Defeat of WWII
From 1939 to 1945 World War II was a very destructive war. Including all of the world powers, it was 2 different alliances versus each other were Axis versus Allies. It involved 30 different countries. In the end there was 50 million - 85 million fatalities and was the most deadly war in human history. The Axis Powers and the Allies Powers. The leading powers of the former were Nazi Germany, the Kingdom of Italy, and the Empire of Japan, while the United Kingdom and France with their colonial empires, China, the Soviet Union and the United States was "Big Five" of the other side of the war. In 1939 the war officially started when Germany attacked Poland, and Japan. One of the greatest battles was D-Day or the Battle of Normandy. On 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion on Normandy in Operation Overload during World War 2. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the invasion began in German-occupied western Europe, led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war.