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Unlike the hysteria during World War I, the US domestic scene in World War II was relatively peaceful.
和一战中歇斯底里的国内反应不同的是，二战中的美国国内景象相对平静
Even the America First movement died out.
即便是美国第一反战运动也销声匿迹
German and Italian aliens were rounded up and interned, but Americans of German and Italian descent were not persecuted in any other way.
德国和意大利人都被集中拘禁起来，但是有德国和意大利血统的美国人并没有受到迫害
Sadly, this was not true for Japanese American citizens, many of whom were interned by the US government.
不幸的是，日裔美国人并没有能够幸免，很多人都被美国政府拘禁了
Though these Japanese Americans were not held in labor camps, they were inflicted with forced isolation and sub-standard living conditions.
尽管这些日裔美国人没有被关押到集中营里，只是遭到了强行隔离和低水平的生活条件
They had every right to be outraged at this form of ethnic cleansing,
他们完全有权利对这种形式的种族清洗表达愤慨
yet many Japanese Americans fought voluntarily and bravely on the European front.
但是很多日裔美国人反而自愿参军并且在欧洲前线英勇奋战
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.
更积极地说来，美国在二战中的参与极大地帮助本国走出了经济大萧条，不仅仅是从经济上，也是从情感上
The Japanese quickly captured Britain's Far Eastern territories, leaving the US to fight the Pacific war almost all alone.
日本迅速地占领了英国的远东领土，美国在太平洋战场上几乎是孤军作战
The Soviets and Japanese also left each other alone until the USSR jumped into the war on Japan in summer 1945.
苏联和日本也几乎搁置了对方，直到1945年夏苏联加入了对抗日本的战争
