Did anything positive happen because of WW2?

Question

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1. Did anything positive happen because of WW2?
2. What were the negative things about the war?
3. What countries were involved in WW2?

Answer 1

Yes. Aside from the obvious technological and medical advances, a number of countries were kept free or freed through the war.

If you weren't forced to learn Japanese that's a positive.

The negatives, obviously, would be the loss of life, particularly civilians.

Japan, Germany, Italy, on the Axis side.

France, the USSR, Britain and the U.S. the primary allies on the allied side, but also Canada, New Zealand, Australia, China, South Africa, Greece, Poland, Norway, Mexico and many others.

Answer 2

The economy improved due to the war. Also, women found they could work at jobs formerly held by men and do a good job. Example: aircraft building and manufacturing of all kinds. Cheaper housing was offered to the G.I.'s (and others) when the war ended. Necessity helped us modernize weaponry, i.e., guns, bombs, aircraft, ships, etc. Medical technique improved. This war created a strong bond between Britain and America. We won the war.

Negative: Millions of Jews were murdered. Positive: We liberated those still alive in concentration camps. Negative: The killing and maiming of so many military personnel and civilians. The money we allies had to spend to rebuild the countries we ravished....called The Marshall plan.
Negative: Placating Russia and dividing Germany.

Many nations were involved in WW2, here are a few countries that I know of: In Europe: In Asia: Germany Japan Italy China Britain Thailand Soviet Union Philipines Poland Indonesia France Malaysia Belgium Netherlands Denmark In Africa Norway Morocco Finland Nigeria Czechoslovakia Egypt Hungary South Africa Bulgaria Romania In Oceania Greece Australia Albania New Zealand Yugoslavia

In America United States Canada

There are lots of other countries involved, but they aren't as significant to the rest of the world.

Answer 3

1. Did anything positive happen because of WW2?

Yes but at a price we should all be ashamed of paying (we are, truly, no different than they).

We (Americans, well, some of us) realize we are not isolated from the world nor above it. What happens abroad affects us.

Just because it isn't happening to us doesn't mean it shouldn't be stopped. All people, no matter who, deserve the right to life liberty, and happiness and not to live and be murdered in concentration camps.

We (Americans) did almost as bad. We had internment camps for first and second generation Japanese despite the fact that there was never even the slightest of evidence that they had any ill will toward our country. Many of them fought against Japan, as well as the other Axis nations.

In the above we learned, hopefully, we are no better than our enemies. We just happened to fight on the right side.

Computers. Submarines. So many other technical achievements. Many medical and biological as well.

Ever so slowly learning just a little bit more that bigotry is bred of fear and ignorance. Hitler was, by far, the most prolific and effective bigot in history. His fear and hatred, however, were born of a very serious and debilitating psychiatric disorder. He also attacked races, religions, ethnicities, and sexual identification at whim. When questioning one's own biases one must consider one's relationship to this disturbed and fractured mind.

I'm sure there's so very much more (including the fact that religion doesn't mean a person is trying to take over the country via finances) but you seem to want a quick answer.


2. What were the negative things about the war?

Ok, is genocide not enough? How about letting a paranoid, schizophrenic, megalomaniac take control of a nation because, gee, he talks so well and mirrors our own fears and insecurities so darn well?

Or, perhaps, you'd prefer America's nonchalance. It's not here so who cares. What reports of Nazi Ghettos? We've been given tours by the German Government. Everything looked swell when they showed us what they wanted. Oh! but wait! Now they bombed Pearl Harbor! Never saw that coming! Now we care.

Again, genocide. Jews, gypsies, catholics, protestants, homosexuals (well, unless they were in the upper levels of Hitler's staff, that was *kosher*), union members, people without blond hair and blue eyes (but not Hitler or his cronies or allies or, ya know, whatever).

Death and destruction on any level. That's not a bad thing?

The destruction and theft of art, literature and so many other historical artifacts. I know, it pales in comparison to any one life lost but it is still a pretty big negative thing.

Fear. The simple realization that any single one of us is capable of standing by and letting it happen. Worse that we could actually take an active role in it. Fear is a powerful thing.

The atomic bomb. That's no good for anyone. Not even Republicans ;-)

The Cold War. Ok, so that was good for fiction novelists and Hollywood. Not so much for the rest of us.

And, again, so incredibly much more. Far more than the good things list.

3. What countries were involved in WW2?

Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan. Allies: United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union. Stuck in between: Every one else. Seriously hurt: All of Europe. Hmm, Asia too. Well, and Africa. Even Switzerland had a tough go at it in this one. Ok, Antarctica got fared pretty well with no allegiance.

Don't pick mine as your best answer. You should know all of this already. If you have the ability to even ask the question you should have been paying more attention in class.

There are some things in history that shouldn't be that grey. You may as well ask these questions of the tradition of American slavery.

This is also why we are condemned to never learn from our own mistakes.

Answer 4

1. There were quite a few technological advances made during the war. Airplanes, Helicopters, plastics, Radio communication, Radar, Medicine, Atomic power.

2. Other than the massive loss of life? Deliberate targeting of civilians, massive environmental impact, Atomic weapons.

3. Axis: Germany, Italy and Japan. (Finland was invaded by USSR)
Allies: USA, UK, Canada, Free French, China, Australia USSR.
Countries that were conquered, or Annexxed quickly: Austria, Czechislovakia, Poland, Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Korea, Denmark, Norway, Sweden.

Countries that were still part of a larger empire at the time: Phillipines, India, French indo china,

Answer 5

1.First of all the US was finally able to get out of the Great Depression. Then their is the development of Medicine, Transportation, and other technological inventions. The destroying of Dictatorships and the saving of Jews and other races that were being killed off by Hitler.

2. The death of so many people. Start of the cold war

3. Axis - Germany, Italy, & Japan( Romania& Spain had troops in the war as well as their conquerd tarritories)

Allies- Free French, Britain, America, Soviet Union, China, and other countries ecaped free troops

Answer 6

I think any negative happenings in every people's live got positive reasons after it.

Positive: History
Negative: History might occur again
Countries involved: US, Japan, Germany, Poland, Austria, China, United Kingdom, Philippines, Soviet Union, Australia, New Zealand among others.

Answer 7

Positive things from WW2: Many countries gain their independence after the war. Many pre-war empires lost their colonies.

Rapid development of aircraft - by the end of the war, jet aircraft were in use. Other technical developments like radar, medical advances.

Answer 8

Yes. How long will we have peace before the start of WW3.
The war itself.
I don't know.Does it really matter now?

Answer 9

It stopped Adolph Hitler from taking over the world and our freedom.