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Interesting Facts
• Spain was neutral in WW1 and WW2, but experienced
a civil war(1936-1939) which killed over 500,000
people
• During WW2, the Oscars’ statuettes were made of
painted plaster due to a metal shortage
• The country with the largest number of WW2
causalities was Russia, with over 21 million
• More Germans were killed by the Russians in the
Battle of Stalingrad alone than were killed during
the entire WW2 by America
• After the attack on Pearl Harborduring WW2, Canada
declared war on Japan before the U.S. did
• 20% of Poland’s population died in WW2, the highest
percentage of any nation
• During WW2, India produced the largest volunteer
Army in world history: over 2.5 million men. At
least 38 Indians received the Victoria Cross or the
George Cross.
• At the beginning of WW2, the U.S. army was smaller
than the army of Portugal
• Hitler married Eva Braun less than 40 hours before
they died
• “Million Dollar Point” is an area in the Pacific where
the U.S. army dumped all its equipment after WW2
because it was cheaper than bringing it home
• Winston Churchill lost the 1945 election right after
winning WW2
Major effects of World War II
• The United Nations was founded
• The America rose to a superpower
• The spreading of Communism and the rise of the
USSR to a superpower
• The beginning of the British-American “special
relationship”
• The fall of colonialism and traditional imperialism
and subsequently the fall of the UK, Germany, and
France as military superpowers
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• The splitting of Germany for 45 years, the building of
the Berlin Wall, the economic stagnation of the east
and the “Economic Miracle” in the West.
• The splitting of Korea, and the seeds of the Korean
War.
• The rise of the People’s Republic of China, led by
Chairman Mao, who defeated the Republic of China
in a civil war
Origin of United Nations
Organizations
• UNO was established on 24 October 1945
after World War II as a replacement for the
ineffective League of Nations
• The UN Charter was drafted at a conference
between April–June 1945 in San Francisco
• The UN Charter was signed on 26 June 1945
• The term United Nations was coined by
American President Roosevelt to describe the
Allied countries
• At its founding, the UN had 51 member states
• Now the UN has 193 member states
• Its Head quarters is in New York
• The development of the nuclear bomb (and the
nuclear age), and it’s first and only uses in warfare.
• The wholesale death of millions of Europe’s Jews,
and the subsequent rise of Israel.
• The invention of Jet engines and rockets by Germany,
which began the space race.
• The creation of new technologies, etc.
India in World War II
• During the Second World War , India was controlled
by the United Kingdom
• British India officially declared war on Nazi Germany
in September 1939
• The Indian National Congress, demanded
independence before it would help Britain and the
British refused it
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