Ramish Talat

Germany’s surrender in ww2

The Second World War was a global conflict that occurred between the years of 1939 and 1945. Two military alliances, the Allies, which were led by the Soviet Union, the United States of America, and Great Britain, and the Axis powers, which were led by Italy, Germany, and Japan, were formed. Other than the great powers mentioned, a vast majority of countries took part in this war. There were more than 100 million people from over 30 countries who served in the armed forces during World War II. There was little distinction between civilian and military resources, as the major participants in the war committed their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capacities to the war effort. Aircraft were crucial to the war effort, as they allowed for the strategic bombing of population centres and the use of the world's only two nuclear weapons. 70 million to 85 million people, mostly civilians, lost their lives during World War II, making it the deadliest conflict in human history. Genocides (including the Holocaust), famine, mass murder, and disease all contributed to the deaths of tens of millions of people.