Why do you need to learn about World War Two?
There are plenty of reasons but here's a few to catch your interest.
1. It shaped the United States into a world superpower, politically, economically, and militarily.
The American lifestyle we enjoy today is a result of being one of the world's superpowers after World War Two. Being a superpower brings with it much influence on the global stage. The U.S. can negotiate better economic terms with other countries through political action. We can also protect our interests through our powerful military. The question now is: can we keep this status for the foreseeable future? Is your generation capable of keeping the U.S. on top? Can your generation make the U.S. a better place? It's up to you.
The American lifestyle we enjoy today is a result of being one of the world's superpowers after World War Two. Being a superpower brings with it much influence on the global stage. The U.S. can negotiate better economic terms with other countries through political action. We can also protect our interests through our powerful military. The question now is: can we keep this status for the foreseeable future? Is your generation capable of keeping the U.S. on top? Can your generation make the U.S. a better place? It's up to you.
2. It started the Cold War.
World War Two led to the creation of two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. Due to ideological differences, the two superpowers would become locked in conflict, albeit not directly. For the next 45 years the world's political stage would act out a dramatic play of communism vs. democracy, leading to the buildup of nuclear arsenals, espionage operations, proxy wars, and nearly nuclear holocaust.
World War Two led to the creation of two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. Due to ideological differences, the two superpowers would become locked in conflict, albeit not directly. For the next 45 years the world's political stage would act out a dramatic play of communism vs. democracy, leading to the buildup of nuclear arsenals, espionage operations, proxy wars, and nearly nuclear holocaust.
3. It started the road to civil rights for minorities and opened more doors for women in the workplace.
In World War Two the U.S. military was still segregated. However, the actions of men such as Dorie Miller, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the 442d Regimental Combat Team helped open the pathway to desegregation of the military after the war. In 1948 President Truman would desegregate the armed forces and also signed Executive Order 9981, establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. Women also benefited from WWII, having assumed many industrial and clerical jobs which would serve them well after the war was over.
In World War Two the U.S. military was still segregated. However, the actions of men such as Dorie Miller, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the 442d Regimental Combat Team helped open the pathway to desegregation of the military after the war. In 1948 President Truman would desegregate the armed forces and also signed Executive Order 9981, establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces. Women also benefited from WWII, having assumed many industrial and clerical jobs which would serve them well after the war was over.
4. New technologies emerged.
World War Two saw what could be considered a technological boom. Inventions and innovations of World War Two include: atomic weapons, radar and electronic warfare, sonar, hand held antitank weapons, the jet engine, the cruise missile, smart bomb, wide use of antibiotics, blood plasma, synthetic insecticides, use of two-way radios in warfare, and the first rocket to reach space, the German V-2, which set the stage for space exploration.
World War Two saw what could be considered a technological boom. Inventions and innovations of World War Two include: atomic weapons, radar and electronic warfare, sonar, hand held antitank weapons, the jet engine, the cruise missile, smart bomb, wide use of antibiotics, blood plasma, synthetic insecticides, use of two-way radios in warfare, and the first rocket to reach space, the German V-2, which set the stage for space exploration.