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Deeper Than War
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World War II was a devastating time for Americans and countries around the world. There is so much that went into the war and so many aspects that are deeper than the war itself. Often left out of conversation and partly in remembrance of this particular occurrence include an unparalleled feat of patriotism and bravery during the war. There were many events during the war that would alter history forever. This was the first time that women were given a chance to be apart of a war. This was the first time black men and women had an opportunity to be a part of a war. There was a huge migration of blacks from the south. The segregation of the black recruits in the military. There was also internal American conflict with Japanese residents, and Japanese internment. There was Nazi-Jewish conflict overseas with nazi death camps and the holocaust. All of these things affected the war and the course of history. So how did it all start? Before the attack of Pearl Harbor, there are two specific events that had already traced a path for WWII. One of them was the downfall of France, which occurred in June 1941. The second event was Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union. Hitler really wanted to make sure that when he died he would leave his smudge in history. Hitler and Stalin were like two self-centered teenage girl- “friends”, prone to stab each other in the back; neither one of them trusted the other. They engaged in a long-drawn-out negotiation in a secret attempt to split up potential territorial treasure amongst them both. Stalin was not satisfied with dominant German control over the Balkans. Hitler (not being able to handle things as a civil human being) decide it would be best to crush his conspirator by launching a surprise attack upon the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941.Roosevelt immediately gave American assistance to Moscow as promised, 9 by making military supplies available) thus halting the German invasion at opening of Moscow. In a short time America lost its footing and we were no longer a neutral nation. December 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy”. The attack on Pearl Harbor sprung up after intense negotiations between America and Japan. Part of the negotiations included the United states demand that Japan leave China (where they had been battling for 4 years with China). Of course, that did not go over well. The Japanese probably figured that we were out of our minds if we thought that the Japanese were going to just pick up and leave after a long and bitter battle merely at our request. They had a choice to comply with us, or fight back: they fought back.
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