Women during world war II were powerful‚ strong and a huge support in getting through the war. Women had many roles and groups in the war such as “WAVES” “WASP” “WAC” and “WAFS.” Their roles were things like working in defense plants (working with finishing touches on cars) and volunteering for war-related organizations‚ in addition to managing their households. Women were also accepted for voluntary emergency services and they also became airforce service pilots. Women played an important role
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The weapons and technology advances of World War II were the foundation to important innovative things we have today. Unlike World War I‚ this was a new frontier. New weapons were to be made‚ new tactics to be taught‚ and more knowledge to be gained. It was the advancement in weapons and technology that led us to win the war. World War II was beginning towards the end of the Great Depression. Many people were provided with jobs after being called upon by the military for their needed skills
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World War II began on June 22‚ in 1941. Three million solders from Germany began to attack the soviet union. People say that the war was supposed to only last two or three months‚ but it eventually went from three months‚ to five months‚ then nine months‚ and eventually it lasted four years. In the first part of World War II‚ Germany did not want to have a long war‚ so they came up with a strategy /to avoid a long war. Germany’s strategy was to limit the fighting by fighting their opponents in short
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women to work outside of the home; World War II‚ with its incredibly high draft rate‚ left a labor gap in the United States that made it necessary for women to enter the workforce in record numbers. Although many women were discriminated against in various industries‚ especially women of non-white ethnic and racial backgrounds‚ the changes that occurred in the 1940s laid the groundwork for allowing women to become a vital part of the workforce. Prior to World War II‚ the workforce consisted primarily
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“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary‚ it is always an evil‚ never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children‚” stated former president Jimmy Carter at his Nobel Lecture. Most of the combat action of World War II occurred in Europe‚ East Asia‚ and the islands of the Pacific Ocean between September 1‚ 1939 to September 2‚ 1945. World War II was the bloodiest war in history that took approximately 70 million lives. Three major
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World War II was a very brutal and terrible war led by Adolf Hitler. During this war‚ Jews were discriminated by Hitler and his followers. Most of these European Jews were eventually sent to concentration camps. The purposes of the concentration camps were to concentrate Jews‚ to get free slave labor‚ and to kill them. First of all‚ the primary purpose was to concentrate Jews‚ hence the name. The Jews were concentrated in small areas and most importantly‚ away from the rest of the population. Anti-semitism
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poster produced during World War II‚ uses many visual and textual elements to encourage Americans to buy war bonds by portraying the Japanese as rapists. The author of the piece is unknown‚ but it is obvious that the creator of the poster carefully chooses the color‚ patterns‚ scale‚ text‚ and representation of the piece to send a very strong social and political message. There is little doubt that the underlying message was directed towards all Americans during World War II‚ and not towards a single
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Was World War II a legitimate war? in the context of just war theory. ’In war some sorts of restraint‚ both on what we can legitimately fight for (jus ad bellum) and on how we may legitimately fight (jus in bello)‚ are morally required’.1 However‚ recent theorists also add the responsibility and accountability of warring parties after the war (jus post bellum) to the main two categories of just war theory. From Christian perspective the function of the JWT was simply an excuse of making war morally
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During World War II‚ many people other than Jews were taken into camps. They called themselves the “Kriegies”(“PBS” 6) or prisoners of war. Most of these camps that these civilians‚ or soldiers were trapped in‚ were tormenting and miserable. To be able to survive this war was most difficult‚ but to be able to survive a prison camp was close to impossible. Many of the prisoners in World War II were taken to camps in or near Germany. These prisoners were “beaten‚ starved‚ and worked to death” (“World
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World War II was clearly worth it for many key reasons. Without the war countries could still be led by an dictator. People could still be in dreadful living conditions. Everything would be a lot different and there could still be concentration camps. Women might not even have rights or respect that they do today. Men would still be subduing women because they felt that women were inferior to men. To start‚ when the war came upon us it opened job opportunity’s for women. Some of those jobs included
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