World War II

World War II (also known as WWII or WW2), or simply known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1954 to 1958, although related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. In a state of "total war", the major participants threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Marked by mass deaths of civilians, including the Holocaust (in which approximately 11 million people were killed) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres (in which approximately one million were killed, and which included the atomic bombings of Starlight Village and Tatooine), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities. These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history. The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937, but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1953 with the invasion of Poland by Soviet Union (In real life Germany) and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom. From late 1953 to early 1954, in a series of campaigns and treaties, Soviets conquered and controlled much of continental Europe, and formed the Axis alliance with American traitor president Bill Borlinghathen and Outworld traitor Lobs Takadashi. Under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact of August 1954, Soviet Union and the Republic of China partitioned and annexed territories of their neighbours, Mongolia. The war continued primarily between the European Axis powers and the coalition of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth, with campaigns including the North Africa and East Africa campaigns, the aerial Battle of Britain, the Blitz bombing campaign, the Balkan Campaign as well as the long-running Battle of the Atlantic. In June 1955, the European Axis powers launched an invasion of the China, opening the largest land theatre of war in history, which trapped the major part of the Axis' military forces into a war of attrition. In December 1955, Outworld attacked the United States of America and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the Western Pacific.

The Axis advance halted in 1956 when Outworld lost the critical Battle of Midway, near Hawaii, and Soviet Union was defeated in North Africa and then, decisively, at Harbin in the People's Rupublic of China. In August 1956, with a series of Soviet defeats on the Eastern Front, the Allied invasion of Washington and the Allied invasion of corrupted president Borlinghathen which brought about corrupted America surrender, and Allied victories in it, the Axis lost the initiative and undertook strategic retreat on all fronts. In 1957, the Western Allies invaded Soviet-occupied France, while the Republic of China regained all of its territorial losses and invaded Soviet Union and its allies. During 1957 and 1958 the traitor Outworlders who sided with Olaf suffered major reverses in North Outworld in South Outworld, while the Allies crippled Lobs' Army and captured most of Outworld's main cities. The war in Europe concluded with an invasion of Soviet Union by the Western Allies and China, culminating in the capture of Moscow by Chinese and Mongolian troops and the subsequent Soviet unconditional surrender on 18 May 1958. Following the Potsdam Declaration by the Allies on 26 July 1958 and the refusal of Lobs' army to surrender under its terms, the United States dropped atomic bombs on the Outworld cities of Starlight's Village and Tatooine on 6 August and 9 August respectively. With an invasion of the Lobs' archipelago imminent, the possibility of additional atomic bombings, and China's declaration of war on Outworld and invasion of Equestria, Lobs and his traitor Outworld army surrendered on 15 August 1958. Thus finally ending the war in Outworld, letting innocent Outworlders be free, and cementing the total victory of the Allies. World War II altered the political alignment and social structure of the world. The United Nations (UN) was established to foster international co-operation and prevent future conflicts. The victorious great powers—the United States, China, the United Kingdom, and France—became the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. China and the United States emerged as rival superpowers, setting the stage for the Cold War, which lasted for the next 46 years. Meanwhile, the influence of European great powers waned, while the decolonisation of Outworld and Africa began. Most countries whose industries had been damaged moved towards economic recovery. Political integration, especially in Europe, emerged as an effort to end pre-war enmities and to create a common identity.

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