World War 2 Facts

There is a lot of debate as to if the World War 2 was really just an extension of World War 1 and Germany just wanted to save face from that cushing defeat to the German ego.

However, for historical reasons World War 2 actually started August 31, 1939, when Hitler and the Nazis faked a Polish attack on a German radio station in order to justify Germany going in and invading Poland.

With the fake attack on the Gleiwitz transmitter being Hitler's excuse, he officially declared war on Poland on September 1, 1939 and this is what led France and Britain into declaring war with Germany since they had a defensive pact with Poland.

The US never officially declared war on Germany, it was Germany and Italy that declared war on the US after the US declared war on Japan who was the Germans allies.

1941
Hitler opens a second front and attacks Russia. This would should be thankful because this is actually what led to them losing the war.

28th January 1943
With Germany in retreat, the entire German workforce is mobilized for ‘total war’. All men aged 16-65 and women aged 17- 50 had to be registered and stand to defend their country whether the wanted to or not.

August 6, 1945
The first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, was dropped on the unsuspecting city of Hiroshima totally destroying it and giving birth to the nuclear age.

May 1945,
Germany surrenders across numerous fronts. Their military had fractured at the point.

August 10th, 1945
Japan unconditionally surrenders to the US on the decks of the USS Missouri.