AlexS.+WWII

**﻿ ﻿WWII ** ﻿ The second World War was the most violent conflict in history of the Earth. It was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945. =﻿ ﻿Pre-War Conflicts = In 1934, the Nazi party took control of Germany. the Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler realized that Germany was still in debt from the first World War. He decided to solve this problem by prosecuting Jews. This is one of the main causes of the Holocaust. In Asia the Empire of Japan invaded China, Mongolia and the Soviet Union only partially successful. The USSR kept Japan out for the most part and in Mongolia.

=**﻿ ﻿German Invasion **= ﻿On September 1st 1939, both the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Although they both invaded, they were not working together. Due to an alliance with Poland, the Allies were forced to declare war on Germany, even though Soviets. Germany then advanced. In may 1940, Hitler invaded France, Denmark and Norway.

﻿"Invasion of Poland"

=﻿﻿﻿Beligerents = =﻿ = __//** Allies **//__ ................. //** __Axis__ **// United States...........Nazi Germany Soviet Union............Japan British Empire..........Italy France ﻿China Canada <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Australia <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Norway <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Belgium <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Greece <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Netherlands <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">South Africa <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Yugoslavia <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Turkey <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Brazil <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Cuba <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Panama <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Costa Rica <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Haiti <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Luxembourg <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Nicaragua <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Czechoslovakia <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Dominican Republic <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Honduras <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Bolivia

=<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">**War Breaks out in Europe** = <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Folowing the Allied declaration of war, Germany began to sieze control of Europe. They invaded Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France. After only twelve days France surrendered. Germany had almost complete control of Europe and the Luftwaffe air force began launching attacks on Britain. In 1941, Germany launched a major attack on the Soviet Union. The 2,000 mile battleground was known as the eastern front.

=<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">War Goes Global = <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">In Africa British colonies were atacked by the Italian military and German colonies in North Africa. They two armies advanced and the British couldn't retake thier territory until 1941. Meanwhile, the Japanese empire started to take control of the Pacific, the invaded India, Vietnam, Thailand and various othe contries and islands near Australia. On December 7th, 1941, Japanese bombers attacked the U.S. Navy base, Pearl Harbor. Althogh the U.S. was an Ally, they were not officially at war until this attack. When The United States declared war on the Japanese Empire, the other Axis countries declared war on the U.S..

=﻿<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Pacific Campaign = <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">After Pearl Harbor, The Japanese Empire started towards Australia. It was up To Britain and the U.S. to stop them. Some of the infamous campaigns were Pelileu, Okinowa and Iwo Jima. In all of these U.S. troops suffered dyhydration and were low on ammunition most of the time and could not recieve medical evacuations because the the location, terrain and number of sorrounding hostiles.

"Victory on Iwo Jima" =﻿= =<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Liberation of Europe = <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">One of the most important events of WWII was the invasion of Normandy. On June 6th, 1944, British, Canadian, Australian and American troops invaded the beaches of Normandy. Paratroopers were dropped behind enemy lines to help secure the beaches. This invasion was succesful and the Allies started to retake France. In 1943, Allied troops attacked Scicily and Italy succesfully. In these same years, the Soviet Union counter attacked and quickly took back thier teritory and soon invaded Germany. By this time Europe was liberated and the Axis had lost the war.

=﻿<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">Aftermath = <span style="color: #404040; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace;">The Nazi threat was completely destroyed and Germany went into financial debt for the next few decades.They payed off thier last debt to the United Nations in late 2010. The German capital, Berlin, was split into two parts. The Eastern part was controlled by the Soviet Union and was communist. Four million gays, Poles and minorities were killed in concentration camps along with six million Jews. Sixty million slodiers were killed and fifteen million other civilians making this the most violent war in History.