WW2

=WW2 =

1st September 1939 - 6th August, 1945
WW2 killed 56 million peole. 56,125,262 be exact. German soldiers that came home after WW1 were VERY angry with their leaders. They were also annoyed about sanctions taken against them by the Allies at the end of WW1. They decided to pick a new leader, a stronger one who had felt the loss of WW1. They chose Adolf Hitler, who was the sole survivor of a large bomb landing in his trench. Also, he had come face to face with an enemy soldier, who had taken pity on him because of his state, without a weapon and very sick, and he would probably die anyway. He didn't. Instead he went on to almost conquer the world. He started a political party called the National Socialists. This was too long so they abbrievieated themselves down to Nat-So, which sounds (in German) like Nazi. He was voted in to become in charge of Germany in 1933. Winston Churchill (from Britan) tried to warn the British, but they didn't listen. Not all of Germany supported Hitler though. On 8th November 1939 six people were killed in a beer hall when a time bomb explodes. The bomb was meant for Hitler, who left fifteen minutes earlier. Meanwhile, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis 'peacefully' invaded Czechoslovakia. A. Hitler (Can be rearranged to become "The liar") had his exuse ready:" I am just trying to protect the Germans living there". He carried on to invade Poland (Even though he had promised not to), and was even kind enough to 'share' it with the Soviet Union (Russian), lead by Josef Stanlin. Suddenly the people of Britain and France become aware of what was happening, and vowed to fight for Poland's freedom. They only realised by then because Hitler did not publicly declare war, but simply invaded silently and got little media attention. By the time Britain and France had got their armies involved Hitler was ready and waiting. Also, Japan had been heading south through China, aiming for Australia, when they made the mistake of bombing Pearl harbour. America immediately headed north to wipe out Japan. America was never beaten, just made day by day progress. Eventually Germany was under so much preassure, with Berlin surrounded, that Adolf Hitler killed his wife, his dog, then himself. So did his henchman. Germany got a new leader and they immediately surrendered on 7th May, 1945. There was just Japan left against the Allies. The U.S.A. was starting to "Island Hop" towards Japan, one island after another. On 6th August 1945 the USA dropped the first Nuclear bomb onto Hiroshima. Three days later they drop another on Nagasaki. These bombs can kill 60,000 in seconds. Japan surrenders, and WW2 was over. One of the most horrible things to happen in WW2 was when A. Hitler decided Jews were sub-human, and needed to be wiped out. Millions of Jews were killed, by gas, shooting, starving, burning and many other methods. This was called the Holicaust, and killed of 70% of full-blooded Jews.