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World War II: The Challenges Of World War II

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World War 2 was the war fought between the Allied and the Axis powers. The Allies consisted of Britain, the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) and USA (United States of America). The Axis nations were Nazi Germany, Italy and Japan. The war was fought from 1939 to 1945. This war was different to other wars as new technology and destructive weapons, such as the nuclear or atomic bombs, were introduced.
The war was fought because Nazi Germany with their dictator leader, Adolf Hitler, wanted to take over Europe and regain the power that they had lost after their defeat in World War 1. The trouble started when Hitler ignored the Terms of The Treaty of Versailles which were set up after the First World War to ensure peace for Europe. Germany …show more content…

The Allies wanted to stop Hitler from sending troops from France to build up his Eastern Front against the Soviets, (source J) and to free Western Europe from the control that the Nazi Germany has over them (source F). The Allies wanted to dislodge Hitler (source A) and stop him being a threat to the rest of Europe. They wanted to preserve democracy and end the world of all future wars so that no one will ever have to fight again (source N). …show more content…

156 000 forces landed along the 5 mile stretch of the 5 beaches according to source F, and source L says that 75 000 Canadian and British, and 57 000 Americans held the beaches. Germany was losing strength and they even had 16 year old soldiers (source C). The Allies secured the Cotentin Peninsula on 11 June (source D) and by 12 June, 12 million men were in Normandy (source C). After Operation Cobra, which helped the Allies through the tough terrain of the inland, they began moving quickly towards Paris (source L). Paris had fallen in August, and all of Northern France had been liberated by the end of that month (source D). The attack prevented Hitler from building up his Eastern Front against the Soviets by sending his troops from France (source). During August, the Normandy campaign ended which resulted in the destruction of the German 7th Army (source D). They reached Germany in September (source F) and began invading Germany in January 1945 (source D). The Allies defeated the Germans in the spring of 1945 and Germany surrendered on 8 of May 1945, a week after Hitler had committed suicide (source J). D-Day turned the tide against the Nazis (source J) and Western Europe was liberated, by the Allies, from the Nazi Germany’s control (source F). The attack was the beginning of the end of war in Europe and it ultimately resulted in the victory for the

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