Duration : September 1 1939 - September 2 1945
Countries participated :
The Axis(German, Italy, Japan) and The Allies(Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, India, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa,US ,UK, USSR)
Reason : Failure of Treaty of Versailles, The League of Nations failed to keep the peace, Hitler's method of expansion.
Result :
millions homeless, European economy collapsed, European industrial infrastructure destroyed. Soviet Union heavily affected.
Intriguing factor :
Countries participated :
The Axis(German, Italy, Japan) and The Allies(Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, India, Latvia, Lithuania, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa,US ,UK, USSR)
Reason : Failure of Treaty of Versailles, The League of Nations failed to keep the peace, Hitler's method of expansion.
Result :
millions homeless, European economy collapsed, European industrial infrastructure destroyed. Soviet Union heavily affected.
Intriguing factor :
- Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were conducted by the US. (Aug 6 and Aug 9, 1945)
- In 1942, American radio DJs were prohibited from taking listener requests. The government feared that enemy spies would embed secret messages.
- Russia and Japan have never signed an official peace treaty with each other to end World War II.
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