The Protagonists Of The Second World War

There was once a time in history where villains and heroes were difficult to distinguish. There were no capes or masks that clearly distinguished which side you were on. Every hero could also be viewed from different perspectives or have poor intentions to cause them to appear villainous, especially during conflict. The Second World War quickly became a worldwide production whose impact still exist today and in terms of the theatrical production of this magnitude, Germany was the main antagonist of our tragedy and the protagonists, the United States, France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union, would take the stage as a result of Germany’s attack of Poland in 1939 (Royde-Smith). Throughout the six year war, countless countries are destroyed,
However, the attack on Poland, pulled France into the war with Great Britain, because of their mutual defense pacts made with Poland. France fought alongside the Allies during the war, but their connecting border made them vulnerable to be attacked by the German Army. Through a strong militarized border that France created after World War 1 called the Maginot Line, the German Army invaded and France fell in 1940. A government was made by Germans in France called The Vichy Government(Chen). This government was under German command which caused the city of Vichy to be be split by some German appeasers and rebels opposing the Germans. These rebels fought against the German conquerors, because they wanted to continue to be French citizens and not be forced to become German.There was also a small group of French people that fled France during the invasion, but in refuge in French Morocco and this group was called the Free French. They rebelled against Germany, because similar to majority of France, they wanted the Germans to leave so that they feel granted to go back to the France they know, not Germany’s France. This caused the people who opposed the VIchy-French government to create an underground French Resistance who fought openly in France or assisted and supported the rebels, however they could without being caught and arrested(Chen). In the
Every country in the world was affected by the war.affected but these countries all had personal reasons that could cause their citizens to be rebels. The United States got involved with the war by having political ties with the strong Allies Powers, such as Britain and France. Therefore by association at one of the world's strongest countries, The United States were urged to get involved, but Woodrow Wilson refused. In December of 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and killed thousands of unarmed navy soldiers, thus officially getting the United States to declare war on Japan and the Axis Powers(Britannica). This attack on Pearl Harbor got Americans really invested in the war against Hitler and this caused people to rebel against the Nazi Party. Norway was invaded by the Germans and Czechoslovakia was forced to surrender to the Germans. Therefore, these two countries had small rebel groups as well made up people in rebellion of the Nazi Party, because they wanted to be under their own country’s sovereign rule again. In the film, characters from these countries, Rick and Isla, are in rebellion of the war to different degrees, but work together to outsmart the German officers in Casablanca and support the French Resistance, despite their own personal feelings for the end of the