The History of World War II

World War II was the world's biggest world war that was exposed to a simple society. It is widely believed that this situation continued from 1939 to 1945, but several conflicts in Asia were often associated with influencing factors of war, before 1939. It includes the majority of the world, including all major powers, eventually forming two confrontational military allies: Allies and Axis Army. This is the most common war in history, and fighting is furious among 50 countries.

In his introduction to the history of World War II, Max Hastings pointed out that this war is the most important event in human history. To provide a sense of scale, I compared the casualties of the First World War - already already a historical conflict with the casualties of World War II. In many ways, compressing the history of war into chapters in a small history seems to be the most difficult job in this book. If the civil war is a bold promise on page 8, at least the war preparation will get another chapter. In this case, not only the war path that meandered more than 8 pages, but also battle must be included. For those who want to dig deeper, Hastings' book is a good starting point. To focus on the American part of the story, David Kennedy's 'Freedom from Fear' has completed the work.

Richard Overy is a British historian who widely publishes the history of the Second World War and the Third Reich. In 2007, as an editor of the "Times of the World" by the Times, he chose 50 important dates for world history. He is a member of the Royal Historical Society (1977), British Academy (2000), King's College (2003). In 2001, he received the Samuel Eliot Morrison Award of the Military History Association for his contribution to the history of the war. In September 2004 he was appointed professor of history at Exeter College. In World War II, he wrote over thirty books, including reasons why the Allies won and the reasons for counting the 1939 war. His work in World War II praised as "Elimination of efficient and cruel myths" (AJP Taylor), "Important and Important" (New York Book Review), and "At the Forefront" (Time Literature Supplement) it was done. )