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United Kingdom in II

World War
Baciu-Nenciu Andrei
Coleanu Marian-Alin
Trofinenco Rzvan-Adrian

What was II World War?


World War II (WWII or WW2), also
known as the Second World War,
was a global war that lasted from
1939 to 1945, though related
conflicts began earlier. It involved
the vast majority of the world's
nationsincluding all of the great
powerseventually forming two
opposing military alliances: the
Allies and the Axis. It was the most
widespread war in history, and

The horrors of World War I remained in


the minds of the British, thus in the
1930s, the leaders of the United
Kingdom did all they could to avoid
another war. In 1937, appeaser Neville
Chamberlain was appointed Prime
Minister, who worked along that
philosophy. With the backing of many of
his peers, as well as contemporaries in
other European nations, Chamberlain
gave in to Adolf Hitler's increasingly

With the support the Commonwealth allies such as


Canada, Australia, India, and others, Churchill
aimed to maintain presence in North Africa so that
the United Kingdom could search out for an
opportunity to strike Italy and the Balkans, the
weak underbelly of Europe, into the heart of Axis.
Meanwhile, the existence of Britain itself was
threatened as the Battle of the Atlantic slowly cut
away the imports Britain needed to survive.
Franklin Roosevelt, the President of the United
States, helped by means of the Lend-Lease
program, but that could only go so far.

Sources:
http://ww2db.com/country/united_ki
ngdom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar
y_history_of_the_United_Kingdom_durin
g_World_War_II
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British
_Empire_in_World_War_II

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