World War 2

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World War II, also known as the Second World War, was undoubtedly the most deadly war in the history of mankind. Fifty million people lost their lives. 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, with more than 100 million people serving in military units.

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Leader

General Hideri Togo (Dec. 30, 1884 to December 23, 1948)

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Army general and prime minister of Japan (1941-44) during most of World War II. Under his direction, great victories were initially scored throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific, but prolonged reverses in the Pacific and the successful U.S. invasion of the Mariana Islands resulted in his removal from office in 1944. He attempted suicide after Japan's surrender but was nursed back to health to be tried and executed as a war criminal. war crime.

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Economy

Export

Mainly food for great Britain.

Import

Raw materials as well as large markets for its finished export goods. exported: they

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Army Size

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The size of Great Britain’s army consisted of approximately 6,095,000 soldiers

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Japan's Role in WWII

Starting in the 1880s, Japan began to rapidly modernize, modeling itself off of the world's greatest nations: Austria, England, the US, etc.By the end of the century it had fought against Russia and won. In WWI it was a powerful ally of the Allied powers. However, the other major nations still treated it like a second-rate country, a minor backwater in world politics.

The Japanese youth were infuriated by this, and a few daring and impetous officers in Russia decided to invade China, against orders, in the hopes that Japan could finally prove itself to be a true empire.

The Americans, who had huge numbers of diplomats, missionaries, and industrialists in China, tried to get Japan to pull out by refusing to sell them oil, which the Japanese relied on to power their entire economy. With no choice, the Japanese, fueled by pride, attacked the US in the hopes that they could be subdued within the next few years, before they ran out of oil reserves. They attacked the US at Pearl Harbor, formally pulling the US into WWII.

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