評論
打印
Unlike the hysteria during World War I, the US domestic scene in World War II was relatively peaceful.
和一戰中歇斯底里的國內反應不同的是，二戰中的美國國內景象相對平靜
Even the America First movement died out.
即便是美國第一反戰運動也銷聲匿跡
German and Italian aliens were rounded up and interned, but Americans of German and Italian descent were not persecuted in any other way.
德國和意大利人都被集中拘禁起來，但是有德國和意大利血統的美國人并沒有受到迫害
Sadly, this was not true for Japanese American citizens, many of whom were interned by the US government.
不幸的是，日裔美國人并沒有能夠幸免，很多人都被美國政府拘禁了
Though these Japanese Americans were not held in labor camps, they were inflicted with forced isolation and sub-standard living conditions.
盡管這些日裔美國人沒有被關押到集中營里，只是遭到了強行隔離和低水平的生活條件
They had every right to be outraged at this form of ethnic cleansing,
他們完全有權利對這種形式的種族清洗表達憤慨
yet many Japanese Americans fought voluntarily and bravely on the European front.
但是很多日裔美國人反而自愿參軍并且在歐洲前線英勇奮戰
On a more positive note, American involvement in World War II greatly helped pull our nation out of the Great Depression, both economically and emotionally.
更積極地說來，美國在二戰中的參與極大地幫助本國走出了經濟大蕭條，不僅僅是從經濟上，也是從情感上
The Japanese quickly captured Britain's Far Eastern territories, leaving the US to fight the Pacific war almost all alone.
日本迅速地占領了英國的遠東領土，美國在太平洋戰場上幾乎是孤軍作戰
The Soviets and Japanese also left each other alone until the USSR jumped into the war on Japan in summer 1945.
蘇聯和日本也幾乎擱置了對方，直到1945年夏蘇聯加入了對抗日本的戰爭
