World War II

World War II: Encyclopedia - World War II

World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest war in human history. The war was fought between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The Axis initially consisted of an alliance between Germany and Italy, which later expanded to include Japan and Eastern European countries such as Romania and Bulgaria. Some of the nations that Germany conquered sent military forces, particularly to the Eastern front. Among the expeditionary ...

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World War II - Aftermath

World War II: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Causes Main articles: Causes of World War II, Events preceding World War II in Europe, and Events preceding World War II in Asia [2]The causes of World War II are naturally a debated subject, but a common view, particularly among the allies in the early post-war years, ties them to the policy of appeasement, which was directed by Britain and France after the First World War and expansionism of Germany and J ...

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World War II: Encyclopedia - Bombing of Dresden in World War II

The bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) and the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) between February 13 and February 15, 1945 remains one of the more controversial events of World War II. Historian Frederick Taylor says: "The destruction of Dresden has an epically tragic quality to it. It was a wonderfully beautiful city and a symbol of baroque humanism and all that was best in Germany. It also contained all of the worst from Germany during the Nazi period. In that sense it is an absolutely ...

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Bombing of Dresden in World War II - Points of view

World War II: Encyclopedia - Bombing of Hamburg in World War II

The large port city of Hamburg was very heavily bombed many times by the RAF and the USAAF during World War II. Bombing of Hamburg in World War II - The battle of Hamburg. The Battle of Hamburg codenamed Operation Gomorrah was a series of air raids conducted by the Royal Air Force on the city of Hamburg beginning in the end of July 1943. It was at the time the heaviest assault in the history of aerial warfare and was later called the Hiroshima of Germany by British officials. The operat ...

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World War II: Encyclopedia - World War II atrocities in Poland

This article details the atrocities and crimes against humanity committed in Poland during the World War II. Over 6 million Polish citizens perished during the course of the war, most of them civilians, killed by the actions of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. World War II atrocities in Poland - Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany. The war against Poland was from the start intended as a fulfillment of the plan described by Adolf Hitler in his book Mein Kampf. The main axis of the plan was that all of Eas ...

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World War II atrocities in Poland - Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany

World War II: Social Studies Dictionary - World War II

Definition and meaning of World War II

World War II (1939-1945) - [World History]

World War II was a global conflict which began in 1939 and continued into 1945, in which the Allies (Great Britain, Russia, the United States) defeated the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan). Economic and social crises followed World War I in much of Central Europe. Political unrest and fear of communist revolutions comparable to that led by Vladimir Lenin in Russia in 1917 triggered the rise of Benito Mussolini and the founding of the Fascist Party in Italy, and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the founding of the Nazi Party in Germany. At the same time, extreme militarists in Japan exerted more control in the 1930s. Hitler's attempts to unite all German-speaking people in Europe led to his invasion of Czechoslovakia and then Poland in 1939. Britain and France promptly declared war on Germany. The United States declared war on Germany following the invasion of Russia in June 1941, and on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The war remains the deadliest in history with between 40 and 60 million dead from battle and from genocide imposed by Nazi officials in opposition to Jewish and non-Aryan peoples.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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World War II: Social Studies Dictionary - World War II

Definition and meaning of World War II

World War II (1939-1945) - [World History]

World War II was a global conflict which began in 1939 and continued into 1945, in which the Allies (Great Britain, Russia, the United States) defeated the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan). Economic and social crises followed World War I in much of Central Europe. Political unrest and fear of communist revolutions comparable to that led by Vladimir Lenin in Russia in 1917 triggered the rise of Benito Mussolini and the founding of the Fascist Party in Italy, and the rise of Adolf Hitler and the founding of the Nazi Party in Germany. At the same time, extreme militarists in Japan exerted more control in the 1930s. Hitler's attempts to unite all German-speaking people in Europe led to his invasion of Czechoslovakia and then Poland in 1939. Britain and France promptly declared war on Germany. The United States declared war on Germany following the invasion of Russia in June 1941, and on Japan following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941. The war remains the deadliest in history with between 40 and 60 million dead from battle and from genocide imposed by Nazi officials in opposition to Jewish and non-Aryan peoples.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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World War II: Encyclopedia II - The Netherlands in World War II - Prelude to the War

In World War I the Netherlands succeeded in remaining neutral, although the sympathies were clearly more on the German side than on the British. Relations with Germany had traditionally been better and the memory of the Boer War was fresh. After the end of the war the Kaiser Wilhelm II asked and was given asylum, much to the anger of both Britain and France. A further consequence of the neutrality was that the country had no involvement in the Treaty of Versailles. In fact, the Dutch economy suffered from the financial consequences of the re ...

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