World War 2 Summary

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What was World War 2 World War 2 was a global war, the largest and deadliest of all wars in human history, with over 60 million people killed, including millions of civilians who were systematically mass-murdered. Many more millions were injured, imprisoned, starved, deported, became refugees, subjected to forced labor, and so on. Entire countries were physically devastated by the war. On the "positive" side, many people, from individuals to entire nations, rose to the challenge and demonstrated unprecedented courage, determination, endurance, diligence, cooperation, and a desire to prevail over evil and hardship. Who started World War 2 World War 2 was started by Adolf Hilter, then the dictator of Germany. Hitler, who was an extreme racist, a nazi (the term "Nazi" was an abbreviation for Hitler's party's name), declared his aggressive expansionist intentions years in advance, in a book and in speeches, but the German people elected him to be the chancellor of Germany. As chancellor, he immediately abolished democracy, as he promised in advance, becoming a totalitarian dictator, and turning Germany to a police state of unlimited brutality, which phycially eliminated entire "undesired" population groups. Under his leadership, Germany's resources were dedicated to rapid military buildup for the intended war. Who participated in World War 2 Hitler's Germany's allies, called The Axis powers, were Japan and Italy. Both nations then had militarist, aggressive, expansionist regimes, though not ideologically racist as Hitler's regime. Several east european nations also allied with Hitler's Germany, either following its ideological example, or to protect themselves from their other aggressive expansionist neighbour, the Soviet Union (now Russia), which Hitler makred from the beginning as his main target. The countries which allied against the aggression of the
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