World War Two Bbc World Map Year 0

A few months into world war two in april 1940 adolf hitler made a huge strategic gamble.

Civil war script world population since 1950. International news features and analysis from africa the asia pacific europe latin america the middle east south asia and the united states and canada. The second world war by winston churchill 6 vols 1948 54 and subsequently why the allies won by richard overy pimlico press 1996 the road to war by richard overy and andrew wheatcroft. Explore a detailed timeline of world war two the causes events soldiers and its aftermath.

The allies and the axisin a state of total war directly involving more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries the major participants. It involved the vast majority of the worlds countriesincluding all the great powersforming two opposing military alliances. Discover facts about what happened during the most destructive war in history.

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