The World War II was the most important conflict known for mankind; it costs the lives of 60 million people (around 2% of the world population at the time), most of the victims were civilians. This conflict began on September 1st, 1939 in Europe, and officially ended on September 2, 1945. This war is sadly remembered for the suffering of millions of innocent people in many situations, like the concentration camps in Europe (against Jews, homosexual, slaves, and disabled people) that became killing fields where the Holocaust was held, the massive massacres of population and military perpetrated by Japanese forces in China, scientific experiments on humans by Nazi and Japanese doctors, the massive aerial bombardment in cities in Europe and Asia, and the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Second World War
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They increased aid to England with war supplies and Lend-Lease program. U.S had eventual consensus that a Nazi victory in Europe would threaten Western civilization. In 1940, Roosevelt tried to ensure Nazis defeat while keeping the US out of war. But in 1941, U.S saw imminent entry into war when Germany violated the non-aggression Pact with the Soviet Union. Japan wants to grab land in Indochina (European colonies) in search of natural resources such as rubber and oil. The U.S Congress had decided to decline the shipment agreement arms with the Japanese. Japan desperate bombed by surprise squad planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. They destroyed almost the entire base. U.S declared war on Japan, but remains neutral in Europe. Hitler convinced that U.S was weak with the attack on Pearl Harbor; he believed that is impossible to lose this conflict and declares war to U.S. Also, Italy declared war to Roosevelt. U.S now enters to the World War
They increased aid to England with war supplies and Lend-Lease program. U.S had eventual consensus that a Nazi victory in Europe would threaten Western civilization. In 1940, Roosevelt tried to ensure Nazis defeat while keeping the US out of war. But in 1941, U.S saw imminent entry into war when Germany violated the non-aggression Pact with the Soviet Union. Japan wants to grab land in Indochina (European colonies) in search of natural resources such as rubber and oil. The U.S Congress had decided to decline the shipment agreement arms with the Japanese. Japan desperate bombed by surprise squad planes at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. They destroyed almost the entire base. U.S declared war on Japan, but remains neutral in Europe. Hitler convinced that U.S was weak with the attack on Pearl Harbor; he believed that is impossible to lose this conflict and declares war to U.S. Also, Italy declared war to Roosevelt. U.S now enters to the World War