It was primarily perceived by the public that Hitler’s rise to power was a step forward for Germany but soon many civilians and officials recognized that Hitler had intentions of war and mass genocide. Hitler’s rise to power resulted in a widespread epidemic of Nazism; an ideology which consists of racist nationalistic notions, which pushes for state expansion at no matter what costs. During the peak of Nazi popularity, there were approximately 8 million people who were card-carrying Nazi party members. The vehement Nazi objectives soon required the allies (consisting of the U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, etc.) to declare war on Germany with the prospect of eradicating the Nazi regime. Subsequently, when World War 2 was completed, not only did the numbers of people within the movement of Nazism rapidly deplete, many people from other countries and backgrounds recognized that they had prejudicial social biases and had inadvertently accepted systematic racism into their existence. This epiphany occurred in many members of the public within America after each African American veteran was not classed as such. This obvious racial prejudice sparked a large change in the attitude towards racial and cultural minorities. The elimination of Nazism and awareness of racism through World War 2 has led our world to be the tolerant and peaceful place that it is …show more content…
Although harmful stigma surrounds the topic of war, it is something that should be seen under no circumstances as redundant. Without war the population living in the western world would not be living a tranquil life; they would be living surrounded by hateful idealisms. Although many could argue the point that Islamic extremists are at large within our world today, we as a nation need to consider that there are hateful extremists within every religion and culture. Each terror group causing harm currently is being fought against in a war on terror, which can only result in peace. Without war we would be surrounded by unpreventable suffering and unease; the suffering felt by those fleeing Syria can be prevented, but due to anti-immigration laws in many nations, they cannot receive the help they need due to fear. Without war, we would be surrounded by unquestioned and unchanged systematic racism. Without war, our society would not be the great civilization that is currently is. War is undoubtedly, under any circumstances, the most influential and necessary method of bringing peace to an entire