The World War II

The Second World War was a global war which started in 1939 and ended in 1945. The countries allied themselves creating two powers; The AXIS powers (Germany, Japan and Italy) and The Allies (Great Britain, France, America, etc).

The countries that were in the Axis Powers were countries who were ruled by Totalitarian dictators, like Benito Mussolini, Adolf Hitler and The emperor Hirohito.

Causes:

- One of the main causes was that Germany saw the Treaty of Versailles as a humiliation.
-The Great Depression in Germany.
- The rise of militarism in Japan
- Germany did not recognized the authority of The League of Nations.
- The fascist party reached power in Italy
-The Nazism in Germany, when Hitler reached power in Germany.


Germany wanted to take control of the world because they considered that each German should have their "Lebensraum" (Vital Space) and their territory in Germany was not enough to fulfill their space.
In 1938 the German forces take over Austria, Hitler decided to give the name of Anschluss the German-Austrian motherland.

Later on ,in 1939, Germany was going to try to take over a part of Czechoslovakia, which the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler were going to meet at the Munich Conference.

The Munich Conference in March 15, 1939 Hitler promised to not take another territory else than the part of Czechoslovakia that Germany was allowed to keep . Chamberlain considered himself as hero, because of the thought that he stopped another international conflict.

The spark ( where everything begins)
Germany started to have secret talk with The USSR, they signed the Nazi-soviet Nonaggression pact.
Germany invaded Poland in September 1st, 1939, Soviets take Eastern Poland.
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany to defend Poland.


The Blitzkreig ( Lightning war )

The blitzkreig was the name of the tactic that Germany used to defeat their opponents in several short campaigns. With this tactic Germany successfully defeated Denmark(Ultimatum 1940) , Norway, Belgium , the Netherlands , Luxembourg ,and France (Enters Paris on June 14, 1940).

The battle of Britain

After Germany defeated France on June, Germany was looking foward to defeat Great Britain by the air attacks. After several attacks over Britain from Germany, the Nazi's were not able to destroy the Britain's RAF (Royal Air Force).

Eastern Europe and Africa

Italy on June 10th, 1940 declare war on France and Great Britain, later on Italy also invated Libya, Egypt and Sudan.
The Nazis defeated on April,1941 Yugoslavia and Greece.
Also invated Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary.

Invasion of the Soviet Union