Germany played an aggressive role in WWI and as a result, the Treaty of Versailles drawn up by the Allied Powers in 1919 heavily punished the nation.įorced to pay reparations to the Allied powers and relinquish their influence over foreign lands invaded during the war, Germany was left in poor economic and social shape after WWI. During WWI the Allied Powers of the United States, France, Japan, and Russia fought against Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, Germany, and Turkey and won. World War II can not be accurately discussed without first mentioning World War I. This article explores a brief historical overview of World War II and its global impact.Īdvertisements The Events Leading Up to World War II World War Two Timeline by GLaDOS, licensed under (PD-US) The Holocaust, along with the detonation of the first nuclear weapons, makes WWI stand out as one of the most devastating, disturbing, and fascinating wars of all time. The rise of Nazi Germany and the mass causalities of the Holocaust, led by Adolf Hitler, was an unprecedented genocide of ethnic minorities. In order for the Allied Powers to win the war, no resources were spared. The stakes of the war were so high that some would say that World War II was a battle for the future of humanity. The scale of the war was monumental, with some of the largest armies and most powerful weapons of all time being deployed. World War II claimed more lives than any other war in history, with the death toll rising to an estimated number between 50 and 85 million by the end. World War II was a global conflict fought between the Allied powers of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and the Axis powers of Germany, Japan, and Italy.
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