On December 7th of 1941, just before 8 a.m Japanese fighter planes descended on the Pearl Harbor naval base and destroyed not only American naval vessels, battleships and planes but also took the lives of 2,400 Americans as well as injured as many as a thousand civilians. The attack sparked outrage over American media, government and the world and despite the fact that the US was not prepared, the day after the attack President Franklin D. Roosevelt found himself in a position with no choice but to declare war on Japan. On December 8th, the United States of America was officially involved in World War II.
World War II brought a numerous amount of changes in the lives of Americans. Every aspect of the American life was under adjustment because
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Americans all felt the need to do their part and contribute to their nation in order to help aid their country in a time of great fear and distress. According to bbc.co.uk “the nation's labour was once again mobilised, and to an even greater extent than World War One.” (BBC, 2018). Both women and men worked and joined in uniformed services. Millions found jobs either in factories and/or on land. General Secretary of the Communist Party, Joe Stalin believed that the most important thing in the war was machines, and his opinion proved to be correct. According to pbs.org a month after Pearl Harbor, the FDR’s goal was to produce as much as 60,000 aircrafts, 120,000 tanks, and 55,000 guns. The production of war machines was at an all time high. The war provided jobs for over three million people, and over seven million others, including women, who wouldn’t have found a job in other circumstances. The United States continued to produce a significant amount of weapons, which gave America an advantage over the enemies. One of the greatest benefits that this advantage provided was the fact that fewer troops had to be out in combat, therefore saving more Americans from the terrors in the