world war 2 was and still is to date the biggest war to ever occur. world war 2 involved over 100 million people from over 30 different countries. this war lasted from 1939 to 1945. Many major events that would change the world also took place during world war 2. Some of these events include the holocaust, which was the genocide of millions of jews, and the 2 atomic bombs dropped on japan by the united states of america. This war consisted of the 2 main powers, the allied powers and the axis powers. The U.S. joined the war after the attack on pearl harbor by japan. This war was the deadliest war which resulted in an estimated 50 to 85 million deaths all together.
primary sources
This is a primary source from ww2 which was a newspaper cover telling the people that the united states had been bombed by japan and there were many people injured and killed.
This is another primary source from ww2 which was used to inform all people with japanese ancestry what to do with the rising tensions between the united states and japan.
photographs
this image shows united states soldiers raising the american flag after a conquering victory.
this image shows soldiers jumping over fellow soldiers heads in the trenches.
This is a very famous image taken at the end of ww2. This image shows a soldier kissing a random nurse because of the excitement of being back from war.