Ben Franklin's Statement In World War II

Ben Franklin once wrote, “There was never a good war or a bad peace.¨ World War II provides evidence that Franklin's statement is true. (WWII book) After World War I, and during the time leading up to World War II, most Americans would agree with this statement regarding war and peace. On September 1, 1939 World War II began and the United States people felt differently about Franklin’s statement. The start of World War II increased tension and many Americans wanted to stay out of “Europe’s problems”(WWII book). At the time before World War II the United States was an isolationist country.

Although the United States did not want to enter the war, it eventually came into the war on December 8,1941. That was the day after the tragic attack

Britain Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain had all but forfeited the European mainland to Nazi Germany. Eventually, Hitler continued to take over land and grow his popularity in Germany as well as his power. For Example, Hitler became Führer of Germany after German President Hindenburg dies on August 2 1934. (HistoryPlace.com) After years of Hitler’s growth as a dictator in Germany, the idea of expansionism was a recurring idea. Eventually, Hitler invaded Poland on September 1 1939, sparking the beginning of WWII (History.com) . The British, still under Chamberlain, had grown tired of appeasing Hitler and threatened him to withdraw troops from Poland or War would

They could argue that it was Europe´s and the U.S. had no business in helping. Although the war started in Europe, the United States needed to join the war in order to save the allies people and protect their own people. In addition the United States fought to defend their values, by eventually saving misfortunate victims of the holocaust. Although the U.S. was unaware of the severity of the holocaust they still pioneered for democracy in the recovering countries as well. The U.S. was given no choice but to join the war after Pearl Harbor, Pearl Harbor was the turning point of the united states from a neutral country to an allied power. For all of these reasons, the U.S. was justified for joining World War