A.)the u.s. sent most of its military force into the pacific to block futher japannese expanion.B.)the u.s. sent an equal amount of forces into the european and pacific theaters of war C.)the u.s. spent most of its resources in preparing and manning coastal defenses D.)the u.s. sent the bulk of its forces against the germans.
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For one thing they wanted to prevent the Germans from gaining bases for their U-boats on the Atlantic coast of Africa.\n\nHaven't gotten further then the first 1000 pages of Churchills memoires yet, sorry.
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e. both b and c are correct\n\nbasically, it was the Catholic vs Protestant nations, but they all went to the future Germany to fight. No one solved anytihng; all the sides remained the same therafter, and Germany was left in such a mess it had repercussions all the way into recent times.
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa were two major battles in the Pacific. The landing on the beaches in Normandy,  France (D-Day) was a major battle in Europe.
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World War II was a BIG factor in the USA becoming a power house. Also the 40's produced one of the biggest baby booms in US history for the 50's.
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It was done to shorten the war.  The bombing forced Japan to surrender sooner than if the USA had to beat the Japanese militarily for all the islands and Japan itself.\n\nI beleive that hundred of thousands more troops on both sides would have been lost if the US had to take Japan with conventional warfare.
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The Marine Corps was not active in the European theater during WWII.  It's entire concentration was against the Japanese in the Pacific.  Nowhere in the archives will you find Marine units having been deployed on Eisenhower's side of the war.  The one exception may have been UDT teams, however, I don't believe the Marines were active in those units during WWII.
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The role of Germany was to conquer the world. Italy role had no role because every time Italy did something Germany had to saved them. British was try to protect Poland and Stop Germany for taking Britain. USA roles was to get revenge on japan and help Britain. Japan want to conquer the pacific. The soviet roles was to stop the Germany's.
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If you are talking the first years of the 20th century, Theodore Roosevelt dramatically expanded the role of US power on a global basis. He sent out the "Great White Fleet" as an example of American military power.\nBefore 1900, the United States had kept pretty much within this hemisphere; we protected our economic interests in Latin America, but let Europe run most of the rest of the world.\nThe US began to expand its global reach starting in 1900. It didn't reach full superpower status until after World War II, but TR laid the groundwork for it to happen.
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What would have been worse was that Japan would have secured the resources it needed in the Pacific to really wage war against the US.  Pearl Harbor was done to cripple the US in the Pacific so that Japan can invade and take over what they needed to maintain their war machine.\n\nAlso, lets not forget Hitler.  If the US had not entered the war, Germany would have taken England and would have had a pretty strong hold on Europe.  There is nothing short of war that could have stopped him.  Sanctions would not have worked because Germany was very industrial and could produce just about anything it needed.  If they needed it and could not make it, they would just invade whomever had it.  Diplomacy would not have worked because Hitler had a grand plan and you would not have been able to talk him out of it.
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"d" - Isolationism has been the root cause of our involvement in both world wars.
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It was already decided to fight the war......how long can americans simply sit back supplying weapons to the allies and watch the war....so they decided tat it was time to show their power....also soviet union was rising in power and they had to control the spread of communism....
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Adding to above: The Central Powers were Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey) in World War I. Island hopping was a strategy used in WWII whereby the US forces would capture islands successively closer to Japan so that they could engage in aerial bombing of the country.
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the first post is all there.\nthe only thing i'll add is in the east japan invaded china and korea, and progessed up to india, part of the british empire. this forced britain into a war with japan. america was going to attack japan, which led japan to a pre-emptive attack; Pearl harbour.\nalthough it was all WWII the war in europe and the war in the east were independant of eachother and both had their own starting points
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We entered WWII after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, not because Hitler declared war on America, it was common knowledge that Hitler wanted to take over the world. It wasn't 20 million people it was 11-12 million. if you really want to place the blame anywhere but the Nazis and Fascists then you should blame France and Britain and the other Allies that attend the Munich Conference. It was here that the policy of appeasement was applied towards Hitler. Appeasement if you don't know is the act of giving in to enemies in order to avoid war. Britain and France allowed hitler to take over the Rhineland and it was only after hitler's invasion of Poland that the rest of Europe declared war. Also the blame lies with the individals that lived in areas surrounding the concentration camps that swore after the war that they had no idea what was going on in their backyards (as if the smell of rotting and burning flesh isn't and obvious give away!!) and FDR's New Deal Programs helped to pull us out of the Great Depression as opposed to Hoover who didn't try to help the unemployed and starving people that were being thrown from their homes!
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The main reason given to the american people was the sinking oo the lousitania however that seems strange since that vessel was sunk two years prior to entering war.The usa was not happy with german naval activity in her area The loss of american lives at sea due to submarine attack.
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1. The Military-Industrial Complex. World War II created a vast war industry, that was never really dismantled. In order to manage this vast military machine, the Pentagon was built (during the war). The war machine has been propping up the US economy for the last 60 years.\n\n2. The Presidency itself grew in power thanks to the actions of Fraklin Roosevelt. Truman was an activist president. Eisenhower wasn't as active, but most of his successors have liked wielding presidential power. The more power you want to wield, the more people you need working for you.\n\n3. Simply the growth of the United States. The population has almost doubled since 1940 -- more people, more needs. In order to fill the demands of the American people, there has been a need for more government agencies.
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They were only decent in terms of training, but they had three things going for them. They had power in sheer numbers (there was no way to get out of being drafted), and they had the weather on their side which they knew how to deal with. Not to mention, they fought the war on their home territory which is always adventageous from a strategic point of view.