Second World War[1939-1945]

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Second World War was started in 1939 and ended in 1945. The Axis power led by Germany, Italy, and Japan, and Allied Powers led by England, US, France, and USSR. The USSR joined the Allies in 1942 when Germany attacked it. The war was ended in 9145 when Japan surrendered after the USA dropped atom bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Cause Or Reason Of World War

World War II was when the German tanks entered Poland on September 1, 1939. Hitler, the dictator of Germany, invaded Poland as a punishment for refusing to hand over the port of Dazing Germany. Polish territory lay between two parts to Germany. Hitler thoughts that the takeover of Poland would be a small military operation. But Poland had a defense pact with Britain. So, Britain joined the Polish side and France also joined them a day later. This marked the beginning of World War II.

About World War

There was a gap of 21 years in the two world wars of the 20th century. There were also changes in economic conditions, diplomatic alliances, military hardware, etc. However, to understand these differences. Now let turn the long causes of war was aggressive nationalism, imperialism, secret alliances, and militarism were the main long term factors that led the war. One of these was the dissatisfaction of Germany with the legacy of World War I. When war came to the end, the world map changed yet against as ex-colonies become independent nations.

United Nations Organisation (UNO) was formed after the War. UN is a kind of World government based on four principles, viz.preserving peace, unholding human rights, respecting international law and promoting social progress, It works thought organs like UNICEF, UNESCO, WHO, ILO, etc. You may have heard of some of them or even see their work. The UNO, despite being accused of becoming a tool of great powers like the USA, and Russia(USSR)has managed to prevent wars on the scale Second World war.

In 9139. Germany and USSR made a nonaggression pact and Hitler turned against the British and France alliance, This started World War II. Hitler now had complete control over most of the west European continent. He decided to attack USSR in 1042. In the same year, Japan, an ally of Germany attacked the USA and with this, the USA and USSR joined the war against Germany.

Effects Or Loss

Effects and deaths in war

The consequences of war II was more terrible. Around 22-25 million military men and approximately 40-52- million civilians died in the war. They included nearly 6 million Jews, who become victims of the Holocaust, The US attacked Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan with atom bombs, This attack around 1,500,00 to 2,46,00 people immediately, The after-effects of these bombing like Leukaemia and cancer, lasted for decades.

Ominous Facts

The second world war started in 1939 and ended in 1945. In this war, Germany and its allies like Italy Japan were in on and Britain, France, China, USSR and the US in the. Germany and its allies lost the war against. By the end of the second world war. The other fact about this period is that the world was dividing into nations states. These nations were making groups to creat power blocks. The group rallied together and formed war camps. The end of the war signalled the end of the old colonial rule and a large number of countries become independent. India, Nigeria, Egypt, Indonesia, China, Poland, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia etc become independent between 1945 and 1950.

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