Axis Power Essay

The United States victory over the Axis powers was due to stronger production, more man power, and superior weapons. Leading to World War II the Unites States and the world was in the midst of the Depression. Businesses were struggling to keep their doors open, and had few employees. During the Depression twenty five percent of the population was unemployed. World War II was able to bring the Country out of the depression by injecting money into the economy to prepare for the assault on the Axis powers. During the War the United States superior economic, strategic, and technological abililties led the nation to becoming the super power we know today.

The United States production leading to the war was practically nonexistant. The Depression closed the doors of many businesses and there was very little spending on industrial products. This ended when the United States began to supply the Allied Powers with equipment for the war against
Strategically the United States was one of the most populated countries in the world. This made the United States able to mass the one of the largest armies in the nations history to take the fight to the Axis powers. President Roosevelt decided that the first threat that the United States needed to defeat was Germany. This target was chosen due to worry that Britian and the rest of Europe would be lost if the United States went after Japan before Germany. This decision placed most of the army in the European Theater of Operations and left the Marines and some of the Army to fight Japan. While the Army was attacking Fortress Europe, in the Pacific the military was involved a process called island hopping. Island hopping was the military plan to bypass the most heavily defended pacific islands for the easier targets. Americans superior man power and strategy helped lead to the eventual victory over the Axis