The World War II: Air War

On September 1, 1939, Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. This led to a widespread war across many nations. This war was later called World War II. Before Germany invaded Poland, both America and Germany were going through a Great Depression. In the war, there were two sides, The Allies,(including America and

Before and during the Second World War people were fascinated with flight, the speed and the idea of flying high in the sky has kept people interested. Bombers and fighters alike both change dramatically in the twenty years after the Great War. From cloth wings to metal wings planes became bigger, faster, agile, and can hold a lot more fire power. The air war has changes significantly since the First World War. During the First World War bombers played a big role in the air war and after it left many questions whether it is the way to win wars. There has been speculation that future wars would be won by bombers and it can crush and the enemies at home and also the soldiers. Both book, Wartime by Fusslle and Why the Allies Won by Overy explain in depth what was the actual outcome of bombers and their roles before and after the war.

We all know that there were two World Wars, but World War II was involving three different groups - France, Great Britain, and Germany. Germany was declared for war in 1939 by France and Britain (Adams, 12). Hitler had already taken over Austria and parts of Czechoslovakia. However, Hitler came into Paris nine days after the Nazis took control (Adams, 14). This was after Germans had to accept anti-Communist and Jewish policies, as mentioned before. In resistance, Communists groups gained help from the USSR. Until 1941 in Europe and North Africa, the war was fought (Adams, 24). The bombing of Pearl Harbour made this war worldwide.

World War II officially began on September 1, 1939 the invasion of Poland. Adolf Hitler was wanting to conquer all of Europe and its living space. A military tactic used in World War II was “Blitzkrieg” a tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces such as planes, artillery and tanks. Blitzkrieg meaning “lightning war” was first used in the invasion of Poland and later on officially established in the Invasion of France, Netherlands, and Belgium. Not only did the Germans use the tactic of blitzkrieg they also had a powerful army that consisted of four groups the: Luftwaffe(Air Force) ,Weimar(Regular Nazi Army) , SS (Special Forces), and the SA(Racially superior soldiers). Hitler almost conquered all of Europe, but there were some mistakes in this war that costed him the win such as: Dunkirk, The Invasion of Russia and the Allies victories.

World War II started September 1, 1939 when Germany declared war, then invaded Poland. Two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. The Nazi's had alliances with other countries; these countries were know as the Axis. Countries that fought against the Nazi regime were known as the Allies. In May of 1940,

This war was more brutal than World War I. On September 1, 1939 Hitler had sent his armies into Poland. A few days after Hitler sent his armies into Poland, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany. In which this happening World War II had began. The Germans used airplanes to bomb and machine gunned targets in Poland. And later on the war expanded along German borders from Belgium and Switzerland.

As war from the ground or the seas was not enough, war finally expanded to the air in the 20th century. These airplanes were finally introduced to warfare in the year 1911. Airplanes were first used for recon until finally weapons were added to them. Different countries competed to build the best most advanced airplanes. As the time for war came countries such as England and Germany designed fighter planes and bombers too. A couple of the airplanes that Germany managed to crank out for World War II were the ME-109 and the Stuka Bomb Diver. Meanwhile the British had the Spitfire Diver which was used by the Royal Air Force. These airplanes managed to cause major damage during war.

William Dudley, the writer of a book World War II: Opposing viewpoint, summarize that World War II began on 1 September 1 1939, when Germany invaded Poland, then followed by the declarations of war by Great Britain and Frances. By June 1940, France had fallen and Italy had joined the war on the side of Germany. A year later, the Soviet Union was attacked by Germany. Meanwhile Japan (who had been at war with China since 1937) signed a military alliance with Germany and Italy in September 1940 (Dudley 23). Germany invaded and took control of Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, northern France, Russia, and Britain (that known as the Battle of Britain).

In World War 1, planes would play an important role for all sides participating in the war. Early forms of planes were normally unarmed and they would be used for reconnaissance. Eventually, these planes would have machine guns installed to them and this would turn them into fighter planes. In World War 1, the situation on the ground would slow down to become trench warfare. In this version of fighting, fighter planes would offer a strategic advantage as they could attack enemies from the sky and force air superiority on them. From the fighting, many different types of aircraft would be created to serve purposes such as being a scout, night bomber, night fighter, or ground attacker. This would help to pave the way for the post war aircrafts

The unfortunate World War II (WWII) began On September 1st 1939 and it ended in the year of 1945. Even though this war only lasted six years, it cost more than 60 million lives. Except Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, another great power was the Soviet Union, led by Joseph Stalin. Stalin and Hitler signed a nonaggression pact that stated that they would not fight against each other in the war, and both agreed to divide Poland between them. Not only that but USSR (United Soviet Socialist Republic) would also take over Finland, and Baltic countries such as Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. After signing the pact, Hitler invaded Poland, by using blitzkrieg strategy, or lighting war. This strategy involved fast moving tanks and airplanes bombing

One week ago on September 1, 1939 Germany took charge and invaded Poland. When they invaded Poland, with the help of the fascinating help from Hitler, for the betterment of Germany, they broke the agreement they made with Great Britain and France had made with them a few years back in, Munich. Adolf Hitler was looking to regain land, and in the midst of it World War II began. The German Army used the “blitzkrieg,” the strategy of extreme bombing of all enemy air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and their munition dumps.This helped us get an advantage in the in beginning of the War. After the German army entered Poland succeeding the blitzkrieg, they fled into the country with tanks, and a multitude of soldiers. Hitler took charge as soon as the troops invaded.

3. The Second World War in Europe began with the Wehrmacht's invasion of Poland on the 1st of September, 1939. 2 days later, Great Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany. However, barely any fighting took place. Instead, the only conflict initially, over an 8 month period, was that of propaganda. Measures taken included included international condemnation and distribution of propaganda leaflets by the Royal Air Force over Germany. This inactivity of the Allies was referred to as the ‘Sitzkrieg’ by the British Press, a word play on Blitzkrieg.

World War 2 began on the third of September 1939 and ended second of September 1945. It may seem short in hindsight, but it was a brutal six years. The war began after Germany invaded Poland. The tension had been building up for some time, with Germany breaking the treaty of Versailles by moving troops into the Rhineland demilitarized zone and invading Czechoslovakia. So by the time Germany invaded Poland, the other countries were fed up and the war officially began. The allies (Britain, Canada and the USA) were ready to dislodge Hitler, the leader of the government party known as the Nazi, from ‘Fortress Europe’.

On September 1, 1938 the Second World war Started with the Poland by Germany under the command of Adolf Hitler. Using their blitzkrieg technique, Germany easily crushed Poland’s defences and took it over with help from the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin. Using the same technique, Adolf Hitler had his armies go for France. The Battle of France began in May 10, 1940 to June 25. 1940 but was officially ended on June 22 with a treaty that split France North and South with the Northern part under control by the Germans. France would not be free from the Nazi regime until most of it was liberated by the allies by the Summer of 1944.

World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought between the Axis Powers; Germany, Italy, and Japan, and the Allied Powers: England, France, the Soviet Union, the U.S. and a lot of other smaller countries. (World War II, Brain Pop) This international conflict was the most widespread war in history and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries in Europe, South-East Asia, North Africa, North and South America, the Middle East and the Pacific. “Most of Europe had been conquered by the Nazis, the National Socialist German Workers Party, which formed in 1919 primarily by unemployed German veterans of World War I.”( www.auschwitz.dk) They conducted a campaign of terror wherever they went, mainly against Jews, but also against other minorities. They wanted to take over all of Europe, and quite possibly the world after that! This group led by Adolf