Answer:
A lot.
If we are talking about the United States:
- During WW2, the men of the U.S. were being shipped off to war in either the European, or more commonly the pacific theater. There wasn’t that many men back in the U.S. to work in the factories to produce supplies, etc. for these soldiers. Along with a good portion of other buisnesses were having a <em>significant </em>increase in woman labor.
- Not only did this increase the amount that women were working outside of being stay-at-home work, but it increased their self esteem. Of course, businesses used that to get them to work more the best example is the “We can do it poster” that we’ve all seen.
So overall, it actually impacted women in a good way.
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Photo example of the “We can do it” poster attached.
The Allied victory in North Africa destroyed or neutralized nearly 900,000 German and Italian troops, opened a second front against the Axis, permitted the invasion of Sicily and the Italian mainland in the summer of 1943, and removed the Axis threat to the oilfields of the Middle East and to British supply lines to ...
The policy <span>of giving aggressive nations what they wanted in order to avoid war is called the appeasement policy. It was fairly common throughout history, and in recent times it was noticeable just before world war 2.</span>
Imagine this.. if you were in the middle of 2 fights, you would have weapons coming at you from both directions. If you blocked off one of the armies, it would be easier for you to defend yourself. Also, they could be more aware of an attack is they only have 1 side to worry about. :)
