World War II. 1939 September1-1945 August 15, the fascist axis countries of Germany, Italy and Japan (as well as Finland, Hungary, Romania and other countries) are on the one hand, and the anti-fascist alliance and world anti-fascist forces are on the other. From Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, there are 6/kloc-0 countries and regions, and more than 2 billion people are involved in the war, with a combat area of 22 million square kilometers. According to incomplete statistics, more than 90 million soldiers and civilians were killed or injured in the war, and more than 4 trillion US dollars were wasted. World War II ended with the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Britain and other anti-fascist countries and the people of the world defeating the fascist aggressors and winning world peace and progress.

Member States of World War II

Fascist countries:

Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Finland, Slovakia, Croatia, the puppet Manchukuo, the puppet "Mongolian-Xinjiang Joint Autonomous Government", the provisional governments of Vichy France, Thailand and Free India.

Spain did not directly participate in the war, but sent the so-called "blue division" servant army to help the Germans.

Anti-fascist countries:

The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, China, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Dominica, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras and Rwanda.

Senbao, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia, Mexico, Philippines, Abyssinia (now Ethiopia), Iraq, Brazil, Bolivia, Iraq.

Lang, Colombia, Liberia, France (called Free France after the fall of France in June/940), Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Uruguay, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Lebanon.

ultimate cause

Caused by the unbalanced development of capitalist economy and politics. Economically, Germany did not want to be severely punished and restricted by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I.. Relying on the support of the United States, its economy once again surpassed that of Britain and France. Italy's economic decline after World War I; While Japan invaded Asian countries, countries such as the United States and Britain banned the transportation of strategic oil materials to Japan, which hindered Japan's economic development. Politically, the serious economic crisis in the capitalist world from 1929 to 1933 caused a political crisis. Germany and Japan established fascist dictatorship, while Britain, France and the United States continued to adhere to the bourgeois democratic system. The world war broke out completely.

Around the time of World War II.

As for the start time, China history books take 1 and September 0939, when the Germans attacked Poland as the full-scale outbreak time. Note: it is a full-scale outbreak, and there is no specific start time. For example, all European countries started with Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939. Scholars specializing in World War II in Asia, China, North Korea and South Korea all agree that the starting time was1July 7, 937, when the Japanese attacked Lugou Bridge. In all African countries, people think that the start time of World War II is1934+February 5, when Italy suddenly attacked Ethiopian troops. The countries in the former Soviet Union agreed that the starting time was 194 1. On June 22nd, Germany suddenly attacked the Soviet Union. The United States unilaterally believed that the time of World War II was 194 1 year 65438+February 7, and the Japanese navy and air force suddenly attacked Pearl Harbor in the United States.

But the end time of world unification is 1945. On September 2, 2005, representatives of the Japanese government signed an unconditional surrender letter to the United States, China, Britain, the Soviet Union and other allies on the deck of the USS Missouri. At this point, the Second World War ended.

The nature of World War II

The Second World War was divided into two different stages. The first stage was an imperialist war, and the second stage was a just war against fascism. It is divided into two stages: 194 1. The Soviet Union entered the war in June, which fundamentally changed the political nature of the Second World War. 1940 in may, Hitler's Germany attacked western Europe, Britain and France were forced to fight back, and the nature of the war changed.

Direct cause

It was precisely because of the heavy blow of the 1929- 1933 capitalist economic crisis that German, Italian and Japanese fascists launched the Second World War to get rid of the crisis and divert people's attention from the domestic struggle.

1October 24th, 1929, 10, the Wall Street Stock Exchange in New York, USA, saw a frenzy of selling stocks. At the close, the number of shares changed hands reached130,000 shares, a record high. What followed was a wave of stock market crash and bank run, and the American economy was in a desperate situation, which was called "dark October" in history. The most serious world economic crisis broke out in the history of capitalist development.

The outbreak of this great crisis has profound social roots. Due to the contradiction between socialization of production and private ownership of means of production, the gap between the rich and the poor in the United States is widening day by day. From 65438 to 0929, poor families in the United States accounted for 60% of the total number of families, which greatly limited the purchasing power of society. Speculation at that time increased the instability of financial markets. In August of 1928, the average price of American stock market was four times that of five years ago, which stimulated the false prosperity of the market.

The crisis was fierce and lasted for four years. It spread rapidly from the United States to the whole capitalist world, causing serious damage to the capitalist world economy. People often use "Great Depression" and "Great Panic" to describe this crisis.

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