World War II would go down in the history books as bringing about the downfall of Western Europe as the center of world power, leading to the rise of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), setting up conditions leading to the Cold War, and opening up the nuclear age.
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Though it was fought mostly in Europe, people called it the First World War (World War 1). The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia. 60 million people died in World War 2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/world_at_war/
Though it was fought mostly in Europe, people called it the First World War (World War 1). The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/world_at_war/
The first war lasted from 1914 to 1918. Though it was fought mostly in Europe, people called it the First World War (World War 1). The Second World War (World War 2) lasted from 1939 to 1945. It was fought in Europe, in Russia, North Africa and in Asia.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/world_war2/world_at_war/
The Normandy American Cemetery, overlooking Omaha Beach and the English Channel, was established on June 8, 1944, as the first U.S. cemetery in Europe during World War II. It holds the graves of more than 9,300 U.S. servicemen who died in the D-Day invasion or subsequent missions.
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When in 1939 war did break out between Germany on the one hand, and Britain and France on the other, President Franklin D. Roosevelt dutifully invoked the Neutrality Acts. However, he believed that this was a fundamentally different war from World War I.
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In the years after World War I Americans quickly reached the conclusion that their country's participation in that war had been a disastrous mistake, one which should never be repeated again. During the 1920s and 1930s, therefore, they pursued a number of strategies aimed at preventing war.
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More than 50 countries took part in the war, and the whole world felt its effects. Men fought in almost every part of the world, on every continent except Antarctica. Chief battlegrounds included Asia, Europe, North Africa, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea.
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On December 7th, 1941, axis nation Japan hit Pearl Harbor in a surprise bombing raid. A day later President Roosevelt declared war on Japan. On December 11th, 1941, axis nations Germany and Italy declared war on the US. America became an allied nation along with England and Soviet Russia.
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The USA entering the war had nothing to do with Germany. Germany did not declare war on the United States. Japan did by sending their bombers to the Philippines in the hopes of destroying all the warships and planes that were kept there.
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when did the us get in world war 2 in europe
United States got into World War II in Europe on June 8, 1944. The US got in world war 2 in Europe on June 8, 1944.