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Second World War 1939 – 1945
 World War II, also called Second World War, was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45.
 The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China.
 It was the biggest conflict in history that had lasted almost six years.
 Nearly some 100 million people had been militarised, and 50 million had been killed (around 3% of the world's population).World War 2 OverSimplified Rare Video - The History

Causes of War
The major causes of World War II were numerous. They include,
Failure of Treaty of Versailles
 Following World War I, the victorious Allied Powers met to decide Germany’s future. Germany was forced to sign the Treaty of Versailles.
Failure of the League of Nations
 It was an international organization set up in 1919 to keep world peace.
Great Economic Depression of 1929
 The worldwide economic depression of the 1930s took its toll in different ways in Europe and Asia.
 In Europe, political power shifted to autocratic and imperialist governments in several countries, including Germany, Italy, and Spain.
 In Asia, a resource-starved Japan began to expand aggressively, invading china.
Rise of Fascism
 In the 1920s, however, the wave of nationalistic, militaristic totalitarianism known by its Italian name, fascism.
 Benito Mussolini established the first Fascist, European dictatorship during the interwar period in Italy in 1922.
Rise of Nazism
 Adolf Hitler, the Leader of the German National Socialist (Nazi) party, preached a racist brand of fascism.
 In 1933 Hitler became the German Chancellor, and moves himself as dictator.
Policy of Appeasement
 Hitler openly denounced the Treaty of Versailles and began secretly building up Germany’s army and weapons.
 Although Britain and France knew of Hitler’s actions, they thought a stronger Germany would stop the spread of Communism from Russia.
 Britain and France allowed Germany to annex areas in Czechoslovakia where German-speakers lived.

o Germany agreed not to invade the rest of Czechoslovakia or any other country. However, in March 1939, Germany broke its promise and invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.
Key Turning Points of the World War II
The World War 2 Starts
 However, the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and subsequently two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
 This marked the beginning of World War II.
Ribbentrop Pact
 By the early part of 1939 the German dictator Adolf Hitler had become determined to invade and occupy Poland.
 Secret negotiations in August 1939, led to the signing of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact in Moscow.
 Further, Russia followed Germany into Poland in September and Poland was carved up between the two invaders before the end of the year.
Winter War 1940
 The 'winter war' between Russia and Finland concluded in March, and in the following month Germany invaded Denmark and Norway.
 Denmark surrendered immediately, but the Norwegians fought on - with British and French assistance - surrendering in June 1940.
Fall of France 1940
 After war with scandenavian countries got over, Germany invaded France, Belgium and Holland.
 During this phase, the Western Europe encountered the Blitzkrieg - or 'lightning war'.
 In France an armistice was signed with Germany, with the puppet French Vichy government.
 Having conquered France, Hitler turned his attention to Britain.

Operation Barbarossa
 After facing defeat in Britain, Hitler broke the Ribbentrop Pact and invaded Russia in 1941 and Moscow coming under attack at the end of the year.
 The bitter Russian winter, crippled the Germans.
 The Soviets counterattacked in December and the Eastern Front stagnated until the spring.
Pearl Harbour


American Entry into the War

Nuclear Bombing and the End
After World War II
New Superpowers
Start of Decolonisation
Birth of UN
Start of Cold War
New Economic World Order
It drew up a project for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD-now known as World Bank) and International Monetary Fund (IMF) formed.
Also, the US dollar was established as a reserve currency for the world trade.

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