American_Family_During_World_War_2

The American family has endured through many tough times and many amazing ages. None more so than World War 2. The dynamic of the American family had to change and evolve into a more modern, up- to-date family. There countless recollections by Veterans and survivors of World War 2 today of how things changed. Most in their childhoods during these troubled time cannot, however, recall many details of their distant pasts so we rely on what has been written and passed down from our Fathers and Grandfathers who fought that fight and fortunately lived to tell, and write about it. One must explore the events leading up to America’s involvement in the Great War as many Americans will refer to this as the start of the war although it had been going on two years prior. The Great Depression and World War 1 led to many of the situations around the world at that time. The Treaty of Versailees is one such instance of a failed plan that led to violence. In his book The Economic Consequences of Peace, Keynes referred to the Treaty of Versailles as a "Carthaginian Peace", a misguided attempt to destroy Germany on behalf of French revanchism, rather than to follow the fairer principles for a lasting peace set out in President Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points, which Germany had accepted at the armistice. He stated: "I believe that the campaign for securing out of Germany the general costs of the war was one of the most serious acts of political unwisdom for which our statesmen have ever been responsible." Keynes had been the principal representative of the British Treasury at the Paris Peace Conference, and used in his passionate book arguments that he and others (including some US officials) had used at Paris. He believed the sums being asked of Germany in reparations were many times more than it was possible for Germany to pay, and that these would produce drastic instability. The Great Depression devastating to all Americans. There were no countrymen who did not feel a bite in their pocketbook from these dark times. With the introduction of the new deal by President Roosevelt; many Americans felt the country was destined for better things. For the American family it was a time of rebuilding and finding new jobs. Many of the jobs created were due to the lend lease program at the start of the World War 2. The mother was exactly that, she kept her duties as homemaker and mother to the children first on her list while the father was at work. The modern working woman wasn’t even a notion in those days. The children led simple lives composed of school and church. Yes, many families were members of a local church in their communities. It seemed tha t things were looking up for most families. On a clear December morning in 1941, the Japanese in just 2 hours will change the world and the US forever. Attacking PearlHarbor, Hawaii with planes from a carrier fleet the Japanese had positioned off the coast, they destroyed three battleship and damaged many more. As the smoke bellowed and men died from their wounds, reports came in to the mainland about the attack. Many young men wnet to the armed forces recruiting offices and signed up for military duty. Many children watched their fathers leave for boot camp to learn to fight.