World War 2 Summary

World War 2 was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945.World War 2 was the deadliest conflict in human history. 50 to 85 million fatalities,most of which were civilians in the Soviet Union and China.It included massacres,the deliberate genocide of the Holocaust,starving,disease and first use of nuclear weapons in history.The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937.Although the world war is generally said to have begun on September 1 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Nazis.

The Holocaust was also during the World War 2.The Holocaust is a very sad event.From 1941 to 1945,Germany targeted European Jewry for extermination as part of a large event that included the persecution and murder of other groups.After years of Nazi rule in Germany,during which Jews were consistently persecuted.Many died.

Adolf Hitler,Dictator,Military Leader.Adolf Hitler was the chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945.Hitler policies precipitated led to the holocaust.He comminted suicide with wife Eva Braun on April 30,1945 in his Berlin bunker.He thought everyone had to have blonde hair and blue eyes.If you didn’t have blonde hair and blue eyes,you were sent to a concentration camp.