World War II: A change for Society

Boom! Crash! Bang! The sounds of war are louder than 1,000 tanks simultaneously firing. The smell of

the dad and decay is stronger than the power of the Nazis. This is World War II; one of the most

destructive wars in the history of mankind and having the most impact, on the world itself, that is still

around today.

The images of war can change people and their look on life. This was the case for the people that

survived World War II. “They saw how destructive, violent, and bloody it was,” (The U.S. Office of War

2:15 – 2:22). As noted by the U.S. Office of War in the video, “World at War Part 1,” “ America was at

war. It had been at war, although few Americans realized it, for more than ten years. Ever Since

September 18th, 1931 when Japan clawed Manchuria out of the body of China,” ( The U.S. Office of War

7:34 – 7:51). So World War II was a huge shock to the world, but “why” isn’t the question, “how” is.

The Nazis struck ear into the world. They change the security of the world … even today. With every

interview that was conducted, there was always something that had to do with “the security of the and

technology being too advanced,” (The interviewees question two).Just like today, most of the Nazi’s

technology was too advanced for the other nations and caused Nazi victories. “ It was not entirely

bloodless. Italy and Germany had been fighting in Spain. General Franco had revolted against the

republican government. He invited and received German and Italian aid. The newly elected government

received some Russian aid. The democracies evolved a formula of non-intervention. The dictator rushed

to assign. This was an opportunity of a dress rehearsal for full scale war, an excellent chance to test new

weapons and tactics,” (The U.S. Office of War 11:32– 12:07). The Nazis had the power to change the

relationships of nations in a very bad way… propaganda.

The Nazi Regime used lots of propaganda to make people think or believe what they did. This

propaganda hanged the way some Nations though of one another. On one of my interviews, I asked what

the interviewee thought the results of World War II were and they said, “Germany lost its army, the land
they captured, and a lot of money!” “But where did the army come from,” you might ask. They did it

through propaganda. They used it to cause foreign countries to join them. “Two years after the war had

begun, the war ended, (between Japan and Italy). Italy had joined Japan in the partnership of aggression,”

(The U.S. Office of War 10:23 – 10:33). So, from this point of view, propaganda was a bad thing.

From violence to fear, to death and propaganda, this barely catches the surface on what the Nazi Regime

has done throughout the many years that they were around. They changed the whole world worked. They

struck fear into nations, and caused the United Nations to be formed so this could never happen again.

The images of the aftermath of the Holocaust caused a shockwave o fear , horror, and shock for years to

come. Plus the propaganda that Hitler and the Nazis used to cause nations to go against eachother or join

the Nazis. This is one of the many problems the world has had and how it changed society. The most

world changing event in the history of mankind

The World at War Part 1. Dir. The U.S. Office of War. The U.S. Office of War, 1942. World Book Advanced. James L.

Stokesbury, 2007. Web. 25 Oct. 2014.