World War II
World War II, also know as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved a majority of the world's nations including the Great Powers. The Great Powers formed two opposing military alliances named the Axis powers and the Allies. The Axis powers mainly consisted of German, Italy and Japan, while the Allies mainly consisted of Britain, the USSR and the US. World War II was a total war, meaning that a majority of the most of the Nations' resources. World War II was the first major war to have a higher casualty of civilians than military. World War II started in Europe with Germany invading Poland and then invading France, in Asia it started when Japan invaded China. The US was not in the war initially and did not completely join the fight until Japan surprised attacked the US at Pearl Harbor. The war last around six years until 1945, it ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of Germany and defeat of the Axis powers in Europe, in the Asia the war didn't end until the unconditional surrender of Japan after the bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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