Key Events During Ww2

On December 8th, 1941, the United States of America entered the greatest war of all time: the war against Hitler. World War II affected the United States economically, emotionally, and technologically. The problem of immigration, the mistreatment of the Japanese Americans, and the advancement of weapons and war tactics were all experienced by the citizens of the United States throughout the war.
Through the course of the war, especially “during the 1930s, American fear of involvement in European conflicts became more widespread” (Eversale). There was one key issue the American public feared over all: immigration. At the time, Europe was in terrible condition. Many types of people-mainly Jews-started to flood into the United States in fear of

At the start of the war, the United States Army quickly realized how outdated our weapons were. This was because the second world war started “only 21 years after the first world war ended, and many of the weapons they were using were from World War I” (Isserman 1). Anti-aircraft artillery, tanks, mines, and submachine guns were key improvements in the military. These new weapons led to the overpowering victories on the ground and in the air. With the introduction of the Anti-aircraft guns, the Americans could easily take out bombers and fighters during air raids on the Pacific front. While submachine guns, tanks, and Anti-aircraft weapons were key in the war, “aircraft carriers were the largest of the new weapons in World War II. They allowed unimaginably close takeoffs in the pacific side of the war. With only a few islands large enough for runways and fuel stations, it was hard for bombers to get to their target and back without risking plunging into the ocean. The invention of aircraft carriers got the bombers twice as close to their destination than before. The bombers could then have a greater capacity of pay load and they could also stay bombing for longer before they had to return back. Although they could get much closer and carry more bombs, the bomber sue in World War II were a big disappointment. The B-17 Flying Fortress, which was said to be able to “hit a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet, only sanka very few amount of bombers. The Norden bombsight was really not a sight at all. I was just a hole in the bottom of the plane to see what you could hit. Another disadvantage of the bombers was their size. The huge targets could easily be hit from Anti-aircraft guns like Flak. Flak is a big metal bomb that is launched into the sky and when it reaches a certain altitude, it explodes, sending thousands of chunks of metal into the air. This weapon shred