with failures on the Western front, facing the German defeat to Belgium, the Netherlands, and France, Hitler turned his attention to the Eastern front with the occupation of the USSR.

allied with Germany, Mussolini's Italy declared war on England and France in June 1940, being defeated in all its attacks on Franco-British and African soil.

in 1941, German troops invaded North American territory after the successful German-Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but were contained by forces commanded by General Eisenhower.

the German resistance, at the beginning of the conflict, was the result of its main military defensive tactic, the blitzkrieg (lightning war), which prevented the advance of the Allied forces on its territory.

with the declaration of war, made by England and France against Germany, the conflict expanded with the entry of other countries on both sides, thus leading to changes in power relations. The war, initially European, ended up spreading to Asia and Africa, also involving countries from the Americas and Oceania.

On September 1, 2009, the world celebrated the 70th anniversary of the beginning of World War II, a fact triggered by the occupation of Poland by Germany in 1939. Among its main events, this conflict had, as stated in

Question about World War II

Subject History

History

Source IFCE

IFCE

Topic World War II

World War II

Difficulty Medium

Medium

(IFCE 2010) - Question Medium of History