why was WWII the "good" war for Americans?

Answer 1

-it united us as a country
-it helped us out of the great depression
-it was the aftermath of the war that made us truly a world power

and to yuckufahoo's answer: have you seen the joy and freedom in people's eyes after they've been liberated? have you ever talked to a girl who can finally go to school after years of dreaming of it? or how about the woman who can finally go outside alone without fear of being murdered for it? have you seen the schools, hospitals, sanitary water systems, and communities built by our military in South America and elsewhere?

our military does a lot more than fight, my dear. it's time you opened your eyes to see that. support our troops.

Answer 2

Two main 'benefits' derived from WWII:

(1) We were attacked at Pearl Harbor and, therfore, unified against a common enemy

(2) We were able to truly get out of the Great Depression of 1929 (WWII was 1939-45 with our full military involvement beginning in Dec 1941)

Answer 3

Some Americans today are World War II veterans, so saying "we" makes perfect sense. As for the others, they are a part of the U.S... 'we' is a common way of referring to your country, at least in the United States.

Answer 4

The only reason it was called "good" was because it took us out of the depression! The only reason we entered the war was because the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, then declared war on the U.S. & we in turn declared war on the Japanese. Then Germany & Italy declared war on the U.S. on Dec. 11, 1941, & of course we declared war right back at them on the same day! Taking us out of the deprssion & the winning of the war were the only, so called, good things about that war!

Answer 5

Why do you put quotations marks around the word good? Whoever said that? I'm old enough that I remember talking to some of the people who had to fight that war. And the last word that they would use to describe it would be good. Evil, hard, Goddamned, but never good!

Answer 6

It showed the world that we weren't as weak as presumed. We united as a people. While it did help get us out of the Great Depression, people forget that there were other factors that assisted us in getting out of it...welfare programs, social security, and FDR took a risk and minted more money...huge risk that ended up working. All those factors got us out of the depression. It led to more technological advances and the baby boomers who grew up to be leaders in almost all fields.

Answer 7

Because after our intervention, on the attack of Pearl Harbor, we basically, with the help of Allied Forces, were the leading force in saving the world from Fascism and the The Third Reich.

Answer 8

the first answer says it all,to get out of the Great Depression and to take revenge for the attack at pearl habor,and besides,they finally can enter the war offically instead of some 'lendlease' thing

Answer 9

if you've been apart of any war..... you would understand that no war is a "good" war!!!!!

everybody loses in a war!!!!!!

and those people with those i support the troops and the war stickers..... need to take those damn stickers off of their cars and get their A S Ses over to the hospitals and funerals to see the destruction and misery that they are supporting!!!!!!!

Answer 10

it made american industries to boost up really quick.

it made 8hr a day working for any military emploeed industories.

it made woman and blacks to be skilled to work in industries. there fore gave more rights

controlled over axis power after the war, entire japanese territory.