Wwii: the Good War?

US History Surv Since 1877 The Good warfare? umteen a(prenominal) Historians roar demesne fight II The Good War. The Second valet de chambre st take of fight consumed e real corner of the globe, pitting the worlds biggest powers against each other. thither were two sides the Axis powers and the assort Powers. The Axis included many Germany, Japan, and Italy. The Allied powers included the Soviet Union, fall in States, British Empire, China, and France to name a few. World War II was caused by several things. One was the Treaty of Versailles which Germany could not afford to pay.In turn they empowered a man who vowed to rip up the treaty. Two other reason were the failure of appease workforcet and the failure of the coalition of Nations. There ar many reasons why people think that World War II was The Good War, Paul Fussell gives a severe key unwrap on the subject. A Good War, A Just War, A object lesson Fussells accounts simply show that these terms are simply not mathematical for the teenage kid being shipped off to fight in the war at the tender ages of 18, 19, 20, or even 17. For Ameri prat array, the first rough act in their active and dangerous participation in what has been deceivingly termed the Good War was throwing up in the transport conveying them to the United Kingdom (Fussell pg. 15). Fussell references to how the war is misnamed The Good War here. He suggests how can the war be good when we are contriveting these young boys in situations were they are throwing up out of fear. The fear is not the lonesome(prenominal) problem, the men ate terrible food twice a day standing up while the officers ate at white linen tables with nice cutting tool and better food.This was not the firs blow to his morale though. In training, many draftees were greeted with the garner R. T. C. which the draftee quickly learned meant replacement training center (pg. 95). galore(postnominal) thoughts would enter the draftees head after reading tho se letters, Why, he wondered, were so many hundred of thousands of drafted boys needed as replacements? For whom or what? Was the army expecting that many deaths or incapacitating wounds (Fussell pg. 95). He soon learned that the answer was yes which as you can imagination was quite demoralizing and does not condescend to The Good War idea.Another Concept that Fussel used to support his motion that World War II wasnt the good war everyone was talking about was disproving the idea that only(prenominal) the germans spared innocent lifes. He talks about the measures that the Allied forces used to nurture the german assumption that the FUSAG was going to attack at Pas De Calais (Fussell pg. 32). To move troops and reserves quickly to this fancied battlefield, Hitler would have to use railroad tracks, railway stations, and alas, railway towns, where many French civilians were killed (Fussell pg. 32). The allies bombed many french railroad structures and in the process killed many inn ocent citizens. The innocent killing of civilians could not resuscitate to World War II being called the The Good War. If World War II, was The Good War then why was there so some(prenominal) desertion. Relating back to one of the problems I mentioned earlier, one of the main causes of desertion was fear. Many GIs were so scared that they required special attention. Says an American woman who worked with the red-faced Cross, Just before they went across to France, belts and ties were removed from some of these young men.They were very, very young (Fussell pg. 108). Fussell tells of a battle in france, where a fresh gang arrived to relive a unit that was battered from fighting and many of the men had been killed. Their bodies not yet been removed, but were laid out neatly exclusively behind the foxholes and decently covered with pine boughs (Fussell pg. 107). When the reinforcements say this, they instantly disappeared only to show up many months later. How can World War II be The Good War when young men are disbanding out of pure fear.World War II may be being fought for a just reason. Hitler is clearly an uncontrollable menace who needs to be put down. On the other hand, World War II cant be The Good War that many historians claim it to be. Just as Fussell suggests a war cant be good when we are move our teenage young men in extreme situations which cause them to spit out of fear. Also how can a war be good when we are taking the lives of innocent civilians. In the end, World War is not The Good War that many suggest it to be.