What?: A global war between the Western democracies (and the U.S.S.R) and the Fascist dictatorships.
Where?: Earth
When?: 1939-1945
Who?: Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Churchill, Roosevelt & Eisenhower (among others)
Why?: Hitler and his allies (Japan and Italy) planned to take control of the world. Britain, the United States and the U.S.S.R. banded together to stop them.
Turning Points:
1) Bombing of Pearl Harbor
2) Battle of El-Al amain
3) Battle of Stalingrad
Associated Terms:1) Blitzkrieg, 2) Atomic Bomb, 3) Aircraft Carriers, 4) Kamikaze, 5) Axis Powers
Results:
1)The Axis powers are defeated by the combined forces of the U.S., Britain, the Soviet Union and their allies.
2)Following the war there is much distrust between the wartime allies leading to the start of the Cold War.
3) Germany and Japan are defeated and rebuilt by the allies.
4) The final battle takes place with the dawn of the atomic age as the U.S. bombs the Japanese city of Hiroshima with an atomic weapon.