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	Events preceding World War II in Europe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Europe, the origins of the war are closely tied to the rise of fascism, especially in Nazi Germany.
		The war was directly blamed by the victors on the militant nationalism of the Kaiser's Germany; it was Germany that effectively started the war with an attack on France through Belgium.
		After the president, the World War I hero Paul von Hindenburg, had died on August 2, 1934, the authority of the presidency fell into the hands of Adolf Hitler; and without much resistance from the Wehrmacht's leadership, the Soldiers' Oath could be modified into a confirmation of unconditional obedience to Adolf Hitler personally.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Preceding_events_of_the_European_Theatre_of_World_War_II (1581 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World War II World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing approximately 55.5 million lives (see below).
		The war was fought mainly between an alliance of the British Commonwealth, France, the United States, the Soviet Union, and China—collectively known as the Allies; and the Axis Powers, an alliance between Germany, Italy, and Japan.
		The war also saw the re-emergence of the United States from its isolationism, the destruction and rebuilding of Germany and Japan into major industrial powers, the advent of the atomic bomb, and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
	www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/w/wo/world_war_ii.html (3725 words)

	Learn more about World War II in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World War II World War II also known as The Great Patriotic War (in Russia and other parts of the former USSR for the war after June 1941) and The War Against Aggression (before the involvement of the United States and Japan) was fought chiefly between the Allies and the Axis Powers.
		However, Japan had invaded China already in 1937 the (Second Sino-Japanese War), which sometimes is considered the start of the Second World War (Withdrawal of the Japanese after their defeat also catalysed the Chinese Communist Revolution.) Nazi Germany surrendered on May 7, 23:50 PM 1945, ending the war in Europe.
		After the war, many high-ranking Nazis were prosecuted for war crimes, as well as the mass murder of the Holocaust committed mainly on the area of General Government, in the Nuremberg trials.
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /w/wo/world_war_ii.html (2358 words)

	European Theatre of World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The European Theatre was an area of heavy fighting across Europe, during World War II, from 1 September 1939 to 8 May 1945.
		After Germany was defeated in World War I, the Treaty of Versailles placed punitive conditions on the country, including significant financial reparations, the loss of territory (some only temporarily), and war guilt clauses.
		On 3 September 1939, Britain and France declared war on Germany and British troops were sent to France, however neither French nor British troops gave any significant assistance to the Poles during the entire Polish September Campaign, and the German-French border, excepting the Saar Offensive, remained calm.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Theatre_of_World_War_II (4690 words)

	World War II : World war II
		The accepted view is that the war began in earnest on September 1, 1939 with the raid of Poland by Nazi Germany, and concluded on September 2, 1945 with the official surrender of the last Axis force, Japan.
		World War II ravaged civilians more than any previous war 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 nevertheless significant.
		Midway was the turning-point of the naval war in the Pacific theatre.
	www.wordlookup.net /wo/world-war-ii.html (4433 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world involving the great majority of the nations being fought simultaneously in several major and costing approximately 55.5 million lives (see below).
		The war was fought mainly between alliance of the British Commonwealth France the United States the Soviet Union and China —collectively known as the Allies ; and the Axis Powers an alliance between Germany Italy and Japan.
		The war also saw the re-emergence the United States from its isolationism the destruction and rebuilding of Germany Japan into major industrial powers the advent the atomic bomb and the emergence of the United and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
	www.freeglossary.com /World_War_II (3845 words)

	World War II
		World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives.
		The war ended in Europe with the surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945, but continued in Asia and the Pacific until the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the subsequent Japanese surrender on 2 September 1945.
		Indeed, the first combat operation in the European Theater of World War II was a German bombing attack against Poland, while the last combat operation in the Pacific Theater was a thousand-aircraft bombing attack on Japan, on 14 August 1945.
	www.askfactmaster.com /World_War_II (4255 words)

	sociology - World War II
		World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the world's states and every inhabited continent.
		On which date the war began is also debated, cited as either the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, the Japanese invasion of China on 7 July 1937 (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria.
		The belligerents of the Second World War are usually considered to belong to either of the two blocks: the Axis and the Allies.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/World_War_II (6394 words)

	Help.com - world war ii (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The war was fought in response to the expansionist and racist aggression of Nazi Germany under the dictator Adolf Hitler and the imperial ambitions of Japan in Asia.
		World War II had begun in East Asia in 1937 when Japan invaded China.In the summer of 1941, the United States began an oil embargo against Japan, which was a protest of Japan's incursion into French Indo-China and the continued invasion of China.
		It was one of the bloodiest sieges of the war.
	help.com /wiki/World_War_II (8599 words)

	World War II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is believed that approximately 62 million people, or 2.5% of the world population, died in the war; estimates vary greatly.
		The League of Nations, despite its efforts to prevent the war, relied too heavily on the Great Powers of Europe to enforce its resolutions, and was unable to prevent the start of The Second World War.
		The war triggered an international outcry and on December 14 the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations.
	www.1bx.com /en/Ww2.htm (7601 words)

	World War II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Finland, where the Winter War became a focus of the world's interest in the absence of other hostilities.
		World War I, the Western victors in the Second World War did not demand compensation from the defeated nations.
		Korean War and in a number of African conflicts), after this victory the major powers relied upon small highly-trained and well-equipped militaries.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~eushrair/worldwartwo.htm (3850 words)

	World War II Books: Eastern Front
		In the last 18 months of the war the Red Army demonstrated a complete mastery of the application of force and the crushing victories in Belorussia, the Balkans and Poland destroyed the cohesion of the Ostheer and proved beyond any doubt that Germany was destined for total defeat.
		But brutalized by the war and convinced that the score is about to be destroyed, he betrays both hishost and the love of his forest maiden, running away to meet a tragic fate.
		For communist true believers, World War II was the purgatory of the revolution, the final cleansing of Soviet society of the remaining elusive "human weeds" who intruded upon socialist harmony, and it brought the polity to the brink of communism.
	www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /wwii_ef.html (7143 words)

	The Max Kade Center for European and German Studies
		Students may elect to concentrate on a thematic or comparative topic (such as culture and society during a particular epoch), a regional or subregional topic (such as European integration or the Iberian peninsula), or the culture and society of a particular nation (such as France, Germany, Italy, England, Spain, Portugal, or Russia).
		Students majoring in modern European studies are urged to satisfy the 9?hour major requirements in the social sciences and humanities by completing courses in the area of their special interest.
		The remainder of the 42 hours required for the major may be selected from the preceding course lists or from among approved courses taken abroad.
	sitemason.vanderbilt.edu /euro/majorrequirements (697 words)

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