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Even Japanese Americans, who had been shamefully and unfairly interned in camps, were solidly behind the war and volunteered to fight.
甚至是日裔美國人，在遭到美方囚禁和不公正對待的情況下，也堅定地參與了戰爭，自愿戰斗。
While the Soviet Union, as mentioned earlier, did align, share the fighting and suffering in what they called the Great Patriotic War,
正如之前提到的蘇聯也加入戰斗，發起了所謂的蘇聯衛國戰爭
the US fought and won the Pacific war almost single-handedly while making major contributions to the second front in Europe.
但美國基本是單槍匹馬地在太平洋戰場上奮戰并且贏得勝利，同時也為歐洲的第二前線作出了重大貢獻
The war ended with president Harry S. Truman's controversial decision to drop atomic bombs on two Japanese cities.
直到哈里·S·杜魯門決意不想再經歷這樣恐怖的戰爭，而作出極富爭議的決定
With the resolve never to experience such a terrible war again. So far so good.
向日本兩個城市投擲原子彈，戰爭才終于結束。到目前為止還好
Oh yes, as a result of the war the United States ended up as one of the world's two great superpowers.
噢對了，二戰結束后，美國就成了世界兩大超級大國之一
Segment 27b, "Safe for Democracy?"
27段第四部分，民主的安全
When World War I erupted in 1914, most Americans hoped we would stay out completely.
1914年一戰爆發時，大多數美國人都希望能夠完全置身事外
American sympathies were clearly with the allied states Britain, France and Russia, but isolationism made sense at this point.
美國民眾顯然是同情同盟國英國，法國和俄國的但是孤立主義在這種時候顯然更合理
Europe was far away and the US army was extremely small.
歐洲非常遙遠，美國軍隊規模也非常小
Indeed, Woodrow Wilson won reelection in 1916 claiming he had kept America out of war.
事實上，伍德羅·威爾遜在1916年的總統選舉中就是宣稱自己讓美國遠離戰爭而得以連任
