WHEN AND WHERE DID WORLD WAR 2 START AND EnD?
410874
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
416205
The royal guy was Archduke Franz Ferdinard of Austria and that started World War ONE.\n\nWW2 started in September 1939 when Britain's ultimatum to Hitler to guarantee that he would not invade Poland was ignored by Hitler and Britain therefore declared war on Germany. \n\nHitler had been trying to extend German influence in Europe for 6 years at that point. His slogan was One People, One State, One Leader. (Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer). His ostensible reason was to unite all German-speaking people in Europe.\n\nHe annexed Austria in 1938, and marched into the Sudetenland area of  Czechoslovakia, which caused Chamberlain to protest feebly but do nothing much about it (he came back from Munich waving a piece of paper and saying "Peace In our Time")\n\nBut Britain finally realised you cannot appease fascists and make concessions to them, or they just demand more and more concessions, and stood up to Hitler over Poland being invaded.\n\nAmerica entered the war in 1941 after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbour. But the war started in 1939 and it is a very self-centered view of history that some Americans have if they describe the war as only starting when they decided to join in.
1100420
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/ww2.htm\nhas all the info u need
945243
the end date is 11 November 1918\nIf the assasination of Franz Ferdinand followed by Austrian attack against serbia counts as start, the start date is 28 July 1914
718976
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=World+War+II&gwp=13
433333
world war 1 : the assassination of Franz Ferdinand\nworld war 2 : i think it's that lots of countries didnt agree with the Nazis who were taking over Europe.. \n                     Hope this helps
290464
Ok.....a full answer to this would take 200 pages minimum.  This is the stuff graduate thesis are made of....but to summarize.........\n\nYou have to change how you view what WW2 was.  It was essentially a late and last ditch effort for a newly resurgant Russian and German empire to expand territory.  Both countries have always had flexible borders (borders that often change) over their histories.  And Russia in particiular has always sought expansion for warm water ports.  If you look at the geography of it......Germany and Russia are natural rivals.  This is why Russia so distrusted any form of a unified Germany following ww2....Russia has always seen invasions from German territory...even before there was a Germany.  In the early-mid-late 30's both countries were already expanding.....but the Germans were bogged down with Yugoslavia and Poland, and the Russian expansion was bogged down in Finland.  Both leaders also distrusted their militaries....and had to consolidate domestic power at various times.  The alliance/non-agression pact was always meant to be a temporary measure.  Hitler rose to power screaming about communism and socialism.  He was always a direct rival of Stalin.  Stalin and the communist party in Russia saw Hitler as an enemy of the proletariat...and historically feared Germany.  In other words both Stalin and Hitler knew that they were going to be fighting at some point.  The non-agression pact was a mutual agreement to take care of other concerns before this happened.  Germany over came it's problems/obstacles before the Soviets did (they had a 70 year advantage on industrialization, and a more centralized/homogenous population) and broke the Warsaw Pact first.  Stalin's reaction was simple disbelief....and when he did find out the invasion was real he hid for days inside of a bunker and Russia was in chaos.  He finally emerged...and ww2 was fought on the the plains of Russia.  To say that ww2 was a land war between Germany and The Soviet Union would not be too far off the mark.  Both sides benefited from the non-agression pact....but Germany was quicker to take advantage.  As far as appeasement.....the initial German expansion was more bluff than anything else.  THe german war machine could quickly have been stopped in places like Czeck.  To understand appeasement you have to understand the Versailles treaty (the treaty/surrender that ended ww1).  The German State lost territory, had to make reparations, etc.  They had limited military production.  The French (who suffered the worst of ww1) were the primary driving force behind the humiliating (to German thinking) Treaty of Versailles.  The English always felt the sanctions on Germany were unfair and unenforcable.  Because of this....when the Germans entered areas like the Sudatland......the British saw it as fair.  The french lacked the strength or will to fight...especially without international support.  By the time that Germany entered Poland (a mutual invasion with Russia actually), their war machine and industry was far greater...and Hitler's domestic power was far more consolidated.  The Germans already had a huge buffer zone.  Appeasement lead to the inevitable and eventual war with a stronger Germany.
962350
I think you will find most of what you are searching for here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#World_War_I_and_II\n\nGood Luck!!! :-)
38397
For the war itself:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II\nhttp://www.answers.com/topic/world-war-ii\n\n\nFor timelines, see:\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/pacificwar/timeline.htm\n\nhttp://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/ww2time.htm\nThis one is very detailed:\nhttp://www.worldwar-2.net/timelines/timelines-index.htm
440856
lighting war was the first part of ww2 in europe
374336
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935 and Albania in 1939.\n\nHitler occupied the Rhineland in 1936, Austria in March 1938, the Sudetenland in September 1938, Memel in early 1939 and Bohemia in early 1939. His invation of Poland in September 1939 started WWII.
151772
The act that started WWII was Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1938, you can look there. But of course it could be argued that WWII started before that as Naziism took hold of the German country.
515911
i think its Dec 7, 1941 - Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; Hitler issues the Night and Fog decree. \n\nDec 8, 1941 - United States and Britain declare war on Japan. \nFeb 2, 1943 - Germans surrender at Stalingrad in the first big defeat of Hitler's armies. Aug 14, 1945 - Japanese agree to unconditional surrender. \n\nSept 2, 1945 - Japanese sign the surrender agreement;  V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. \n\nOct 24, 1945 - United Nations is officially born.
70618
The US Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.  An armistice went into effect on November 11, 1918.  The Treaty of Versailles, which officially ended the war, was signed on June 28, 1919.
100360
I can't believe no one gave you an answer to this question yet, so I've dug up some information for you. \n\nThe end of the war is easy to find. That would be April 30th, 1975 just before noon when South Vietnamese President Minh announced unconditional surrender to NVA forces. \n\nThe beginning is much more difficult to determine. \n\nThe history books would indicate that the start date could be as early as 1961 when a treaty for military and economic assistance was signed between South Vietnam and the U.S. With the first official military action happening in 1964. There is a real possibility that the U.S. Military was fighting in Vietnam much earlier than 1964. \n\nIf you ask the Vietnamese, the war could have started when the Japanese tried to control the region during World War II. War was pretty much a staple of their lives until 1975. Since then, there has been relative peace in Vietnam with exception of short boarder disputes between China and Cambodia.
940528
WEB LINKS\n\nPRIMARY SOURCE DOCUMENTS.\n\nFantastic Resources.\n\nhttp://www.historyteacher.net/APEuroCourse/WebLinks/WebLinks-WorldWar2.htm\n\nWorld War II Timeline\n\nhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/wwii/timeline.cfm\n\nThis World War II 42eXplore project encompasses numerous websites.\n\nhttp://www.42explore2.com/worldwar2.htm\n\nWORLD WAR II LINKS\n\nhttp://gi.grolier.com/wwii/ww2link.html\n\nThe events leading to World War II, its military operations, diplomacy, statistical data, and results, are discussed under the following headings:\n\nhttp://gi.grolier.com/wwii/wwii_i.html\n\nPrincipal Battles of World War II\n\nhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/wwii/battles.cfm\n\nhttp://www.euronet.nl/users/wilfried/ww2/ww2.htm\n\nhttp://members.aol.com/TeacherNet/WWII.html\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/10/98/world_war_i/197437.stm\n\nhttp://www.archives.gov/research/ww2/photos/\n\nWorld War II (1939-1945)\n\nhttp://www.uwm.edu/~jnelsen/ushist/contents.html\n\nHistoryList - Greatest Loss of Military Forces by Country in World War II\n\nhttp://ehistory.osu.edu/wwii/ListPreviewOnly.cfm?LID=20&PreviewOnly=yes&public=yes&EID=6\n\nWEB SITES FOR TEACHERS ON WORLD WAR II\n\nhttp://www.cumbavac.org/Websites_on_World_War_II.htm\n\nGood luck\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
655544
U.S. entered WW2 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Almost immediately after the attack, the congress almost unanimously declared war on Japan. (only one person was against the war).  \n\nWhen U.S. declared war on Japan, Germany declared war on U.S. So, U.S. unanimously declared war on Germany. \n\nA) Italy and Japan were allied with Germany\n\nRussia was also allied with Germany but Hitler broke the Hitler-Stalin Pact and attacked Russia. Russia joined the Allied forces afterwards.\n\nPoland was never allied with Germany.\n\nAustria and Hungary were allied with Germany in WW1.