Introduction to World War 2

A Study on the Elements and Effects of the Second World War

           My blog is about the characteristics, both human and ideal, that led to, took part in, and now affects us today as a result of the war. I will be discussing key people that defined the war and led the forces that resulted in the war's eventual outcome. I will also be examining the political propaganda, both in their structure and purpose, that was used by the Allied countries on their respective homefronts to motivate their citizen to aid the war effort in any and every way possible. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is another subject that a go into great detail examining (with a little bit of humor) and documenting in a chronological fashion. All of the elements that are involved in the war will then be related and applied to the lifestyles that we all live today.

           The Second World War was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, from 1939 until 1945. Armed forces from over seventy nations engaged in aerial, naval, and ground-based combat, spanning much of the globe. The main bulk of the war was fought over Germany's attempted takeover of Europe and genocide of the Jewish people in Europe. America, still an isolationist nation, was then attacked by Japan and after a long war in the Pacific, emerged victorious. America then entered The European Conflict and through a collaboration with Allied forces, won the war. World War 2, over is entire span, resulted in the deaths of over 60 million people, effectively making it the deadliest conflict in the history of mankind.