World War II
W.W.II was a long, hard war that was full of hardships. The Allied forces lost a total of 44 million military and civilian lives. The war spanned from 1939-1945, the U.S. officially entered the war in 1941 after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
The Axis was governed by three leaders. Benito Mussolini was the leader of Italy, he became the leader because Italians would listen to anyone who claimed to have all the answers. Hideki Tojo was the leader of Japan and joined the Axis last. Finally there's Adolf Hitler, the most evil, sickening, and wrong human being that ever walked the planet. He was the leader of the Nazi Party, the most powerful party in Germany. Hitler also ruled Germany and started the Axis.
On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, thousands were lost. The next day the U.S. officially entered the war, the U.S. sided with the Allies.
In the summer of 1945, President Truman was faced with a decision, that year the U.S. invented the atomic bomb. Should have Pres. Truman used the bomb? Well, he did. A U.S. plane dropped leaflets over and on the city Hiroshima, Japan saying to evacuate or be bombed, they stood their ground. August 6, 1945 Hiroshima was bombed, 78,000 died. Next, a U.S. plane dropped leaflets on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, and again they stood their ground. August 9, 1945 the city of Nagasaki was bombed, 40,000 died. The next day Japan asked for peace talks, August 14, 1945 Japan surrendered. W.W.II was over.
W.W.II was a harsh war, many died. There hasn't been another world war since, and hopefully there won't be another.
By Ethan V.
Top of Page
Back to main page
During World War II, on Aug 6, 1945, a United States army plane dropped a single atomic bomb on the center of a city. Three days later, the allies dropped a second atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Japan surrendered to allied forces on Sept. 2,1945. The atomic bomb destroyed about 5 sq miles of the city, 70,000-100,000 people died from the actual bomb and others died of the after affects of the radiation. That was my essay on WWII.
When Japan started taking over Asia, America warned them to stop. The USA stop trade with Japan so Japan wasn't getting any oil. Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941. After that we went to war with against Japan and then a few days later America went to war against Germany and Italy. That's how America got into the war.
Hitler was in Germany to be a dictator in the war. He said the Jews didn't it all so he put the Jews in camps in different places of the world. Over 40,000 people died in the war.
Woman had jobs like cooks, nurses, taxicab drivers, office managers, clerks, mechanics, barbers, meat packers, crane operator, and police officers. Almost no jobs were for men only.
First I'll tell you about the allies. The allies were a group of parts of countries or whole countries that tried to stop the axis powers from taking over the world. Allies got along with most countries. 
In June 1942 America fought Japan for the Midway Islands. It was successful for the U.S. Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers, 322 planes, a cruiser, and around 3,000 men.
The first guy I will talk about is Hitler. Hitler was born in 1889 and died in 1945. Adolf grew up in Branaru, Austria and about 12 years after he was born they moved to a small town in Germany. In 1933 Hitler told a bad lie just so he could be a leader. He was so good at that lie, no one found out he lied until most of the Jews had been killed. His lie was that the reason Germany had been put down was because of the Jews. So as soon as he got everyone to believe him he started shutting out the Jews and at the same time he got the power of dictator. With his great power of being a dictator he got cocky and thought he could take or beat anything that was thrown at him. But after he tried to defeat a few of the small countries he realized he needed to be bigger and stronger. So finally he found somebody to hook up with and sign a treaty with to other countries, Japan and Italy. Now I will tell you about them.