WWII
The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 marked the involvement of the United States of America into World War Two (II). The domineering of the German and Italian powers, as well as the attack by the Japanese threatened the freedom and democracy of the United States. As the young men of America were shipped off to war, they, as well as their families questioned their purpose in the battle. In time it was all too evident that the men, women, and children of the United States were to serve a crucial role in fighting World War II. From saving scrap metal, to working in factories, or fighting on the front lines; the efforts by so many facilitated in the fall of the Third Reich and other Axis powers. Never before had a nation worked together in such great scale to achieve a significant goal. The war would be lengthy and ruthless, and would not be won easily. Thousands of Americans were lost in unrelenting, unsympathetic, and grisly battles on land, water, and in the air. By the conclusion of World War II, combat hardened soldiers and civilians would have contrasting views about the preceding war, and the United State's involvement. A great nation had triumphed, yet at an immense cost to its people and the people of the other war tor
"We were so proud, so vain, and so ignorant of Japanese capability. Soldiers watched their friend's limbs get blown off, and pushed their way forward as blood and entrails were thrown about. As the war dragged on, some began to question the necessity of the American bloodshed. However this did not jolter the airmen's psyche towards their mission. "Enthusiasm waned and the public became cynical of the killing" (120). Boys as well as men landed on the beaches of Normandy, jumped into enemy territory, and stormed the German held cities to win a war for their great nation. The view of women and their rights was drastically altered in the aftermath of the war. Hundreds of thousands of people died, and supposedly all for the sake of their countries. Although the war was won, great losses would be incurred to U. As the men left for the battlefields, the women left behind were forced to take over their business, and fill in the "gaps" that the men left. they would not let it go unanswered. In the opinion by some soldiers and citizens alike, the war was a total waste.
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