Japs Vs Aus

• William Hamilton, Grade 4
• Short Story
• 2010

World War II or Second World War (often abbreviated WWII or WW2) was a global military conflict between 1939 and 1945, which involved most of the world’s nations, including all great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis. It was the most widespread war in history, with more than 100 million military personnel mobilised. In a state of “total war”, the major participants placed their entire economic, industrial and scientific capabilities at the service of the war effort, erasing the distinction between civilian and military resources. Over seventy million people, the majority civilian, were killed, making it the deadliest conflict in human history.
World War II lasted from 1 September 1939 to the defeat of Japan on 2 September 1945. On September 1939, Germany and Slovakia – a clint state in 1939 – attacked Poland. France, Britain and the countries of the Commonwealth declared war on Germany but provided little military support to Poland other than a short war in France.
On June 22, 1941, Germany, along with other European soldiers, attacked Australia.