A Young Jewish Woman in World War II It was 1940, I was 23, and there was a war going on. Everyone knew that Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Fuhrer, was campaigning against several countries in Europe. He had started another war by invading Poland months earlier, and now it seemed that he was taking other countries as well1. It was being talked about, but not much was known specifically about what exactly was happening in Europe. The United States was not getting involved in another great war. There were so many lives lost from the first war, and the country was still feeling effects of the depression that we could not afford to get into another war so suddenly. After all, for Germany to attack us they would have to go all the way across the Atlantic Ocean; and seeing as how we were not directly participating in the war, they had no reason to attack us. Their war was in Europe, not here in the United States. There was almost a sense of sureness that we were not going to take part in this war. Most importantly was the fact that there were more important things going on in Brooklyn, besides this war. People were looking for jobs and trying to make ends meet. The great depression had left many people without employment and caused many families to struggle. This was one of the main reasons that people did not want to go to war, because of the disastrous effects left over from the Great War. By 1941, there was a greater sense of the war. The people seemed to know more about the war and see how powerful and dangerous Hitler and Germany were. More and more people were beginning to feel that America should take part in this war, yet most of us still felt that it would be a lot safer and be in the countries best interest t... ... middle of paper ... ...exist, but more like patriotism to ones country in a struggle that was only made successful through national unity. Bibliography: Bibliography Anderson, Karen, Wartime Women, Wesport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press 1981 Cole, S. Wayne, Charles A. Lindbergh and the Battle Against American Intervention in World War II, New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974 Cole, S. Wayne, America First, Madison, Milwaukee: The University of Wisconsin Press 1953 Kaufman, I, American Jews in World War II: The Story of 550,000 Fighters for Freedom vol.I, United States of America Dial Press 1947 O’Neill, L. William, A Democracy at War: America’s Fight at Home & Abroad in World War II, Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press 1993 Lyons, J. Michael, World War II: A Short History, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, Prentice Hall 1989
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World War II was an exceptional war for the United States. The United States emerged from the war as a world superpower and protector of all other nations. There were many reasons why the United States entered World War II, however President Franklin Roosevelt was in some way directly connected to every reason. Roosevelt wanted to enter World War II as soon as it started for political and economic needs. However, the American people did not want to enter in another war, such as World War I, that costs so many lives and money. Therefore, Roosevelt schemed a plan to enter the United States into World War II that would change the minds of the American people, including the direct aiding of Great Britain, the German bombing of a United States warship, and the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
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