HIST 1100 Chapter 25: Chapter 25 The World at War notes
17 May 2016
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Chapter 25 the world at war 1939 1945. The military conflict began in 1939 with blitzkrieg ( lightning war ) attack by wonderfully engineered german tanks across the plains of poland. American planes dropped two atomic bombs on the japanese cities of hiroshima and. Despite the loss of life, many americans viewed wwii as the good war , a successful defense of democratic values from the threat posed by german and japanese fascism. When evidence of the grim reality of the jewish holocaust came to light, us participation in the war seemed even more just. Wwii changed the nation"s government in fundamental ways. The power of the federal government, which had been increasing since the progressive era and wwi, grew exponentially during the conflict. Federal laws, rules, and practices put in place during the war became part of american life: the road to war, antidemocratic fascism developed in italy during the 1920s, and spread to.
