how much do you know about the world war 2 and its consequences on society ?
The Second World War was arguably the most significant period of the
20th century. It brought about major leaps in technology and laid the
groundwork that permitted post-war social changes including the end of
European colonialism, the civil rights movement in the United States,
and the modern women’s rights movement, as well as the programs for
exploring outer space. The primary combatants were the Axis nations
(Nazi Germany, Facist Italy, Imperial Japan and their smaller allies)
and the Allied nations, led by Britain (and its Commonwealth nations),
the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States of
America. The Allies were the victors. Two superpowers, the USA and USSR,
emerged from World War II to begin a Cold War with each other that
would define much of the rest of the century.
Asking when World War II began is a good way to start a long and
passionate debate. Some say it was simply a continuation of the First
World War that had theoretically ended in 1918. Others point to 1931,
when Japan seized Manchuria from China. Italy’s invasion and defeat of
Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935, Adolf Hitler’s re-militarization of
Germany’s Rhineland in 1936, the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and
Germany’s occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1938 are sometimes cited. The
two dates most often mentioned as "the beginning of World War II" are
July 7, 1937, when the "Marco Polo Bridge Incident" led to a prolonged
war between Japan and China, and September 1, 1939, when Germany invaded
Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler’s Nazi
state in retaliation. From the invasion of Poland until the war ended
with Japan’s surrender in August 1945, multiple nations were at war with
each other, some fighting for the ultimately victorious Allies, some
for the Axis.
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