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How has war changed since WWII? Under what circumstances do you believe countries would be willing to commit the same resources today as they did then?

Created: 04/06/23

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Posted Apr. 06, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
davinamw

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How has war changed since WWII? Under what circumstances do you believe countries would be willing to commit the same resources today as they did then?

How has war changed since the days of WWII? Under what circumstances do you believe countries would be willing to commit the same resources today as they did during that war?


Posted Apr. 06, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
kimk

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

I think it's vastly different than it was in WWII. People fight more at a distance, with high-tech weapons that can be fired from many miles away. There's less hand-to-hand combat than there used to be, and I think armies overall are smaller. It's hard to say, though. As the war in Ukraine continues to unfold it seems like the destruction is every bit as bad as it was during WWII. Perhaps not as many are dying, but there are still many, many people losing their lives because of the conflict.


Posted Apr. 07, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
katherinep

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

War is less on a personal level these days--drones are deployed from thousands of miles away, most top secret info is found on internet servers and can be hacked for info so there is less need for spies on the ground playing make believe roles, movements of troops and placement of weapons are seen by satellites overhead. As a result, the wars are much smaller and confined to smaller areas. Not to say that those areas aren't as destroyed as those in WW 2 or that the lives and homes of many people are not lost. Though there is still the threat to the World of a universal take-over the threat is more insidious--it is political and economic rather than physical land grab.


Posted Apr. 08, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
jenny

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

As others on this thread have said, technology has come a long way.
I cannot imagine the WW2 willingness / eagerness to enlist as a soldier to happen here, now. Most American citizens united, planted victory gardens, accepted food rationing, went without for the sake of the war effort.


Posted Apr. 08, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
Lyris

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

As to eagerness to sacrifice for country today, considering that we are now asserting that our very country was founded to expand slavery and that we haven't really improved much since, I can see why the youth of today would wonder why they should enlist. At this point, it seems that the argument would be that they aren't really advancing our interests, but defending true democracy in Ukraine.


Posted Apr. 11, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
beckyh

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

I kept thinking as I was reading about HItler's devastation and massacre of civilians in Stalingrad and other Russian cities that Putin learned that lesson well and is carrying it out in Ukraine today.
We can learn good things from war, ie "never again" but we can also learn how to wage "better" war if the only goal is to win at any cost.


Posted Apr. 12, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
scottishrose

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

War is vastly different today because of the technology available. But it is not that hard to believe we could have another war where basically everyone has to choose a side. Not sure how readily some countries would be willing to put boots on the ground though.


Posted Apr. 13, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
teacher reader

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

The advancement of nuclear weapons has made such a difference in how a country would wage war that it is very difficult to even imagine another world war. More difficult is to imagine a leader or an event that could pull our politically divided country together again.


Posted Apr. 19, 2023 Go to Top | Go to bottom | link | alert
BuffaloGirl

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

Through the ages, war has become more and more depersonalized. Sword fighting gave way to shooting guns and artillery and has now given way to long range missiles, drones and robotic weapons. To me, the biggest impact on the waging of war was development and use of the atomic bomb. A black cloud has hung over our world since 1945. We like to think it's a deterrent but know that all it takes is one despot to unleash Armageddon.

I fear that our country's citizens no longer have what it would take to fight a war like WWII. We have become totally self-centered with thoughts only of what's in it for us as individuals, rather than caring about our fellow man. The greatest generation knew what hardship was and knew that working together was the only way to overcome adversity. Very few of us know real hardship and the vast majority of us don't care about other's situations.


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tamih

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RE: How has war changed since WWII?...

Wars today are more local, and seem to be more the case of a large power deciding to "fix" a small one (Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan) or local civil wars. However, the current environment, with the Russian invasion of Ukarine and the stress with China and much of the world, it seems countries are dividing into "teams" again. War is less personal now with so much done from planes, subs and drones, that may make it seem less scary. Also, in the US small numbers of people have fought in the last wars, making them feel most of us made no sacrifice.

Hopefully the threat of nuclear war will keep the world from going to war again, but as long as people are greedy and want what someone else has, or think others should be punished or live the way they live, it seems war is inevitable.


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