World War II, was the deadliest conflict in history. Majority of the countries formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
The major participants used their entire economic, industrial, and scientific resources in this war. World War II, was marked by 70 million fatalities
World War two was triggered due to the after effects of World war 1
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This war had spilled throughout the world and caused spread into the colonized areas as well. However, this video will cover only the major aspects of the war
Japan had went through fast industrialization and militarization which prompted its development as a politically influential nation. Hirohito was the head of Japan
Japan had pursued a war against China and set up puppet states in Chinese areas
Hideki Tojo became Prime Minister in 1941, Tojo was among the most straightforward defenders for war against the United State
Adolf Hitler was a soldier during WW1. He was frustrated with Germany's thrashing in WW1 and wanted to avenge Germany
He assumed the position of Chancellor of Germany. He abolished the democratic system, embracing a racially propelled correction of the world order
Under Hitler's rule, Germany became a totalitarian state. Persecution and the oppression of Jews started
Inhumane imprisonments were built up. Jews and others deemed undesirable were detained
Nazi ideology was propagated to promote German superiority over the rest of the world
The Fascist development drove by Benito Mussolini held onto power in Italy with a nationalist and totalitarian plan that nullified democracy
sought after a forceful expansionist international strategy planned for making Italy a politically influential nation.
In July 1937, Japan started a mission to invade entire China. The Japanese kept on pushing the Chinese powers back, catching the capital Nanking
On 1 September 1939, Germany attacked Poland. Soviet Union, which was governed by Joseph Stalin,
had a non aggression pact with Germany already, that characterized German and Soviet spheres of influence on Poland
Finland refused to allow Soviet troops on its territory to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union invaded Finland
Germany proposed the Soviet Union to join Axis powers, Soviet Union offered to join if Germany would consent to refrain from Soviet Union's areas of prominence, Germany didn't respond
In 1940, after the rising strain between the Soviet Union and Germany over areas in the Balkans, an inevitable intrusion of the Soviet Union appeared to be the main solution to Hitler
France and Britain declared war on Germany. Germany attacked Denmark and Norway to shield shipments of iron mineral from Sweden
Allies couldn't defeat the Germans in Norway. British discontent over the Norwegian campaign prompted the resignation of Prime Minister Chamberline
and appointment of Winston Churchill as Prime Minister. Film "Darkest Hour" depends on Winston Churchill centering the occasions of the war
Germany coordinated its assault at the neutral countries of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
Germany launched the blitzkrieg attacks. These powers would drive a break in enemy troops, roam freely behind enemy lines, causing disorganization
German powers could thus enclose restricting soldiers and force surrender. The United Kingdom evacuated a number of Allied soldiers from the Dunkirk
Germany reached Paris and occupied the whole of France
Italy attacked France, announcing war on both France and the United Kingdom. Later, Italy also attacked Greece
The Battle of Britain started toward the beginning of July with Luftwaffe assaults on shipping and harbors. German air force failed to defeat British royal air force
United States was taking measures to help China and the Western Allies, by sending them supplies
Germany was sinking US ships. The United States began to plan for a full-scale war against Germany
The Tripartite Pact officially joined Japan, Italy, and Germany as the Axis Powers
Soviet forces could not keep up occupation in Finland
British mathematician, Alan Turing, had invented an electromechanical machine called the bombe, which could decrypt enigma messages
Film "The imitation game" is based on Alan Turing and his decryption machine, the bombe
Hitler was suspicious of the Soviet Union. He decided to strengthen relations with the Soviets, or failing that to attack and eliminate them as a factor
Germany attacked the Soviet Union, later, German soldiers couldn't adapt up to cold because of absence of winter supplies. Soviets pushed back
Japan assaulted American fleets at Pearl Harbor. These assaults drove the United States to officially announce war on Japan
Japan occupied few islands in Pacific, Hongkong, Philipines, Thailand, Singapore, East non mainstream players, New guinea. Japan was on the edges of Australia and India
Americans, defeated the Japanese in Midway. Allies attacked Sicily
Germans had almost taken Stalingrad. The Soviets started their subsequent winter counter attacks, German soldiers at Stalingrad had been defeated,
and the front line had been pushed back beyond its position before the offensive
Western Allies attacked the Italy. German special forces rescued Mussolini, who then soon established a new client state in German occupied Italy.
This began the Italian Civil War battled by the Italian Resistance (alongwith the Allies) against the Italian Fascists
The Allied offensives in Italy had succeeded and Rome was captured. Western Allies attacked northern France.
These arrivals were effective, and prompted the defeat of the German Army units in France. Western Allies kept on pushing back German powers in Western Europe
Germany was pushed out of France
These landings can be seen in the movie “Saving private Ryan”
America started taking over islands taken over by Japan. Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany
Germany made a last attempt to launch a blitzkrieg attempt, which did not succeed. The Soviets and Poles attacked in Poland, and pushed the Germans back
Soviet, British, and US leaders met for the Yalta Conference. They agreed on the occupation of post-war Germany
The Soviets entered Pomerania, while Allies entered western Germany. Western Allies finally pushed forward in Italy and swept across western Germany
Soviet and Polish forces stormed and captured Berlin. Benito Mussolini was killed by Italian partisans
Two days later, Hitler committed suicide, and Germany surrendered. The United States launched a massive firebombing campaign on cities in Japan
American, British and Chinese governments demanded unconditional surrender of Japan.  Japanese government refused to surrender
The United States dropped nuclear bombs on Japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki
These two events forced the Japanese army to surrender. Allies occupied Japan for eight years
Germany was divided into western and eastern zones controlled by European powers and the Soviet Union. The rest of Europe was also divided into Western and Soviet spheres of influence
To ensure world peace, the Allies formed the United Nations.
Korea, during Japanese rule, was occupied by the Soviet Union in the North and the United States in the South.
Separate republics developed on the two regions in 1948, each claiming to be the real government for entire Korea.
Numerous Jewish Holocaust survivors had taken asylum in Palestine. The British control over Palestine was to expire and this led to more tensions between Arabs and Jews.
On 11 May 1949, Israel was accepted as a member of the UN
World war 2 was one of the main contributing factors towards the British withdrawal from India
This withdrawal was accompanied by several political movements, as a result of which,
the partition of India took place and Pakistan was formed
This war led to simultaneous rise of two superpowers: the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (USA). Allies during World War II,
The US and the USSR became competitors and occupied with the Cold War, which will be described in one of our future videos on The 3D Show
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