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A 7 page exploration of what life was like in the United States during WW II. This paper explores rationing and the war effort. Examples are given regarding patriotism, food (and lack of items such as meat), and entertainment. Brief mention is made of the role that women and minorities played in the war effort. Bibliography lists five sources.
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7 pages (~225 words per page)
File: D0_Wwii.rtf
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history. Amidst the destruction and horror, lives were lost and forever changed. Not only soldiers, but also civilians were affected by this great war. No final number
can be placed on the numbers of lives lost but it is estimated that 17 million military personnel were killed and even a greater number of civilians were lost to
starvation, disease and other war related causes. Practically the entire world joined in on the war effort in one form or another. Blood was
spilled in the streets of the great cities of Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, the Netherlands as well as in the sweltering jungles of Southeast Asia, the torrid desserts
of northern Africa, and the frozen tundra of the Soviet Union. The United States, at first neutral to the war, entered the battle December 8, 1941. Japan,
angered by U.S. resistance to their expansion into Southeast Asia, had attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet (moored in Pearl Harbor in Hawaii) the previous day (December 7, 1941). The
U.S. retaliated by swiftly entering the global conflict. World War II quickly became a constant presence in the lives of U.S. soldiers and civilians
alike as the U.S. sought to avenge the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Most Americans who waited out the war at home detested the Nazis and quickly learned to
hate the Japanese and to hold Mussolini in contempt. Although the majority of U.S citizens didnt have to endure the everyday hardships of war, or serve as first hand
witnesses to the atrocities of bombings and massacres, they were never-the-less active participants. The American people were quickly swept up in the war effort. Male, female, black, and
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