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Tsering Lhadon = = =__**Top 10 Facts On The World War II**__ =

World War II was the most devastating war of all the war. After the WWI, many countries involved in the war were economically and politically unstable including Germany and Europe. And many of those country even went into Great Depression including United States. The conflicts of WWI were the sparks to the cause of WWII. The Germany's unstable economy and country itself led Adolf Hitler to rise in power and through his charisma and wittiness, he was able to gain the citizen's trust and eventually rose to a world power. He even allied with Japan and Italy and they were called the Power. During that period, the United States were going through the recovery of the Great Depression and they stayed neutral until the attack on US Navy base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. US joined the Allies Power. This was the worst of the worst war of all where there were more than 45-60 casualties total from both sides and eventually the Allied Power gained the victory.

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**1)** After the WWI, Germany had to pay huge reparation for the damage caused by the war which angered the Germans a lot because Germany already faced a huge lost and now they were in debt of many countries. This was one of the most known cause of the WWII. **2)** In Allied Power- United States, Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa , Yugoslavia. In Axis Power- Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria. **3)** Most of the Axis Power leaders were dictators such as Adolf Hitler of Germany, Mussolini of Italy, etc. They used violence and cruelty to eliminate their competition in order to gain power. **4)** United States stayed neutral until the Japan attacked the US naval in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. And right after 4 days Hitler declared war on United States and US joined the war with the allied power. **5)** It took US 2 years to prepare for the WWII. The US was doing everything in it's power to make weapons and food for the war. **6)** In September 1940, Selective Service Act was passes which drafted everyman in US and a year later President Roosevelt passed the "Lend-Lease Act" which provided Britain and USSR with arms via lease and no condition for repayment. **7)** In 7th December 1941, US officially joined the war and by june they occupied Iceland. **8)** The D-Day, 6th June 1944 was the day when General Eisenhower led the Allied troops in an invasion of Normandy, France and in 7th May 1945, the German troops surrendered. **9)** US drops atom bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima and with its deadly radiation of 100,000, it destroys the whole city. **10)** In 30th April 1945, Adolf Hitler commits suicide in Berlin and in same year 7th September, Japan surrenders.

In a sense, the WWII ended but there was a new division of moment which continued in the Cold War.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> <span style="color: #ff0000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12px;">* Holocaust- After Hitler gained power in Germany, he used his power to persecute German Jews and send them into his Nazi Concentration Camps where over 6 millions Jews were killed brutally, in order to exterminate the Jewish population. And it was all due to one person believe in racial superior. And after the WWII, in 1948, Isreal was created.(Isreal- most Jewish population in current day) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">["The youngest US serviceman was 12 year old Calvin Graham, USN. He <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">was wounded in combat and given a Dishonorable Discharge for lying about <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">his age. (His benefits were later restored by act of Congress)"] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">**[**After Adolf Hitler, Germany's Nazi Leader died, it was proven that he was a Jew.**]**

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__**10 Bloodiest Battles of World War II**__ <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">1. Battle of Stalingrad, 23 August 1942–2 February 1943: 1,250,000–1,798,619 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">2. Battle of Berlin, 16 April–2 May 1945: 1,298,745 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">3. Battle of Moscow, 2 October 1941–7 January 1942: 1,000,000 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">4. Battle of Narva, 2 February–10 August 1944: 550,000 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">5. Battle of France, 10 May–25 June 1940: 469,000 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">6. Battle of Luzon, 9 January–15 August 1945: 332,330–345,330 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">7. Second Battle of Kharkov, 12 May–28 May 1942: 300,000 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">8. Battle of Kursk, 5 July–23 August 1943: 257,125–388,000 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">9. Battle of the Bulge, 16 December 1944–25 January 1945: 186,369 casualties <span style="color: #262626; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 110%;">10. Battle of Monte Cassino, 17 January–18 May 1944: 185,000 casualties

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">More informations on WWII:- <span style="color: #0018ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Other major battles __http://history1900s.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiibattles.htm__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Timeline on WWII:- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/citizensoldier/timeline/index.cfm__ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__http://www.militaryeducation.org/10-bloodiest-battles-of-world-war-ii/__ <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">__http://www.solpass.org/7ss/standards/MajorEvents.htm__