It is the large armed conflict that will be humanity has know .
A deadly war that involved tens
of millions of fighters around the world . Summary of the main event of World War 2 . At the
end of World War 1 ,Germany and its allies are defeat and held solely responsible for the war.
Germany has to repay what many consider an unreasonable debt. The German economy is
weakened by excessive debt and suffers hyperinflation . Between 1914 and November 1923,the
value of the mark grew by 1,000 billion . The following year , radical measures are taken to
halt inflation and stabilise and revive the economy . Severely weakened , Germany sees a rise
of nationalism in 1933 that allows the rise to power of the Nazi party with Adolf Hitler at its
helm . The country also begins an aggressive foreign policy with the dream of uniting all
German speaking people . Italy despite its victory is frustrated by the amount of the territory it
gained after World War 1 . Since 1922,the country is ruled by the dictatorial fascist party of
Benito Mussolini . The two countries took the opportunity to test their armies and to get closer
diplomatically . In Asia ,The Japan continues its expansionist policy . The country takes
advantage of the civil war in China to invade new territories . The Japanese army uses chemical
and biological weapons and commits massacres of populations .
German annexation
Germany is now powerful enough to launch its territorial expansion . It is annexed Austria with
support from the local Nazi party . Next , the west of Czechoslovakia was invaded . After the
occupation of a part of Lithuania , Germany signs with the USSR a non aggression pact and a
plan to carve up Europe . It then attacks Poland , which provokes the United Kingdom and
France to declare war , marking the beginning of the World War 2 .
German domination
Although the german forces ate concentrated in the East,the alied troops do not take initiative in
the west within days, the country capture luxembourg the netherland and [Link] new
military strategy is called blitskrie,which suprise opposition defense with high attack ,british
forces retreat in the face of this german military prowess and the german bears down on paris.
The french army is defeated and is signed
French capitulation
Germany occupies the north and west of france
Internationlization
The soviet union seizes the baltic states and part of [Link],italy and japan combine
to form the Axis power.
In africa , fighting begins between italian colonies and allied forces while in europe , despite
the massive aerial bombing of british cities , germany fails to take over the country hitler then
change his plan:he now plans to invade the USSR after the acession of hungrary, Romania and
bulgaria to the axis forces, the german armies head south to invade Yugoslavia and greece
Operation Barbarossa
On june 22 ,axis forces launched-on some count - the largest military operation in history to
attack USSR the bulk of the german troops well equipped and motorized ,rush to the east to
support iran which occupy by the allies opens a supply route through the cascasus . Furthe
south , German toops were stopped at the gates of Moscow, wher they suffer a harsh and
deadly [Link] the front lines, the SS massacre Slavic and jewish population .
Pacific Front
In Asia , Japan occupies French Indochina the Japanese conduct a suprise attack on the United
States at Pearl Harbor . A massive aeriel bombing damages a large part of the US naval fleet,
the United states enter the war on the allied side . At first, they concentrate their forces on the
pacific front . Japan , for its part, conquer new territories in the pacific.
Retaking Europe
The USSR advance rapidly westward, forcing the German army to concentrate on that front,
On June 6, 1994, The Allies land in Normandy. The armies quickly take over and librate Paris,
in the West, as in the East, Countries are liberated or switch [Link] in sight, Allied
power announce the creation of the United Nation , countries the declared war on Germany and
Japan would be admitted at its founding [Link] triggers a wave of declarations of the
war but without major consequence.
End Of The War
On April 30, Hitler commits suicide in his bunker just before the arrival of the Soviets, 8 days
later, the country surrenders .The US and USSR join forces to overcome the Empire of japan,
the Soviets began military invasion via Manchuria while the US drops 2 atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki. On August 15, Japan surrenders, marking the end of the World War 2
Consequences
After 6 years of war, the human toll is heavy with ay least 60 million dead, mostly civilians.
Many cities are completely destroyed. Europe and the USSR subject millions of German
prisoners of war to bonded labour, many of whom would die. Germany and Austria are carved
up among the victors. The old guard of European power are left exhausted and ruined by
[Link] US and USSR emerge as the remaining global [Link] the role of the
UN, which aims to maintain peace and international security, both side would eventually
engage in direct confrontations around the world.
