History 2179 Study Guide - Final Guide: Maginot Line, Axis Powers, Blitzkrieg
21 Nov 2016
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Global war from 1939 to 1945 with related conflicts beginning earlier. Two opposing military alliances a) allies and b) axis. Total war: warfare that include civilian resources and infrastructure as a target. Strategic bombing, blockades, unrestricted submarine warfare, civilians and prisoners of war forced to be slaves, collective punishment against populations deemed hostile, and taking no prisoners) Major participants used their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities, into the war effort. Erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Deadliest conflict in human history because of the mass deaths of civilians: holocaust (11 million people killed, strategic bombings in hiroshima and nagasaki (50-85 million deaths) Japan aimed to dominate asia and the pacific. They were already at war with the republic of. The war is however generally said to have begun on september 1st 1939 with the invasion of. Poland by germany, and subsequent declarations of war on germany by france and the uk.
