WWI, the First World War, the Great War, and "The War to End All Wars", was a global military conflict that took place mostly in Europe between 1914 and 1918. It left millions dead and re-shaped the modern world.
The Allied Powers, led by France, Russia, the British Empire, and later, Italy and the US, defeated the Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, the German Empire, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
WWII, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers, from 1939 until 1945. Armed forces from over seventy nations engaged in aerial, naval, and ground-based combat. Spanning much of the globe, World War II resulted in the deaths of over sixty million people, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. The war ended with an Allied victory.
2007-01-31 01:25:41
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answered by quay_grl 5
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World War 1 Summary
2016-10-08 07:52:40
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answered by regula 4
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can anybody give me a brief summary about world war 1 and 2 ????????
2015-08-18 17:26:33
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answered by Anonymous
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Ww1 Summary
2016-12-10 03:05:44
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answered by ? 4
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1-Austria and Germany attack. Russia, France, and England fight back. Lots of guys die because of appalling leadership (see the Kubrick/Kirk Douglas movie Paths of Glory). Oh yea, the Anzacs get messed up by Turkey (see Gallipoli with a pre-rant Mel Gibson), though the Ottoman empire does not survive the war. The Russian Empire become the Soviet Union and makes a separate peace. The US enters the war and along with the British invention of the tank break the stalemate. The Germans agree to a conditional surrender with crippling reparations.
In the inter-war years Germany began printing money to make payments on the reparations it owed, leading to truly spectacular hyper-inflation. People in Germany were starving and pissed. An insane former corporal and ardent anti-communist gets elected and eventually takes control of the whole joint. He begins rearming and taking over German speaking neighbors. Neville Chamberlain and other ostriches resolutely stick there collective heads in the sand. The German air force gains experience in ground attack and combined arms helping Franco win the Spanish civil war.
Meanwhile, in Asia.
Japan, considered a world power since handing a beat-down to Russia at the turn of the century, embarks on a cruel expansion program in a quest for natural resources that the barren volcanic islands lack. After a campaign described both literally and figuratively as "The Rape of Nangking" the Japanese took over China and anywhere else that a western power didn't already have a colony. The Japanese would often using poison gas and force the women to become sex-slaves for the troops. The surviving "comfort women" as they were known have yet to be compensated Japan.
Then Germany and Russia signed the "non-aggression pact" in which they both invaded Poland, Russia invaded Finland, Italy probably did something but who really cares. Then Germany invaded France. The Nazis chase the Brits to Dunkirk, where luckily almost all of the Brits managed to sail back home. France capitulated and joined the Axis, allowing Germany to use all it's resources, deporting Jews, and fighting against England and the US when they invaded North Africa. Germany then made the mistake of invading Russia, again. Leningrad, Moscow, and especially Stalingrad, lots of Germans and Soviets died. It was really cold, lots of people starved, it really sucked.
Meanwhile, in Asia.
We stopped selling the Japanese gas, so they bombed Pearl Harbor and invaded the Philippines and several British colonies. They rapidly took over most of the Pacific, torturing and executing prisoners, and raping women along the way. They get over extended, lose two huge naval battles (1 was arguably a draw, but they couldn't replace their losses) and the tide starts turning by '43.
In Europe and North Africa things are looking pretty good for the Nazis, though they are already on their way to losing b/c they invaded Russia. Through '42 the allies don't do much other than bomb Germany. Eventually in '43 the US and GB invade French North Africa. Although the landings are contested, it was only the French. They were defeated fast enough that the French now claim they were on our side the whole time. We fight the Germans in North Africa, eventually taking a couple hundred thousand prisoners after they run out of gear. We invade Sicily and they southern Italy. The Italians try to join us but waited too long and the Nazis took over. Pink Floyd's (Roger Waters) dad dies at Anzio, leading to the remarkabley self-absorbed (even by boomer standards) "The Wall."
In '44 the Brits and US invade France, the Soviets push hard from th east, and with the minor exception of the Battle of the Bulge, we all run the table.
In Asia Macarthur and Nimitz island hop, avoiding the Japanese ground forces when possible and concentrate on destroying their navy. The Brits push from India back through Burma, the Chinese with some help from us start beating them back as well. Eventually we kill enough pilots and get close enough to bomb the crap out of mainland Japan. We drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and they didn't surrender. We then dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, and they didn't surrender. We then firebombed Tokyo with a thousand airplanes (because we were fresh out of atomic bombs) and they still almost didn't surrender, but the Emperor managed to get on the radio and tell his people to knock that sh1t off.
2007-01-31 02:26:54
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answered by Anonymous
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As my Father says, "Two down, and one to go."
The two were the Germans and the Japanese, and the other was the Communists (which we never fought. That's why we entered a old War right after).
2007-01-31 01:29:44
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answered by Anonymous
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That's tough to do, but here is a start. Try:
www.firstworldwar.com
Hope it helps!
2007-01-31 01:21:39
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answered by stuartalexanderhucklebee 3
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WWII IS WHEN HITLER ROSE TO POWER AND TRIED TO GENOCIDE THE JEWS. HE ALSO GOT LAND HUNGRY. HE MADE A DEAL WITH THE JAPANESE AND MUSSULENNI OF ITALY. AMERICA ALL GOT INVOVLED AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR AS THEY DIDN'T WANT TO GET INVOVLED WITH EUROPE'S WAR.
ANOTHER THING IS ALOT OF MODERN MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY ROSE FROM THE FORCED TORTURE OF JEWS AND FORCED LABOR CAMPS. GENETICS, SURGERY PROCEDURES, STUDY OF TWINS, STARVATION, WEAPONDRY, VW BUG..........
2007-01-31 01:45:11
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answered by baptism_by_fire_2000 6
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WWI: Germans bad, get asses kicked into the ground
WWII: Germans really bad, team up with bad Japanese, get asses obliterated
2007-01-31 01:21:57
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answered by le coq géant 5
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We won!!
2007-01-31 01:21:52
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answered by Nick C 2
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