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What is World War II?
The Americans did not single handedly win the war. Maybe the naval war, but how about the Russians at Starlingrad destroying the German Eastern Front? How about Montgomery in Africa? Just a little naieve to think that the whole of World War II was won in 2 battles by the Americans. Also, you ignored the War until it became a threat to you and you thought GB might fall. I assume you just learnt about those 2 battles in history today? Maybe you'll do the other bits later in the semester
Yank: Hey, didn't we win World War II by ourself?
Yank 2: Yeah, pretty much.
Yank: Didn't we win the war againt terror by ourself as well?
Yeank 2: Yeah, pretty much.
World War II - video
World War II - what is it?
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. In a total war directly involving more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries, the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and the only two uses of nuclear weapons in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, a majority being civilians. Tens of millions of people died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massacres, and disease. In the wake of the Axis defeat, Germany and Japan were occupied, and war crimes tribunals were conducted against German and Japanese leaders.
World War II was bad
What does "World War II" mean?
A big fight involving guns and bombs and people dying.
Hitler and the Germans lost it and he said "screw this." And shot himself. That's basically what happened.
Guy: hey hitler!
Hitler:Vat?
Guy:I think you lost something
Hitler:vaattt?!
Guy:yeah, World War II
Guy:LOL.
World War II - what does it mean?
A war where American supremacists act like they did all the work. I'm not pro-german, nor am I saying they should have won, but it pisses me off when T.V. shows and documentaries give completely biased information towards U.S. troops. The American documentaries tend to talk about brave heroic actions and how American's broke through by themselves and without us, we would never have won the war. Here's a few reasons why the U.S. did nothing and had a complete advantage coming into the war in the first place.
1. They're out of bomber range. Every other country in Europe was heavily bombed heavily.
2. The German's had basically lost the war in the first place in early 1944 to Russia. After losing The Battle of Stalingrad and Leningrad and battles in the Caucasian areas, Russia was advancing many many miles a day.
3. Germany was drained of resources. It was running extremely low and the country, while stretched thin on its own fault, had EXTREMELY limited ammo, fuel, and manpower. 50% of troops in the western front against the U.S. and Britain were 35 year old + reserve troops and there were virtually no crack special forces units like the S.S.
(to be continued)
World War II U.S. supremacists are weird.
World War II - meaning
the yanks didnt single handedly turn the tide in the pacific. midway and the battle of the coral sea was fought with australia and the USA combining there forces to create a battle fleet to counter-attack the japs.
the allied victory was all thanks to all the countries involved in the alliance, not just the yanks
World War II - definition
Yes it is true the Red Army contributed largely to the Allied victory, but they too committed many atrocities to the citizens of the various countries they occupied. Especially the Baltic countries, Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania were pretty wealthy, and had a standard of living on par with most of western Europe before World War II. However, Soviet occupation annihilated their economies, wealth, and severely damaged their environmental beauty.
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World War II - slang
Briefly: A war in which aproximately 12 million allied soldiers and 33 million civilians lost their lives defending the freedoms many now take for granted.
Had the Allies not defeated the Axis powers in World War II there would be no urban dictionary.
World War II
This covers the lead up to war and the war:
Japan invades Manchuria and aims to take the rest of China under the first two stages of the Tanaka Memorial (this starts the Second Sino-Japanese War), Hitler becomes Chancellor, Hinderburg dies-Hitler becomes Fuhrer, readies to invade Austria, but Mussolini mobilises and readies to go to war with Hitler if he invades (not many people know this), Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Britain allows hitler to build the Kriegsmarine to 35% the total tonnage of the Royal Navy, Mussolini invades Ethiopia, and hitler invades the Rhineland at the aame time, Spanish Civil War, Condor Legion of Germany and the Aviazione Legionaria of Italy help the Spanish Nationalists (in fact Germany and Italy were testing their militaries), Italy, Japan and German sigh a few treaties creating the Axis powers, Mussolini lets Hitler take Austria this time (the Austrian people wanted Anschluss, but the voters are kept under close observation by German Soldiers), Czechoslavkia, Britain and France tell Hitler to stop it, Hitler agrees but invades the rest six months later, Hitler invades Poland, angering Britain (Britain and Poland had a treaty), Britain gives Hitler and ultimatum, Hitler ignores it, Britain goes to war, France goes to war, Britain bombs German warships on the Kiel canal (not many people know this), Soviets invade Eastern Poland and sign the Russo-German Non-Agression Pact, Russian invades Finland for no reason (The Winter War), Russia condemned, Russia thrown out of League of Nations, Britain and France plan to send 100,000 and 50,000 men to Finland respectivly, Norway and Sweden don't allow this, Britain, France and America send planes to Finland, Finland overwhelmed, Russia takes parts of Finland, Hitler turns west, defeats Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, British defend their nation, British bomb Berlin, Hitler gets mad and flattens Coventy which kills thousands of innocent civilians, Hitler turns east again,British Swordfish attack German Warships at Petsamo and lose three aircraft it is meant to show support to the Soviet allies, Finland joins Hitler to try to get back areas of land lost to Russia (The Continuation War), Germany invades Russia, Britain declares war on Finland, Hurricanes of No. 151 Wing RAF provide air cover to Soviet troops, Hitler stopped at the gates of Moscow, Japan, tired of America's embargoes bombs Pearl Harbour, America declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan,Japanese sink Force Z, US and Filipino troops fight at the Battle of Bataan, the day after Manila is captured by the Japanese, Five days after that the Siege of Bataan begins, three days after that the last German raid on Liverpool destroys the home of Hitler's Nephew (lol), the day after Japan declares war on the Netherlands and the Netherlands East Indies, Japanese capture Kuala Lumpur, Japanese forces invade Burma, the Battle of Rabual begins, Thailand declares war the US and the UK, D. Roosevelt interns Japanese Americans and seizes their property, Japanese take Singapore (it was actually in a bluff as the Japanese were running out of ammo as they were finding it difficult getting it through the jungles), Japanese attack Darwin, Doolite Raid the first raid on Tokyo, Operation Anthropoid (Czech paratroopers attempt to assasinate Reinhard Heydrich), Japanese subs infiltrate Sydney Harbour, Axis forces capture Tobruk and a Japanese fires upon Fort Stevens, Oregon the same day, Battle of Coral Sea and Midway,Americans take Guadalcanal ,Operation Torch Allied forces land in North Africa, Afrika Core defeated, Allies take Sicily and invade Italy, Mussolini defeated, D-Day, Continuation War ends and Finland helps Britain and Russia expel German soldiers in Finland (The Lapland War) and Germans employ Scorched Earth on the whole of Northern Finland as they retreat to Norway, Allies in France head east, all allies attack Berlin, air-raids are becoming normal, German jet-fighters cause pain to B-17's and Lancaster's, in April the last Germans are expelled from Finland, ending the Lapland War, the allies take Berlin and Hitler commits suicide, Okinawa, allies re-take Burma and atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, end of WWII, not long after American and Russian relations take a nose-dive and the Cold War begins, the world enters the nuclear age, all forms of Nazism are outlawed in Germany.
World War II killed millions
World War II
According to the protagonist in Kurt Vonnegut's "Timequake":
"...The world's second unsucessful attempt to commit suicide."
A Japanese anti-tank mine in World War II? A 1000Kg bomb placed in a hole in the road with a Japanese soldier wielding a hammer.
World War II
Germany invades Czechoslovakia.
Britain & France tell them to stop that bullshit.
Germany invades Poland.
(Russia also invades Poland from the other side: everybody forgets this.)
Britain & France declare war. This is the 'official' kick-off.
Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, & Romania all join the German side. (Everybody forgets the last three.)
Axis forces go through Europe like vindaloo through a colostomy.
Nazis exterminate Jews, gays, gypsies, & the disabled. (everybody remembers the jews but forgets the rest.)
UK holds out.
Russia & the USA don't do shit.
Entire divisions of Danish, Belgian, Dutch, Norwegian, French & Serbian volunteers join the Axis armies & SS. (everybody forgets this & to listen to them now, they were all in the fucking resistance, which must have been MASSIVE.)
Axis forces invade Russia. Suddenly the Russians don't think it's funny any more.
Japan joins the Axis & bombs Pearl Harbor.
Suddenly the US doesn't think it's funny any more.
The USA tools up the world, 'cause it's got more factories than everybody else put together, & they're out of bomber range.
Axis runs out of steam in Russia, cause Russia's enormous & bloody freezing.
Allies invade on D-Day... 5 landings: 2 British, 2 American, 1 Canadian. (everybody forgets the Canadians.)
Hitler ends up smouldering in a ditch. Russians find the body & confirm he only had one ball. Seriously.
The US decides invading stuff is a pain in the ass and invents the atom bomb instead. Drops two buckets 'o sunshine on Japan.
Russians steal half of Europe.
UK's spent almost every penny it had.
US starts telling everybody how it was all about them, & 64 years later is still doing so.
"Some of the World War II guys in 'Call of Duty' have, like, foreign accents... what's up with that?"