Chapter : 3. Nazism And The Rise Of Hitler
(B) The Immediate Cause
(B) The Immediate Cause
The German Invasion of Poland : The immediate cause of the outbreak of the Second World War was the German aggression on Poland on 1st September, 1939. In August, 1939, Germany had signed a Non-aggression Pact with Russia. Hitler accused Poland of committing atrocities on Germans living there. On September 1, 1939, Germany to vacate Poland, but Hitler refused to do so. So on September 3, 1939, Britain and France declared war against Germany and thus began the second World War.
Main Events of the War : In the initial stages, the Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) got a good success against the Allied Powers (Britain, France and about 80 other nations), German troops captured Holland, Belgium and France, and large territory in North Africa. By 1941 A.D. Hitler had over-run whole of Eastern Europe and reached right up to the suburbs of Moscow. After German attack on Pearl Harbour in December, 1941, the British Air Force with the help of the U.S.A., caused a great damage to German air-power. In 1942 A.D. but Allies could check the advances of the Axis Powers and by 1945 A.D. they were being pushed back on almost all fronts. On 6th August, 1945, America dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima and on 9th August, 1945, she dropped another atom bomb. on Nagasaki. Japan surrendered soon, Thereafter. The Second World War came to an end in this way.
Consequences of the Second World War : The War exposed the moral degradation of man for killing his own species on a mass scale. Both the victors and the vanquished had indulged in such barbaric acts of the most heinous type that they must stand self-condemned. The consequences of World War II had their impact on life then and even today. These can be briefly stated as under.
1. The Defeat of the Axis Powers :
2. Unprecedented Deaths and Destruction and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki :
3. Lowered the Prestige of England and France :
4. Emergence of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union as Super Powers :
5. Two Power blocs in the Post-War World :
6. Resurgence of Nationalism in Asia and Africa :
7. Birth of the United Nations Organization :
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