*aka “the 2nd world war”*
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(would you rather read ‘number / name’ …?
(the 2nd world war)
(…or ‘name / number’…?)
(“world war 2”)
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*abbreviated ‘WWII’ / ‘WW2’*
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(“world war 2” was a ‘global war’ that lasted from ‘1939’ to ‘1945’, although related conflicts began earlier)
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(it involved the vast majority of the world’s nations—including all of the ‘great powers’ —eventually forming 2 opposing military alliances: the ‘allies’ and the ‘axis’)
(it was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than ‘100 million people’ from over 30 ‘countries’)
(in a state of “total war”, the major participants threw their entire ‘economic’, ‘industrial’, and ‘scientific capabilities’ behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between ‘civilian’ and ‘military’ resources)
(marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the ‘holocaust’ (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centers (in which approximately 1 million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of ‘hiroshima’ and ‘nagasaki’), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities)
(these made “World War II” the “deadliest conflict in human history”)
(the “empire of japan” aimed to dominate ‘asia’ and the ‘pacific’ and was already at war with the ‘republic of china’ in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on ‘1 september 1939’ with the invasion of ‘poland’ by ‘nazi germany’ and subsequent declarations of war on ‘germany’ by ‘france’ and the ‘united kingdom’)
(from ‘late 1939’ to ‘early 1941’, in a series of ‘campaigns’ and ‘treaties’, ‘germany’ conquered or controlled much of ‘continental europe’, and formed the ‘axis alliance’ with ‘italy’ and ‘japan’)
(under the ‘molotov–ribbentrop pact’ of ‘august 1939’, ‘germany’ and the ‘soviet union’ partitioned and annexed territories of their european neighbors (NOT “neighbours” U linguistically wasteful limeys!) ‘poland’, ‘finland’, ‘romania’, and the ‘baltic states’)
(the war continued primarily between the ‘european axis powers’ and the coalition of the ‘united kingdom’ and the ‘british commonwealth’, with campaigns including the ‘north africa’ and ‘east africa’ campaigns, the aerial ‘battle of britain’, the ‘blitz bombing campaign’, the ‘balkan campaign’ as well as the long-running ‘battle of the atlantic’)
(in ‘june 1941’, the ‘european axis powers’ launched an invasion of the ‘soviet union’, opening the largest land theater of war in history, which trapped the major part of the axis’ military forces into a “war of attrition”)
(on ‘7 december 1941’, ‘japan’ attacked the ‘united states’ and european territories in the ‘pacific ocean’, and quickly conquered much of the ‘western pacific’)
(the ‘axis’ advance halted in 1942 when ‘japan’ lost the critical ‘battle of midway’, near ‘hawaii’, and ‘germany’ was defeated in ‘north africa’ and then, decisively, at ‘stalingrad’ in the ‘soviet union’)
(in 1943, with a series of german defeats on the ‘eastern front’, the ‘allied’ invasion of ‘sicily’ and the ‘allied’ invasion of ‘italy’ which brought about ‘Italian surrender’, and ‘allied’ victories in the ‘pacific’, the ‘axis’ lost the initiative and undertook ‘strategic retreat’ on all ‘fronts’)
(in 1944, the ‘western allies’ invaded german-occupied ‘france’, while the ‘soviet union’ regained all of its territorial losses and invaded ‘germany’ and its allies)
(during ‘1944’ and ‘1945’ the ‘japanese’ suffered major reverses in ‘mainland asia’ in ‘south central china’ and ‘burma’, while the ‘allies’ crippled the ‘japanese navy’ and captured key ‘western pacific’ islands)
(the war in ‘europe’ concluded with an invasion of ‘germany’ by the ‘western allies’ and the ‘soviet union’, culminating in the capture of ‘berlin’ by ‘soviet’ troops and the subsequent ‘german’ unconditional surrender on ‘8 may 1945’)
(following the ‘potsdam declaration’ by the ‘allies’ on ’26 july 1945′ and the refusal of ‘japan’ to surrender under its terms, the ‘united states’ dropped ‘atomic bombs’ on the japanese cities of ‘hiroshima’ and ‘nagasaki’ on ‘august 6th’ and ‘august 9th” respectively)
(with an ‘invasion’ of the ‘japanese archipelago’ imminent, the possibility of additional ‘atomic bombings’, and the soviet union’s ‘declaration of war’ on ”japan’ and invasion of ‘manchuria’, ‘japan’ surrendered on ’15 august 1945′)
(thus ended the war in ‘asia’, cementing the ‘total victory’ of the ‘allies’)
(‘World War II’ altered the ‘political alignment’ and ‘social structure’ of the ‘world’)
(the ‘united nations’ (UN) was established to ‘foster iinternational cooperation’ (or “co-operation’ to make meaning clearer) and ‘prevent future conflicts’)
(the victorious ‘great powers’—the ‘united states’, the ‘soviet union’, ‘china’, the ‘united kingdom’, and ‘france’—became the “permanent members of the ‘United Nations Security Council’)
(the ‘soviet union’ and the ‘united states’ emerged as rival ‘superpowers’, setting the stage for the ‘cold war’, which lasted for the next ’46 years’)
(did the ‘cold war’ “officially” end with the ‘fall of the (berlin) wall’?)
(meanwhile, the influence of european ‘great powers’ waned, while the ‘decolonization’ of ‘asia’ + ‘africa’ began)
(most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards ‘economic recovery’)
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(‘political integration’, especially in ‘europe’, emerged as an effort to end ‘pre-war enmities’ + to create a ‘common identity’)
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥