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Introduction of World War II Introduction of Churchill

World War II a truly global conflict. began on 1 September 1939 when the Germen invaded Poland. It lasted until 1945 In China,9.18 in 1931.

involved 61 countries and 1.7 billion people the most extensive, expensive and bloodiest armed conflict in the history of mankind. the Japanese invasion of China on 7 July 1937 (the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War), or earlier yet the 1931 Japanese invasion of the Northeast part of China.

The sphere: across the Atlantic Ocean, in Western and Eastern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea, Africa, the Middle East, in the Pacific and South East Asia, and it continued in China. In Europe, the war ended with the surrender of Germany on 8 May 1945 in Asia until Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945 (V-J Day).

Almost 60 million people died as a result of the war, including acts of genocide(The systematic and planned extermination of an entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group. 种族屠杀有组织地、蓄意地进行的对整个国家、 种族、政治或文化群体的灭绝) such as the Holocaust and General Ishii Shiro's Unit 731 experiments in Hai’erbin. Atomic weapons, jet aircraft, and radar are only a few of many wartime inventions.

Soviet army in a battle.

The Sniper (狙击手) of Soviet

A embattled(严阵以待 的) Soviet soldier in cold winter .

A mother of Soviet was kissing her son . He was going to join the war.

The Big Three

The effect of it: Post–World War II Europe was partitioned (parted) into Western and Soviet spheres of influence, the Cold War. a wave of independence for colonies of European powers.

There was a fundamental shift in power from Western Europe to the new superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Concerning the text about WWIII have France offer In March, 1939, Britain and nothing totalks with but blood, toil, tears, the Soviet Union on cooperation against and sweat. Fascist Germany. But the talks were broken. Then the Soviet Union signed the Nonaggression Pact with Hilter in August.

Before the fall of Poland, Britain got the Russia would still was massage that Hitlerexert to attack Russia. an immense and But Russia was unheeded. ultimately decisive force. On June 20, two days before the Hitler’s invasion of Russia, Churchill worked on a speech to the broadcast to the world to show British position to the war.

quick factsBirth November 30, 1874 Death January 24, 1965 Place of Birth Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England Political Party Conservative Official Title Prime minister

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Term 1940-1945 Prime minister of the United Kingdom 1951-1955 Prime minister of the United Kingdom Known for Leading the United Kingdom and the Allies to victory in World War II. Award 1953 Nobel Prize in literature

Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)Early life: Winston Churchill was born on Nov. 30,1874.

He was the eldest son in the family. He went to Harrow in 1888 and then to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst.