World War II
Definition:
War is an intense armed conflict[a] between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary
groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme
violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular or irregular military forces. Warfare refers to
the common activities and characteristics of types of war, or of wars in general. Total war is
warfare that is not restricted to purely legitimate military targets, and can result in massive
civilian or other non-combatant suffering and casualties.
While some war studies scholars consider war a universal and ancestral aspect of human
nature, others argue it is a result of specific socio-cultural, economic or ecological
circumstances.
Background of study:
The study tells World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70
to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including
the Holocaust), starvation, massacres, and disease. The global conflict that lasted from 1939 to
1945.
History:
World War I had radically altered the political European map, with the defeat of the Central
Powers including Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire—and the 1917
Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia, which led to the founding of the Soviet Union. Meanwhile,
the victorious Allies of World War I, such as France, Belgium, Italy, Romania, and Greece, gained
territory, and new nation-states were created out of the collapse of Austria-Hungary and the
Ottoman and Russian Empires
Hitler defied the Versailles and Locarno treaties by remilitarizing the Rhineland in March 1936.
A month later, Germany and Japan signed the Anti-Commenter Pact, which Italy joined the
following year.
Research Questions:
The research topic of world war 2 have certain research questions such as what countries
fought in world war 2, what are turning point of world war 2, how did it ended, the answers to
these questions help to determine the appropriate research methodology. Like countries were
(Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet
Union, and, to a lesser extent, China). The war in the Pacific turned against Japan this was the
turning point. Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, and the war in Europe ended on
May 8 this is how it ended.
Objectives:
The ultimate goal was focused on establishing the “Aryan” race as a superior nation in the
world, where vast Soviet lands would provide the nation with resources, and “non-Aryan”
groups would serve as minions (“Adolf Hitler,”). Therefore, the key objective was centered
around making Germany a global dominator.
Significance of study:
The biggest reason why students should study about wars like World War II, are so that they
can be knowledgeable about the atrocities and costs of war, and how we as a country and
society can try to avoid wars in the future.
Theoretical framework:
Cause of the Second World War in Europe. Two causal paths to war are theoretically delineated
as typical of a pattern associated with the onset of world war: one that centers around the use
of power politics to resolve territorial disputes, and a second that makes the initial interstate
war expand to include more and more actors.
Limitations:
The disadvantages of World War 2 were, Lot of destruction all around. Lost of many innocent
people’s life. Disturbance in the society. Spread of many diseases.
