World War 2: The war that destroyed half of the world population

The instability created in Europe by World War I (1914-18) set the stage for the international conflict of World War II, which broke out two decades later and proved even more devastating. The Nazi Party rearmed the nation and signed strategic treaties with Italy and Japan to strengthen its ambitions for world domination. Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 prompted Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and power rose in an economically and politically unstable Germany. On October 1, 1939, World War II began with the outbreak of war between the United States and Germany in the Middle East.

Over the next six years, the conflict would claim more lives than any previous war and destroy more than half of the world's population and much of its infrastructure. In many ways, World War II was born out of problems left unresolved by previous conflicts. The outbreak of war in the Middle East, or the 'Great War' as it was called at the time, has greatly destabilised Europe, and in many respects it has not.

In particular, lingering resentment over the harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the failure of the war in Europe fueled the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party. After Hitler became Chancellor in 1933, he consolidated his power by anointing himself Führer or Supreme Führer in 1934.

German resentment over the outcome of the war was exploited by Adolf Hitler to support his rise to power. Obsessed with the "pure" German race, which he called "Aryan," Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain habitat for his growing race. This began when Hitler began the forcible annexation of territory from his east in 1938, triggering a political crisis.

People often describe the Second World War as having begun in September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland. In reality, however, Germany did not invade Poland until September 1941, just a few months before the start of World War II. The Second World War began on September 9, 1939, when Poland was invaded by Germany.

In April 1939, Britain and France had guaranteed the integrity of Poland's borders by allowing Nazi Germany to destroy the Czechoslovak interwar state.

The Second World War began on 2 September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland in response to the Soviet Union's invasion of the Czechoslovak Republic. The German invasions of Poland were a reaction to Britain's decision to declare war on Germany on 3 September.

France and Britain gave Hitler an ultimatum for the immediate withdrawal of all German troops from Poland. When the ultima ratio expired, Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939.

The pact with Stalin meant that if Hitler invaded Poland, he would not face war on two fronts, but would have the power to conquer and divide the Polish nation. On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland from the West, and France and Britain declared war on Germany and began World War II. Hitler had long planned a military alliance with Britain and France, who assured Poland of their military support in the event of an attack on Germany.

People were used to Nazis and Communists occupying opposite ends of the political spectrum, but Poland quickly fell under fire from both sides. In August 1939, the world was stunned when Hitler and Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin signed a non-aggression pact. Under a secret protocol annexed to the non-aggression pact, Germany and the Soviet Union would share control of both nations. When the pact was published at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on September 1, 1939, it was known as the "Secret Amendment," detailing Hitler's plans to dismember the country before him.

When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, the British and French reacted by declaring war on the Nazis, but not before Hitler invaded Germany.

It lasted from 1939 to 1945 and included more than 30 countries from all over the world. At the end of 1940, the Soviet Union annexed most of Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania.

The Second World War killed more than 2.5 million people in Germany, 1.2 million in Austria and 1.5 million in Poland.

The Second World War (1939-1945) was the greatest armed conflict in human history, and the Second World War caused more deaths than any other war in history. Historians disagree on the exact numbers, but most of the following figures are those of the fallen of World War II.

The war, which spanned six continents and the world's oceans, caused an estimated 50 million military and civilian deaths, including 6 million Jews. The main combatants were the United States, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Japan and Nazi Germany. With millions of refugees from the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Europe, South America and Africa, a new world has been created at home and abroad.

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