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World War 2 was a global war fought from 1939 to 1945 that began with Germany invading Poland and ended with the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 and Japan in 1945. It involved more countries than any other war and introduced powerful new weapons like nuclear weapons. Over 50 million people died, making it the deadliest war in history due to the targeting of civilians and genocidal killings by Nazi Germany against Jews and others.

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World War 2 was a global war fought from 1939 to 1945 that began with Germany invading Poland and ended with the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945 and Japan in 1945. It involved more countries than any other war and introduced powerful new weapons like nuclear weapons. Over 50 million people died, making it the deadliest war in history due to the targeting of civilians and genocidal killings by Nazi Germany against Jews and others.

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WWII by: Joshua Dhanraj

World War 2, also known as the Second World War, was a war
fought from 1939 to 1945 in Europe and, during much of the
1930s and 1940s, in Asia.
The war in Europe began in earnest on September 1, 1939 with
the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany, and concluded on
September 2, 1945, with the official surrender of the last Axis
nation, Japan. However, in Asia the war began earlier with
Japanese interventions in China, and in Europe, the war ended
earlier with the unconditional surrender of Germany on May 8,
1945.
The conflict spilled over into Africa, included a handful of
incidents in the Americas, and a series of major naval battles.
It was the largest armed conflict in history, spanning the entire
world and involving more countries than any other war, as well as
introducing powerful new weapons, culminating in the first use of
nuclear weapons.
However, despite the name, not all countries of the world were
involved; some through neutrality (such as the Eire - though Eire
supplied some important secret information to the Allies; D-Day's
date was decided on the basis of incoming Atlantic weather
information supplied from Ireland - Sweden, and Switzerland),
others through strategic insignificance (Mexico).
The war ravaged civilians more severely than any previous
conflict and served as a backdrop for genocidal killings by Nazi
Germany as well as several other mass slaughters of civilians
which, although not technically genocide, were significant.
These included the massacre of millions of Chinese and Korean
nationals by Japan, internal mass killings in the Soviet Union, and
the bombing of civilian targets in German and Japanese cities by
the Allies. In total, World War II produced about 50 million
deaths, more than any other war to date.

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