As stated above, the economic aspects will land on everyone.Concurrently, I suspect that inflation and rising costs of almost everything will create additional hardships. As a family on a fixed income: military retirement, VA disability, social security, I can see the government severely reducing or eliminating benefits. I believe that any world war would have an almost immediate impact on my family.I think that same spirit would arise again. We found purpose and suddenly it became very clear that we were saving our democracy from evil. We didn't flounder with our heads in a phone or the clouds. In war, we Americans have always banded together because we knew what the agenda was.What would be rationed? While fighting on one front would another enemy declare war (as Hitler did) thinking we were too weak to hit back? My worry is that we don't have the heavy industries we had in years gone by that make steel, aluminum, all those computer ships and new things we get from China!.But sending troops to continue what wasn't finished in the 1950s would affect us more personally. A nuke for a nuke? It would be over rather quickly. It depends on how the fighting is done.If it breaks out on one of our allies we might not be affected nearly as much. If war breaks out on US soil it would require an enormous retaliation.Our economy yes, is tied to most other developed countries, however not to North Korea's, and the leader there is even crazier than our own! What shortages do you predict would occur?.What challenges do you think we would face here – in this country?.If World War 3 were to break out, how do you believe it would affect the average American?.If World War 3 were to break out, how do you believe it would affect you and your family?.But if it does, I asked them a set of questions to hear their opinions. This is an important one and one we all hope will never happen. I'm always interested in what my readers have to say about any subject. Sure, crime still happened - it always does, sadly. With paychecks coming in, it was not necessary to turn to crime, at least for the purpose of feeding a family or needing money. Those who, for one reason or another, were not able to serve, filled the jobs and unemployment plummeted. Why? Most crimes were committed by teens and young adults (17-30) and these were the ages of those inducted into the armed services. More crime?Īnd speaking of the draft, crime decreased during WW2. There may also be a shortage of doctors and nurses, depending on whether the draft is initiated as it was back then. We can be sure that there will be a shortage of medications just as there was during WW2. :129–130 By June 1942 companies also stopped manufacturing metal office furniture, radios, phonographs, refrigerators, vacuum cleaners, washing machines, and sewing machines for civilians. As of 1 April 1942, anyone wishing to purchase a new toothpaste tube, then made from metal, had to turn in an empty one. As of 1 March 1942, dog food could no longer be sold in tin cans, and manufacturers switched to dehydrated versions. :124,133–135 Automobile factories stopped manufacturing civilian models by early February 1942 and converted to producing tanks, aircraft, weapons, and other military products, with the United States government as the only customer. Ration boards grew in size as they began evaluating automobile sales in February (only certain professions, such as doctors and clergymen, qualified to purchase the remaining inventory of new automobiles), typewriters in March, and bicycles in May. The War Production Board (WPB) ordered the temporary end of all civilian automobile sales on 1 January 1942, leaving dealers with one half million unsold cars.
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