Was World War II a Good War For America?
One of the most important wars ever fought was World War II. In the midst, the Nazis were in control of most of Europe, the Soviet Union was causing more deaths than any other country, and Japan had taken over parts of China. The United States of America was stuck in the middle of all this. They had to deal with the Nazis and deciding when to join the war, meanwhile,
Japan was breathing down their necks with attacks. What was America to do? What would happen to America, and would this be a “good war” for them? I believe World War II was a
“good war” for America because it made them a higher power like they are today.
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The US had an embargo against Japan because of their territorial advances threatening US territories in South-East Asia. The Japanese were bound to attack the US and the US knew it, but still did not attack or declare war on Japan until Japan had attacked the US. This shows that the proper chance to avoid war with Japan was given, and that the declaration of war against Japan was necessary. Germany was known to be in alliance with
Japan, and was at war with our allies. Germany was also sinking American ships in the Atlantic.
This justifies the United States in its decision to declare war on Germany. America could see the positive effects this war could have on them at that point.
The war effected every part of American life. Economically, the nation was lifted out of the depression. During the war, full employment was reached, and there was not much on which to spend money. After the war, the US was in better physical shape than any other nation on
Earth. All other industrialized nations had been bombed and attacked extensively, but the US was left virtually untouched. As a world power, the US was forever changed. Never again would
America play the role of the neutral nation. Emerging as the only nation with the power of the atom gave the US the leading role as a super power nation. From the end of the war until now and into the
The United State’s direct involvement in World War II officially began as soon as the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Prior to that event, America had been providing arms and equipment to England but stopped short of any direct military confrontation with the Axis. The War in the Pacific was considered Asia’s War and the European War was considered a local conflict. US-Japanese relations had become strained in 1941, though America felt secure that her naval fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii was powerful enough to discourage any aggression from Japan. On July 24, 1941, Japan occupied French Indo-China (Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos). Two days after that, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt froze all Japanese assets in the United States. American trade
retaliation. Japan planned to attack the U.S. in retaliation for the oil. The U.S. Refused to
Another reason why the US was justified in intervening in WWII was that Japan had started to dominate the Pacific. The Japanese had begun to move toward the Pacific and had invaded Manchuria (Fogarty). They were now a serious threat to America’s national security as the Japanese aircraft carriers could launch hit-and-run attacks on Hawaii or Panama. The tension between the US and Japan steadily began to increase, after Japan invaded Manchuria. Since the US did not trust Japan anymore, it stopped exporting oil to Japan. Instead of attacking Hawaii or Panama, the Japanese planned a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and severely crippled the US Pacific Fleet (Fogarty). The American forces in the Philippines and other Pacific islands were quickly
Have you ever wonder how the Manhattan Project changed the world. The Manhattan Project was such a world changer that many events caused it to go under development such as: building the Atomic bomb before the Nazi German regime could, the attack on Pearl Harbor and putting an end to a deadly war. By building the Atomic bomb it would give an edge in defeating Hitler if it was ever needed to be used against them. With the attack on Pearl Harbor it brought the U.S into the war. There was only two ways of ending the war and that was either by invading Japan or dropping the Atomic bombs on two key cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
Roosevelt involved businessmen into war by organizing their efforts to mobilize economy and enhance productive capacity. Surprisingly, by 1942, American production was equal to the combined production of Japan, Italy and Germany which ended depression.
WWII: was it destiny, devastation, or a devious mind? WWII had a big effect on the United States population. If we would not have had WWII, our un-employment rate would be higher. Without WWII, the culture in the United States would be less diverse than it is today. In conclusion the world as we know today would not be the same if WWII had not occurred; it played a major role in the changing of population, economy, and culture in the United States.
Since 1930 the Japanese conquests with the Chinese had cause ever increasing friction with the US. From the early 1940s America had banned exports of strategic materials such as scrap iron and metal to the Japanese Empire, then in 1941 they lead and oil embargo and froze all of the Japanese assets. This had huge effects on the Japanese Empire as they imported 90% of their oil. Because of this the Japanese leadership made the decision to invade and take over neighbouring territories and take their resources which Japan lacked. But before this could be done they faced a great and powerful obstacle, the American naval fleet at Hawaii’s Pearl Harbour. And thus this lead to Japan’s attack on Pearl
their action at Nagasaki. The aim of the US was not, however, to cause complete annihilation of the
When war broke out, there was no way the world could possibly know the severity it would have taken on the people of the world. Fortunately one country saw and understood that Germany and its allies would have to be stopped. America’s Involvement in World War II not only contributed in the downfall of the insane Adolph Hitler and his Third Reich, but also came at the best time and moment. If the United States entered the war any earlier the consequences would probably have been worse.
The day after the attack Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Only one person did not vote to go to war because she was a pacifist who refused to send troops into war. Three days later Japan’s allies, Italy and Germany, countered by declaring war on the U.S. Although what happened was abominable, it has forced the United States to enter the war, helping it end. After two years of not being in the war, the United States had finally
Japan had been invading French Indochina to expand into their territories and to take over its import market, because they believed that that was what had to be done in order to solve its economic problems. This aggression towards China angered President Franklin D. Roosevelt, since the U.S had political ties with them, so he imposed a ban on trades with Japan which included its economy’s essential supplies such as the export of oil, steel, and iron. The President’s act resulted in Japan’s barrage on Pearl Harbor. In an attempt to retaliate against the U.S. president’s imposition, the Japanese ambushed its naval base by sending aircraft to destroy and kill hundreds of battleships and soldiers. The attack was unforeseen because nobody thought Japan would invade American territory, considering it would be inconvenient since Japan and Hawaii were 4,000 miles apart.
Japan was going off the rails by taking over the different countries and trying to make a mark as being the new order of the world. They took Manchuria, East Asia, tried to take the Philippines and then started having fear of the fleet ships tripling their size and being moved to Pearl Harbor. U.S. had but a embargo on Japan because of their actions and this gave Japan a indignant feeling also the U.S. had freezed all of Japan's assets and bank accounts in the U.S. so with that happening Japan had told the U.S. to unfreeze their bank accounts and assets are they would attack them. The U.S. laughed and didn’t believe them until it had finally happened which shocked the U.S. government and which they waged war upon Japan.
By dropping the atomic bomb, America demonstrated the power they had. America’s “Secret Weapon” displayed our technological and scientific superiority to the world. This helped deter the Soviet Union and others from further expansion. For example Dwight D. Eisenhower states, “We ought not to need to put ourselves in the position of requesting or begging for Soviet aid” (Document C). America proved once again to be a group of individuals who could rise above all adversities.
The United States cautioned Japan against further hostile actions by threatening to cut off shipments of raw materials to the country. This was a really risky situation for Japan, its only income of oil and metal came from the United States, while their main source of rubber came from some British territories in Malaya. “Therefore, it would seem that the nation would have to tread lightly to avoid angering the West. Or would it? In a surprising act of defiance, Japan promptly separated from the League of Nations, which was the precursor to the United Nations.” Tensions continued to arise in the region for several years until 1937, when Japan entered full force military combat with the economically depressed nation China. This conflict became known as the Second Sino-Japanese War, which would later be singled out as the starting point of World War II in the Pacific Theater. In the fall of 1940, Japan met with the Germans and fascist-controlled Italy to create an alliance known as the Tripartite Pact. Under this alliance these three nations agreed to work with and hold up each other in their respective countries’
they brought us into World War II by shooting and terrorizing our base Pearl Harbor in Japan. I