World War II

Economical and military abilities of major participants of the war -

Germany

Soviet Union

France

Great Britain

Important military campaigns

France (including Belgium and Holland)

Balkan campaign (Greece and Yugoslavia)

Russian campaign

Industrial production in 1943

World War II is the most tragic but extremely interesting period of human history of al centuries. It was a regular continuation of previous absurd bloody conflict - World War I. New war began after Germany was defeated in WWI and after winners didn't give Germany any chance to have enough resources to feed own citizens and reconstruct national infrastructure. But British Empire wanted to become richer; United States wished the same. France in fact was destructed even more than Germany and wished to capture not only new territories but also to get as high contribution as it was necessary to restore ruined economics and rebuild vast lands bordering Germany (France...
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