World War II (September 1, 1939 - September 2, 1945) was fought by the three fascist Axis powers of the Third German Reich, the Empire of Japan, and the Kingdom of Italy, and the servant states of the Kingdom of Hungary, the Kingdom of Romania, and the Kingdom of Bulgaria on the one hand, and by the Antifascist Allies and antifascist forces throughout the world on the other hand, in a second War on a global scale.

The scope of the war ranged from Europe to Asia, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and 61 countries and regions with more than 2 billion people were involved in the war, with an area of 22 million square kilometers of combat zone. According to incomplete statistics, the war military and civilian **** casualties of more than 90 million people, more than 5 trillion U.S. dollars into thin air, is the largest world war in human history.

The Second World War ended with the victory of anti-fascist countries such as the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, the Republic of China and other people of the world over the fascist invaders to win world peace and progress.

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Post-war impact:

1. Establishment of the United Nations

In World War II, the anti-fascist alliance, the five countries of the Soviet Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and China, through the Atlantic Meeting, the Cairo Conference, the Tehran Conference, the Yalta Conference and the Potsdam Conference, Dunbarton Oaks Conference and a series of international conferences on the maintenance of post-war world peace, promote world economic development, ride into a series of agreements and understandings.

2. National Independence

In the wake of the victory in the Second World War, the Asia-Africa-Latin America region witnessed the climax of the struggle for national liberation. First, in the eastern part of Asia, the victory of the Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean revolutions gave impetus to the development of national liberation movements in Asia, Africa and Latin America. in the mid-1950s, the national liberation movements extended to the Middle East and North Africa .

3. Bipolar camp

The Second World War dramatically changed the balance of power on a world scale, completely broke the world political pattern centered on Europe that had been formed for centuries, and contributed to the gradual transition of world history from an era dominated by European powers to an era of bipolar pattern.

4, scientific and technological development

The Second World War objectively promoted the rapid development of science and technology. During the war, in order to meet the needs of the war, countries invested a lot of manpower, material and financial resources and the development of science and technology, the manufacture of new weapons.

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