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Pacific War, major theater of World War II that covered a large portion of the Pacific Ocean, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, with engagements occurring as far south as northern Australia and as far north as the Aleutian Islands. Trace the course of the war from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
World War was more extensive than for the First. The First World War was fought on land in Europe and the Near East and at sea in the Atlantic, while the Second was expanded to Asia and the Pacific, and to the air. While the major economies mobilised 30-60% of their national incomes for the First World War, the Second demanded 50-70%.
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- November 11, 1918. World War I Ends. Britain, France, the US, and other allies defeat Germany, bringing an end to World War I, billed as “the war to end all wars.”
- January 30, 1933. Hitler Appointed German Leader. Adolf Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany and later assumes dictatorial powers. German rearmament takes off.
- September 1, 1939. World War II Begins. Germany invades Poland, inciting Poland’s allies Britain and France to declare war on Germany.
- September 17, 1939. Soviet Union Invades Poland. Working in concert with Hitler, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin orders the invasion of Poland, securing a share of Polish territory.
Early in World War II the Allies committed to the principles of the Atlantic Charter as a definition of their war aims. These principles included national self determination, territorial changes only with the consent of those affected, freedom from want and fear, freedom of the seas, the reduction of trade barriers, global economic and social cooperation, and disarmament.
Sep 12, 2009 · Introduction: economic factors in the war. This book deals with two issues in the economics of twentieth-century warfare. First is the contribution of economics to victory and defeat of the great powers in World War II. Second is the impact of the war upon long-run economic trends and postwar institutions in the economies of the great powers.
- Stephen Broadberry, Mark Harrison
- 2005
READ: Economics in the Second World War. Money is a factor in most wars, but WWII took it to another level. Here is a look at how so many of the nations in this devastating conflict came to embrace the idea of a “total war” economy. The article below uses “Three Close Reads”.
Two thirds of the American economy had been integrated into the war effort by the end of 1943 and unemployment dropped to record lows. Even scientists, such as physicists and chemists, expanded their research to develop new weapons and technologies that might give the U.S. military a greater advantage.
