RESEARCHING HISTORY
Created by Borja Hernando & Daniel Rodriguez
Asia
The Empire of Japan aimed to dominate Asia and the Pacific and was already at war with the Republic of China in 1937 but the world war is generally said to have begun on 1 September 1939 with the invasion of Poland by Germany and subsequent declarations of war on Germany by France and the United Kingdom.
Europe
World War II was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, though related conflicts began earlier. It involved the vast majority of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the worst war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries and 11 million people were killed.
Important Cities
Warsaw
The Warsaw Uprising (Polish: powstanie warszawskie) was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The Uprising was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces.
Vilna
The Vilna Ghetto, Vilnius Ghetto, Wilno Ghetto or Vilniaus Getas was a World War II Jewish ghetto established and operated by Nazi Germany in the city of Vilnius in the territory of Nazi-administered Reichskommissariat Ostland.
Poland
After Poland had been overrun, a government-in-exile (headquartered in Britain), armed forces, and an intelligence service were established outside of Poland. These organizations contributed to the Allied effort throughout the war. The Polish Army was recreated in the West, as well as in the East (after the German invasion of the Soviet Union.
Moscow
As early as Jul 1941, the Russians knew the Germans were going to breach their defenses and threaten Moscow. On 3 Jul, Lenin's body was moved from Moscow to Tumen to prevent German capture or destruction. Little over two weeks later, on 22 Jul, 127 German bombers raided Moscow, even lightly damaging the Kremlin.
Rubtsovsk
Following the Russian Revolution, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic became the largest and leading constituent of the Soviet Union, the world's first constitutionally socialist state and a recognized superpower, which played a decisive role in the Allied victory in World War II.
Climate and geography of
Germany
Geography:
Germany is a country in west-central Europe, that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.Climate:
Germany's climate is temperate and marine, with cool, cloudy, wet winters and moderate warm summers and in the south occasional warm föhn wind.
Poland
Geography:
Poland is a country in East-Central Europe with an area of 312,679 square kilometres and mostly temperate climate.Climate:
Poland's long-term and short-term weather patterns are made transitional and variable by the collision of diverse air masses above the country's surface,
Soviet Union
Geography:
The geography of the Soviet Union describes the geographic features of the countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Climate:
orious cold and long winters have, understandably, been the focus of discussions on the Soviet Union's weather and climate.