World War II is often referred to as the "Good War." Evaluate that title for the war. Is it appropriate? Why, or why not? Take into consideration...

A good
war is surely a contradiction in terms as all wars involve death, suffering, and misery, often
on a massive scale. Andwas no exception. It's estimated that somewhere in the region of 85
million people died during the conflict, the vast majority of them innocent civilians.

Yet if WWII wasn't a good war, it was certainly a necessary one. That doesn't mean that
its nightmarish death toll was somehow worth it in the end. But it does mean that the war had to
be fought in order to prevent Hitler and his allies from conquering ever more territory across
the globe, subjecting millions of people to mass murder and tyranny.

Under
the circumstances, there was simply no other way of stopping the Axis Powers. They'd already
shown throughout the 1930s that they were only interested in diplomatic negotiations if they
could be used to further their territorial ambitions. (Such as the notorious Munich Agreement,
which awarded the Sudetenland to Nazi Germany).

As the Axis Powers
were...