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World War II - Causes | A Wisdom Archive on World War II - Causes | | World War II - Causes A selection of articles related to World War II - Causes | |
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World War II, World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe, World War II - 1940: The war spreads, World War II - 1941: The war becomes global, World War II - 1942: Deadlock, World War II - 1943: The war turns, World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end, World War II - 1945: The end of the war, World War II - A debated starting date, World War II - A world in ruins, World War II - Aftermath, World War II - Casualties, World War II - Causes, World War II - Chronology, World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities, World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment, World War II - Genocide, World War II - Main articles, World War II - Media, World War II - Participants, World War II - Resistance, World War II - Technologies, World War II - The Cold War begins, World War II - The Home fronts, World War II - United Nations, World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians, Causes, in Europe, in Asia
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| ARTICLES RELATED TO World War II - Causes | | | |  World War II - Causes: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Civilian impact & atrocitiesThe Second World War saw large-scale atrocities aimed against the civilian populations of many of the nations involved. Germany killed between 11 million and 24 million civilians in deliberate acts of genocide and mass murder which often took priority over pressing military needs, while the Soviet Union and Japan used labour camps and often conducted massacres of their own, with Japan killing around 6 million civilians in areas they occupied, and the Soviets approximately 4 million civilians, half of these being from among the Soviet Union's ...
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| | | | | World War II - Causes: Encyclopedia II - World War II - The Home fronts Home front is the name given to the activities of the civilians in a state of total war.
In the United Kingdom, women joined the work force in jobs that the men used to occupy. Food, clothing, petrol and other items were rationed. Access to luxuries was severely restricted, though there was also a significant black market. Families also grew victory gardens, small home vegetable gardens, to supply themselves with food. Civilians also served as Air Raid Wardens, volunteer emergency services and other critical functions. Schools and org ...
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| | | | | World War II - Causes: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Participants The belligerents of the Second World War are usually considered to belong to either of the two blocs: the Axis and the Allies. A number of smaller countries participated in the war, some of them under occupation or as proxies of one of the large powers. Some nations participated on different sides at different times.
The Axis Powers consisted primarily of Germany, Italy, and Japan, which split the Earth into three spheres of influence under the Tripartite Pact of 1940, and vowed to defend one another against aggression. Smaller countr ...
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| | | | | World War II - Causes: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Aftermath Main article: Effects of World War II
World War II - Casualties.
Main article: World War II casualties
At least 60 million people lost their lives in World War II —about 25 million soldiers and 35 million civilians, with estimates varying widely. This includes the estimated 10 million lives lost due to the Holocaust, consisting of about 6 million Jews and 4 million non-Jews made up of Poles, Roma, homosexuals, communists, dissidents, Afro-Germans, t ...
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| | | | | World War II - Causes: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Technologies [8]The massive research and development demands of the war, including the Manhattan Project's efforts to quickly develop the atomic bomb, had a great impact on the scientific community, among other things creating a network of national laboratories in the United States and new sciences like cybernetics. In addition, the pressing need for numerous time-critical calculations for various projects like code-breaking and ballistics tables accentuated the need fo ...
See also:World War II, World War II - Causes, World War II - Participants, World War II - Chronology, World War II - A debated starting date, World War II - 1937: Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II - 1939: War breaks out in Europe, World War II - 1940: The war spreads, World War II - 1941: The war becomes global, World War II - 1942: Deadlock, World War II - 1943: The war turns, World War II - 1944: The beginning of the end, World War II - 1945: The end of the war, World War II - Resistance, World War II - The Home fronts, World War II - Technologies, World War II - Civilian impact & atrocities, World War II - Genocide, World War II - Concentration camps labour camps and internment, World War II - War crimes and attacks on civilians, World War II - Aftermath, World War II - Casualties, World War II - A world in ruins, World War II - United Nations, World War II - The Cold War begins, World War II - Main articles, World War II - Media Read more here: » World War II: Encyclopedia II - World War II - Technologies |
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