Top 7 Facts About World War 2

World War II was not only fought in Europe. In the North African Military Campaigns between 1940 and 1943

In total WWII claimed the lives of approximately 60 million people.

The Holocaust claimed the lives of six million Jews.

World War II was a continuation of World War I. At the end of WWI, the Treaty of Versailles was signed.

The immediate cause of WWII was the German invasion of Poland.

The U.S was involved in WWII before the Pearl Harbor attack.

Stalingrad was a major turning point in the war. On July 9, 1942, Hitler ordered the capture of the Soviet Union city of Stalingrad.