2 years after WW II started‚ the government made the work force open to women to help contribute to the war from home. The women mainly served clerical jobs such as farmers‚ canteen servers‚ Red Cross nurses‚ and in the war industries. A few years after‚ the National Defense Headquarters began allowing women to work in uniform such as the air force‚ army corps‚ and naval services. Since the women took on such a strong role during the war as workers‚ and in uniform‚ it impacted women then‚ and now
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After the end of World War II‚ gender issues became one of the most serious changes in human history. Before World War II ended‚ male was always the superior species and women were inferior‚ seen as a housewife and mother and that’s all. When men were off at war‚ the women had to work and fulfill the men’s job as well as being a mother and completing the house work‚ but as soon as the men returned from war‚ the women were sent back to the houses to do the housework and nothing more. Gender inequalities
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During World War II‚ D-Day was one of the most‚ if not the most‚ important day for the Allies. D-Day was the day the Allies sent American‚ British‚ and Canadian troops to the coast of Normandy to reclaim France. In secrecy‚ we planned the attack against Hitler and the Nazis. So many brave troops risked their lives that day in honor of their country‚ and to finally defeat the Nazis. D-Day is the day when the tides turned in the Allies favor and was the beginning of the end for Nazi‚ Germany. The
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World War II is considered one of the greatest tragedies of all time with over 50 million casualties (White). It’s wrong to say that it was only the Nazis and their treatment of the Jewish people. There was mistreatment of minorities on both sides. For example the Zoot Suit Riots‚ in which Anglo-American servicemen attacked Latino-Americans under the belief that they were not American. But during the war‚ Latino-Americans sought to prove the opposite. Through their contributions‚ despite their struggles
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was arguably one of the most influential people in America during World War II. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor over two years after the war started‚ Roosevelt had a difficult and important decision to make. Fears and anxieties broke out among the U.S. people that the Japanese living in the United States would sabotage America and turn against them in the war. A couple of months after the U.S. started fighting in the war‚ Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 which required all people of
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World War II left many powerful nations in smoke and rubble. The deconstruction of many countries gave them the chance to rebuild their cities and economies. No country took more advantage of this opportunity than Japan. Japan was a huge militaristic power in World War II . Their aggressive behavior caused them to be stripped of their military and their power for self rule. The demilitarization of Japan changed the country’s focus from world militaristic domination to world economic domination
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D-Day for one day‚ and the invasion took place on June 6‚ 1944. Utilizing over four thousand warships‚ almost ten thousand aircraft‚ and approximately one hundred sixty thousand troops‚ it was the largest amphibious invasion in the history of the world (“Eisenhower Decides on D-Day”). Though many Allied lives were lost‚ the invasion was a success‚ because Eisenhower was determined to defeat Nazi Germany‚ despite the
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World War II has affected the whole world in huge ways‚ from economics to finances. The Germans were to ones to start the war in 1939 and the U.S. didn’t get involved until 1941; 2 years after the war started. When the U.S. entered the war‚ many men were drafted for the war and left a lot of job openings that needed to be filled. Because of the lack of men in the workforce‚ the presence of working women increased during World War II; and it was the first time women had a chance to prove that they
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THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC AND EAST ASIA: JAPAN ON THE OFFENSIVE: 1941-42 When the nations of Western Europe became embroiled in World War II‚ Japan began to expand into the Southeast Asian colonies of the European powers. After the United States retaliated with economic sanctions‚ Japan planned a concerted attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbour‚ Hawaii‚ and other Pacific and Asian targets. For a time Japan was master
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The Silent Generation The Silent Generation coming of age was from 1946 through 1963. This generation was the post World War II era and the Great Depression. This generation was actually “influenced by World War II and the Great Depression.” (Study.com) It was a time of fear with Russia and communism. This fear caused this generation to stay indoors and not have ideas and thoughts of their own. They did not fight for what they believed in. They did what they were told to do by what was thought
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