About Lesson
B.2. World War – II
i. Introduction
- World War II, also called Second World War, was a conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45
- The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China
- The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year hiatus, of the disputes left unsettled by World War I.