I watched a WW2 documentary. It started off with an old man named Jack Werner talking about living in Austria during the war. His family suffered because they were Jewish and his father was barely holding onto his job. Since things were so bad, they ended up fleeing to the United States. The documentary talked a lot about the United States not wanting to get involved in Europes war but Roosevelt tried to convince everyone otherwise. Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act which required men 21 to 30 to register for the draft. The drafties were to be sent to defend American territories. Then it goes on to talk about Jack Werner getting drafted into the U.S Army. He describes them as being unprepared and naive. It talks about Hitler bringing 11 countries and 70 million people under Nazi rule. In the countries under their rule they would hang and shoot people to show them not to go against their power. During Pearl Harbor, 21 U.S ships were sunk, 188 aircrafts were destroyed, and 2,403 people were killed. The documentary talked about all of the battles. I thought that the documentary did a good job at describing the battles. I liked that the pictures and footage were in color which made it more realistic. I thought the stories that it talked about like with Jack Werners showed the emotional side of the war and how there was a lot of struggle during the war but to just keep fighting.
Jack Werner FDR signing selective training and service act
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