Technology's Role In World War II

World War II has started with the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler in 1939 and ended in 1945. It is considered as the most geographically widespread war the world has ever witnessed. There were two major sides of the war named as Axis which mainly represent Germany, Italy and Japan; Allies which mainly represent Great Britain, The United States, Soviet Union and France. World War II is the most destructive global war in human history with around 50-60 million deaths both from military soldiers and civil society. In addition, compared to other previous wars, war technology was more developed and played a significant role during World War II which caused a huge number of casualties. It ended with the victory of Allied powers.
Roosevelt from The United States, Joseph Stalin from Soviet Union and Charles de Gaulle from France. Adolf Hitler was the leader of National Socialist German Workers Party, or Nazi, and was one of the most famous and cruel dictators. He was an extremely racist, militarist and nationalist leader. He took the control of German government after World War I and made Germany a totalitarian fascist state, wanted to take the control of all Europe. He started to build up a strong German army. Hitler’s attack to Poland was the starting of World War II. He followed an extreme aggressive, dishonest strategy during the war which increased the tension and led the war to get bloodier. On the other hand, Italian fascist prime minister Benito Mussolini was maintaining a dictatorship in Italy. Actually, he established the concept of fascist state which is governing by one absolute leader and party. Adolf Hitler was inspired by Mussolini while he was doing his actions. Mussolini believed that the alliance with German dictatorship will empower his leadership during World War II and the Allied forces could be defeated. In other words, Benito Mussolini had some territorial ambitions and he considered German alliance as a chance to
The main reason for Germany was an anger coming from World War I. The Treaty of Versailles (signed between defeated Germany and victor Allied powers after World War I) was consisting of very harsh conditions for Germany and more punishments than actual peace terms. It required some territorial changes, disarmament and payment of war compensation for all damage to civilian population and properties of Allied powers which gave a huge harm to German economy. They had high unemployment and inflation. Furthermore, Germany’s colonial possessions were redistributed between victor colonial powers. Germany was traumatized by The Treaty of Versailles and German people were suffering both mentally and economically. This situation gave them an aggressiveness and desire for revenge. World War II was mainly triggered by this desire. The Axis powers of the war, especially Germany, focused on expansion of their territories, prevention of communism, strengthened economies and political authority. Therefore, they shaped their foreign policy according to their