World War II

The Second World War is no doubt a war of its own kind in history of human conflict. It involved many people and killed many people. The war involved participants from various parts of the world but concentrated most of its activities in the Europe, Far East and North Africa. The Second World War was an action-dominated conflict between two opposing sides. Each side rallied supporters behind them as much as they could. One side was the group of countries called “Allies” which comprised of Britain, France, USSR and their supporters. The Allies were later joined by USA. On the other side of the conflict was the “Axis” group of countries which comprised of Germany, Italy, Japan and their supporters.

The war began on September 1^st, 1939 when Germany invaded Poland.Germany did not heed the warning issued by Allies and instead went ahead to attack other countries such as Norway, Denmark, Belgium among others. Therefore, Britain and Francedeclared war on Germany. Meanwhile, Japan was also making various invasions in China. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which belonged to the USA in December, 1941. This action drew USA into the war on the side of the Allies. Almost all the powerful countries of the world were in the war by 1942. The war ended in 1945 by a terrible defeat and surrender of the Axis side. The atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima cities of Japan by USA marked the end. USA emerged the strongest power.

The causes of the war were majorly ideological. For instance, USSR was against NAZI ideology of politics in Germany and therefore joined the Allies group to fight against Germany. Other causes include the failures of the League of Nations and the Versailles treaty to resolve the issues in the First World War. In addition, most countries wanted to expand their territories and colonies in order to acquire raw materials for economic expansion. They were therefore ready to go to war in order to fulfill quest for economic expansion.