World War II

World war 2 lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia. World war 2 was fought between two groups of countries. On one side was Germany, Italy, and Japan.  On the other side were the allies. This group consisted of Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the Soviet Union, China, and The United States Of America. Most of the combat action took place in Europe, East Asia, and islands in the Pacific Ocean, others also occurred in places as far as Madagascar and the Aleutian Islands. Countries such as Poland, China, Russia, and Germany saw their territories directly involved in the war and suffered terribly. Other countries such as the United States and Canada were far from the place of war but still fought a robust home front providing war goods for their men abroad. On December 7, 1941 Japan bombs pearl harbor. They attack the US naval base at Pearl Harbor. This attack led to FDR asking congress to declare war on Japan on December 8,1941. Another event that happened during world war 2 was the holocaust. This was the murder of approximately 6 million Jews by the Nazis. The Nazis who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were “racially superior” and that Jews were unworthy of life. During this era the Nazis targeted other groups because of their perceived “racial inferiority”. In 1933 the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. By 1944 close to two out of every 3 European Jews had been killed as part of the “Final Solution”, the Nazi policy to murder the Jew of Europe.

One way that we honor world war 2 is by donating to charities that help them and their families out. When seeing someone who was a part of this time we should say thank you. Not everyone does this and it shows respect towards them. After all that they have been through it will please them to hear someone say thank you since hardly anyone does this. Another can be to pay for them when seeing them at a restaurant or elsewhere. They may be low on money because it is hard for therm to get jobs. It is possible that they are still traumatized from what they have seen and are unable to get jobs.