause and Effect- “World War II” Every action in life, brings a consequence or effect. Throughout history, many examples of how different ideas, points of view can escalate into a conflict that may cause the lives of innocents. World War II is an example in where a main point, changed the lives of many and created a bloodshed and massacre not seen before in the history of humanity. World War II marked a time of violence in the history of our humanity. Even today, it is considered one of the…

The Second World War II started in 1939, between the Allies (England and France) and the Axis (Germany, Japan and Italy). This war may have been primarily the result of the dissatisfaction with the agreement of the World War I, which were registered with the signing of the Central powers and the Allies the Treaty of Versailles and the Axis countries interest in expanding their territories. The dimensions of this conflict generate that more countries joined the war, for these reasons, countries…

1975 Milgram directed an experiment to study whether the Nazi killings in world war II carried out by the Germans, was due to the fact that the Germans were obedient to authority figures as this was the most common justification. Milgram devised the experiment to answer the question "Could it be that Eichmann and his million accomplices in the Holocaust were just following orders? Could we call them all accomplices? The acts committed of the genocide at World War II were scrutinised and…