TheconsequencesofWorldWarI:undertheTreatyofVersailles,Germanylostaround13percentofitshometerritoryandallofitsoverseascolonies,massivereparationswereimposed,andlimitswereplacedonthesize.Theriseoffascism:From1922to1925,theItalianFascistmovementseizedpowerinItaly.WiththeonsetoftheGreatDepression,NaziPartyafascistgovernmentinGermany.Intensificationoftheallkindsofconflicts:EnglandandFrance'sappeasementpolicy,certainly,contributedtoHitler'sarrogance.Thosepre-wareventscanprovecompletely,JapaneseinvasionofChina,JapaneseinvasionoftheSovietUnionandMongolia,European.BelligerentsandRepresentativesGermanyItalyJapanAdolfHitlerBenitoMussolini贝尼托·墨索里尼Hirohito裕仁天皇AmericaBritainChinaSovietUnionFranklinRoosevelt富兰克林.罗斯福WinstonChurchill温斯顿.邱吉尔JiangjieshiStalinTheMainLeadersofWorldWarⅡ Theaggressors BenitoMussolinitheprimeministerofItaly(1922-1943),Aformerjournalist,hewenttopoliticsandformedtheFascistparty, AdolfHitler-NazidictatorofGermany(1933-45),plannedandstartedWorldWar2,committedsuicideattheendofthewar. GeneralHidekiTojo-PrimeministerJapan(October1941-July1944),anaggressivearmyGeneral,becameministerofwarinJuly1941andprimeministerinOctober1941.Hegraduallytookmoreministerialroles,andinFeb.1944alsomadehimselfthecommanderinchief,likeAdolfHitlerdid.Collapse失败,neutralandisolate中立和孤立,brutal[‘bru:təl]adj.残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的IntheyearsbeforeWorldWar2StalinmurderedorimprisonedalmostallofRussia'sseniormilitaryofficers,andmillionsofotherRussiancitizens,inaparanoidandunprecedentedwaveofpoliticalterror.ThisclearlyweakenedRussiaandfurtherencouragedHitlertoattackit.**可编辑Defenders WinstonChurchillkeptdangerouswarningoftheNaziinpre-waryears,andhewaselectedprimeministerofGreatBritainafterthetotalcollapseoftheappeasementpolicyofhispredecessorNevilleChamberlain(内维尔张伯伦).Atthoseverydifficultanddangeroustimes,Churchill,"theBritishLion",excelledasawartimeleader. JosephStalinwastheverybrutalCommunistdictatorofRussia(1928-1953).BeforetheWorldWarⅡ,StalinmurderedorimprisonedalmostallofRussia'sseniormilitaryofficers,andmillionsofotherRussiancitizens,inaparanoidandunprecedentedwaveofpoliticalterror.FranklinRoosevelt,presidentoftheUnitedStates(1933-1945)initiallyfollowedaverystrongpoliticaldemandtoremainneutralandisolatethecountryfromforeignwars,alsoheadedtheNewDealcampaigntogetAmericaoutoftheGreatDepression.CourseofthewarThestartofthewarisgenerallyheldtobe1September1939,beginningwiththeGermaninvasionofPoland;BritainandFrancedeclaredwaronGermanytwodayslater.OtherdatesforthebeginningofwarincludetheJapaneseinvasionofManchuriaon13September1931;thestartoftheSecondSino-JapaneseWaron7July1937.Theexactdateofthewar'sendisnotuniversallyagreedupon.Ithasbeensuggestedthatthewarendedatthearmisticeof14August1945ratherthantheformalsurrenderofJapan2September1945;insomeEuropeanhistories,itendedon8May1945.TheTreatyofPeacewithJapanwasnotsigneduntil1951.**可编辑Collapse失败,neutralandisolate中立和孤立,brutal[‘bru:təl]adj.残忍的;野蛮的,不讲理的IntheyearsbeforeWorldWar2StalinmurderedorimprisonedalmostallofRussia'sseniormilitaryofficers,andmillionsofotherRussiancitizens,inaparanoidandunprecedentedwaveofpoliticalterror.ThisclearlyweakenedRussiaandfurtherencouragedHitlertoattackit.