World War II: The Most Dramatic Event In Human History

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World War II World War II was a global war, which lasted from 1939-1945, it was also known as the Second World War. World War II started when Germany invaded Poland. By November 1942, the Axis powers controlled territory from Norway to North Africa and from France to the Soviet Union. As time goes by, World War 2, which was the largest, deadliest, most dramatic event in human history, shifts from living memory to write history, and knowledge of it becomes less obvious, including millions of civilians who were systematically mass-murdered. Over 60 million people killed. 70 million people served in the armed forces during the war, And 19 million Soviet civilians, 10 million Chinese, and 6 million European Jews lost their lives during the

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