Suceso Historico

The Second World War was a global military conflict which took place between 1939 and 1945. It became involved most of the world's nations, including all great powers, grouped into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis Powers. It was the largest military conflict in history, with more than one hundred million soldiers mobilized and a state of "total war" on the big contenders spent all their economic, military and scientific service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between resources civilian and military. Marked by events of great significance involving the mass death of civilians, the Holocaust and the use, for the first and only time, nuclear weapons in a military conflict, World War II was the deadliest conflict in human history, 1 with a final score of 50 to 70 million victims.

The beginning of the conflict is usually placed in the September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland, the first step warfare of Nazi Germany in its attempt to establish a large empire in Europe, which resulted in the immediate declaration of war on France and most of the countries of the British Empire and the Commonwealth of the Third Reich.

The war ended with total victory of the Allies over the Axis in 1945. World War II altered the political and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was created after the conflagration to foster international cooperation and prevent future conflicts. The Soviet Union and the United States rose as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Declined while the influence of the great European powers, embodied in the beginning of the decolonization of Asia and Africa. Most countries whose industries had been damaged economic recovery began, while political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to establish postwar relations.

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