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Justifications within World War II

When the Great War, or World War I, finally came to an end on November 11, 1918, the Allies inflicted most of the punishment upon Germany as if they were to blame for everything. The punishment was rather severe for they were expected to pay for all the war reparations, which resulted in a great depression as most of their money was now worthless. This brought about the necessity of a great leader to drive them out of poverty and back into the powerful nation they once were. Unfortunately, that great leader was none other than Adolph Hitler. He drove them out of poverty, which brought about his fame and popularity, but he then shifted towards fascism, anti-semitism and the “master race”. Then came the concentration and deaths camps of the Jews until it was considered to be mass genocide. It was not long before the power-hungry Hitler declared war against the allies by invading Belgium in order to attack France. 

The Soviet Union (Russia), however, arrived at Paris before Germany could strike. It is understandable that Germany may have wanted to exact revenge on the ones who wronged all those years between the two world wars, but mass genocide for the “master race” is not a just reason to go war. France, on the other hand, had the justification of self-defense. The Soviet Union also had the justification not to stand idly by when a victim state or country is aggressed, unlike the United States who decided to partake in non-intervention. However, their leave of the war also was qualified as being "just" due to civil issues within their own country.

When Great Britain was brought into the war it was through just reasons. Germany tried to gain control over the skies within Great Britain and as stated by Sir Isaac Newton: "for every action,  there is an equal reaction". The Germans when to drastic "unjust" measures by attempting to provoke a war between México and the United States. The United States had just reasons to go to war with that fact let alone that infamous day when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The United States helped tipped the balance of the stalemate between France and Great Britain versus Germany and Japan. When the war ended between Germany and the Allies, they actually promoted reconstruction rather than just like inflicting punishment on them like the last time.

Then the only problem they had left was the "unsurrendering" army of Japan. The greatest problem the U.S had with the "unsurrendering" part. The U.S then thought it was best to drop the newly developed ultimate nuclear weapon--the atomic bomb. Their reasoning was to save American lives that would have been wasted in further war effort and to make their million dollar project worth its money's worth. They tried to justify their unjust actions which resulted in several casualties as collateral damage. If that was not enough they dropped a second one them to send a message. So although they had just reasons to join the war, they had unjust actions that lead to the end of the war. Just because a war may be classified as "just" does not necessarily mean all their actions are considered as just and vice versa.

WORKS CITED

Brunstetter, Daniel. “Just War?”. Humanities Core. University of California, Irvine, Irvine.14 Nov. 2014. Lecture.

Kennedy, David M., and Lizabeth Cohen. The American Pageant: A History of the American People. 14th ed. Boston: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2010. Print.

Robinson, Lindsay. “Teaching Instruction”. Advanced Placement United States History. Firebaugh High School, Firebaugh. March 2013. Lecture.

Van Den Abbeele, Georges. “Walzer.” Humanities Core. University of California, Irvine, Irvine. 3 Dec. 2014. Lecture.