Describe World War 2

Answer 1

It was the bloodiest, deadliest war the world had ever seen. More than 50 nations took part in the war, which changed the world forever. More than 38 million people died, many of them innocent civilians.

Answer 2

World War 2 took place between 1939 and 1945. However, the war was not reffered to as "World War" until late 1941 when America entered the war. The war also took place before 1939, between Japan and China, and Japan and Germany's other conquests that led to the Second World War.

Answer 3

Here's a overview of WW2 in order of occurrence:

Europe: Germany occupies the Rhineland. Italy annexes Ethiopia. Spanish civil war. Olympic games in Berlin were African beats a pure German in a race (Hitler angry) Franco gains the rains over Nationalist Spain. The Red Army gets thinned out as Stalin starts sending generals to labor camps. Germany annexes Austria. Hitler demands the Sudetenland. Peace in our time Chamberlain decrees. Germany takes over Czechoslovakia. Nationalist Spain finally wins the civil war. Nazi and Italy become best friends. Nazis become somewhat friends with Soviet Union and agree to divide up Poland. Britain tells Poland that they will help them in times of war. Germany Invades Poland. Britain, France, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany. United States says "we are neutral". Canada gets around to declaring war on Germany. Soviets finally invade Poland. Poland surrenders to Germany. Poland divided up between Germany and Soviet Union. Soviets attack Finland. League of Nations kick Soviet Union out. Finland signs peace with the Soviet Union. Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Germany Invades France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. Holland surrenders. Belgium surrenders. Norway surrenders. France surrenders and becomes neutral Vichy France. Soviet Union takes Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Italians attack British Africa. Battle of Britain begins. Italians invade Egypt. Japan joins Italy and Germany as best friends. Germany enters Romania. Italy invades Greece. Hungary becomes an Axis member. Greeks beat Italians. Romania joins Axis. British attack Italian Africa and do very well. Enter Erwin Rommel and his "Afrika Korps". British arrive in Greece to help. USA gives ships to Britain in the Lend-Lease Act. Yugoslavia overthrows pro-Axis Govt. Germany invades Greece and Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia surrenders. Greece surrenders. Half-crazy Rudolph Hess flies to Scotland to beg England for peace. Bismarck sunk. Germany attacks Soviet Union. Britain and Soviet Union decide to help each other. Germany gets to Leningrad. Germans advance on Moscow. Germans take and then lose Rostov. Germans abandon Moscow. Soviet counter-offensive. United States declares war on Japan. Germany declare war on USA. Rommel retreats. Hitler supreme commander of German Army. United Nations formed. Rommel's Counter Offensive launched. Americans arrive in Britain. Japanese-Americans sent to camps. British bomb Cologne with 1000 bombers. Rommel captures Tobruk. Germany rushes troops to Stalingrad. Rommel driven back by British. Begin Battle of Stalingrad. Germans invade Vichy France. Soviet counter-offensive at Stalingrad. Rommel withdraws. Germany withdraws from Caucasus. Britain takes Tripoli. German troops at Stalingrad surrender. Soviets drive towards Germany. Germany and Italy surrender North Africa. Sicily taken by Allies. Mussolini arrested and the fascist government falls. Germany evacuates Sicily. Soviet troops continue to advance. Italy surrenders. Germans occupy Rome and save Mussolini. Allies enter Naples. Italy declares war on Germany. Soviet get to Poland border. German troops surrender all over the western front. Allies take Rome. D-Day Landings. Soviets begin to attack Finland who is allied with Germany. V-1 bombings begin. Warsaw revolts against Nazis. Paris revolts against the Nazis. Most of France is liberated. More uprisings. Soviet troops start occupying Hungary and Estonia. Warsaw uprising is a failure. Germany starts to lose Home territory. Soviets capture Poland. Soviets take all of Hungary. Soviets reach Berlin. Mussolini recaptured. Hitler kills himself. German troops in Italy surrender. Germany Unconditionally surrenders. Woo V-E day. Nuremberg war trials begin.

Asia:

Japan takes Manchuria and installs puppet government. Japanese invasion of China begins. Soviet Union invades China. Japanese slowly win but not as fast as they wanted. Rape of Nanking occurs. Chinese slow down Japanese by breaking a dam that kills almost 1 million civilians. soviet union and Japan have border clashes in which japan loses badly. Japan gains a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union. American pilots who volunteer go to china to help in the defense. Japan takes Indochina. USA embargos iron and steel to Japan. USA declares oil embargo against Japan. Japan joins the Axis powers. Vichy France gives Indochina to Japan. Pearl Harbor attacked. USA enters WW2. America wins in Midway. Island Hopping begins. USA slowly makes its way towards Japan. Japan threated with utter destruction by Truman. Truman drop Atomic Bombs on Japan. Japan surrenders. V-J Day yay
1939

• Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.

1940

• Rationing starts in the UK.
• German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
• Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
• British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
• British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.

1941

• Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
• The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
• Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.

1942

• Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
• Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
• American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
• Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

1943

• Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
• Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
• Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.
• British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

1944

• Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
• Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.
• D Day: The Allied invasio

  1939

  • Hitler invades Poland on 1 September. Britain and France declare war on Germany two days later.

  1940

  • Rationing starts in the UK.
  • German 'Blitzkrieg' overwhelms Belgium, Holland and France.
  • Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
  • British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk.
  • British victory in Battle of Britain forces Hitler to postpone invasion plans.

  1941

  • Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion of Russia.
  • The Blitz continues against Britain's major cities.
  • Allies take Tobruk in North Africa, and resist German attacks.
  • Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, and the US enters the war.

  1942

  • Germany suffers setbacks at Stalingrad and El Alamein.
  • Singapore falls to the Japanese in February - around 25,000 prisoners taken.
  • American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
  • Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins.

  1943

  • Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first major defeat.
  • Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion of Italy to be launched.
  • Italy surrenders, but Germany takes over the battle.
  • British and Indian forces fight Japanese in Burma.

  1944

  • Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte Cassino.
  • Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.
  • D Day: The Allied invasion of France. Paris is liberated in August.
  • Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

  1945

  • Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
  • Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
  • Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
  • After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.
  n of France. Paris is liberated in August.
• Guam liberated by the US Okinawa, and Iwo Jima bombed.

1945

• Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops.
• Russians reach Berlin: Hitler commits suicide and Germany surrenders on 7 May.
• Truman becomes President of the US on Roosevelt's death, and Attlee replaces Churchill.
• After atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan surrenders on 14 August.

Answer 4

A tragedy through out the whole word.

Answer 5

No

Answer 6

a war

Answer 7

we won