Was World War 2 truly a People's War?
2006-10-12 18:15:49 · 6 answers · asked by kuzya 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
The answer depends on the point of view of YOUR nation. For example, the former Soviet Union referred to the global conflict from 1937-1945 as "The Great Patriotic War." The Chinese Communists referred to it as a people's war against Japanese aggression and imperialism.
WW2 was a "people's war" in that CIVILIAN non-combatant populations were deliberately and strategically targeted fr destruction by ALL warring nations for the first time in history: the bombing of Shanghai and the rape of Naking China in 1937, the genocide against Jews and Gypsies in Europe, the London blitz, the battle for Stalingrad, the fire-bombing of Dresden and the atomic destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are all examples.
2006-10-12 18:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by airpocket2002 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
World War 2 was not a people's war. It was a triangle struggle of powers.
2006-10-12 18:32:10 · answer #2 · answered by chanljkk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think of any conflict must be classed as a 'peoples conflict'. something that takes the lives of 'people' in the thousands and thousands can't be stable. And what has the international learnt from this.... freedom nonetheless would not exist, why combat for some thing and then have it taken away lower back.
2016-10-16 03:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No war ever is a peoples war. It is about killing, suffering all for a gain of the elite few at the top that win.
2006-10-12 18:21:18 · answer #4 · answered by mary texas 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, I don't think so. The definition and history of a "people's war" is at this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_War
2006-10-12 18:19:40 · answer #5 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-10-12 18:16:54 · answer #6 · answered by //.S M ii L E S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋