World War II - Episode II
HITLER
- Was a leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)
- Was Anti-Jews
- Anti Marxist
- Used to consider superior to Aryan
- Became Chancellor (Post of Primeminister in Germany) in January 1933
- Broke Versailles treaty and did following activities:
- Re-armed German armies
- Increased air forces
- He provided special marks to Jews
- He suspended civil liberty
- His motto was "Restoring the glory of Fatherland".
- Japan was growing its territory - 2nd Sino Japanese War in 1937
- Had captured Korea
- Had captured various lands of China taking advantage from civil war of China
- Had captured almost all of the eastern Islands
- Japan wanted to be the supreme power of Asia
- After the first world war and before the second world war:
- Hitler remilitarized Rhineland
- Through the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was not allowed to send armies to this area.
- This had made France safe from the attack of Germany
- Did treaty with Rome-Berlin axis
- Did treaty with Japan
- 1938 - Annexed Austria
- Annexed Sudetenland, which was an area of Czechoslovakia
- No country raised their voice against this activity of Germany to protect world from next war.
- 1939 - Annexed entire Czechoslovakia
- Germany's next target was Poland.
- But Poland was promised protection by France and UK.
- Did agreement with USSR
- This agreement is called Moltov Ribbentrop Pact.
- As per this act:
- USSR and Germany will not attack each other.
- When Germany attacks Poland, USSR will join them and attack combinely.
- Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939
- Beginning of World War II.
- France and UK declared war on Germany.
- USSR attacked Poland from Eastern Side.
- Poland lost the war and was divided into two parts by Germany and USSR.
- Germany attacked Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Netherland at such a fast speed that they lost the war and were captured by Germany.
- USSR also attacked and captured Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) and Finland.
- Italy gave support to Germany and attacked France.
- Germany captured Paris on 14th June.
- Germany did aerial bombing on Britain and destroyed homes of civilians, factories, and industries.
- Britain tried to defend Germany and joined the aerial battle. This was the first aerial battle.
- Britain fought very bravely and Germany stepped back.
- Germany did a combined agreement with Japan and Italy and this agreement is called the Tripartite act. This was called Axis Power.
- Hungary, Bulgaria, and Romania gave support to this agreement.
- Later on, Germany captured Yugoslavia and Greece.
- Germany attacked USSR by thinking that USSR might break Moltov Ribbentrop Pact and might attack on Germany at anytime.
- Germany captured huge western area of USSR but had to stop their attack due to heavy snowfall.
- EASTERN PART
- Japan captured almost all eastern lands by thinking that it was a part of Axis Power and had the authority to attack on Allies Powers and their colonies.
- Looking at growing attack of Japan, USA thought that if Japenese continued their attack, they might attack USA.
- USA commanded all US Companies to stop fuel supply to Japan.
- Japan, being angry with the USA, bombarded Pearl Harbour of the USA on December 7/8, 1941, which was a very busy harbour of the USA.
- Japan also attacked Hawaii, Malaysia, Philippines and Hongkong.
- It started bombarding Australia and Papua New Guniea.
- USA joined second world war from the side of axis power to stop activities of Japan.
- 1942-1944: The USA freed almost all islands captured by Japan.
- 1942 - Russia pushed German back from their land.
- Many soldiers and civilians died in this war from both side.
- Allies power started pushing back armies of axis powers
- 1943 - Almost all lands were freed from axis power.
- D-Day: 6th June, 1944 :
- Allied forces landed on Normandy, France
- This was largest amphibious landings, huge ships and tanks were landed in harbor and made ready for war.
- Within few months, most of land of France was freed by Allied forces from Germany.
- France got freedom.
- Allied armies freed Belgium, Netherland and reached Berlin, captial of Germany.
- 29 April, 1945
- German armies surrendered.
- 30th April, 1945
- Adolf Hitler committed suicide with his wife.
- German lost war.
- War in Europe ended.
- Allied forces freed all lands captured by Germany but Japan was increasing its territory and continuing its war.
- To stop that war, America dropped two atom bombs on two top industrial centers of Japan where huge manufacturing of weapons was going on.
- Hiroshima - 6 August, Little boy
- Nagasaki - 9 August, Fat man
- Japan surrendered on 15th August.
References:
Study IQ education. (2016b, November 22). History - World War 2 - द्वितीय विश्व युद्ध ? जानिये इतिहास हिंदी में - UPSC/IAS/SSC [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5F-ApMp4XM
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