The Battle Of The Pacific War - 1708 Words

The Pacific War was a period during World War II that was fought in pacific Asian islands, southeast Asia, and China. The Pacific War was important to the shaping of American history because it established our allies, showed how strong our military is, even when fighting overseas, and drastically improved our economy. World War II spanned over 5 years, 1939 to 1945. WWII was the largest spread war, including 100 million people located in almost 30 different countries. World War II was a very brutal war, many bombings took place, Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 129,000 alone. The Holocaust also carried very high death tolls in Europe. WWII was the most violent and deadly war in world history with an estimated total 45 million to 80 million†¦show more content†¦This was a surprise attack on America, Japan wanted to hit America so hard that they were in no place to fight and would then only be left to negotiate free reign of Asian countries for Japan in order to gain more and mo re power. This plan ultimately back-fired. The U.S. had not officially been at war anywhere in the world, so the attack on Pearl Harbor added America into the fast-growing world war. As well as the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Great Britain, China, and Australia all declared war against Japan. Nazi Germany and Italy declared war against the United States following Japan, and the world was officially at war. When the United States entered the war, resources needed to be created back in America to keep up with the supply and demand overseas. Jobs opened up all over America to make things needed for the war. Women were also called on to work in factories to assist the demand needed by soldiers. World War II improved the economy while most other wars caused the economy to decline. After the war ended, Many Americans were extremely worried that the hard times of the Great Depression might follow World War II as it did the first World War. But, in response to long awaited consu mer demand, the United States economy saw impressive, strong economic growth during the following years after the world war. The nation s gross national product grew from approximately $200,000,000 in