Do you think the Good War was an approiate name for ww2? why or why not?
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I have never heard it called that.
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World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military conflict that took place in 1939–1945. It was the largest and deadliest war in history, culminating in the Holocaust and the dropping of the atom bomb.
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I LOVE Lord of the Flies. \nWell, here goes:\nWW2 started in the Pacific in 1937. It started in Europe in 1939 when the Germans invaded Poland and defeated the nation a month or so later. They also ended up invading and conquering the Netherlands, Denmark, the Balkans, Greece, etc.\nThe Germans were doing great; in fact, they were even defeating the British, when they stupidly invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1940. They managed to get all the way into the mainland (Russia), but were beaten back after the siege of Leningrad ended, Moscow was not taken, and Stalingrad was won by the Soviets.\nMeanwhile the Americans were attacked in 1941 by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. The US was already mobilizing for war, and the day after Pearl Harbor, our congress declared war on Japan. A day after that, Germany declared war on us. We spent a while training our troops, meanwhile sending many to the Pacific theater early on in 1942 to fight Japan. We finally went into Continental Europe with the Brits and Canadians on June 6, 1944 or D-day. We won, pushing the Germans east out of France. The Italians abandoned their allies the Germans, and sided with the Americans and company.\nWe went into Belgium and the Netherlands with our allies the British and Canadians, liberated them, then finally penetrated Germany itself.\nWe were about to take Berlin, but decided against it. We allowed the Soviets to take it instead, because they were more willing to tolerate the huge amount of casualties it took to take that one city.\nIn the Pacific, we island hopped, meaning we liberated island after island. We were about to go into Tokyo, but decided against it. Too many casualties. So, instead of course we dropped the atomic bombs! \nIn the end both Germany and her remaining allies, Hungary, Romania, etc. surrendered, as did Japan in the pacific.\nHitler killed himself, as did most of his staff, and the Japanese people were forbidden by the US to "emperor worship", which is what caused the war in Japan in the first place.\nHope this helps.
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World War II, also, The Second World War, or WWII, was the global military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. World War II was the largest and deadliest war in history.\n\nThe war began between Germany and the Allies. Germany was later joined by Italy, Japan, and others, jointly known as the Axis. The Allies at first were made up of Poland, the British Commonwealth, France, and others. In June 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union, and in December, Japan attacked the United States. China, which had been at war with Japan since the mid-1930s, also joined the Allies, as eventually did a number of other countries.\n\nItaly surrendered in September 1943, Germany in May 1945. The surrender of Japan marked the end of the war, on September 2, 1945.\n\nIt is possible that up to 62 million people died in the war; estimates vary greatly. Most were civilians who died as a result of disease, starvation, genocide, and the aerial bombing of cities. Estimates place deaths in the Soviet Union at around 23 million, while China suffered about 10 million. Poland suffered the most deaths in proportion to its population of any country, losing approximately 5.6 million out of a pre-war population of 34.8 million (16%).\n\nThe war was responsible for the re-drawing of national boundaries and the creation of new nations, the end of western colonialism, and the beginning of the Cold War. [1]\n\nAfter World War II, Europe was informally split into western and Soviet spheres of influence. Western Europe largely aligned as NATO, and Eastern Europe largely as the Warsaw pact. There was a fundamental shift in power from Western Europe and the British Empire to the new superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.\n\nIn Asia, the United States' military occupation of Japan led to Japan's democratization. China's civil war continued through and after the war, resulting eventually in the establishment of the People's Republic of China. The former colonies of the European powers began their road to independence.\n\nKey alliances are formed\nOn September 1, the German invasion of Poland began World War II. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand all declared war on Germany on September 3. Nepal, Newfoundland, Tonga, South Africa and Canada followed suit within days. On September 17, the Soviets invaded Poland from the East. The following year, the USSR annexed the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) together with parts of Romania, and attacked Finland. The German-Soviet agreement was brought to an end by the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941.\n\nThe United States of America joined the Allies following the attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941. The Declaration by United Nations, on January 1, 1942, officially united 26 nations as Allies. (The Declaration also formed the basis for the United Nations.) The informal Big 3 alliance of the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and the United States emerged in the latter half of the war, and their decisions determined Allied strategy around the world.\n\n\nDates of joining Allies\n Poland: 1939, 1 September \n United Kingdom: 1939, 3 September \n Australia: 1939, 3 September \n New Zealand: 1939, 3 September \n France: 1939, 3 September \n Nepal: 1939, 4 September \n Newfoundland: 1939, 4 September \n Tonga: 1939, 4 September \n South Africa: 1939, 6 September \n Canada: 1939, 10 September \n Denmark: 1940, 9 April \n Norway: 1940, 9 April \n Belgium: 1940, 10 May \n Luxembourg: 1940, 10 May \n Netherlands: 1940, 10 May \n Free France: 1940, 18 June \n Greece: 1940, 28 October \n Kingdom of Yugoslavia: 1941, 6 April \n Soviet Union: 1941, 22 June \n Tannu Tuva: 1941, 25 June until 1944, 11 October \n Panama: 1941, 7 December \n Philippines: 1941, 7 December \n Costa Rica: 1941, 8 December \n Dominican Republic: 1941, 8 December \n El Salvador: 1941, 8 December \n Haiti: 1941, 8 December \n Honduras: 1941, 8 December \n Nicaragua: 1941, 8 December \n United
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I think war is a very important part of our lives and especially the economy. The only reason for patriotism and the desire for peace comes from war, hate, and killing. The Second World War jolted America from the Great Depression of the 30's to the industrial wonders of the 40's and 50's. If there was no war, there would be no democracy because arguing is a verbal war, and pits brothers against one another. Some say the only way to have complete world peace is to be run under either a communist government or monarchy. But others would then get restless and brew up another war. As long as there is life, there can be no such thing as world peace, it is in all creatures nature to fight others either different or similar for survival and power. So there is really no reason for all the fuss about world peace. It isn't going to happen until all life is destoyed. The term pacifist then, according to nature, means "fool bent of the destucrtion of all life". Not exactly what they profess, is it?
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No,\n\nSince World War II, the USA has been committed to the idea of fighting a war on two major fronts. This is the kind of war we fought in WW2. One in the Pacific ocean and the other in Europe. \n\nOur armed forces are always re-evaluating the most current threat. During the cold war, 1950 to 1990, the perceived 'enemy' was communism (ie. USSR). Now we'd have to say it's rogue elements like the Jihadist.\n\nEither way, Afganastan and Iraq is mere practice time for what our army should be able to do.
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Well, I would think they weren't too good considering they were engaged in a war between 1941 and 1945.
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Howdy\n\nIt depends, the term world war needs to be refined in this climate of global terror. At present there are a huge range of countries which are part of the Coalition, which at present are trying to root out the terrorists which were a part of the September 11 and London attacks, not to mention countless crimes in thier home nations. \n\nI believe that at present, we are in a state of war. At present we have many different nations which are trying to over come some thing which we believe are immoral or evil due to their crimes and actions. I consider this to be a world war, but if you compare this to the previous world wars, were land was taken over and large scale battles took place. You wouldn't really consider it to be a large scale world war, merely a policing action on a larger scale.\n\nIf you meant a large scale conventual war, in terms of a nations army attacking another, then I would have to say that in my opinion there are two options.\n  \n1. As you can see from the iraqi invasion, the oil fields were a key factor during the invasion, which included air drops of troops to actually secure them.\n\nWe in the developed world, we use far to much in the way of fossil fuels which from scientist we can assume we won't have much left to actually use in the near future.\n\nWhen this happens you will have every nation on the planet, fighting each other for access to natual resources, I could only assume you could call that a world war.\n\n2. The current Chinese and Taiwanese issue, is nothing more than a tinder box, waiting to explode. I believe that if the Taiwanese continue to press for Independence from the mainland, the Chinese will be forced to attack, to preserve face in the international community and their people.\n\nI hope this helps.\n- Phil
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no but i think compulsory service might solve some of our social issues...\n\nconscription is only useful when we are in a full scale war ie. vietnam
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Well a "war" is defined by an "open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations" it generally includes armed assault.  That said, WWII was a "war" b/c nations declared there be a state of hostility among themselves...the countries approached an impasse and used political pressures and militant power to try and resolve it.  \n\n\nSo, a list??  Let me try and generalize "war" in bullet-form.\n\n- Disagreement b/w one or more nations \n- Governments DECLARED OPENLY that there be a dynamic b/w the nations which includes forcefully trying to "get what they want."\n- Force in WWII included blockades, the killing of both soldiers and civilians, invading foreign territories to reach strategic targets to be destroyed, looting, raping, torture, etc. (no country is exempt from this laundry list of behaviors, some countries more guilty of certain ones than others, I won't name names).  \n\nHope my answer helped - if you need more let me know and I'll see what I can do.
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Yes and no.  No one ever likes losing soldiers or going to war, but you can't judge the success of a war by the number of soldiers that die.  If thats the case, we lost WW1 and 2, and the Civil War, cuz we lost LOADS of soldiers in those.  2000 in 3 years is a pretty good ratio compared to most wars that are fought.  My dad was in the Air Force until 2003 (he was a fighter pilot) for 27 years, so we talk about this a lot.  Don't believe everything you hear on the news.  Once again: You can't judge the success of a war by the number of soldiers that die.
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of course, it is only a matter of time before we find something to fight about on a world war level.  WWIII is inevitable, just like the sun rising, poverty, finding out Santa isn't real, and Google becoming the next big monopoly.
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World War I, also known as the First World War and (before 1939) the Great War, the War of the Nations, War to End All Wars was a world conflict lasting from August 1914 to the final Armistice (cessation of hostilities) on November 11, 1918. The label World War I or First World War did not come into general use until after the outbreak of World War II in 1939, and until then it was commonly known as the Great War or the World War. The war was fought by the Allied Powers on one side, and the Central Powers on the other, resulting in eventual victory for the Allies. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers or involved so many in the field of battle. By its end, the war had become the bloodiest war in recorded history, though this record was soon to be superseded by World War II.\n\nAmongst Western countries, World War I became infamous for trench warfare along the Western Front, involving a system of opposing trenches (separated by a "No Man's Land") running from the North Sea to the border of Switzerland. More than 9 million soldiers died on the various battlefields, and nearly that many more in the participating countries' home fronts on account of food shortages and genocide committed under the cover of various civil wars and internal conflicts. In World War I, only some 5% of the casualties (directly caused by the war) were civilian - in World War II, this figure approached 50%.\n\nUltimately, World War I created a decisive break with the old world order that had emerged after the Napoleonic Wars, as modified by the mid-19th century national revolutions, the processes of European national unification and European colonialism. Three European land empires were shattered and subsequently dismembered to varying degrees: the German, the Austro-Hungarian and the Russian. In the Balkans and the Middle East, the Ottoman Empire experienced the same fate. Three European imperial dynasties, represented by the Hohenzollern, the Hapsburg and the Romanov families in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia respectively, also fell during the war.\n\nWorld War I witnessed the first advent of Communism as a means of government in Russia. The following decades would see the transformation of the old Russian Empire into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, a global superpower. In the east, the demise of the Ottoman Empire paved the way for a modern democratic successor state, Turkey, in the core region of Anatolia, in addition to a number of successor states and territories throughout the Middle East. In Central Europe, the new states of Czechoslovakia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Yugoslavia were born and Austria, Hungary and Poland were re-created. Shortly after the war, in 1923, Fascists came to power in Italy; in 1933, 15 years after the war, Nazism took over Germany. Problems unresolved or created by the war would be highly important factors in the outbreak, within 20 years, of World War II.\n\n\n\nCauses:\n\nOn June 28, 1914, Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, was assassinated in Sarajevo by Gavrilo Princip, a Bosnian Serb student. The Archduke was there to assert imperial authority over a disputed province. Princip was supported by pan-Serbian nationalists, with links to the Serbian military. Though this assassination is usually considered the immediate trigger for the war, its origins can be traced back to the complex web of alliances and counterbalances that developed between the various European powers after 1871.\n\n\nReasons and responsibilities\nThe reasons for the outbreak of World War I are a complicated issue; there are many factors which intertwine. Some examples are:\n\nFervent and uncompromising nationalism \nUnresolved previous disputes \nThe intricate system of alliances \nConvoluted and fragmented governance \nDelays and misunderstandings in diplomatic communications \nThe arms races of the previous decades. \nRigidity in military planning
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In some ways war is good.  It stopped the spread of fascism during WWII.  It kept our nation whole during the civil war.  We became a nation after the revolutionary war.  Most history is written by war.\n\nAlso, a nation unwilling to go to war is one that is waiting to be attacked.  Just because you do not want to fight does not mean the other guy is going to back down or leave you alone.  And when vicious people come for you, trying to talk it out is not going to work.\n\nHowever, war is also one of the most horrendous things mankind can do.  People do die in war and the deaths are not going to be pretty.  General Lee said it best when he said it is good war is so horrific because if it weren't, men would be doing it every day.  So war should be entered into as a last resort, but if war is entered, go in to win.\n\nIt is good that you find yourself compelled to fight for something.  It is also good that you have a conscience.  That combo means you would not be a psychopath and would have some restraint.  The dilemma you speak of is felt by many.  But if you do decide to join the military and fight remember, the other guy didn't think about his family when he chose his path, so you shouldn't worry about his family either.  He won't be worried about yours.\n\nBy the way, I was a marine in the first Gulf War so I got to experience war first hand.  It was a very sobering experience and  really makes you re-evaluate what is important.  I have the utmost respect for the ones carrying on the fight today.
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Was there a WW1? Did WW2 follow? Think about it
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In world war 2 Germany had already conqured most of Europe and showed no signs of stopping. If we had not saved their rears the map might look totally different now. Even if they stopped to secure Europe and recoup once finished with Europe (the smart thing to do) it was feared and likely they would push into the Americas, as I think they would have. Thus, we had to stop them or be conqured. Holocaust plays no role as it was not public knowledge until after. \n\nAlso, Pearl Harbour was a direct attack by another nations military. We were at war, like it or not. Japan also invaded Alaska and was dug in on land, something that you don't hear much about. Japan was allied with Germany although Germany told them to focus on Russia and meet in Moscow. Why a relatively tiny island would attack the US when it wasn't finished with China is absurd. WWII made us what we are and perhaps we didn't have the rep we have now and they thought they could frighten us. \n\nTerrorists are not attempting to invade or occupy America and do not come from any particular country. The goals of terrorists are uncertain at best. \n\nAlso Viet Nam changed things and created a more sensitive culture. We got to see war first hand in full color unedited by military journalists. Nam was the first war where civilian journalists were brought along and at the time everyone was excited to be on TV. The journalists went where they pleased and hopped on any chopper that had room. The blood and guts went straight to your living room at the independent news producers discretion at 5:30 each evening as famalies sat around and watched during diner. A mistake that the military will not repeat. The civilian media today is lead by the hand 'for thier own protection.' Nam also gave rise to the peace and love culture. In other ways it is a much different world today. \n(I can stop here but... some other thoughts)\n\nSometimes it seems like the terrorists just want us to leave the middle east alone. I'm curious as to what you think or are told that the terrorists agenda is. Yes they want to terrorize and kill Americans but what for. In Ireland the terrorists wanted independence from Britain, lack the ability for a military victory so, they hope to scare them into a concession. The definition of terrorist is one that attacks civillian targets in order to pressure a govt into something. What do the muslim terrorists want (not that we should give it or accept it)? Death to the infidels? Bombs every five years won't kill us all. There is a political motivation for these high profile bombings. Don't support Israel is an obvious one. Many in Iraq just want to drive us out of Iraq (seems fair). \n\nIraq seems more like a gurilla war than terrorists as well. Civillians may be harmed but the intended targets are usually military, local police, and the coalition govt. All of which are legitimate military targets so it's not terrorism. Trying to frighten us by bombings is not a good thing but not an imminent threat either. Protecting our home from terrorists is a job for police, FBI and CIA not soldiers in the middle east. I find it hard to even think of the war on terror as a war at all. It theoretically includes all terrorists not just muslim ones. They occupy no territory and don't have much unity. Remember Timothy McVay was a solo terrorist. Also certain militant Nazi groups in the mid west are classified as terrorists. \n\nThe mid east has fought for a long time and even if Iraq is stabilized our actions have not made us many friends there. Thus does not lessen terrorism but increases the number those who wish to do us harm. Although I'm just now starting to think the plan was to fix Iraq and show them how nice it can be and other nations may want it. Iraq was chosen because it's easiest and nobody really liked Saddam anyway, even there. If that's the plan it doesn't seem to be working.\n\nSomeone mentions 9/11 and Iraq. The t
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For heavens sake dont ever think of WAR first and then about its experience.\nWar is nothing but overall destruction. War seperates families.War destroys industries/buildings/bridges/propetrties/schools/hospitals.\nIt kills the soldeirs both side who are citizens of some country or the other,as well as innocent citizens who are not part of any army. It kills young and old alike. People are left with maimed organs for entire life.\nEven after the war is over one does not know where the hiddeen mines are which explodes when some one trips over.\nIt is horror , a terrorised experience to go thro and service . What a taste you have \nAre you joking when you ask was it hard living through it . want some one to say he enjoyed living through it. \nNot only the warring nations but all the rest of the world suffers and pay a price because of shortages of many items due to diversion of items to war fronts.