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IN THE UNITED STATES, World War II is generally known as "the good war." In contrast to some of America's admittedly bad wars, such as the near-genocidal Indian Wars and the vicious conflict in Vietnam, World War IIis widely celebrated as a "crusade" in which the US fought unreservedly on the side of democracy, freedom, and justice against Dictatorship. No wonder President George W. Bush likes to compare his ongoing "war against terrorism" with World War II, suggesting that America is once again involved on the right side in an apocalyptic conflict between good and evil. Wars, however, are never quite as black-and-white as Mr. Bush would have us believe, and this also applies to World War II. America certainly deserves credit for its important contribution to the hard-fought victory that was ultimately achieved by the Allies. But the role of corporate America in the war is hardly synthesized by President Roosevelt's claim that the US was the "arsenal of democracy." When Americans landed in Normandy in June 1944 and captured their first German trucks, they discovered that these vehicles were powered by engines produced by American firms such as Ford and General Motors. 1 Corporate America, it turned out, had also been serving as the arsenal of Nazism.
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What was World War 1 called before it was called World War 1?
The Great War, or the War to end all Wars.
IS the Civil war called Great War?
World War I was originally called "The Great War" (not the Civil War)
What was good in the World War I?
War is never good.
What was World War 1 called before World War 2?
The Great War
Why was the war that began in 1914 called a world war?
The war in 1914, originally called the Great War, was later called a world war as it was fought by more countries and on a larger scale than any war before.
