WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)-YEAR 5

 

WORLD WAR II (1939-1945)

After World War I, Germany had to pay reparations to the 

winning forces and lost her territories. But, Italy was not 

satisfied with the treaty because she was not given enough

 reparations to offset her losses in the war.

However, Adolf Hitler promised the Germans that he would

 get them more land and Germany disregarded the Treaty of 

Versailles and increased her army and acquired more 

weapons. During the war, Hitler persecuted the Jews and 

other minorities and took over Austria and part of 

Czechoslovakia and invaded Poland.

The Germans and Italians, known as the Axis Power, began a

 plan to conquer all of Europe but the Allied Powers of Britain, 

France, USA and the Soviet Union fought against the Axis 

Powers. Later on, Japan joined the Axis Powers and attacked

 Pearl Harbour, a US Naval base and this made the USA to 

dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of 

Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Finally, the Allied Powers defeated the Axis Powers in 1945.

THE CREATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations (UN) was founded after the end of World War II in 1945. Fifty (50) countries signed the charter. The objective was to solve conflicts between nations and prevent another war in future.