~As Japan continued to ignore the Potsdam terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in early August Between the two bombings, the Soviets, pursuant to the Yalta agreement,invaded Japanese-held Manchuria, and quickly defeated the Kwantung Army, which was the largest Japanese fighting force. On 15 August 1945 Japan surrendered, with the surrender documents finally signed aboard the deck of the American battleship USS Missouri on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
~On 6 June 1944 (known as D-Day), after three years of Soviet pressure,the Western Allies invaded northern France. After reassigning several Allied divisions from Italy, they also attacked southern France. These landings were successful, and led to the defeat of the German Army units in France. Paris was liberated by the local resistance assisted by the Free French Forces on 25 August and the Western Allies continued to push back German forces in Western Europe during the latter part of the year. An attempt to advance into northern Germany spearheaded by a major airborne operation in the Netherlands ended with a failure. After that, the Western Allies slowly pushed into Germany, unsuccessfully trying to cross the Rur river in a large offensive. In Italy the Allied advance also slowed down, when they ran into the last major German defensive line.
~Pre-War Events
Italian invasion of Ethiopia (1935)
Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia (1938)European occupations and agreements.
Spanish Civil War (1936-39)
Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japanese invasion of the Soviet Union and Mongolia (1938)European occupations and agreements.
~Japan bombs pearl harbor and bring america into the war
~The start of the war is generally held to be 1 September 1939, beginning with the German invasion of Poland; Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. Other dates for the beginning of war include the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on 7 July 1937.
~Others follow British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and the two wars merged in 1941. This article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of the Second World War as the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in August 1939.
~The exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon. It has been suggested that the war ended at the armistice of 14 August 1945 (V-J Day), rather than the formal surrender of Japan (2 September 1945); in some European histories, it ended on V-E Day (8 May 1945). However, the Treaty of Peace with Japan was not signed until 1951,and that with Germany not until 1990.
~Others follow British historian A. J. P. Taylor, who held that the Sino-Japanese War and war in Europe and its colonies occurred simultaneously and the two wars merged in 1941. This article uses the conventional dating. Other starting dates sometimes used for World War II include the Italian invasion of Abyssinia on 3 October 1935. British historian Antony Beevor views the beginning of the Second World War as the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in August 1939.
~The exact date of the war's end is also not universally agreed upon. It has been suggested that the war ended at the armistice of 14 August 1945 (V-J Day), rather than the formal surrender of Japan (2 September 1945); in some European histories, it ended on V-E Day (8 May 1945). However, the Treaty of Peace with Japan was not signed until 1951,and that with Germany not until 1990.
~Death
Military deaths total - 22,426,600 to 25,487,500
Civilian deaths due to military activity and crimes against humanity total - 37,585,300 to 54,594,000
Total deaths all countries - 62,171,600 to 78,041,700
Civilian deaths due to military activity and crimes against humanity total - 37,585,300 to 54,594,000
Total deaths all countries - 62,171,600 to 78,041,700
~Puppet States really had no say on what was going or decisions that were made because there were either captured or they surrendered
~a global war that was underway by 1939 and ended in 1945, World War II was the deadliest military conflict in history. Over 60 million people were killed, which was over 2.5% of the world population. 1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945(6 years, 1 day).
Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia,China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, briefly North America were the location sites of all battles Allies victorious. Dissolution of the Third Reich, Creation of the United Nations, Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers, Beginning of the Cold War were all results of the war.
Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia,China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa, briefly North America were the location sites of all battles Allies victorious. Dissolution of the Third Reich, Creation of the United Nations, Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers, Beginning of the Cold War were all results of the war.
~Axis leaders
- Adolf Hitler (Germany)
- Hirohito (Japan)
- Benito Mussolini (Italy)
- Miklós Horthy (Hungary)
- Ion Antonescu (Romania)
- Boris III & Simeon II (Bulgaria)
- Ante Pavelić (Croatia)
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (India)
- Jozef Tiso (Slovakia)
- Risto Ryti (Finland)
- Ananda Mahidol (Thailand)
- Rashid Ali al-Kaylani (Iraq)
~Axis countries
Germany
Japan (at war 1937–45)
Italy (1940–43)
Hungary (1940–45)
Romania (1941–44)
Bulgaria (1941–44)
Finland (1941–44)
Thailand (1942–45)
Iraq (1941)
Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
Croatia (1941–45)
Slovakia
Japan (at war 1937–45)
Italy (1940–43)
Hungary (1940–45)
Romania (1941–44)
Bulgaria (1941–44)
Finland (1941–44)
Thailand (1942–45)
Iraq (1941)
Italian Social Republic (1943–45)
Croatia (1941–45)
Slovakia
~Allies Leaders
- Enver Hoxha (Albania)
- Leopold III (Belgium)
- Getúlio Vargas (Brazil)
- King George VI (British Empire)
- Robert Menzies ( from 26 April 1939 until 29 August 1941)
- Arthur Fadden (Australia forced from office 7 October 1941)
- John Curtin (Australia until his death on 5 July 1945)
- William Lyon Mackenzie King (Canada)
- Michael Joseph Savage (New Zealand)
- Jan Smuts (Union of South Africa)
- Winston Churchill (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Chiang Kai-shek (Republic of China)
- Albert François Lebrun (1940, forced to accept the German terms of surrender of France and was replaced (last president)
- Édouard Daladier (from 1938 to 1940 then resigned France)
- Paul Reynaud (France ..succeeded Daladier as Prime Minister)
- George II & Ioannis Metaxas (Greece)
- Manuel Ávila Camacho (Mexico)
- Ignacy Mościcki (Poland)
- Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union)
- Ibn Saud (Saudi Arabia)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, & Dwight D. Eisenhower (United States of America)
~United nations created on 1 January 1942. There were 26 signatories. This happened so that more countries can get in on the war also extra help for the allies but before this Pan American Union, who were all neutral between 1939 and 1941, formed a mutual defense pact at a conference of foreign ministers at Havana, from 21 to 30 July 1940 which consisted of Mexico Caribbean countries central north & south american countries.
~Allies Countries (Anti-Hitler Coalition)
Soviet Union (1941–45)
United States (1941–45)
British Empire
China (at war 1937–45)
France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Yugoslavia (1941–45)
Greece (1940–45)
Norway (1940–45)
Netherlands (1940–45)
Belgium (1940–45)
Czechoslovakia
Brazil (1942–45)
United States (1941–45)
British Empire
China (at war 1937–45)
France
Poland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Yugoslavia (1941–45)
Greece (1940–45)
Norway (1940–45)
Netherlands (1940–45)
Belgium (1940–45)
Czechoslovakia
Brazil (1942–45)
~Size of the Allies Militaries of countries
Soviet Union: 60,000,000
United States of America: 20,400,000
United Kingdom: 4,700,000
Republic of China: 4,400,000
France: 2,500,000
India: 2,400,000
Poland: 1,950,000
Soviet China: 1,200,000
Canada: 1,081,865
Yugoslavia: 850,000
Belgium: 800,000
Australia: 680,000
The Netherlands: 500,000