POSTWAR: A Global History of the Second World War's Legacy

This painting memorializes the victims of a massacre during World War II that the world had forgotten for decades. The Nanking (Nanjing) Massacre, or also known as the Rape of Nanking, occurred over a period of six weeks when the Japanese Imperial Army captured Nanking. The International Military Tribunal of the Far East (IMTFE) estimated that more than…

When thinking about massacres that occurred during the Second World War, most people immediately think of the Holocaust as the most evil act committed by the Axis powers. However, in 1937, the Japanese army committed one of the greatest atrocities … Continue reading →

To American’s World War II began on December 7th, 1941, when the Japanese army bombed Pearl Harbor, forcing us to end our stage of isolation. For the rest of the world, World War II began for them at several different times, and for the Chinese and Japanese, World War II was called the Sino-Japanese War. […]

World War II is still the undisputed king when it comes to the bloodiest and deadliest human conflicts in history. It was not just combatants that experienced the horrors of war though, for millions of civilians would be caught up … Continue reading →

  On January 13, 1937 the Japanese army began a brutal attack on the people of Nanking. An estimated 350,000 people were murdered. Other citizens were raped, assaulted, and forced to witness unspeakable acts perpetrated on on their loved ones by the Japanese soldiers .  It is difficult to conceptualize the amount to life lost in this attack … Continue reading “The Forgotten Massacre”

Since the Revolutionary War, African American soldiers were able to fight the enemies of America as lower enlisted soldiers.  During the Civil War, African soldiers were able to form their own companies under caucasian command, however, they were able to rise higher in rank then previously.  In World War II African American soldiers were able … Continue reading “War: Countries Together Win Wars”

Today we all look back at WWII as a huge lesson in life. Hitler was an evil dictator whop took away some of the most basic human rights from innocent people. It’s common place in our culture. We have all… Continue Reading →

During WWII, Japan took over vital European colonies in Asia such as Dutch Indonesia, French Indochina, British Malaya, and Burma so that they could have resources if they were cut off by other majors powers at the time. When the allies won the war and Japan surrendered, its newly claimed territories could not be won back […]

The dishwasher and washing machine were objects of status and modernization in France in the post World War Two era. They represented the modernization of France in the time after the Nazi Occupation and represented status, wealth and security for the individual citizens of France. The mid 1950’s to the mid 1960’s was the era … Continue reading “Imperial Displacement- The Modernization of French Culture in Post World War Two”

It is easy, or perhaps far more comforting, to look back at the histories of the First and Second World Wars and see that good triumphed over evil, that the righteous were able to overcome and smite the wicked, but the reality is rarely so black and white.  Obviously, the Second World War was one…