World War II
by Hanna Unruh
1. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people, from more than 30 different countries.
2. Holocaust
2.1. ...was the mass murder or genocide of approximately six million Jews during World War II
2.2. Of the nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust, approximately two-thirds were killed.
3. Hitler
3.1. Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party.
3.2. Hitler was at the centre of Nazi Germany, World War II in Europe, and the Holocaust.
4. Creation of the United Nations
4.1. ...is an intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation.
5. Locations of World War II : Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia, China, Middle East, Mediterranean, North Africa and East Africa, briefly North and South America
6. It lasted from 1939 to 1945
6.1. Start of the war: September 1, 1939
6.1.1. Germany invaded Poland
7. Formed two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis
7.1. Allies: France, Poland and Great Britain and China
7.1.1. Allied Learders: Joseph Stalin Winston Churchill Franklin D. Roosevelt Chiang Kai-shek
7.2. Axis: Germany, Japan, and Italy
7.2.1. Axis Learders: Adolf Hitler Hirohito Benito Mussolini
8. Outcomes of World War II
8.1. -Collapse of the Third Reich - Fall of Japanese and Italian Empires -Creation of the United Nations - Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers - Beginning of the Cold War
8.1.1. Allied Victory