{"id":1759,"date":"2026-10-12T18:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/world-war-ii-in-brief\/"},"modified":"2026-10-12T18:30:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T18:30:58","slug":"world-war-ii-in-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/world-war-ii-in-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"World War II in Brief: Causes, Major Events and India’s Role"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Infographic:<\/figure>\n

The Second World War<\/strong> was the largest and deadliest conflict in human history, involving most of the world’s nations and causing tens of millions of deaths.<\/p>\n

Causes<\/h2>
  • Harsh terms imposed on Germany after World War I by the Treaty of Versailles<\/strong>.<\/li>
  • The Great Depression<\/strong>, which caused economic hardship and helped extremist leaders rise.<\/li>
  • Aggressive expansion by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler<\/strong>, Fascist Italy and imperial Japan.<\/li>
  • The failure of the League of Nations to stop aggression.<\/li><\/ul>\n

    The two sides<\/h2>
    • Allies:<\/strong> mainly Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States and China.<\/li>
    • Axis:<\/strong> Germany, Italy and Japan.<\/li><\/ul>\n

      Major events<\/h2>
      • 1 September 1939:<\/strong> Germany invaded Poland; Britain and France declared war.<\/li>
      • 1940:<\/strong> France fell; Britain held out in the Battle of Britain.<\/li>
      • 1941:<\/strong> Germany invaded the Soviet Union; Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the USA into the war.<\/li>
      • 1942\u201343:<\/strong> Turning points at Stalingrad, El Alamein and Midway.<\/li>
      • 6 June 1944:<\/strong> D-Day landings in Normandy.<\/li>
      • May 1945:<\/strong> Germany surrendered.<\/li>
      • August 1945:<\/strong> atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and Japan surrendered.<\/li><\/ul>\n

        The Holocaust<\/h2>

        Nazi Germany carried out the systematic murder of about six million Jews, along with millions of others, one of history’s greatest crimes.<\/p>\n

        India’s role<\/h2>

        India contributed one of the largest volunteer armies in history, about 2.5 million soldiers<\/strong>, who fought in North Africa, Italy, the Middle East and Burma (Myanmar). The battles of Kohima and Imphal<\/strong> in 1944 were major turning points in the war against Japan. India also supplied huge amounts of material for the war effort, while the Bengal Famine of 1943<\/strong> caused immense suffering. Meanwhile, Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army fought against the British for India’s freedom.<\/p>\n

        After the war<\/h2>
        • The United Nations<\/strong> was founded in 1945 to keep world peace.<\/li>
        • The USA and Soviet Union became superpowers, leading to the Cold War<\/strong>.<\/li>
        • Weakened European powers began to lose their colonies; India became independent in 1947.<\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The Second World War (1939\u20131945) was the deadliest conflict in history. Learn its causes, turning points, how it ended, and the major contribution of Indian soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[338],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tiwaripedia.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}