Quotes
“Darwinism by itself did not produce the Holocaust, but without Darwinism... neither Hitler nor his Nazi followers would have had the necessary scientific underpinnings to convince themselves and their collaborators that one of the worlds greatest atrocities was really morally praiseworthy.”
― Richard Weikart
“Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love." ― Guy Sajer
“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”
― WINSTON S CHURCHILL
“Alas, all that sound and fury disguised the fact that on Omaha Beach at least, the bombs fell too long, the rockets fell too short, and the naval gunfire was too brief.”
― Craig L. Symonds,
World War II
The National World War II Museum in the the nation's capital is a memorial to those who served. The mission of the museum is not to tell the story of the war. It is an educational experience where people come to learn about the defining event of the 20th century.
The war is called the defining event of the century because many ways we lived were changed by the war. Some were bad but as usual some good things come out of bad events.
For example take the Tuskagee Army Field in Alabama. At the beginning of the war the Armed Forces were strictly segregated. Black men were prohibited from flying because it was assumed they lacked the necessary skills. The Army Air Corps started a training program testing if the assumption was correct. The Tuskegee Airmen was the result. A separate unit to be sure but 14,600 black men were accepted into a variety of military air occupations.
After the war the U.S. Air Force was created and all air units were desegregated and lumped together.
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The war created a shortage of pilots. Woman were not permitted to be pilots because they lacked the skills required. Thanks to some strong women they created the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP.)
The WASPs ferried planes from factories to where they could be put to force on the front. WASPs also towed targets for target practice and trained new pilots.
Tuskagee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots are examples of how the war changed the roles of race and gender roles in society. While the changes are not perfect at this point, they are changing to levels that were not imagined before World War II.
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima had three airfields within flying distance to the Japan mainland. It was valuable to the Japanese as a defense position and at the same time to the allies as a base to launch attacks against Japan. Both sides valued the island. Iwo JIma appeared to be an easy target but it proved to be a five-week showdown that was one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of the war.
“Darwinism by itself did not produce the Holocaust, but without Darwinism... neither Hitler nor his Nazi followers would have had the necessary scientific underpinnings to convince themselves and their collaborators that one of the worlds greatest atrocities was really morally praiseworthy.”
― Richard Weikart
“Then there was the war, and I married it because there was nothing else when I reached the age of falling in love." ― Guy Sajer
“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”
― WINSTON S CHURCHILL
“Alas, all that sound and fury disguised the fact that on Omaha Beach at least, the bombs fell too long, the rockets fell too short, and the naval gunfire was too brief.”
― Craig L. Symonds,
World War II
The National World War II Museum in the the nation's capital is a memorial to those who served. The mission of the museum is not to tell the story of the war. It is an educational experience where people come to learn about the defining event of the 20th century.
The war is called the defining event of the century because many ways we lived were changed by the war. Some were bad but as usual some good things come out of bad events.
For example take the Tuskagee Army Field in Alabama. At the beginning of the war the Armed Forces were strictly segregated. Black men were prohibited from flying because it was assumed they lacked the necessary skills. The Army Air Corps started a training program testing if the assumption was correct. The Tuskegee Airmen was the result. A separate unit to be sure but 14,600 black men were accepted into a variety of military air occupations.
After the war the U.S. Air Force was created and all air units were desegregated and lumped together.
.
The war created a shortage of pilots. Woman were not permitted to be pilots because they lacked the skills required. Thanks to some strong women they created the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP.)
The WASPs ferried planes from factories to where they could be put to force on the front. WASPs also towed targets for target practice and trained new pilots.
Tuskagee Airmen and Women Airforce Service Pilots are examples of how the war changed the roles of race and gender roles in society. While the changes are not perfect at this point, they are changing to levels that were not imagined before World War II.
The Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima had three airfields within flying distance to the Japan mainland. It was valuable to the Japanese as a defense position and at the same time to the allies as a base to launch attacks against Japan. Both sides valued the island. Iwo JIma appeared to be an easy target but it proved to be a five-week showdown that was one of the bloodiest and most brutal battles of the war.
