World War II

Outline

Introduction

Prelude to War

Peace Efforts

Italy , Germany and Japan Global Expansion Begins

World War II : Europe and North Africa

Hitler Attacks Poland

Russo-Finnish War

Battle of Britain

German attack on Soviet Union

El Alamein Defeat

New

World War II : Japan and the Pacific

Japan and the United States

Attack on Pearl Harbor

The End of War

Overthrow of Mussolini

D-Day

V-E Day

The Atomic Bomb and V-J Day

Conclusion

World War II

Introduction

The Second

World War was the most destructive period in history . What began as an internal conflict in Europe soon became a global struggle After the First World War , the countries sought to establish peace and prevent another war from happening . However , the world found itself again in the midst of an international dilemma . As a result , millions of people were killed . There was also devastating damage to property throughout the world . Infrastructure such as roads , railways and bridges were destroyed even farms and mines were not spared from the war . The Second World War was indeed the darkest phase in human history , and it was caused by the rise of objective of global expansion

Prelude to War

The 1920s was characterized by efforts to maintain the peace that was achieved after the First World War (Snyder , 1992 Ziemke , 2007 . The first step was the foundation of The League of Nations , which was created under the Treaty of Versailles (Perry , 1989 . It was a forum that sought to achieve peace and unity among countries by being the venue in which conflicts could be settled (Perry , 1989 Ziemke , 2007 Through this institution , going to war would be avoided

There were also two conferences that were held with the same objective The Washington Conference and the Locarno Conference (Ziemke , 2007 . In the former , the countries which participated reached an agreement to establish a fixed ratio with regards to their navies . In the latter the nations still had peace in mind , but focused more on potential problem areas one of those problem areas was the French-German b (Perry , 1989

The last distinguished effort for peace was found in the Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact (Perry , 1989 Snyder , 1992 . This pact was signed by fifteen countries it established negotiation as a substitute to force . It prohibited war as an instrument of national policy (Perry , 1989 ,

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However , the peace efforts proved futile . To begin with , the United States did not join the League this contributed greatly in weakening the organization (Perry , 1989 . In addition , the League did not have the capacity to implement their decisions . Lastly , the pact proved to be a broken promise , as Germany openly defied both the treaty and the pact

After the First World War , three countries were disappointed with the results : Italy , Japan and Germany (Snyder , 1992 . Italy was victorious in the previous war , but the territories it gained from it were not enough (Ziemke , 2007 . Japan , another country which emerged victorious in the First World War , was also discontented with the outcome . This...