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The relationship between the Golden Age of Science Fiction and World War II. ~//edited by Chris Lawrence Science Fiction has been influenced by World War II since before the war had even begun. Such as groups like the nazis and the fascist. Especially weapons and spacecrafts have been appearing more and more in Scifi ever since the war had ended.

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The most influencial events that inspired a boom of science fiction stories relating to post world war 2 events, world war 2, and after world war 2 were The birth of the Nazis, Pearl Harbor, and the bombing massacre of Nagasaki and Hirshima, Japan.

World War 2 is still known as the most devastating war in history ever to have surfaced. It took Millions upon millions of lives and was fought in multiple places across the face of the Earth. Mainly weapons more than events was a big inspiration. The flamethrower inspired Heat rays, lasers, and even more advanced flamethrowers. The "Little Boy", and the "Fat Man" inspired weapons such as the death star and star destroyer. Also, Adolf Hitler has used weapons resembling alien weapons and spacecrafts which popularized flying saucers, UFO's, Alien Invasions, etc. Also, World War II events have inspired movies as well. These would include Star Wars, Armeggeddon, and War of the Worlds. John Wyndham has become famous world-wide for basing his science fiction stories on World War 2. Some of the stories include Stowaway to Mars, Day of the Triffids, The Kraken Wakes, The Secret People, etc. This is example of a WWII Flamethrower. This is a picture of Darth Vader, What does this have to do with Scifi of WWII you may ask. Just look below. -To the right is an actual Propoganda poster used during World War II Compare the 2 images and I'll leave the assumptions to you. This is an example of how the War and Scifi are connected. Star Wars is clearly Scifi, so just imagine darth vader as Hitler, and imagine the storm troopers ( clones) as Nazis and think about how they are supposed to be the perfect race.